Great video as always, though I would like to add some things. Dragons might actually be pre-conjunction creatures as some, such as the red dragon Ocvist, are rumored to be over a million years old, far older than the Conjunction of the Spheres. Additionally it is implied that humans are actually post-conjunction 'creatures' too, as they arrived on the Continent after the Conjunction had already occurred.
I love this lore based video on the Witcher Universe. Do make more on the Book and Game universes. An idea like a video on some of the dangerous places to live and why. ❤
Thank you for taking the time to make this, It comes in handy for lore and reading the books. Its also a useful resource to present to new people to this world.
These have been fantastic so far, plenty of in depth information without getting overblown, must've taken a while to research, write then present it so thank for the hard work 😁
Randomly recommended your channel, probably because I was watching Witcher videos. Really enjoying the lore videos. Had a quick look at your channel. I don't play MTG or have any interest in playing it but I like the way you talk about lore and think I'd enjoy your videos talking about the lore even if I have no intention of playing the game. Subscribed and bell alerts. Decided to leave a comment because I hear it helps the algorithm. Hope your channel grows. As I said, no real interest in MGT but would enjoy hearing you talk about other fiction/fantasy if you ever think about branching out again like these Witcher videos
Thank you, I really appreciate the support! I do hope to put out more witcher content and expand into other fantasy areas in the near future. Don't worry, recording for part 4 of the witcher series is under way!
@@TheLorebrarians All I can say is do the videos you want to do and don't pander for views. Quality videos like yours will bring views/subscribers with time! Really think you have a good style in how you present and the quality of the images you use in your videos. Looking forward to the next Witcher video! Have you any plans for outside the Witcher/MGT? Think you'd do a great job for almost anything in a similar vein! I'm here at 16.9k, waiting for you to blow up!
@@admiralsfleet well I really appreciate that, thanks. And I recently put up a poll asking what else people would like to see. I've got plans to cover horizon zero dawn/forbidden west, and I want to expand into the warhammer universe. It's a bit down the road, but I'm always open to suggestions!
This series has helped me to understand the world more, knowing nothing of the series, I just finished The Witcher 3, I was very curious to learn the lore and history of the world. After watching this, I now know I'll be playing 1 and 2 next. Thanks again for helping me to nerd out.
I think Gwent the witcher card game players will get inspired more on these two part videos coz they have a massive amount of information and backgrounds they’ll want to hear !! Thanks a lot for your hard work my friend !! Keep it Up ♥️
Great video :) Favorite monsters would probably be werewolves and other theriantropes. Benign creatures like Dopplegangers (at least in the one mentioned in the book) and godlings also count as monsters, right?
Thank you,, and Werewolves are pretty sweet! Yeah you could count the relicts (dopplers and Godlings) as monsters, though I'd put them in a category similar to vrans
I’d personally have to say vampires. How the Witcher frames vampires is just so cool. They are these immensely powerful mostly immortal beings from a world where most of the beings are like that. And so strong even witchers would rather avoid them.
awesome breakdown. playing a dnd game tenatively set in the witcher world and this helps me better fit dnd character stuff to the worlds existing lore.
Good video; I'm currently doing research on The Brotherhood and Sisterhood for a project. What is your source for the idea that female sorceresses are better trained than their male counterparts?
Well there are pretty much 2 main kinds of monsters. Monstrous creatures and true monsters. Monstrous creatures are pretty much animals in their own worlds and thus fill an ecological niche and exist in this world due to conjunction of spheres. Although they are invasive and often hideous, I wouldn't call them true monsters (Arachas, ghouls in all forms, unintelligent draconids, lesser vampires etc.). Then there are true monsters and true monsters are unnatural beings... those are creatures created with magic like golems, most undead, cursed people in their monstrous form and more. The other type are monsters that are spontaneously appearing thanks to magic such as wraiths and ghosts.
I don't know if I have this correct, but worlds collided and some of each world's inhabitants were deposited into the world we now know from the The Witcher stories. So does that mean that there's a world where humans originated from? Would that be our world? Also, was this originally the Elve's world?
Some spoilers. The specifics of the Conjunction of Spheres are not known. Little writing survives from that time, and even when it happened, much is not understood by the sentient races. Eventually, Cirilla develops the power to move between worlds. At one point, she finds herself in England during the time of King Arthur and his knights. This could be understood as her entering out world, or perhaps only a similar world were that mythology really happened.
