Witcher author reveals that Geralt is 61 years old in The Witcher 3, with even weirder ramifications for Henry Cavill’s Netflix performance

First reported by GamesRadar, the new book by Witcher author Andrzej Sapkowski has finally revealed the birth year of series protagonist Geralt of Rivia. With Geralt now established as having been born in 1211, we can use some back of the napkin math to figure out how old he is at various points in the series. The figure comes from Rozdroże kruków (roughly “Raven’s Crossing”) which was released in November. It’s an interquel focused on Geralt that has not yet been translated to English.

First on the docket, Geralt is 59 at the start of the first Witcher game, 61 by the events of The Witcher 3 in 1272, and 64 at the conclusion of his saga with Blood and Wine in 1275. And you know what? He’s in amazing shape for a guy of retirement age, but I was honestly expecting Geralt to be older. Fantasy lifespan rules apply and witchers are supposed to live much longer than normal humans, though it’s never specifically codified how much longer, and they usually die in the line of witchering before they can find out. It also brings me no pleasure to report that this introduces a lowkey highkey problematic age gap of 38 years between baby Geralt and the sorceress love of his life. Yennefer of Vengerberg, you’re canceled. We’re not calling you out, we’re calling you in.