Well, in the picture you linked she doesn't exactly look like someone on the run, is she? It's something a professional fighter/soldier/whateveryouwanttocallit would wear. It completely contradicts her story and her character.
Well, in the picture you linked she doesn't exactly look like someone on the run, is she? It's something a professional fighter/soldier/whateveryouwanttocallit would wear. It completely contradicts her story and her character.
Why can someone on the run can't have a good and especially purposeful outfit? That doesn't contradict her story at all. On the opposite, a good outfit that is durable, lightweight and still protective is key when you're out in the wild and have to hide. Every sane person would want to maximize the functionality of one's outfit in such a sitution. Only a fool would prefer a nice and expensive looking shirt to more functional clothes or even armor if you can get one.
And contradicting her character? I don't see that. She wants to be like a witcher. So wearing a witcher-like outfit fits her character almost perfectly...
She tells herself that the longest time she's been in one place was six months in Cyberpunk's world. And i doubt they had any leather armor there. She jumps from one world to another, she doesn't have any money, or anything else of value. Where would she get a set of armor? Keep in mind, it would've had to be made specifically for her. Also do you realise how long it would take something like in your picture to take it on and off? When you're on the run, the last thing you want is to be killed because you need half an hour to put your stuff on. When you know you're know your going into battle, then yes you'd probably want something similar, but when you try to avoid one, why on earth you'd wear something that will only slow you down?
And a "witcher-like" outfit would be a leather jacket, since that's Geralt preferred "armor" of choice. Canon one, at least.
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Just found this awesome art, I'll have to search for the source so I can credit them:
That armor on her is bad ass this please.
She could have gotten this amour pretty much anywhere.
You have no idea whether she had any money. We don't even know how she lived. All I can say is that the stuff she wears in the game doesn't exactly look like a poor woman's outfit neither...
I think you misunderstood what means on the run here. She tries to avoid the Wild Hunt, not the Gestapo. And she still has to live day by day and get along which is probably hard enough already.
To be prepared is never a bad idea and Ciri knows that. Of course she wants to avoid battle but if she had to fight she'd like to be prepared in the best possible way. And that's not only applying to the Hunt. Ciri knows that the world is a bad place and that there are dangers and bad people everywhere. A protective and functional outfit isn't just a good idea to survive in a battle vs the Hunt but also to just survive the next day in this world. You remember how the first Ciri passage in the game starts? With Ciri fighting against wolves. A sane person would like to wear protective clothes while being in the wild with wild monsters, bandits and generally al ot of dangers everywhere. You can of course argue with a "faster switchable" protective outfit but it's still a lot better than the fancy clothes Ciri wears in the game...
In the books, but obviously not in the game...
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That's just a (bad) copy of Geralt's starting armor...
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That might be but it's worlds better then that lazy belly armor shit
That's not an argument.
I can then just say that she couldn't find a good armor in her travels. Who is to say who's right? Leather trousers, white shirt, boots and gloves? Hardly an expensive items. And yes, we don't know. But CDPR does, and she has the outfit she has, and not super expensive professional armor.
Well, considoring Wild Hunt can detect wherever she teleports too, and instantly teleport themselves to that point, i'd say they even worse than gestapo, are they?
So why then Geralt, someone who earns his living by killing monsters, made a conscious choice to not wear any armor?
Yes, the games would've been awfully dull if all you had in terms of clothing is just one leather jacket.
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May I remind you that YOU were the one who said that I was wrong?That's not an argument.
A good leather armor is hardly super expensive. And just look at her belt. That's fancy and looks expensive.
Nope. Because if you don't teleport they have little chance to find you. Gestapo could find you pretty much everywhere no matter if you teleport or not.Well, considoring Wild Hunt can detect wherever she teleports too, and instantly teleport themselves to that point, i'd say they even worse than gestapo, are they?
Boot lore =/= game lore
Geralt wears armor in the game. So there is little point why Ciri shouldn't wear armor as well.
And in the books Geralt's wears at least leather to protect himself from the wilderness. Ciri only wears a simple linen or wool shirt in the game...
We also have to consider the fact the Ciri is female, how many armourers have armours in stock that can fit Ciri's build while still allowing her to maintain her agility? She'd need to have custom armour made and how many armours would prioritize making custom armour over their usual order. It'd probably take a great deal of coin to get decent armour made for her quickly, since she's always on the run.May I remind you that YOU were the one who said that I was wrong?
A good leather armor is hardly super expensive. And just look at her belt. That's fancy and looks expensive.
Nope. Because if you don't teleport they have little chance to find you. Gestapo could find you pretty much everywhere no matter if you teleport or not.
Boot lore =/= game lore
Geralt wears armor in the game. So there is little point why Ciri shouldn't wear armor as well.
And in the books Geralt's wears at least leather to protect himself from the wilderness. Ciri only wears a simple linen or wool shirt in the game...
To be honest, I would be happy already if she would just wear leather instead of linen. And if she doesn't show off her belly for no reason...
She'd still have to get custom leather armour, which takes time. I don't really mind the open-belly, it kind of fits of the Zerrikanian look.To be honest, I would be happy already if she would just wear leather instead of linen. And if she doesn't show off her belly for no reason...
Yes, but my assumption at least is based on a logical conclusion that if you are constantly on the run from someone, you don't have much time to earn money, or to worry about armor. Usually it's simplar things, like finding something to eat, a bed to sleep in and a good shower.
Expensive enough, considoring it would've had to be custom made. As for the belt, maybe it's just a chinese knock off?
Or maybe it was a gift from Avallach?Nope. Because if you don't teleport they have little chance to find you. Gestapo could find you pretty much everywhere no matter if you teleport or not.
If it was that easy, then she wouldn't have had to run, would she?
Boot lore =/= game lore
Geralt wears armor in the game. So there is little point why Ciri shouldn't wear armor as well.
And in the books Geralt's wears at least leather to protect himself from the wilderness. Ciri only wears a simple linen or wool shirt in the game...
The thing is that Geralt is the players character. Whatever agency he has, it comes from you. It doesn't matter what he wears, the only purpose for Geralt's armor in the game is aesthetical, you wear whatever you think looks best, more or less. Where's for other characters what they wear is more than that, it also has to represent them. Here's a comment a quoted here before, but it tells what i mean much better then i am.
Glad to see her in some chain mail, but my personal favorite redesign so far...
Mad props to Klaus Wittmann^
I don't mind the new outfit from CDPR as it is free DLC but WoW, this one is f*cking amazing!!! :wub:
The Wonders of Zerrikania says that their are women clad in leopard skins with tattoos all over their body. For the author to make such a claim he'd have to see their arms. legs and maybe torso. What I got from that book is that those vicious Zerrikanian warriors used the leopard skins to cover their breasts and crotch, so I assume that plenty of their body is bare.Zerrikanians live in the desert though...
That's true. That's also openly stated in the Last Wish. They still live in the desert or at least in a very warm environment though.
So they have plenty of skin exposed, while living in the desert? So that means Ciri's armour makes since then.That's true. That's also openly stated in the Last Wish. They still live in the desert or at least in a very warm environment though.