The Witcher
The story of Geralt, Ciri and the Continent: kingdoms, monsters, Nilfgaard and the next Witcher saga.
9 regions7 characters4 reading paths6 turning points
What is The Continent?
The Witcher is a dark-fantasy world created by Andrzej Sapkowski and expanded in CD PROJEKT RED's games. Its political story is about Northern Kingdoms resisting Nilfgaard; its personal story is about people trying to keep family, choice and decency alive inside that conflict.
The game trilogy follows Geralt from amnesia in Temeria through the assassination crisis of the North to the Wild Hunt's pursuit of Ciri. The guide keeps books, games and future projects distinct whenever they do not share the same exact plot continuity.
The Witcher 3 remains active through its announced Remastered edition and Songs of the Past expansion, while The Witcher 4 begins a new saga with Ciri as the protagonist.
The Witcher connects monster contracts to a Continent where war, racism, magic and empire make ordinary people vulnerable. Geralt's work is never separate from that world; each apparent monster problem reveals who has power to define danger and who pays for its solution.
Ciri joins the trilogy's intimate family story to its largest political and supernatural stakes. The guide follows her agency through Geralt, Yennefer, Emhyr and the Wild Hunt, while treating the announced new saga as confirmed premise rather than finished canon.
Quick paths
Short routes through the regions, in the order that makes the most sense.
- Geralt's complete game storyabout 22 min
The clean route through The Witcher, Assassins of Kings and Wild Hunt.
Temeria → The Northern Realms → Novigrad and Velen → Skellige → Toussaint
- Ciri and the Wild Huntabout 15 min
Follow Ciri's bloodline, her bond with Geralt and the hunt across the Continent.
Kaer Morhen → Novigrad and Velen → Skellige → The White Frost
- Nilfgaard versus the Northabout 14 min
Understand why assassinations, sorceresses and wars keep reshaping Geralt's travels.
Temeria → The Northern Realms → Nilfgaard → Novigrad and Velen
- From Geralt to Ciriabout 8 min
Read the finished Geralt arc, then the announced handoff to the new Witcher saga.
Pick a region
Each page tells that place's story in four steps and says where to go next.
- Witcher strongholdKaer MorhenThe emotional home of the witchers and the clearest entry into Geralt and Ciri's bond.6 steps
- The WitcherTemeriaThe opening political setting of the first game.6 steps
- Assassins of KingsThe Northern RealmsThe political heart of The Witcher 2 and the context for Nilfgaard's advance.6 steps
- Imperial powerNilfgaardThe power pressing northward throughout the game trilogy.6 steps
- Wild HuntNovigrad and VelenThe central search territory of The Witcher 3.6 steps
- Wild HuntSkelligeThe maritime kingdom that brings Ciri's trail and the Wild Hunt closer together.6 steps
- Wild Hunt endingThe White FrostThe final threat of Wild Hunt and the context for Ciri's different possible futures.6 steps
- Blood and WineToussaintThe Blood and Wine expansion and final major chapter for Geralt in the game trilogy.6 steps
- The Witcher 4 / upcomingThe New Witcher SagaAn announced future chapter, kept separate from established Geralt-trilogy events.6 steps
Who is who
Every character has a short profile and links to the people they are tied to, so you can follow one story into the next.
Every game in this guide
Main games, narrative side games, mobile and archived titles, plus announced chapters. Remasters appear only when they have a distinct release status.
- The Witcher2007After the novelsAn amnesiac Geralt returns to Kaer Morhen and pursues the group that stole the witchers' mutagens.
- The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings2011Northern succession crisisGeralt is blamed for King Foltest's murder and hunts the kingslayer while the Northern Realms fracture around him.
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt2015Third Northern WarGeralt crosses a war-torn Continent to find Ciri before the Wild Hunt can use her Elder Blood.