“What’s the matter? Are you feeling well?”Nimue plucked up her courage.“That mare ...” she said, so excited she was barely able to enunciate her words. “that mare is called Roach. Because all your horses bear that name. For you are Geralt of Rivia. The Witcher Geralt of Rivia.”He looked long at her. And said nothing. Nimue also said nothing, eyes fixed on the ground.“What year is it?”“One thousand three hundred ...” she said, raising her astonished eyes. “One thousand three hundred and seventy-three after the Revival.”“If so—” the white-haired man wiped his face with his hand in his sleeve “— Geralt of Rivia has been dead for many years. He died a hundred and five years ago. But I think he would be happy, if ... He’d be happy if people remembered him after all those hundred and five years. If they remembered who he was. Why, even if they remembered the name of his horse. Yes, I think, he would be happy ... If he could know it. Come. I’ll see you off.”

general. this blog is independent and private, meaning i only interact with mutuals. i work a full time job every weekday, so please forgive me if i reply slow.please note. i have only watched the first and third seasons of the show. i have no respect for the writers who have decided to make a glorified wet-dream off-canon fanfiction of perfectly good source material. none of my canon is from the show. i am okay writing with those who have muses from the show ; however, please don't expect geralt to know anything about the events of the show.highly oc friendly. highly multimuse friendly.portrayal. this blog is books- and games-based. this blog is show friendly, but takes nothing from it. my geralt has a different personality and history than geralt in the show. i have also chosen to keep geralt's knee and joint issues from after the thanedd coup. geralt is disabled. fringilla did not magically "fix" that, thanks!following. please give me a few days to follow you back, because i like to sit down and read someone’s rules page before i actually do. i don’t follow anyone who is racist, sexism, homophobic, islamophobic, anti-black, anyone who is intolerant these matters. i don't follow people who write incest/pedophilia/etc. i don't follow people who are on my friends' (or anyone's) dnis, if for good reason. just be a fucking nice person, don’t be gross. i also don’t tend to follow people who post a lot of ooc to the point that the blog doesn't seem like an rp blog anymore.

duplicates. i don’t tend to follow duplicates first. i don’t wish to taint my portrayal and the characterisation i build for my muses by oversaturating my dash with duplicates. i do not mind duplicates following me first.i please ask that you do not reblog gifsets of my muse from me and tag duplicates in them. it makes me highly anxious. please reblog from the source! any other posts, feel free to reblog.triggers. triggers will be tagged. if you would like something tagged that i don’t already, don’t be afraid to shoot me a dm and i will write it down.trigger ‘x’ will be tagged as “ x // ”geralt is a victim of rape and sexual harrassment and assault, and i will call it what it is on my blog. no i do not write that shit. i will tag appropriately.ships. as a standard rule, i like to ship if our muses have chemistry together. this includes romantic ships, friendships, hateships, and every other type. don’t be afraid to bring up the idea to me! and because it must be said, please don’t suggest incest. hard no. yes, i consider eskel and lambert / other witchers from the school of the wolf to be like siblings to him, as they were basically raised together. i won’t ship them romantically/sexually. witchers from other schools are fair game.geralt... is old. if your muse is under the age of thirty, i will probably won't ship unless they have established a relationship later than that, when your muse is in their 30s/40s.

please note. i expect crossover ships to be mutually exclusive. i will not ship with another version of your muse. i ask that you do not ship with another geralt ( only if your muse is not from the witcher ).please note. if i find that you interact with a handful of geralts, or if you have a main one and aren't interested in interacting with me, i probably will not follow. i'm friendly toward duplicates, but i value friendships with the people i write with, and in the past, i've felt like people who interact with many other versions of my muse toss me aside easily, and would rather spare myself the hurt. please do not follow if you're already exclusive with another geralt.i'm pretty cautious about who i follow in the witcher fandom, for my own comfort.i softblock when i unfollow: please do the same for me.note. if someone is a legitimate danger to the community, and i don't think this is some petty drama, i may reblog callouts to keep others on my dash safe. i will tag appropriately.formatting. my default formatting is small text with moderate/heavy formatting. if this is something you can’t read, please let me know, and i’ll be sure to change it to small text for you, or whatever you prefer. i try to go back into someone’s rules to see if that’s the case before i reply.credits. icons are made by me, with heavily tweaked psds by kingsleigh, cheatcodcs, and somresources. aside from that, i always make my own icon borders and my own graphics.

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general.

