@@mattnorris7124 Don't forget "The New River" in the United States, it is the 2nd oldest river in the world and may actually be the #1 oldest river in the world, even older than the Nile river. But it is still unknown if it is #1 oldest, because it is hard to tell.
If you flip the map so that the shore faces up, it becomes very similar to Baltic geography where the northern realms are Poland. Kovir becomes the Baltic states (northeast of Poland, skellige becomes Scandinavia (north of Poland), and Nilfgaard becomes Germany (west of Poland). Rediania’s map is almost identical to medieval Poland, and Nilfgaard invades them just like Germany did in ww2.
Not sure where you’re getting your info from but there’s a few discrepancies in your video. You kind of had the same problem in your Watchmen video. Geralt isn’t actually from Rivia he just took up that surname so that normal people would find him more trustworthy. Later on he was knighted as a knight from Rivia so the name became official. Hope you don’t think I’m trying to be a dick because I actually really enjoy watching your stuff.
Huh. I've only read the Last Wish so far, but in the very first story, he's described as having an accent from Rivia. Did this mofoker fake a Rivian accent like Americans try to fake an Irish accent?
Kalil Illinois yeah that’s exactly what he did lol. He wanted it to seem legit so he developed the accent too. It’s never really stated where he’s actually from, only that he’s not actually from Riva.
Geralt is not from Rivia. From the Witcher wiki: "Despite his title, Geralt did not hail from the city of Rivia. He grew up in the keep of Kaer Morhen in the realm of Kaedwen." Before taking off and seeking adventure, he was urged by his mentor, Vesemir, to create a surname so that people would trust him more. Edit: I just wanted to say that I love that you decided to make this video. Please keep it up, I hope you decide to do more on the Witcher.
@@TheWhiteDragon3 "..."Of Rivia" was a more practical alternative and Geralt even went so far as to adopt a Rivian accent to appear more authentic. Later, Queen Meve of Lyria knighted him for his valor in the Battle for the Bridge on the Yaruga conferring on him the formal title "of Rivia", which amused him. He, therefore, became a true knight." To my understanding he made up the "Of Rivia" but then a Queen actually believed he was from there and Knighted him as a Thank you. (I did not read the books, I'm only going off the wiki.)
Is this canon? Or is this just some legends lore from the extended universe? Because I am having very serious doubts about your claims which appear to be wild accusations. The energy you radiate is giving off serious fan fic vibes to me. Explain yourself.
When I started watching The Witcher I thought Nilfgaard was called Milfguard and I couldn’t stop laughing when everyone called them super powerful and stuff 😂
Hey, just got into the books thanks a lot for this. I would very much appreciate if you continue to explore the Witcher world as a series! It has a lot to give specially in creature/race mythology.
if youre considering doing an episode on higher and lower vampires, don't make the mistake to call Katakans higher vampires, and Alps an Bruxae are higher vampires. wild hunt messed up on the definition of higher vampire, but by studying their nature it should be easy to differentiate.
That’s so crazy, you make this video when I’m in the middle of my third replay of witcher 3 and I’m also in the middle of the third book, crazy coincidence. Make more of these videos
Weird... I'm also in the middle of my third playthrough of The Witcher 3 and finishing up the third book. That's why I found some inconsistencies in this video, but other people are already pointing them out.
You forgot Vergen on your map, west of Brokilon on the west coast. Also, I could be wrong but I feel very sure that Lyria and Rivia are north of the Yaruga.
Hello there ! Nice videos ! Just One thing it reads "Tuirsack" altough its written "tuirseach " keep up, like your videos very much cheers from Portugal
Love this channel to bits, you deserve way more recognition especially for your vids on got, I love the fact that you include both the show and the book series in your vids, keep up the good work
I love your videos and I love the world of the witcher. Needless to say I clicked very fast. Thank you, please do more videos about the witcher series.
Geralt wasn't dropped off at Kaer Morhen by his mother, it's stated in the first book "The Last Wish" that he was taken by a Witcher who used the Law of Surprise as payment and took Geralt to Kaer Morhen to train and undergo the Trial of the Grasses to become a Witcher. He then underwent further genetic manipulation because of how well he took to the first trial and this is the reason he is more apt than most Witchers and has white hair.
