Are Witchers born human?

Witchers were once humans, but through intense training and some kind of toxic exposure, become mutants of sorts, with superhuman strength and abilities. Kids are put through Witcher training when they're super young, and many don't make it.
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Are witchers born or made?

Witchers are not born, they're made. Orphaned kids make up many of the monster hunters, and they're trained at schools located in different parts of the world. Each one has their own specialties and is represented by a different animal: Wolf.
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How do humans become witchers?

To become a Witcher, one must be trained in swordsmanship and other skills. They are also said to undergo an alchemical process which triggers mutations in their bodies to give them immense strength.
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Was Geralt born a Witcher?

Geralt is a witcher. Shortly after being born, Geralt's mother, Visenna, gave him away to undergo training and, eventually, become a witcher at Kaer Morhen – the stronghold of the witchers.
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Are humans in The Witcher from Earth?

It was originally inhabited by the Elder Races: gnomes, dwarves, and elves. The humans that came to inhabit The Witcher's planet came from a world that was destroyed according to The Witcher's Avallac'h, but they aren't the only humans in the multiverse.
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How A Witcher Is Created



Can witchers have children?

In the world of The Witcher, sorceresses and witchers can't have children, but the reasons for each are very different. Let's take a look. The world of The Witcher, like any other, has its own rules, among those that witchers and sorceresses can't have children – here's why.
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Are witchers immortal?

Building on the last entry; Geralt isn't just heading towards a biblical age, were he to step away from his chosen profession, he'd easily outstrip them because Witchers are technically immortal. It's like Tolkien's elves. So long as he isn't struck down, he will continue to thrive and grunt monosyllabic catchphrases.
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Why is Geralt bald as a kid?

His bald head likely reflects that extra amount of experimentation he underwent, as all his classmates still look the same. Young Geralt is huddling with his other trainees for safety inside Kaer Morhen, protected by Vesemir's childhood love interest Illyana, as Tetra and her forces lay siege to the stronghold.
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Why does only Geralt have white hair?

What is this? Geralt exhibited great tolerance to mutagens that grant Witchers their abilities, especially in the Trial of the Grasses. As a result, he was put through further experiments that caused him to lose all pigmentation in his body, turning his skin and hair pale white.
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Why do Geralt's eyes turn black?

The Witcher: How Geralt's Eyes Turn Black

This is because Geralt was under the effects of a potion, which are very common in the universe of The Witcher. Geralt has access to a number of potions and elixirs, which enhance different senses and abilities depending on what he needs.
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Who is the strongest witcher?

4 Geralt of Rivia Is The Strongest Witcher

Not only is Geralt an incredible swordsman, but he also demonstrates a strong proficiency with magic as well, using the witcher Signs to great advantage in battle.
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Can a non human be a witcher?

Technically speaking, witchers are not humans, so yes. Every witcher is non human witcher.
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Can a non human become a witcher?

There are no mentions in lore about any non-human witchers. And it is highly unlikely that there are any - the mutation process required to make one was developed by human mages, with humans in mind.
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Why are Geralt's eyes different from the other Witchers?

The side effects of these extra modifications cause his hair to whiten (earning him the 'White Wolf' title) and his eyes to turn yellow, which is why other Witchers lack his unique pigmentation.
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Why is Geralt's eyes yellow?

The White-grey hair were the side-effects of all the extra experimentation done to him, which he had to bear. Because of this, he earned a name for himself, 'White Wolf. ' His eyes turning yellow in color have the same reason as white-grey hair did.
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What race is the Witcher?

Witchers are arguably a separate "race", but the term is used mainly to distinguish humans from non-humans. Races mentioned include elves, dwarves and gnomes.
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Why don t the other witchers look like Geralt?

Geralt is a result of his exposure to further mutation, due to his unique tolerance for the Trial of Grasses; this extended process left his hair devoid of pigment and possibly left him even stronger and faster than his brethren. How this process was developed is a mystery even to the Witchers themselves.
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Are there female witchers?

It's not that the Witchers are chauvinist pigs by any means (although a few of the Witchers at Kaer Morhen initially give Ciri a rough time). But the trials are so rigorous and dangerous for anyone that undergoes them. So in the world of The Witcher's television adaptation, there are no female Witchers.
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What are Geralt's extra mutations?

After displaying unusual tolerance, Geralt was selected to further experimental mutations which granted him considerably greater strength, speed, endurance, resilience, healing, senses, complete immunity to diseases and conventional poisons, and extreme resistance to pain.
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How did Ciri get white hair?

Ciri has Ashen hair because she was born like that. Ciri's ashen-flaxen hair is genetics into play. Is a trait in her bloodline same as her green emerald eyes. Geralt's white hair is because he was subjected to experimental mutations which made him loose his natural hair pigmentation.
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Do witchers feel the cold?

So, depending on if the witcher has energy to spare and based on his own bioregulation, a witcher will be very warm or very cold at night with influence from the environment. Side note on torpor: Torpor is the slight reduction in body temperature during cold weather.
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Why is Geralt so strong?

While most of the test subjects die during the Trial, Geralt survived and his intense physical training allowed him to take in even more enhancements, effectively making his hair white and him the physically most powerful Witcher.
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Is Geralt the strongest of the witchers?

First and foremost, He is definitely the most famous one, and probably the most powerful when it comes to mutated abilities since he is the only person to went through/survive the extra trial that granted him enhanced abilities.
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Can a half elf be a Witcher?

Half-Elves are a race in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. They are those who are of mixed blood, they are considered to be equally elves as they are humans, though to many humans and elves they belong to neither group.
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Why is Geralt infertile?

The Witcher 3: Geralt May No Longer Be Sterile (Depending On Choices Made In The Witcher 2) Geralt of Rivia, may have found a way to reverse his sterility, albeit inadvertently. It's a known fact that a witcher's mutations render them unable to reproduce.
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