LEGAL NAME: geralt z rivii (geralt of rivia).
ALIAS: wolf, white wolf, geralt riv, gwynbleidd, butcher of blaviken, ravix of fourhorn.
NICKNAMES: white-haired one, mutant, freak, snow white. sir geralt of rivia (knighted).
BIRTH DATE: 1211.
AGE: 61. / ~mid 30s physically. verse dependent.
GENDER/PRONOUNS: cis male / he/him.
ORIENTATION: bisexual.
SPECIES: mutant (manmade).
NATIONALITY: unknown/kaedweni, from kaer morhen.
RELIGION: absent of religion (see this post for more depth).
KNOWN LANGUAGES: the common tongue, elder speech, nilfgaardian (stem of elder speech), sea dialect (poor), common sign language.
ACCENT: rivian, adopted.
CURRENT RESIDENCE: vagabond. occasionally winters at kaer morhen.
EDUCATION: educated at kaer morhen, home of the witcher school of the wolf. well-versed in the creation of witcher potions, monster identification and weaknesses. extensively learned in swordplay. attended classes at the oxenfurt academy, notably astronomy - did not pursue a degree.
FINANCIAL STATUS: poor / depends.
OCCUPATION: vagrant monster hunter (witcher).
PROCLIVITIES: red hair. good scents.
QUIRKS: names all his horses roach. hates long beards. falls asleep quickly after sex. unable to cry. having cat eyes means his pupils will dilate if he looks at something of particular interest. has massive anxiety over portals. thinks dragons are really, really cool. dubbed knight by accident. talks out loud a lot.
TROPES: amnesiac hero. the berserker. deadpan snarker. i just want to be normal. not so stoic. tranquil fury. verbal tic.

physical.

EYES: amber golden. irises can be controlled to let in or keep out light, either by slitting or dilating. possess tapetum lucidum that allow him to see in low lighting.
HAIR: completely devoid of pigmentation due to extended witcher experimentation / milky white. wears his hair down and loose, complete with a leather headband at all times, running across his forehead and tied beneath his ponytail. after he regains his memories, he occasionally tends to tie it back in a half-ponytail.
hair colour at birth: strawberry blonde/red.
HEIGHT: 6'0" / 181 cm.
WEIGHT: 207 lbs / 93 kg.
SOMATOTYPE: mesomorphic.
CLOTHING STYLE: every piece of clothing he owns is black or light black, save undershirts. travelling attire includes a leather jerkin and travelling cloak. wears a wolf medallion from the witcher school of the wolf.
FACE CLAIM(S): michał żebrowski.
DISTINGUISHING TRAITS: white hair. facial scarring.
SCARS: long scar across his left eye, from a fight with a cockatrice; bite scar on his neck, from adda the striga; three puncture scars, diagonally across his abdomen, from the pitchfork that killed him; three short scars across the inside of his forearm, from the djinn; small scars littering his thigh and abdomen. multiple long lash scars on his back from being whipped on several occasions.
DISABILITIES: bad elbow, knee, and hip joints, particularly his left knee and sword arm, from the druid magic used to heal him after his first fight with vilgefortz. nerve damage. permanent slight limp with accompanying pain that increases in inclement weather.

mind & relations.

ALIGNMENT: neutral good. / neutral goods value both personal freedom and adherence to laws. they feel that too many laws may unnecessarily restrict the freedom of good beings. they also believe that too much freedom may not protect society as a whole and encourage counterproductive divisions and in-fighting.
MYERS-BRIGGS: istj-a. / they get things done, meeting their obligations no matter the personal cost, and they are baffled by people who don’t hold their own word in the same respect. had a sharp, fact-based mind, and prefer sautonomy and self-sufficiency to reliance on someone or something.
TEMPERAMENT: phlegmatic. / The phlegmatic temperament is fundamentally relaxed and quiet, ranging from warmly attentive to lazily sluggish. Phlegmatics tend to be content with themselves and are kind. They are accepting and affectionate. They may be receptive and shy and often prefer stability to uncertainty and change. They are consistent, relaxed, calm, rational, curious, and observant, qualities that make them good administrators. They can also be passive-aggressive.
STRENGTHS: trustworthy, brave, pensive, thoughtful, calm.
WEAKNESSES: overconfident, audacious, tactless, unsociable.

MOTHER: visenna, sorceress, presumed alive.
FATHER: korin, mercenary (biological), deceased. vesemir (adoptive), alive/deceased in 3.
SIBLINGS: lambert, eskel, coën, leo.
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: yennefer of vengerberg (on-&-off), verse dependent.
CHILDREN: cirilla fiona elen riannon (adopted).
PETS: roach (mare).
NOTABLE OTHERS: yennefer of vengerberg, dandelion/jaskier, maria barring, cahir mawr dyffryn aep ceallach, emiel regis Rohellec Terzieff-Godefroy, angoulême.

sterility.
All witchers are rendered sterile as a result of their mutations, yet this is no inhibitor to sexual performance and many also experience an increased libido.cardiovascular system.
The heart beats at a quarter of the rate of a normal human’s with double the stroke volume. This allows for sufficient oxygen supply to the organs while also slowing bleeding in the event of injury. Compared to a human’s, a witcher’s heart can be enlarged up to 50% due to the thickened cardiac muscle around the left ventricle, increasing the power and efficiency of the heart’s pumping action. Despite this, it is not unusual for witchers to develop temporary murmurs due to the effects of potions degrading the heart valves. Blood pressure in the range 130/90 to 150/110 mmHg is considered normal.metabolism, though passive, can be slowed or increased beyond a normal range in response to external stimuli: it can be accelerated to process toxins or slowed to preserve a witcher in the case of heavy blood loss.immune system.
enhanced. upon infection, lymphocytes are produced at double the rate for a normal human and blood can be filtered through the lymph nodes anywhere from two to five times as fast, effectively halting infections before symptoms arise. allows geralt to recover more quickly in cases where wounds do become infected, and grants immunity even from diseases that would be fatal to humans.muscularskeletal structure.
mutations increase a witcher’s bone density and tensile strength, as well as giving rise to an accelerated rate of muscle growth. this increased muscle mass works in tandem with mutations to the nervous system to enhance a witcher’s strength, reflexes, and agility. it also grants greater resistance to injury and broken bones and allows for rapid healing in the event that injury does occur.