Very well made, as always. Just two things. Your pronounciation is a little off with some of these names (Aedirn, and Kaedwen are most notable) and as was already said, Geralt is not from Rivia, he just took the name because it made him look more trustworthy than just "Geralt"
imagine witcher 4 with these exact mappings and a free to explore whole continent and specific locations of characters with tons of contracts side quests adding every single kingdom in a dlc time to time and the last great war of all kingdoms as its final main quest...... it's so chilling to think about it even..
I just beat it for the 1st time (with dlc) and i can say its one of my new favorite games. Im 15 and i actually got the first three books since i like the witcher universe. I remember thinking i wouldn't play a game like this, but i was sorely mistaken.
Love your videos man! Just one minor note on pronunciation (I know I'm that guy, but if you make more it'll help, & I hope you do) Eist Tuirseach (Eh-sht Tear-shock) Skellige is Norse/Celtic hybrid so this is how you'd pronounce this (in the Irish language anyway)
Mate, have you read the books? Simply wondering and not trying to be a dick. But if you haven't i recemend them strongly. They are also a bit more usefull than the show if you need info for videos. Also i have a few complains and feedback. For instance, Brokilon, Cidaris, Brugge and Sodden are there own kingdoms, but they all are a part of Temeria. Also, Nilfgaard have allways been a powerfull realm/empire, mather of the fact, there have been 3 wars between Nilfgaard and the Northern Realms ( 2 in the books. ), but the show makes it look like one thanks to the really crappy (at least to me) edditing. You also forgot to mention Hackland and Zerekania (apoliges if i spelled them wrong) wich ticked me a bit, since they are some of the most interesting places in the Witcher univers. Also, sorry if i failed to see or hear you say it, but Rivia and Cintra are both members of the Northern Realms. My final thing to say is that Cintra is not the most powerfull realm in the Northern Realms, i think Redania or Kovir/Poviss is thanks to there riches, army and/or intelegence service, i honestly don't know. But exept all my whining and feedback was this a great video. This was not meant as hate or critcism, simply feedback, i simply love both your channel and the Witcher too mutch. Hope you will keep making videos on the Witcher univers.
Cidaris has never been a part of Temeria. And in the show only the First Nilfgaard-North war happened yet. The second one starts in Time of Contempt book (4th book) and third one is not even canon, its only in the games.
Great vid! Just one thing, Geralt isn't actually from Rivia but used that name when going south. I think it's hinted that he's family was from Kaedwen, something about his mother or something like that.
Good video. But there are some mistakes, some pronunciation was bad and Geralt is not actually from Rivia, he just took “of Rivia” as a shorter name that Vesemir gave him
I have a great theory about game of thrones which I call the stargareyn theory which just goes like the starks form an alliance with the Targareyn's and conquer westeros
I always loved the eastern realms and Ofir bdcouse they were so mysterious, it's a shame we know almost nothing about those places but on the other hand if we knew them they wouldn't be the same.
Read the books. He’s not actually from Rivia. Part of the process before becoming a Witcher is picking a name to fit in the human world and Rivia was the first place that came to mind. He had never even been there. Until, well I won’t spoil it :)
Great job on showing the map. If I may criticize one thing, maybe talk less about the lore everyone knows about like Geralt being a witcher and his mutations if the video is about the witcher world map.