To answer your first question, as far as I remember, there is strong evidence to suggest that the humans of the world of the Witcher are descendants of humans from our world. Notably, many stories mentioned as ancient human tales are corrupted forms of stories from our world. A fun one off the top of my head was in the Witcher 3, a book mentions ancient tales, and names the story of Ecila going down the ferret hole, or as you may know it, Alice going down the rabbit hole: Alice in Wonderland. There are also examples of these in the books, but I sadly can’t pull them from memory.
@@communizzy "strong evidence" is the right way to put it, because it all but confirms humans in that world are the descendants of humans pulled from our world during an "interpenetration of spheres." And, in fact, most creatures in the world except gnomes are likely from other worlds. In an older translation, it feels as if the ships the elves arrive in are likely spaceships whose purpose and capability were misunderstood by the beings that saw them. Like, super advanced space faring race that finds essentially a utopia and decides to colonize and live in harmony with the inhabitants... It also lets you have head canon like "the Roanoke disappearance could have been a conjunction event" or "are the more peaceful elves the elves of the world's universe who stumbled upon it via normal space exploration, and the more hostile, exploitative elves a version of the species from an alternate dimension, but because they're so similar and feel so equally superior to everything else, they commingle and get their motivations all confused?" And they definitely reference the beauty and the beast story, and the idea of leprechauns hiding gold at the end of rainbows and stuff like that... It's my favorite fantasy trope in spades, though: fantasy world, sci Fi ancient history.
Air = Thoughts,, Fire = Will ( I will ),, Water = Emotions ==== SOUL in the Earth = Flesh Body. Akasha = Spirit the 5th ( first ) element. So,,, you can sell your soul. Just offer these aspects of yourself to the entity. At you own risk.
Creation magic is far the best (the one that Yen used to create two black birdies for Geralt and Istredd) and the best monster are obviously Higher Vampires, as they can use magic naturally for disappearing. Change my mind.
The elves were on the continent before the conjunction and already knew and used magic, also it was the elves that taught the invading humans magic after they arrived due to the cojunction? This video seems to have a few things wrong, but it may be me.
Perhaps the elves had access to Magic from their world before the conjunction, but magic was not a force on the world until the conjunction. It's described as an offspring of the cataclysm and in the world of the witcher book it states that chaos was present only after the conjunction. At least that was my interpretation
It would be very fun actualy Imagina being able to pick Witcher, Mage or Soldier, and than being able to choose where you belong. IF you choose Witcher, being able to choose the school If you choose soldier, being able to choose which kingdom... Of course the balance of the game would be ESSENTIAL so that not everyone chooses Witcher, but the idea would be very interesting if well implemented
This series is so underrated! Great presentation, easy to follow but still provides a massive amount of information. You deserve way more views!
I agree
Great video as always, though I would like to add some things.
Dragons might actually be pre-conjunction creatures as some, such as the red dragon Ocvist, are rumored to be over a million years old, far older than the Conjunction of the Spheres. Additionally it is implied that humans are actually post-conjunction 'creatures' too, as they arrived on the Continent after the Conjunction had already occurred.
So Human just took over the world?
@@amitgorai4314 They are pretty much the equivalent of European settlers taking over North America
I love this lore based video on the Witcher Universe. Do make more on the Book and Game universes.
An idea like a video on some of the dangerous places to live and why. ❤
Thanks! That's a fun and unique idea for a video, I'll definitely look into it
Thank you for taking the time to make this, It comes in handy for lore and reading the books. Its also a useful resource to present to new people to this world.
Of course, glad to hear it is helpful!
Namely me😂 I just started playing The Witcher 3 recently, and I have ZERO knowledge of the lore
Witchers are the coolest monster hunters in all of fiction
These have been fantastic so far, plenty of in depth information without getting overblown, must've taken a while to research, write then present it so thank for the hard work 😁
A good chunk of work goes in, and I'm glad to hear they are enjoyed!
WE NEED PART 3 !! Nice video and explaination btw
Thank you! Got a little busy with personal life the last couple months, but I hope to return to the series soon! Especially with the upcoming season
Randomly recommended your channel, probably because I was watching Witcher videos.