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(text credit: cardiaccadillac.)lung capacity.
While the effects are not drastic, a witcher’s lungs increase slightly in size as a result of the Trials, with the diaphragm strengthening and lowering towards the abdominal cavity by up to three inches. combined with the more efficient gas exchange in the lungs and the enhanced oxygen-carrying properties of witcher blood, this gives a witcher increased stamina and allows him to hold his breath for up to three minutes. This time period can be extended even longer through the use of a Killer Whale potion.liver function.
In order to rapidly neutralize the toxicity of potions that would otherwise be fatal, a witcher’s metabolism functions at an accelerated rate when needed, with a liver capable of quickly processing a wide range of toxins and able to regenerate tissue ten times faster than normal. While this does not prevent inebriation in the case of excessive alcohol consumption, it will prevent a hangover.digestive system.
A witcher’s digestive tract is particularly robust in order to process the toughest ingredients commonly used in potions and decoctions. Stomach acid has a pH in the range 1.0-3.0, on average 0.5 points lower than normal. The small intestine is also longer by roughly four inches, and more compact. Usually dormant, the appendix is activated by mutagens and serves to assist in the digestion of difficult compounds and regulate the gut’s pH in the presence of acidic potions, as well as boosting the immune system when the witcher is experiencing high toxicity.dexterity.
The shared tendon in the wrist that controls both the middle and ring fingers in a human divides into two as a result of the mutations, allowing for increased dexterity in casting Signs.

i. CHILDHOOD. / the only one to live out of all those chosen. pre-saga. during geralt's time at kaer morhen, after being taken as a baby by vesemir for the express purpose of making into a witcher. encompasses his experience through the trials and afterwards, when he survives all of the extra concoctions, loses all pigment in his hair, and continues training for life in the outside world.ii. YOUNG ADULT. / & looked for the words 'witcher urgently needed'. pre-saga. takes place in the years after geralt leaves kaer morhen. a young witcher, geralt is learning that the world is not as friendly a place as he thought it was.iii. ADULT. / neutral does not mean indifferent or insensitive. pre-the last wish & the sword of destiny. geralt of rivia is an experienced witcher, having seen too much of life than he wants to and finding that there are less and less monsters to battle, and less and less contracts put out into the world for witchers to take.iv. ADULT. / a destiny which is stronger than the royal will. the blood of elves - lady of the lake. geralt spends most of his time looking for ciri.v. ADULT. / their place of internment remains unknown. post-saga & pre-games. geralt remains in limbo after his death, not exactly existing, but not entirely dead either.vi. ADULT. / you were a rider of the wild hunt . pre-games. when geralt finally catches up to the rid riders, he trades his soul for that of yennefer's. for the next five years, he rides with the wild hunt, wreaking havoc on the worlds.vii. ADULT. / barely breathing and bereft of memory. witcher 1-2. when the wild hunt eventually lets geralt go, they wipe his memory, leaving him near kaer morhen for the wolves to find.viii. ADULT. / hatred and prejudice will never be eradicated. witcher 3. geralt has completely regained his memory, and is now travelling first in search of yennefer of vengerberg, and then of his daughter ciri.

ix. ADULT. ending 1. / doubt i’d know how to be anything else. post-games. ciri becomes a witcher, geralt continues as before, travelling the world in search of contracts.x. ADULT. modified ending 2. / thought we had a lot more time. post-games. ciri ascends to the nilfgaard throne, geralt travels the world. please note: i only write this verse as though it is ciri's decision to take the throne, not influenced by geralt taking money from emhyr - my characterisation does not include this as canon.xi. ADULT. post-games, general crossover. / no witcher’s ever died in his own bed. post-games. geralt is presumed dead and missing in his own world after the events of ending 1, where he instead makes the decision to follow ciri into the portal, and is instead yeeted into a different (other muses’) universe .xii. CROSSOVER. / tell them the white wolf bit them. modern supernatural. the white wolf. geralt, an artificially created mutant, travels the world, striking back at both petty thievery and large-scale villainy.xiii. SHAPESHIFTER. / one day they'll look back and see the wolf. general. part of an elite team of wolven shapeshifters, well known for travelling the lands, escorting any lost souls and guarding innocents from danger.xiv. CROSSOVER. / & overcome your nature through great effort. elder scrolls. geralt travels as a hired hand across the continent in search of work to be done.xv. MAGE. / a canvas: following the voice of genuine vocation. human. geralt is not taken to kaer morhen to become a witcher, but instead stays with his mother through some grand fortune, following in her footsteps and becoming a sorcerer focused in the art of healing.