The geography of this fantasy world is not too realistic. The only islands are Skellige, and there is absolutely nothing in the north and East behind the mountains. But the names of the regions are pretty cool. Not every country ends in -nia or -tia like in many fantasy stories. And Sapkowsky uses all kinds of real languages to create new words with different flavours. Welsh, Polish, French, Italian, German and more
NGL, watched the 2nd season and realized I thought Cintra was a city, and the fight in Witcher world was between _city states_ like in Greece. Now I'm here looking for help. I have no idea who is who and is against whom or even why! xD
The Witcher lore is growing. I believe one day soon it will rival LOTR & GOT. Its got rich history. One thing it has over GOT it has more then just one old man working on its stories. Don't get me wrong I think George RR Martin is a brilliant man but he is remarkably slow at putting out any content to do with A Song of Ice and Fire
The Witcher Books in Order of Reading 1st: The Last Wish (short story collection), published in Polish in 1993, translated by Danusia Stok in 2007 2nd: Season of Storms, published in Polish in 2013, translated by David French in 2018 3rd: Sword of Destiny (short story collection), published in Polish in 1993, translated by David French in 2015 4th (they call this book 1 its not) Blood of Elves, published in Polish in 1994, English version by Danusia Stok in 2009 5th: Time of Contempt, published in Polish in 1995, translated by David French in 2013 6th: Baptism of Fire, published in Polish in 1996, English version by David French in 2014 7th: The Tower of Swallows, published in Polish in 1997, translated by David French in 2016 8th: Lady of the Lake, published in Polish in 1999, English version by David French in 2017
"only notable river".....
Cries in pontar
Most important rivers in the World:
Amazon, Nile, Danube, Mekong, Yangtze, Mississippi, Ganges, Zambezi
*_PONTAR_*
@@mattnorris7124 Don't forget "The New River" in the United States, it is the 2nd oldest river in the world and may actually be the #1 oldest river in the world, even older than the Nile river. But it is still unknown if it is #1 oldest, because it is hard to tell.
Not going to lie, I've been waiting for this. Just wondering will it ever be a possibility to do a map of Middle Earth and well Arda?
If you flip the map so that the shore faces up, it becomes very similar to Baltic geography where the northern realms are Poland. Kovir becomes the Baltic states (northeast of Poland, skellige becomes Scandinavia (north of Poland), and Nilfgaard becomes Germany (west of Poland). Rediania’s map is almost identical to medieval Poland, and Nilfgaard invades them just like Germany did in ww2.
Not sure where you’re getting your info from but there’s a few discrepancies in your video. You kind of had the same problem in your Watchmen video. Geralt isn’t actually from Rivia he just took up that surname so that normal people would find him more trustworthy. Later on he was knighted as a knight from Rivia so the name became official. Hope you don’t think I’m trying to be a dick because I actually really enjoy watching your stuff.
I came here to say that too!
Huh. I've only read the Last Wish so far, but in the very first story, he's described as having an accent from Rivia. Did this mofoker fake a Rivian accent like Americans try to fake an Irish accent?
Spoilers for the show maybe?
That's why I thought he left that out
Also it wasn't just a knight who knighted him it was Meve, Queen of Lyria who knighted him for his bravery during a battle on the border of Rivia
Kalil Illinois yeah that’s exactly what he did lol. He wanted it to seem legit so he developed the accent too. It’s never really stated where he’s actually from, only that he’s not actually from Riva.
Geralt is not from Rivia. From the Witcher wiki:
"Despite his title, Geralt did not hail from the city of Rivia. He grew up in the keep of Kaer Morhen in the realm of Kaedwen."
Before taking off and seeking adventure, he was urged by his mentor, Vesemir, to create a surname so that people would trust him more.
Edit: I just wanted to say that I love that you decided to make this video. Please keep it up, I hope you decide to do more on the Witcher.
I thought his title "of Rivia" is referring to that one time when he was technically knighted.
@@TheWhiteDragon3 "..."Of Rivia" was a more practical alternative and Geralt even went so far as to adopt a Rivian accent to appear more authentic. Later, Queen Meve of Lyria knighted him for his valor in the Battle for the Bridge on the Yaruga conferring on him the formal title "of Rivia", which amused him. He, therefore, became a true knight."
To my understanding he made up the "Of Rivia" but then a Queen actually believed he was from there and Knighted him as a Thank you. (I did not read the books, I'm only going off the wiki.)
Lol you had to wiki it. Which shows you didn’t know it either
@@shinobifirecracker6671 I mean yea but at least he’s right whycreate didn’t even get it right and it’s on the damn wiki
Is this canon? Or is this just some legends lore from the extended universe?