Really enjoying the lore videos. Had a quick look at your channel. I don't play MTG or have any interest in playing it but I like the way you talk about lore and think I'd enjoy your videos talking about the lore even if I have no intention of playing the game.
Subscribed and bell alerts. Decided to leave a comment because I hear it helps the algorithm.
Hope your channel grows. As I said, no real interest in MGT but would enjoy hearing you talk about other fiction/fantasy if you ever think about branching out again like these Witcher videos
Thank you, I really appreciate the support! I do hope to put out more witcher content and expand into other fantasy areas in the near future. Don't worry, recording for part 4 of the witcher series is under way!
@@TheLorebrarians All I can say is do the videos you want to do and don't pander for views. Quality videos like yours will bring views/subscribers with time! Really think you have a good style in how you present and the quality of the images you use in your videos.
Looking forward to the next Witcher video! Have you any plans for outside the Witcher/MGT? Think you'd do a great job for almost anything in a similar vein!
I'm here at 16.9k, waiting for you to blow up!
@@admiralsfleet well I really appreciate that, thanks. And I recently put up a poll asking what else people would like to see. I've got plans to cover horizon zero dawn/forbidden west, and I want to expand into the warhammer universe. It's a bit down the road, but I'm always open to suggestions!
This series has helped me to understand the world more, knowing nothing of the series, I just finished The Witcher 3, I was very curious to learn the lore and history of the world. After watching this, I now know I'll be playing 1 and 2 next. Thanks again for helping me to nerd out.
Of course, and I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the content! Good luck with the rest of the Witcher games
Im really impressed by these Witcher videos! Please make more!
The next one is in the works! Should be out next week
We just made it to your second vod during our foodbrake, very hiqu quality lore thank you for creating this!
I'm addicted, and it is lovely.
I think Gwent the witcher card game players will get inspired more on these two part videos coz they have a massive amount of information and backgrounds they’ll want to hear !!
Thanks a lot for your hard work my friend !! Keep it Up ♥️
I appreciate it, and happy you enjoyed the video!
0 dislike 5-star work . I am a new sub and I'm going to watch everything keep up the brilliant work
Thanks for the support and welcome to the channel!
@@TheLorebrarians this my second watch this is my comfort video
great video man
Great video :) Favorite monsters would probably be werewolves and other theriantropes. Benign creatures like Dopplegangers (at least in the one mentioned in the book) and godlings also count as monsters, right?
Thank you,, and Werewolves are pretty sweet! Yeah you could count the relicts (dopplers and Godlings) as monsters, though I'd put them in a category similar to vrans
I’d personally have to say vampires. How the Witcher frames vampires is just so cool. They are these immensely powerful mostly immortal beings from a world where most of the beings are like that. And so strong even witchers would rather avoid them.
Excellent
Oh! A Witcher series!
awesome breakdown. playing a dnd game tenatively set in the witcher world and this helps me better fit dnd character stuff to the worlds existing lore.
These are fantastic thank you (also I find Leshens awesome.)
The intro & outro music is grand :)
Good video; I'm currently doing research on The Brotherhood and Sisterhood for a project. What is your source for the idea that female sorceresses are better trained than their male counterparts?
Kinda reminds of the DnD lore... is it possible they took some inspiration out of it? Like with the 'multiverse' ?
Well there are pretty much 2 main kinds of monsters. Monstrous creatures and true monsters. Monstrous creatures are pretty much animals in their own worlds and thus fill an ecological niche and exist in this world due to conjunction of spheres. Although they are invasive and often hideous, I wouldn't call them true monsters (Arachas, ghouls in all forms, unintelligent draconids, lesser vampires etc.). Then there are true monsters and true monsters are unnatural beings... those are creatures created with magic like golems, most undead, cursed people in their monstrous form and more. The other type are monsters that are spontaneously appearing thanks to magic such as wraiths and ghosts.
...that would be 3 kinds of monsters then...
I don't know if I have this correct, but worlds collided and some of each world's inhabitants were deposited into the world we now know from the The Witcher stories.
So does that mean that there's a world where humans originated from? Would that be our world?
Also, was this originally the Elve's world?
Some spoilers.
The specifics of the Conjunction of Spheres are not known. Little writing survives from that time, and even when it happened, much is not understood by the sentient races.
