The Mad Witcher Kiyan - Witcher Character Lore - Witcher lore - Witcher 3 Lore - Witcher Tales
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- The Witcher that went mad, Kiyan of the school of the cat. In today's witcher 3 wild hunt lore video, I will be discussing a witcher that was driven mad by an insane mage, this witcher is Kiyan from the school of the cat. I will discuss all of his known adventures and then what event actually occured to drive this witcher mad. This story can be experienced in game through the Scavenger Hunt: Cat School Gear quest.
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A quick disclaimer - A lot of these videos use information from the witcher wiki, in some cases I do read directly from the pages, I do always make sure to include my own thoughts and other information I know myself, but I just want to make sure everyone is on the same page here. Even though I use information from the wiki, I do still create the videos, with time, effort and a lot of editing! The idea behind the lore videos is to present the information to you guys in a fun and more interesting way then you guys having to get the information from pages and read it yourself. If anyone isn't okay with this I apologise, but since day one I have always said where I get the information from. Thank you for reading.
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Witchers: are able to withstand 2 days of torture
Also Witchers: die from 5 meter fall
unless they know how to roll when they fall
@@hassouss4512 Geralt must have missed that lesson.
Jack Gao also Witchers: die from a pitchfork
@@davidbeaulieu4815 actually, most people did when they didn't read the tutorial.
@@gabrielebuonocore2896 Ok in the witchers' defense, they would die if they're against an entire city, alone.
I fought this guy on deadmarch. I was barely damaging him and I thought this was intended. It was a very long battle but I finally managed to kill him, only to later learn I was carrying the prop sword of the theater quest 😅
Oh my God! You'd think that is a stupid mistake but that happens to the best of us and it's so fucking funny when it does but you actually won the fight on death march. That's just insane.
when i was fighting him on deathmarch i just used axii and then geralt one shotted him lol. idk if it was a bug for me or if its something normal
Congratulations on your challenge run, though.
lmao
The only thing that sword was good for was smacking Dandelion on the ass.
Angry peasant with a pitchfork: im about to end this mans whole career
Bjørn Pedersen god tier comment.
Gaetan sure showed him and the rest of the villagers
that little peasant shit had his whole life in front of him! as soon as he got involved with the mob, he starting using fisstech, and this is where things really started to spiral out of control. he eventually took another man's life... with a fucking pitchfork! what a waste.
Bjørn Pedersen looking back at history. Angry United peasants with pitchforks have proven to be the scariest force to ever exist.
@@thedarkwolf6967 That might be true...until World War II.
Then a bunch of dudes with: machine guns, tanks, sniper rifles, battleships, aircraft, and atomic bombs became the scariest force to ever exist.
"It's very hard to kill a witcher" *falls of ledge that's a bit too high and dies*
no good, no evil, only pain.
My life
@@LiftYagami You got sad life
Was looking for this goddamn quote , kept hearing this shit over and over and over again everytime he killed me :3
hotel, trivago
No eeeeeevil
Kiyan's story just breaks my heart. Regardless of what he did, the torture that lunatic put him through was way more than he deserved. I really wish Geralt had tracked that Mage down and given him a taste of his own medicine.
I dont feel bad for him, but i did want to kill the mage as well. Hopefully the witchers version of the inquisition got to him.
K Unknown I’m pretty sure the mage died
@@17DogsInClogs The mage dies. His final notes pretty much suggest that
Regardless of what he did? He killed a bunch of researchers among other people!
On the contrary, I hope there's a way to just get the reward and let him suffer for all the eternity. The mage did well on avenge those poor egg-heads even by accident.
@@CP-jk3tc did you miss the part about the mage killing a ship full of people so he could kidnap Kiyan? Besides, Geralt has killed plenty of folk. In the first book Geralt kills a couple of hecklers to demonstrate to his potential client how effective he is at killing.
Milk of the poppy reffers to what you'd extract from opium poppy. In other words the professor was administering witcher Kiyan some good old morphine.