Because I am having very serious doubts about your claims which appear to be wild accusations. The energy you radiate is giving off serious fan fic vibes to me.
Explain yourself.
When I started watching The Witcher I thought Nilfgaard was called Milfguard and I couldn’t stop laughing when everyone called them super powerful and stuff 😂
If there is a place called Milfguard I would be the first to visit the mighty kingdom
Well well cyberpunk canon ?
In cyberpunk there is a magazine
@@bakthihapuarachchi3447 that would explain why they are powerful, soldiers will fight like beast to get the milfs back home lol
Suggestions for future Witcher vids.
1. Magic system.
2. How witchers are formed.
3. Various monsters.
You should make a video on the eastern realms and specifically Zerrikania as there is lots of lore about in books throughout the game and online
Zerrikania was the first thing that popped up in my mind when he asked for video topics.
Hey, just got into the books thanks a lot for this. I would very much appreciate if you continue to explore the Witcher world as a series! It has a lot to give specially in creature/race mythology.
if youre considering doing an episode on higher and lower vampires, don't make the mistake to call Katakans higher vampires, and Alps an Bruxae are higher vampires. wild hunt messed up on the definition of higher vampire, but by studying their nature it should be easy to differentiate.
That’s so crazy, you make this video when I’m in the middle of my third replay of witcher 3 and I’m also in the middle of the third book, crazy coincidence. Make more of these videos
Thb most witcher are always on there next reply right
Weird... I'm also in the middle of my third playthrough of The Witcher 3 and finishing up the third book. That's why I found some inconsistencies in this video, but other people are already pointing them out.
Yes please more witcher! I like how you say the names, proper bird is also a great source for witcher info.
You forgot Vergen on your map, west of Brokilon on the west coast. Also, I could be wrong but I feel very sure that Lyria and Rivia are north of the Yaruga.
Vergen is in upper aedirn, you are there in the witcher 2, and yes lyria and rivia is north of the jaruga and south of aedirn.
Hello there ! Nice videos ! Just One thing it reads "Tuirsack" altough its written "tuirseach " keep up, like your videos very much cheers from Portugal
Bom bacalhau
I'd love to see you tackle the Golden dragon or the Wild Hunt (book versions) at some point
Love this channel to bits, you deserve way more recognition especially for your vids on got, I love the fact that you include both the show and the book series in your vids, keep up the good work
Don't ride him
I love your videos and I love the world of the witcher. Needless to say I clicked very fast. Thank you, please do more videos about the witcher series.
Didnt know what I was missing from my life... untill you uploaded this! Keep up this great work, cant wait for the next episode!!
Toss a coin to your Witcher O'valley of plenty....
Oh valley of plenty, *WOOOAH WOOOH WOOOOOH*
Geralt wasn't dropped off at Kaer Morhen by his mother, it's stated in the first book "The Last Wish" that he was taken by a Witcher who used the Law of Surprise as payment and took Geralt to Kaer Morhen to train and undergo the Trial of the Grasses to become a Witcher. He then underwent further genetic manipulation because of how well he took to the first trial and this is the reason he is more apt than most Witchers and has white hair.
good video! One small thing is that geralt isn't actually from rivia. Most witchers take up titles to sound professional and trustworthy
Cintra is an actual place. In Portugal. But these days it starts with S. Sintra
As well as Novigrad also in Portugal
WHERE IS BLAVIKEN, IT’S BEEN DRIVING ME CRAZY
minnamarouf its in redania
North of Redania near Hengfors league's territory.
I believe its along the coast, just north of Redania, pretty much north of Novigrad, near the southern border of Kovir, south of Dragon Mountains
Blaviken is located in Redania
Geralt isn't from rivia, Aedern I though his mother got her origins
Don’t think we actually know where he was born, he was raised as Kaer Morhen tho ofc which is in Kaedwen
Very well made, as always. Just two things. Your pronounciation is a little off with some of these names (Aedirn, and Kaedwen are most notable) and as was already said, Geralt is not from Rivia, he just took the name because it made him look more trustworthy than just "Geralt"
Thank you! I really like your GOT videos. I'm very happy you made this one.
imagine witcher 4 with these exact mappings and a free to explore whole continent and specific locations of characters with tons of contracts side quests adding every single kingdom in a dlc time to time and the last great war of all kingdoms as its final main quest...... it's so chilling to think about it even..
