The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Artbook

THE WITCHERS
The witchers appeared, as usual,
unexpectedly, silently, and out of
nowhere.
ANDRZEJ SAPKOWSKI, BLOOD OF ELVES
Geralt’s fellow Wolf School witchers figure
prominently in the story of The Witcher 3: Wild
Hunt. They had previously appeared in the prologue
of the first game, but since then the engine
has changed tremendously and thus Geralt’s
friends—Eskel and Lambert as well as his teacher
and mentor, Vesemir—had to be designed
virtually from scratch.
For the sake of continuity, however, old sketches
and models of the witchers’ faces made for the
first game were used as a starting point for the
new concepts and models. The end result was
a new look for Geralt’s three companions that
still maintained the key aspects of their former
appearance.
Vesemir
Vesemir plays a key role in The Witcher 3: Wild
Hunt. He is one of the main characters in the
prologue and also appears later, during one of
the game’s climactic moments. In portraying
him we wanted to emphasize that he is the
oldest living witcher, the only one to survive
the pogrom which decimated the Wolf School
witchers all those years ago.
No one knows exactly how old Vesemir is, but it
is possible that he is older than the very stones
of Kaer Morhen, among which he once served
as a fencing instructor. His gray hair frames the
creased, craggy face of an old man, but by juxtaposing
this with his well-worn equipment we
leave no doubt that he is a veteran witcher, one
whose skill could still give many a younger man
a run for his money.