Believe it or not, The Witcher series has never really given an exact answer on Geralt of Rivia’s age.
Due to his status as a magical mutant, it’s established inThe Witchercanon that Geralt ages much slower than humans. It just leaves him more time to hunt monsters, right?
His white hair and fairly aged appearance give him an older look. But when witchers can live for hundreds of years, this doesn’t say much.
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The series establishes Vesemir as the oldest living witcher, who is estimated to be at least 350 years old.
So it would stand to reason that Geralt could easily be a hundred years old, as some fans have theorised.
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Now, series author Andrzej Sapkowski’s new bookCrossroads of the Crowshas finally established Geralt’s age once and for all - and he’s much younger than any of us thought.
Crossroads of the Crowsis a prequel to the series which takes place in 1229, roughly two decades beforeThe Last Wish, where Geralt is mentioned as being 18 years old [viaRedanian Intelligence].
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Still, given his agility and fighting skill, he’s clearly in no rush to join a retirement home.
Confirmation of Geralt’s age also brings up a few other interesting facts about how he relates to other characters in the series. For example, we now know he’s just over 40 years older than Ciri, and 38 years younger than Yennefer.
This contradicts earlier material which stated Geralt was a year younger than Yen, but we’ll let that slide as that information came fromCD Projekt Redrather than Sapkowski himself.
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I guess I always considered Geralt to be a little older than being in his sixties. He’s supposed to be around 80-100 years old during theNetflixshow, so it felt safe to assume the same for the books and games canon.
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