These map videos are so addictive to watch.
Yessir!!! We need you to get your Witcher knowledge up so you can be our source on that as well! 😤
I just beat it for the 1st time (with dlc) and i can say its one of my new favorite games. Im 15 and i actually got the first three books since i like the witcher universe. I remember thinking i wouldn't play a game like this, but i was sorely mistaken.
Whoa can't wait for more witcher videos!
It’d be really cool if you talked in depth about the trial of the grasses and then maybe the other Witcher schools after that
Thank you! That was helpful to visualize it all (reading the books!)
Love your videos man! Just one minor note on pronunciation (I know I'm that guy, but if you make more it'll help, & I hope you do)
Eist Tuirseach (Eh-sht Tear-shock) Skellige is Norse/Celtic hybrid so this is how you'd pronounce this (in the Irish language anyway)
Mate, have you read the books? Simply wondering and not trying to be a dick. But if you haven't i recemend them strongly. They are also a bit more usefull than the show if you need info for videos. Also i have a few complains and feedback. For instance, Brokilon, Cidaris, Brugge and Sodden are there own kingdoms, but they all are a part of Temeria. Also, Nilfgaard have allways been a powerfull realm/empire, mather of the fact, there have been 3 wars between Nilfgaard and the Northern Realms ( 2 in the books. ), but the show makes it look like one thanks to the really crappy (at least to me) edditing. You also forgot to mention Hackland and Zerekania (apoliges if i spelled them wrong) wich ticked me a bit, since they are some of the most interesting places in the Witcher univers. Also, sorry if i failed to see or hear you say it, but Rivia and Cintra are both members of the Northern Realms. My final thing to say is that Cintra is not the most powerfull realm in the Northern Realms, i think Redania or Kovir/Poviss is thanks to there riches, army and/or intelegence service, i honestly don't know. But exept all my whining and feedback was this a great video. This was not meant as hate or critcism, simply feedback, i simply love both your channel and the Witcher too mutch. Hope you will keep making videos on the Witcher univers.
Cidaris has never been a part of Temeria. And in the show only the First Nilfgaard-North war happened yet. The second one starts in Time of Contempt book (4th book) and third one is not even canon, its only in the games.
Where is toussunt? From Blood and wine dlc?
Great vid! Just one thing, Geralt isn't actually from Rivia but used that name when going south. I think it's hinted that he's family was from Kaedwen, something about his mother or something like that.
Dude you forgot Toussaint and Ofier
One continent on this planet Nirn I believe is called Tamriel and another is called Middle Earth.
I see u are a man of culture
Thanks for laying it all out!
I love your videos about maps, worlds and places in general. Please do more on the witcher lands ☺
Thanks for making this.
Great presentation man! Good Job!
It's quite coincidential how the name of Geralt's mother is Visennya. In ASOIAF lore, Visenya is the warrior wife of Aegon the conqueror.
Great video! From ASOIAF to The Witcher. Would love to see more lore videos on this 👍👍
This was the most usefull video I've found keep it up
Great video and explanations! Really expanded my knowledge on the Witcher realms.
Dudes voice is so soothing 😌
This really helps, thank you!
a video on ofier and zerrikania would be awesome
This is great thank you for making this!
Thank you so much for this!! Off to print this baby off 💜
would be cool if he talked about other dimensions that you see in witcher 3 like tir na lia or something like that or about the duchy of toissaint
More Witcher Videos???
I was waiting for ofir.
Thankyou soo much for the video. Thanks for accepting my request.
Yes, please make more Witcher videos
Talk about Toussaint if you can
More videos on the Witcher please!!