Mellow Waters which is an opiate
clxwncrxwn yep, he said that
Probably closer to fentanyl, or at the very least hydromorphone (which is like 10 times stronger than morpine) taking a straight extract from the poppy is going to be stupidly strong. Regular morpine isn't all that strong, at least compared to what we have now.
Closer to pure Opium. Opium predates morphine and all forms of Opium derivatives, its far stronger and, arguably, less addictive. Other than that it's true what you've wrote.
While fighting him after reading all of that, i noticed he used the quen sign a lot, and i felt it was almost like he still had a lot of will to live, even after all he went through.
Sounds plausible, but don't all the witchers u fight i.e Jad Karadin, kiyan and the other cat witcher use Quen alot? Might just be their style which was programmed.
Well so did i the whole playthrought,my most used spell
If you read the sociopathic mage’s journal, Kiyan was possessed by a demon.
@@kd-hw2vk thats whats said about every witcher
Except Kiyan was actually possessed with a demon by the mage, unlike the unfounded insults of the hoi polloi.
Just read the book you probably didn’t find in your playthrough called ‘laboratory notebook’. Google it and scroll down to Day 26. Unless you even want me to quote the sentences?
I was legit surprised confused that he was a witcher when he used the signs since he doesnt even look human.
Honestly the first time I ever played I was little confused too aha
@@WitcherGeorge haha, I thought he did all that I did, like copying me so i didn't use signs because then he would do it aswell. Damn it was a hard fight on death march when you are 2 lvls below
That's why you read fucking notes
MrKuriIIko LMFAOOO
I read the journal and I was surprised too, I did expect to fight the witcher, but after all what he been through, I didn't expect him to fight like an witcher.
I love the School of the Cat armor journey: I wouldn't leave home without the full set. I remember being so scared to jump into that pit of Drowners, in the underground laboratory! But getting to fight The Mad Witcher Kiyan at the end to the trail, is quite the reward. I may not have understood the full extent of his story before now, as I may have just skimmed over some of Dandelion's journal entries, from time to time.
Same, I really like the schools of the cat as well and was happy there were at least 2 quest that involved actual living, breathing members
@@mohamedelkayal8871 That's right. There was another school of the cat quest. "Where the wolf and cat play" was an excellent but tragic tale.
What is the tale?
@@blair5475 "Where the Wolf and Cat Play" is a mission you will coma across in the Witcher 3, that is related to the school of the cat. I ain't spoiling it for you. If you want spoilers, go read the Witcher Wiki.
The Feline gear is the best. Combat actually becomes fun when I use it.
The crazy cat lady just a bit west of the Portside Gate in Farcorners has a diary that can give you the Cat School Gear quest when read, apparently she was involved somehow.
He was so thoroughly broken. Poor character.
i wish they could just make more dlc.. remake witcher 1 and 2 in the new engine with the same controls.... i miss this game so much
Yeah I wish they remade the first 2 gamed too. CD Project Red get on it!
Hagonm well they’ve just sorted out their legal battle with Andrzej so I think they have the green light to make more Witcher games
They can make games now they finished up their legal battle with Andrzej Sapkowski and finished up withj more rights than they had to begin with i believe!
@@tiramisumochi4787 Yep they already announced it i believe! The Witcher 4! Can't wait!
@@objectdefiance4027 announced it? Where?
"Witcher 3? BAH, more like 'Just Three Witchers!"
Ba dum disss
Maan the Witcher is my favourite game series of all time and to see such an amazing TH-camr like you keeping this masterpiece alive and making videos about it it's just awesome!! i appreciate you for that ❤️
Thank you, I love this game aha
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The gnome glasses are the best accessory.
What now u ?
can you do a video on regis? I would love that, he is one of my favorite characters and i think there is so much more to him.
I'd love to!
Regis is really old and mysterious. You can tell he cares for humanity even if humany would despise him if they learned that Regis was a vampire in Toussant.
