TV Show

[ytpdano]

Alright, I just downloaded the pack. Do any of the characters/plot lines of the show come from the games?

[Mr_Faorry]

tl:dr; Forget the show in regards to playing the games. It does its own thing separate to the games for the most part, 3 is the only game to resemble it but even then it's still very different even despite following a similar plot.

Longer Version; Characters yes, plotlines not so much.

You play as Geralt, Triss is a major part of all the games as the main love interest, and Ciri and Yennefer are a big part of 3. Other random side characters appear in smaller roles such as King Foltest in 1 and 2, some of the other Witchers (Vesimir, Lambert, and Eskel) in 1 and 3, and a few others (mainly in 3) such as Dijstra and random side mages.

As far as plotlines the show is set much earlier in Geralts life than the games are so is inherently very different. The show contradicts the games in several ways, Eskel being killed off, Dandelion being renamed Jaskier, several characters like Triss and Fringilla are black/brownwashed (because Netflix), and Nilfguard invading The North while Ciri is still a kid rather than when she's an adult.
Witcher 1 and 2 have nothing to do with the show plotwise aside from some of the same characters appearing. Witcher 3 however follows a similar plot to what the show does with the Nilfguard-North war and Ciri's powers, except it's set far later down the line than it is in the show as Nilfguard only begins its invasion a bit before 3 starts long after Ciri has trained under Geralt and left to go on her own thing rather than while she was still a helpless kid like when they do in the show and thus how the plot plays out is very different.

[ytpdano]

Right on. Thanks. I was hoping i wasn't retreading on something I've already watched.

[ily]

The TV show is based on a book which is around the year 1263 in season 2.
Games are fanmade continuations to the books and happen in the years 1270-1272.

What Mr_Faorry is false. In all Witcher games, you will learn a little lore from the books and that is the same story that you are watching on Netflix. For example, in chapter 4 if you talk to one person he will tell a legend about Ciri (things that happened in season 1-2 Netflix)
Also, Triss loved Geralt always in the books but Geralt loves Yennefer more. It's a kinda triad drama.
Dandelion is an English version of the polish word Jaskier. So Jaskier is his original name from the polish book.
Nilfgaard evaded Ciri when she was 12 years old, you can learn this from the timeline link that ill post below.

About Yennefer there is a HUGE spoiler from the books on why she is not part of W1, keep reading this if you want to know. If you don't want to know skip to after ***

WARNING HUGE SPOILERS BELOW
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Geralt got killed in Rivia and Yennefer tried to revive him. Ciri came to help and revived both Geralt and Yennefer and transported them to the safe. Wild Hunt arrived and captured Yennefer. Then Geralt sacrificed himself and agreed to become a rider of Wild Hunt to release Yennefer. She got released but has amnesia. Somehow Geralt got away from WIld Hunt and Witcher 1 begins.
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WARNING HUGE SPOILERS ABOVE


If you are interested in studying more here are some good places to start from:

Full timelines:
https://witcher.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline (make sure you switch Canon, Games, Netflix and compare them)


NO SPOILERS HERE, this explains the confusion of Ciri aging in the TV show and timelines:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljs3tlxZamU


WARNING: HUGE SPOILERS, this will spoil the whole book series and so also the whole upcoming TV show for you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC7l0zC4h_k


If you are super interested and ready to spend 4 hours watching the best explanation about the W1 game you can check this out after you play the whole game. It's not so much about lore but he does discuss it and this guy knows what he is talking about since he has spent thousands of hours learning lore:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtrAx-rVgco

[Patrick]

The show is trash in comparison to the games and books, so you are in for a treat.

[ily]

Originally posted by Patrick:

The show is trash in comparison to the games and books, so you are in for a treat.

Mind explaining? Show has followed the books well.