You should read the books, they are good. Then u could share your thoughts and insight similar to got
Fantastic as ever
The Skellige Islands are named after the inish skellig and skellig michael off the coast of Ireland
I finished all your game of thrones videos no I need mor WITCHER content pls
Awesome I've seen a lot of your videos for a while and your channel is so cool, can you do videos about The Elder Scrolls? It has a awesome lore
More Witcher. Let’s goooo
Good video. But there are some mistakes, some pronunciation was bad and Geralt is not actually from Rivia, he just took “of Rivia” as a shorter name that Vesemir gave him
Do more Witcher stuff please!!!
More Witcher stuff please!
I have a great theory about game of thrones which I call the stargareyn theory which just goes like the starks form an alliance with the Targareyn's and conquer westeros
Do Queen Meve of Lyria and Rivia's story please!!
I always loved the eastern realms and Ofir bdcouse they were so mysterious, it's a shame we know almost nothing about those places but on the other hand if we knew them they wouldn't be the same.
Love the witcher world!
Make more Witcher vids 💗🐺
Map is similar to the west coast of Ireland,just my opinion anyone else?
Read the books. He’s not actually from Rivia. Part of the process before becoming a Witcher is picking a name to fit in the human world and Rivia was the first place that came to mind. He had never even been there. Until, well I won’t spoil it :)
You should use game map
It looks better and it s more detailed
Did you read the books?
Great job on showing the map. If I may criticize one thing, maybe talk less about the lore everyone knows about like Geralt being a witcher and his mutations if the video is about the witcher world map.
would like to hear more!
The geography of this fantasy world is not too realistic. The only islands are Skellige, and there is absolutely nothing in the north and East behind the mountains.
But the names of the regions are pretty cool.
Not every country ends in -nia or -tia like in many fantasy stories.
And Sapkowsky uses all kinds of real languages to create new words with different flavours.
Welsh, Polish, French, Italian, German and more
NGL, watched the 2nd season and realized I thought Cintra was a city, and the fight in Witcher world was between _city states_ like in Greece. Now I'm here looking for help. I have no idea who is who and is against whom or even why! xD
You should mention upfront if your video is going to spoil the tv show.
What about the small kingdoms North of Cintra. It was event mentioned in the show where Jaskier wanted a bard from Cidaris killed
Make more witcher videos plz!!!
Hey, he's here.
Wait, are you german or you only took a video where the text was german?
BTW Very nice video
I like the topic but you made some incorrect assumptions and made some incorrect statments.
If it is an Empire it is not a Kingdom...
Geralt actually isnt from rivia he just made that up so His name could sound safer to His clients
its pronounced Twirsack. Also Geralt isn't from Rivia. He is actually Kaedweni. He just thought adding Rivia to his name sounded cool.
"Tweer-Sek"
5:09 a hunch 👏 I see what u did their
9:31 hold the phone! Are you saying that Visenya Targaryen is Geralt's mom?!
The Witcher lore is growing. I believe one day soon it will rival LOTR & GOT. Its got rich history. One thing it has over GOT it has more then just one old man working on its stories. Don't get me wrong I think George RR Martin is a brilliant man but he is remarkably slow at putting out any content to do with A Song of Ice and Fire
Yeah the witcher is the next Xena, not in the same league as GOT or LOTR.
Geralt isnt from riva...
Brandon DeCae And his mother wan’t named Visenya XD
The butchering of names and the map is inaccurate.
Her hunch was right. I saw what you did there lol.
I don't want any more, I NEEED more
The Witcher Books in Order of Reading
1st: The Last Wish (short story collection), published in Polish in 1993, translated by Danusia Stok in 2007
2nd: Season of Storms, published in Polish in 2013, translated by David French in 2018
3rd: Sword of Destiny (short story collection), published in Polish in 1993, translated by David French in 2015
4th (they call this book 1 its not) Blood of Elves, published in Polish in 1994, English version by Danusia Stok in 2009
5th: Time of Contempt, published in Polish in 1995, translated by David French in 2013
6th: Baptism of Fire, published in Polish in 1996, English version by David French in 2014
7th: The Tower of Swallows, published in Polish in 1997, translated by David French in 2016
8th: Lady of the Lake, published in Polish in 1999, English version by David French in 2017
Her hunch was right lol. I saw what you did there lol.