“I don’t give a fig for your trust, witchers. They aren’t going to tell me anything they aren’t going to show me anything.” It is to be kept a secret from the magician. Naturally, without the mutation, without the risk, without the hormonal upheaval. The girl is developing quickly, is acquiring a witcher’s infernal fitness. They’re feeding her those legendary cave saprophytes – a mountain plant unknown to science – giving her the famous infusions of their mysterious herbs to drink. Of course, until they tell Triss this, she is deeply suspicious and goes on to talk about the mushrooms Witchers have access to which are extremely unique. They are worried she will report them to the Chapter. Now, what Triss doesn’t realize is that Geralt and the others are not planning on subjecting Ciri to the trials at all but are instead trying to hide Ciri’s magical ability from Triss. Their famous Grasses and herbs, the secret virus cultures, the renowned, mysterious recipes…” And then I’ll see something no living wizard has seen, I’ll learn something no living wizard has learned. And that might mean… They may ask me to help. “And now they want to mutate the girl but can’t. The witchers had the herbs and Grasses, they had the Laboratorium. There was no more magical knowledge or power. And at a vital moment the chain had snapped. The mutagenic elixirs had been concocted by some renegade wizard in the distant past and then perfected over the years by the wizard’s successors, who had, over the years, magically controlled the process of Changes to which children were subjected. None of the witchers knew how to use them. The Laboratorium, hidden in the vaults of Kaer Morhen, with its dusty demi-johns of elixirs, the alembics, ovens and retorts… Vesemir was the only witcher left from the previous generation, and he was only a fencing instructor. They want to mutate the child, subject her to the Trial of Grasses and Changes, but they don’t know how to do it. Let’s start out with the basics of the Trials, here is a passage from Blood of Elves where Triss is wondering why the Witchers at Kaer Morhen are being so secretive in regards to Ciri: It’s important to note that in the books, The Witcher are a dying breed so the Trials are really only mentioned in Blood of Elves when Ciri trains with the Witchers and the two prequels, Sword of Destiny and The Last Wish. Now, have a post about what the trials are as far as the books are concerned then there is training until you earn your medallion and BOOM, out onto the path with you.This is when the hormones are changed and a Witcher becomes permanently sterile This is a big step and one that requires a mage. Then the Trial of the Grasses which is a concoction of mutagenic elixirs injected into the bloodstream which mutates you into a Witcher.Eat a lot of magic mushrooms that give you the strength and ability Witchers are known for.There is the Choice which is the decision to become a Witcher made when you are a child.TLDR: So looking at this process, according to the books the way a Witcher becomes, well a Witcher looks like this: Here are the previous posts on Triss&Geralt as well as Coën Since the show is based on the books and not the games, and more people are more familiar with the games that the books, I thought it might be helpful to sort of officialize the posts I’ve done about specific topics in the books.
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