Regis feels for Geralt because Geralt fought with him back when Regis was human. Regis sees Geralt can't hide his nature as a mutant so he is sympathetic to Geralt. Probably worries about Geralt going psycho like Detlaff.
Theodore Bear Regis was never human.
Yes please do a Regis video!
@@WitcherGeorge looking forward to that video!
Isn't that mage character who experimented on Kiyan, was also mentioned in the last Witcher book "Season of Storms"? In the prologue witcher slayed one of his abominations called "IDR" from his name.
I find Kiyan's story very disturbing and saddening. I admit there's a lot of times witcher 3 spooked the shit outta me. Entering crypts, caves and ruins are so creepy. Kudos for CDPR for putting a horror vibes in the game like without even trying. I was really shocked back then when I saw Kiyan while I'm looking for feline gears. I fought and killed him and I felt sad coz he's been through a lot, he was tortured very disturbingly in the name of discovery.
The hym quest and the red miasmal quest genuinely had me on the edge of my seat.
@@Jenna_Taliayess.. i was gonna say that
Always saw this card in gwent and wondered who he was. Nice video explaining it.
This shows how the "invincibility" of a witcher can be thier own curse.
Not everything that doesnt kill you makes you stronger, it can make you go mad as well.
Damn nicely said dude
Everytime i see these videos, listening to the soundtrack, seeing old characters it makes me want to play all from scratch again. Just remembering how fun this game is and how the characters are so well written. I know you can relate :)
Witchers being invincible to harmful things....They should have send a Witcher to clean up the roof of Chernobyl :p
That's an interesting thought. I wonder if there's anything similar to alpha or beta particles in the Witcher universe. I mean, assuming it's like ours but just with more jazz in the magical area, I'd guess there is some form of harmful radiation.
@@Thorogrimm I wonder too. There are certain times in the Witcher where it gets pretty low-level science and nerdy...in a way (don't know how to say it otherwise). For example, during the Keira Metz side mission there is a part in Alexander's notes where he describes using bacteria as a weapon. I love these kinds of details in the Witcher. I have no idea about radiation in the Witcher universe though
@@Thorogrimm In Witcher 2, before the battle with the kayran, Geralt and Triss have a conversation after she examines the kayran mucus. She talks about cancer cells, genetics, mutations, and natural selection.
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hmm ye , but it would be waaaay too dangerous even for them since if they fall from just like 3m they will die . xD
@@lukalalosevic200 Well, what about Quen? :)
The Witcher World is so Fascinating!!
I've been slowly playing Witcher 3 for 6 months now. Doing 2 quests a day basically Looking for small details. Can't get enough of this shit.
@@colin7375 Did you finish it?
The fight with him was pretty tough on the most difficult setting.
The child trainee witchers story in Kaer Morhens destroyed signal base was depressing as hell, the moment when Geralt buries the kids bones and sticks a pair of witcher swords on his grave was just breathtaking.
Love how clearer things get after I watch your videos on witcher topics... Even after several playthroughs (most of which with a feline style build), I still had some questions about this character
I thank you for making such interesting viedeos for us.
I absolutely loved this gear quest line. You re-telling it here brought back some good memories. Great video George 👍🏻👍🏻.
I encountered the mad witcher Kiyan a few weeks ago on my playthrough and was curious of his origins. Thank you for making a video about him! :D
I'm here from Gwent after wanting to learn about the lore behind the card "MAD KIYAN". thank you for providing such a great video with the lore of this Witcher! Excellent job!
This is a great vid man I'd love more of these.
Now with online learning being very common nowadays I love to put your videos on and just do my classwork and it helps me focus, so thank you.
Damn the lore is so expansive, great vid man!
Despite what Radovid's mad persecution may lead you to believe some mages did actually deserved to be burnt at the stake.
"I mean sure, it can mutate and kill them... but they're still alive."
Seems fair huehue
I read all the journals and he always intrigued me. I pronounced it like Kie Yin
The undisputed best witcher channel on TH-cam
Exactly what I was looking for! Cheers!
