Who they are
Triss is a bridge between the trilogy's court politics and its personal relationships. In Novigrad, her work with persecuted mages shows why magic cannot be separated from the Continent's power structures.
Their story belongs to Novigrad and Velen and also touches Temeria and The Northern Realms. A rich city and a devastated countryside reveal the human cost of war and fear.
Their story, step by step
- Step 1
Practice magic under pressure
Triss works in a Continent where mages are useful to rulers until fear makes them convenient targets.
- Step 2
Organize protection
Her work in Novigrad turns private sympathy into practical aid for people being hunted by institutions and mobs.
- Step 3
What their choices leave behind
Triss's story keeps persecution grounded in choices to act, assist and accept consequences rather than watch from safety.
Turning points
- Serving the Northern Realms as a mage.
- Witnessing the persecution in Novigrad.
- Helping mages escape and survive.
Where their story stands now
Triss's story keeps persecution grounded in choices to act, assist and accept consequences rather than watch from safety.
Who they are tied to
Games they appear in
- The Witcher →An amnesiac Geralt returns to Kaer Morhen and pursues the group that stole the witchers' mutagens.
- The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings →Geralt is blamed for King Foltest's murder and hunts the kingslayer while the Northern Realms fracture around him.
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt →Geralt crosses a war-torn Continent to find Ciri before the Wild Hunt can use her Elder Blood.
Where this fits in the story
- Novigrad and Velen · step 1
Search the battlefield
Velen reveals a population trying to survive the armies passing through.
- Novigrad and Velen · step 2
Enter Novigrad
The city offers wealth and refuge while enforcing fear of magic.
- Novigrad and Velen · step 3
Find the allies
Geralt rebuilds the network needed to reach Ciri.
- Novigrad and Velen · step 4
Chase the Hunt
Local crises become part of the larger pursuit across worlds.