Isle Oof Avallach Question *Spoilers*

[Avais]

Isle Oof Avallach Question *Spoilers*

I'm replaying the Witcher 2 again and saw the flashback of Yennefer being kidnapped and something occurred to me, how is it that Geralt got back "to reality"? Because I don't think the wild hunt would help Geralt and only the Wild Hunt and Ciri can travel through different worlds.

I'm wondering if I missed something in the story that explained this. Does anybody know how he got back? />

 

[Kallelinski]

We don't. Your best bet would be Ciri.

 

[secondchildren]

It's a cloudy subject. We don't know actually "how" he could. Possibly Ciri sent him back. I hope it'll be explained in W3.

 

[FoggyFishburne]

Yeah like the previous posters have mentioned. We have no clue of how exactly Geralt returned from the Wild Hunt and small spoiler here from the talking golem DLC in TW2

Spoiler

according to the Imperial Spy Sorceress lady (her name eludes me at the moment :S ) Geralt was a damn rider. Which both blows my mind and makes no sense. I thought only the elves from the other world could be riders?

Supposedly all the answers will be given to us in TW3. Though honestly, I hope they don't answer all questions. The mystery is a bit more exciting then the truth Or they could provide us with hints and let us conclude what happened on our own. Kinda like what they did with the whole Alvin thing. Regardless, I'm uber excited and eager as all hell to play TW3

 

[Avais]

Thats right, Geralt was one of the riders so he could travel like them. Thanks for the replies guys, finally get it />.

Edit: Aw man I just remembered geralt becomes a rider after he comes back to the world so that doesn't work, I guess we will have to wait until TW3

 

[GuyNwah]

Thats right, Geralt was one of the riders so he could travel like them. Thanks for the replies guys, finally get it />/>/>.

Edit: Aw man I just remembered geralt becomes a rider after he comes back to the world so that doesn't work, I guess we will have to wait until TW3 />/>

"I had to get her back, return to reality, return to the Witcher's path." But you're right, there is no mention of how he does so, and this is before he sets out after the Wild Hunt.

My best guess is he found his way through the same gate that the Wild Hunt used to reach Avallach, before it closed; similarly, he escaped the Wild Hunt in like manner, when he rode with them through the gate before the opening of TW1.

 

[wichat]

A logical answer to me is that Geralt he rode in the Wild Hunt detachment for a while, forced to do atrocities (which influenced his amnesia) and, taking advantage of one of these incursions into this plane near Kaer Morhen, he managed to escape and the rest of the detachment chased him. No magic, no third people interference, no amazing act, just a witcher acting for survive as our Geralt always does.

 

[goopit]

Good question OP

There was a passing unicorn and Geralt was like "hey can I hitch a ride man.." and the unicorn was like "sure man,let's go" and they went through a portal and that was it.

that or maybe one of Riders he slain left his magic horse and he used that.

 

[GuyNwah]

There is much precedent in Celtic folklore for adventures such as Geralt went through from his (near?) death at Rivia to his escape from the Wild Hunt at Kaer Morhen. So much so that I feel the writers are sometimes lifting people, places, and actions directly from the old stories.

A place of repose, possibly in this world, possibly in another, where one might go on the point of death and rest outside of time (and even under apple trees) is a common theme. So is the Wild Hunt, which gathers the souls of mortals to join its riders. (It is important to understand that the Wild Hunt is not evil; it is alien, as are the Aen Elle.)

Latter-day poems such as Sir Orfeo also reflect these old tales, in which Faeries abduct mortals on the point of death to the Otherworld, a king goes off on a quest in search of his queen thus taken and bargains with the King of the Faeries for her, or you lose your memory (or everyone else forgets you) in making your escape.

When Geralt's story comes out so much as CDPR wishes it to be told, I strongly suspect we will see more threads of this mythology woven into it. I do not expect the whole story to be handed to us on a platter, but that CDPR will leave the more argumentative among us to debate endlessly where they got it from and what it means.

 

[secondchildren]

A logical answer to me is that Geralt he rode in the Wild Hunt detachment for a while, forced to do atrocities (which influenced his amnesia) and, taking advantage of one of these incursions into this plane near Kaer Morhen, he managed to escape and the rest of the detachment chased him. No magic, no third people interference, no amazing act, just a witcher acting for survive as our Geralt always does.

Meaning that he might have been a rider of the Wild Hunt for a while? Possible.

Plot twist LOL

 

[wichat]

Meaning that he might have been a rider of the Wild Hunt for a while? Possible.

Plot twist LOL

As Cynthia said him... If I'm not wrong..... (better short period than while? />)

 

[Blothulfur]

Ciri might have left a metaphysical backdoor for Geralt and Yens use.

 

[wichat]

Ciri might have left a metaphysical backdoor for Geralt and Yens use.

Yes, Blo, we know that although this shell of disbelief of yours you even try to believe in magic a bit, but Yen was released by the Geralt's sacrifice. And Geralt had sufficient reasons to flee alone handedly from Wild Hunt...

Ciri.. oh, Ciri, how much we miss you!!! />/> We see you everywhere, behind any ununexplainable situation just to remember how a great character you are!

 

[Kallelinski]

Meaning that he might have been a rider of the Wild Hunt for a while? Possible.

Plot twist LOL

If we can believe Cynthia,

Spoiler

he was indeed a rider and Geralt doesn't look that surprised to me, so i guess it is the truth.

[media]http://youtu.be/Pf2IUtPa0RA?t=1m35s[/media]

But the question remains how he followed the Wild Hunt from that Island and Ciri seems to be the best bet IMO.

 

[Blothulfur]

Am I not getting something, we knew he was a rider of the Dearg Rhudri before Cynthia was introduced to the game, it was stated clearly enough in the last memory with Letho. Eredin's not taking him for tea, crumpets and a tour around the gardens.

 

[goopit]

Ciri might have left a metaphysical backdoor for Geralt and Yens use.

I feel like she'd need exert constant effort to hold a powerful spell like that so she can't just leave it there. I didn't read the books though just a feeling.

But the question remains how he followed the Wild Hunt from that Island and Ciri seems to be the best bet IMO.

yeah he became a rider after following them and teaming up with Letho.

 

[Kallelinski]

Am I not getting something, we knew he was a rider of the Dearg Rhudri before Cynthia was introduced to the game, it was stated clearly enough in the last memory with Letho. Eredin's not taking him for tea, crumpets and a tour around the gardens.

I also thought he was a rider even before Cynthia mentions it, but some comments made me question myself, but that video just confirms, what was already stated then.

There is even a journal entry about that

Sorceress Yennefer of Vengerberg was abducted by the Wild Hunt, just like witcher Geralt of Rivia. Her fate remains unknown, though she certainly did not join the host of wraith horsemen, unlike her lover who was one of the Hunt's riders for some time. The motivation of the gallopades leader, the King of the Hunt, remains, as always, unknown.

 

[Blothulfur]

Something i've always wondered, what was going through the riders minds when they paused at the ravine of the Hydra. Revenge, a look at the other side of their own genocide, puzzlement, sympathy for their brethren?

 

[Kallelinski]

I don't think they have sympathy for any elf in the Witcher world, especially not for those who fight for a human. They only care for their own kind and those elves are not of them.

 

[Blothulfur]

They're the same to me, probably unwillingly divided by the conjuction, which is only a short time past for the Aen Elle. But why would they stop if the executed Scoiatael meant nothing to them?