Awesome video bro, thanks
Another great lore video man love it
I was one of those people that didn't read hardly any of the extra notes or journals, but I knew this guy was a witcher when we started fighting. Anyways, very entertaining and interesting video. I'm gonna go binge more of your videos now.
Thanks for making this video I wanted to know more about him
I asked for this video about half a year back on another video, thanks.
The Details trough these small notes and Journals in The Witcher really adds up to the Immersion
Wow i had no idea thanks for digging so deep. I discovered your channel recently and i love how you cover the lore of the witcher games makes me plan on playing another new game also maybe give Dragons Dogma a try its my favorite game ever and the lore in it is amazing im actually curious if you will find something i may have not known.
Another great video as always! I just completed the Cat School Scavenger hunt recently where I had to defeat Kiyan. Loved watching this!
Thank you man!
What I finds fascinating about this character is he’s under a city that has people living there. Imagine if he got free or something.
This Video is fantastic love you're work
And this is really sad
Keep up the amazing videos tho bro I'm loving them so far!!!💯💯💯
So this video comes out litteraly the day after I discovered and did the quest. Interesting.
Thanks a lot George I just finished this quest and came looking for more info on your channel. Can you please do a video on the pigs curse from the witcher 3 secondary quest "Fool's gold"
thanx, I did read the notes and did assume he was tortured and or experimented on but it's nice to hear such complete story, him saying "no good, no evil, only pain" in the game really struck with me I though it was so creepy and wondered what exactly happened to this man and what his story is. kind of sad and tragic. :((
Love your work and lore's, please keep it up X
Thank you!
Finding journal lend me here. Thanks.
schweet thanks :) awesome video. I want that cat school vid plz
Just bought the witcher 3 last Monday, and I'm having a blast! It's a lot of fun 😀
If I were you I'd say goodbye to my friends and family. Trust me. That game will immerse you so much. Enjoy brother
Best game of all time. The books are great too and Netflix series comes out soon
@@walt461 understandable lmao
@@walt461 no game has immersed me quite like Ark. Spent 2 years everyday lmfao. I'm on Witcher 3 now and the cycle repeats.
@@colin7375 thats the witcher series does best. Try red dead redemption 1 and 2 too if you can.
I just stumbled upon him by accident what an incredible game!
Really interesting video 👌
It’s saddens me while searching around and learning about all the sad fates of the witchers in the past.... it’s like looking at your brothers’ journey and know that almost all of them didn’t end well.
was waiting for this
when i fought this guy the first time i thought it was a random zombie wielding a blade. but then when it attacked me i suddenly notice that this guy is a witcher straight away. i didn't like read the journal that this guy had but from the way he looked i can tell that this guy has been through a lot of shit.
(the reason why i know he's a witcher straight away btw is that his fighting style is literally just like geralt/witcher)
I just had this encounter last night while playing. I was very curious, but I missed a good deal of the detail described here. It is lore such as this that gives a whole new dimension to encounters in W3
I was surprised you didn't mention Kiyan in your School of the Cat lore video.
I swear I never knew this guy existed in game. Never knew a battle could be done! Thanks for this new Intel!
That guy, when he start to talk, scared me af.
Witcher lore on Golems? I went to the mad Witcher to grab the Cat gear, found a bill of sale for the Golem guarding in the adjacent room
I knew they were magically bought to life, but the fact they’re “crafted” and “sold” pre guard duty with what appears to be a warranty and the ability to be “serviced” aswell surprised me😂
I read all the books in this quest but still didn't understand what happend. So thx for the video!
I hunted the cat school diagrams immediately. I want armor but I also want to be fast.
I read Kiarn's story. Kiran disappointed me. I thought he would be more aggressive and skilled. I told his body to rest as the payment for his contract of suffering in the world.
No one is a saint and witchers are not hired to hold babies and give people flowers.
the gwent card for kiyan is amazing. never really been meta but looks amazing and has always been fun to use
Wait this video is a week old!!! I thought it was like 2 years old! Definitely subbing! Thought everyone was done with the Witcher
Witcher 4 lyfeeeeeeeeeeeee
Glad you’re back George! Cant wait for your upcoming cyberpunk 2077 stuff, you and cd project red are a gift
Man you're the only channel that covers Witcher 3.