Eventually, Cirilla develops the power to move between worlds. At one point, she finds herself in England during the time of King Arthur and his knights. This could be understood as her entering out world, or perhaps only a similar world were that mythology really happened.
This is not the elves original world
To answer your first question, as far as I remember, there is strong evidence to suggest that the humans of the world of the Witcher are descendants of humans from our world. Notably, many stories mentioned as ancient human tales are corrupted forms of stories from our world. A fun one off the top of my head was in the Witcher 3, a book mentions ancient tales, and names the story of Ecila going down the ferret hole, or as you may know it, Alice going down the rabbit hole: Alice in Wonderland. There are also examples of these in the books, but I sadly can’t pull them from memory.
@@communizzy "strong evidence" is the right way to put it, because it all but confirms humans in that world are the descendants of humans pulled from our world during an "interpenetration of spheres." And, in fact, most creatures in the world except gnomes are likely from other worlds.
In an older translation, it feels as if the ships the elves arrive in are likely spaceships whose purpose and capability were misunderstood by the beings that saw them.
Like, super advanced space faring race that finds essentially a utopia and decides to colonize and live in harmony with the inhabitants...
It also lets you have head canon like "the Roanoke disappearance could have been a conjunction event" or "are the more peaceful elves the elves of the world's universe who stumbled upon it via normal space exploration, and the more hostile, exploitative elves a version of the species from an alternate dimension, but because they're so similar and feel so equally superior to everything else, they commingle and get their motivations all confused?"
And they definitely reference the beauty and the beast story, and the idea of leprechauns hiding gold at the end of rainbows and stuff like that...
It's my favorite fantasy trope in spades, though: fantasy world, sci Fi ancient history.
Aren't humans invasive species that came through during the conjunction?
yes that was in the video. listen to 2:56 again.
Yay new content!!
AMAZING video!
11:17 Isnt this a Nekkar on the left?
i thanks u a lot for the video
Glad you enjoyed
Air = Thoughts,, Fire = Will ( I will ),, Water = Emotions ==== SOUL in the Earth = Flesh Body. Akasha = Spirit the 5th ( first ) element. So,,, you can sell your soul. Just offer these aspects of yourself to the entity. At you own risk.
Creation magic is far the best (the one that Yen used to create two black birdies for Geralt and Istredd) and the best monster are obviously Higher Vampires, as they can use magic naturally for disappearing. Change my mind.
Awesome videos
How can I feel so nostalgic for music I do not recognize?
The faceless dude from Blood and Wine always disturbed me.
The elves were on the continent before the conjunction and already knew and used magic, also it was the elves that taught the invading humans magic after they arrived due to the cojunction? This video seems to have a few things wrong, but it may be me.
Perhaps the elves had access to Magic from their world before the conjunction, but magic was not a force on the world until the conjunction. It's described as an offspring of the cataclysm and in the world of the witcher book it states that chaos was present only after the conjunction. At least that was my interpretation
@@TheLorebrarians You guys are probably right :)
Question:
What kind of element is the Axii sign?
They don't want you to know this but it's actually just stage hypnotism
@@Brynwyn123 okay
@@Brynwyn123 yes that is amazing
i wonder .. is the intro line "leets dive in" is inspired from Quagmire from Family guy :D
questions
why doesn't humanoid monster have any intelligence?
why are draconids even monster and not some winged dino?
Great video...but Aard and Igni??? Everyone knows Quen is the best sign!!
4:30 huh. Literally have a magic system called “channeling” water, air, Earth & fire!? Just like the Wheel of Time (only without Spirit & weaves)
10/10 didn't mention G'vella Glan
Thank you for these videos! The Rotten fiends or whatever they’re called are so gross in the video game 😂
Charlie Kelly needs to play witcher
Have you heard of the High Elves?
I would love a beastiary type of video
GOD why nobody make a mmorpg out of it
It would be very fun actualy
Imagina being able to pick Witcher, Mage or Soldier, and than being able to choose where you belong.
IF you choose Witcher, being able to choose the school
If you choose soldier, being able to choose which kingdom...
Of course the balance of the game would be ESSENTIAL so that not everyone chooses Witcher, but the idea would be very interesting if well implemented
The elemental segment gave me some avatar vibes