Timeless One
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Please beware following OP contains spoilers from Witcher games and books.
By the end of Withcer 3, the state of the world is some how different and opens a door for discussion to see what might be actually followed in next entries to the series. please consider this discussion is not about future game's mechanics or game play elements, but our focus will be on the story, world, lore and possible characters, protagonists and antagonists. So feel free to join and share you opinion. I first start with the state of world after Witcher 3 considering the good ending which almost certainly is the canon. (Ciri lives, White Frost has been stopped, Nilfgaard triumph, Radovid assassination). By the end of witcher 3, the world is at the late of medieval era and moving towards renaissance. So knights, Witchers, mages, Sorceresses and etc are finding it hard to find a place among societies. Except maybe for Skellige which people still believe in traditions and magic. But the condition is not only about the mentioned groups, even monsters and other species have problems too.
Witchers are almost gone and their schools are shrink to ruins. only school of Wolf, Cat and Griffin are mentioned in the books and schools of Bear, Manticore and Viper are created by CDP, So we cannot be sure about their status. Monsters are also in decline. All the interesting ones like Fiends and Chords become so rare and almost instinct. The remaining lesser monsters are also driven further away by the rapid civilizations. So people find less use for witchers and starting to see them as the relics of the past. I don't think fighting only drowners or ghouls would be interesting for anybody in the future. Mages and Sorceresses would also find it hard to gain their former prestige or power. Incidents like destruction of Aretuza, disbanding the lodge, distrust in mages had also put their marks on the world. Even despite the effort of characters like Philippa Eilhart to reconvene the lodge, is highly unlikely they find their former power and role within the kingdoms, atleast not in short terms.
Nilfgaard advances is another matter. it means industrialization would grow at much faster rate in the north. I am 100% sure to remember in the Blood and Wine it is mentioned that Knights errant role is no longer just fighing bandits or monsters, but also participating in the enterprises and companies. All of these indicate the world would change so dramatically that shape of the future is vastly difference from the time of Witcher 3.
But what we can expect or hope to see ? I think with the stop of White Frost, species like Aen Ell Elves could again turn their attention to opening gates for invasion. Maybe with another conjuction of spheres new treats appear. or we move to an entirely new worlds and help them with dangers they face. As for characters, I am sure every body love Ciri. However, playing her as the main protagonist is another matter, because she is wayyyy over powered and the world would need rebalancing. In term of witchers we can be sure that no body is willing to re establish them. So I think if the story wants to move forward in time, there are not many opportunities for Witchers. But if we go in past, the main character can be choosed from the schools with full customization regarding their abilities.
So what do you think ? How would the world change in the future to suite the game ? or do you prefer to go back in time and face older treats with many different monsters, witchers and mages ?
Witchers are almost gone and their schools are shrink to ruins. only school of Wolf, Cat and Griffin are mentioned in the books and schools of Bear, Manticore and Viper are created by CDP, So we cannot be sure about their status. Monsters are also in decline. All the interesting ones like Fiends and Chords become so rare and almost instinct. The remaining lesser monsters are also driven further away by the rapid civilizations. So people find less use for witchers and starting to see them as the relics of the past. I don't think fighting only drowners or ghouls would be interesting for anybody in the future. Mages and Sorceresses would also find it hard to gain their former prestige or power. Incidents like destruction of Aretuza, disbanding the lodge, distrust in mages had also put their marks on the world. Even despite the effort of characters like Philippa Eilhart to reconvene the lodge, is highly unlikely they find their former power and role within the kingdoms, atleast not in short terms.
Nilfgaard advances is another matter. it means industrialization would grow at much faster rate in the north. I am 100% sure to remember in the Blood and Wine it is mentioned that Knights errant role is no longer just fighing bandits or monsters, but also participating in the enterprises and companies. All of these indicate the world would change so dramatically that shape of the future is vastly difference from the time of Witcher 3.
But what we can expect or hope to see ? I think with the stop of White Frost, species like Aen Ell Elves could again turn their attention to opening gates for invasion. Maybe with another conjuction of spheres new treats appear. or we move to an entirely new worlds and help them with dangers they face. As for characters, I am sure every body love Ciri. However, playing her as the main protagonist is another matter, because she is wayyyy over powered and the world would need rebalancing. In term of witchers we can be sure that no body is willing to re establish them. So I think if the story wants to move forward in time, there are not many opportunities for Witchers. But if we go in past, the main character can be choosed from the schools with full customization regarding their abilities.
So what do you think ? How would the world change in the future to suite the game ? or do you prefer to go back in time and face older treats with many different monsters, witchers and mages ?
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