Check out xLetalis,another deep witcher channel.
Finally a video about him.
this is one of my favourite fights in the game. just a good old fashioned 1 v 1
Right after you mentioned the cat school gear I raided a house and got me a note that started Cat School gear scavenger hunt. Lol
doesn't really "explain" how his Gwent card can do what it says... but the art is absolutely stellar
Could you do a video on the catriona plague
YES!!! Thank you thank you thank you! This is awesome
Thank you mate
“And that just proves the vitality of Witchers”
So THATS why women like Geralt so much!
Hoping one day for a witcher mmo, where we can create our own witcher, pick our school, and ... well, you can see how this world would be amazing.
Weapons for sure
for certain would be way better than ESO. That would great
Fuck yeah! My buddy and I have said the same thing probably about a year ago. That'd be awesome
Man I beat that guy so quick on my first play through I barley got to read his name! Good video! My death March from level one play through is taking a lot longer. Probably would have been better to play Death March on new game plus 😂
Thank you for this video.can you do a video on that is it worth being a witcher
I like how I casually found this video As I’m doing the cat quest
Great vid, how about one on the mage Alexander the one form "A Towerful of Mice", he is very interesting with his whole researching the catriona plague, diseases and all that, plus I was wondering about his form of magic because he is called a mage by Keira and all he seems to do is research diseases so is that like a form of magic or something?
Best Witcher channel
CoooOOOOOOOL! F"N LOVE THE LORE....THATS PART OF WHY I ALSO LOVE THE FIRST GAME!!!! ALL HAVE BADASS STORY PEICES!!!!
i was super surprised when he used quen against me in the fight but after reading the journal entries it made sense
This game means so much to me...
I've seen and finished that quest related to Kiyan but I've never put so much attention such as what you did. Just wow!
Coz' yo don't read. You lack curiosity and passion. Just like 99% of gamers in RPGs
@@Tybonhomme well then
@@blopplop1568 > Well well
@@Tybonhomme you seem upset
@@blopplop1568 > I always do but I am not
How often do you want to put witcher in the title?
WitcherGeorge: yes
Love the Goetic stuff in The Witcher, wish we could see more of it, the TTRPG has an awesome description of it as a magic system. I can see why it is banned lol, but forcing a demon to possess you and trapping it in your body in order to push your physical prowess far beyond even Geralt's is a cool idea.
Anyone else notice that at around the 4:46 mark, there is a picture of the half sunken ship. Around the top of the hull, of said ship, is a series of drawings, that i believe are of a flayed man. These same drawings can be found on the door to menge's office, in the mission with geralt and triss. Infact the camera even cuts to these drawing just before you enter that room. The camera cutting to them might signify something of importnace about the drawings. Now i am seeing this same drawing on this ship, it makes me wonder if there is some connection. Anyone else picked up on this?
On my 7th play through..... Didn't know this existed, this game is ridiculously deep! Best game made and it isn't even close!
Dammmnn! Great video, now i know who the barbecued dude is lol
I appreciate it!
Very pleasant listening to u
I was confused when this creature started using quen
No good, no evil. Only pain.
All the School related gear quests end at the corpse of a Watcher from said school that died in pretty gruesome ways. It's kinda depressing.
Yo, New Sub!
On my 3rd full playthrough, and had to start from fresh because when I first beat the game there wasn’t any dlc, then my second playthrough had all dlc available and played it but not how I was suppose to I basically just ran through the story part this time around I want to explore the entire world and collect all the Witcher gear outfits so they will be upscaled for my new game plus. With the ps5 upgrade out.. every game has been put on hold. GOWR, Forbidden West, so on and so on. But i finally acquired the cat witcher school gear which is my favorite and I can’t wait to find all of them. I have 3 so far