Witcher in real life

[Kabouka]

Witcher in real life

Hello! Well, this is my first post on the forum, I'll hope it won't be my last

I created this topic because one day, as I was traveling in Berlin, I suddenly discovered a bottle of water named... Saskia. You all know what I thought about when I saw it.
So, just for fun, I imagined what an ad for this bottle would look like in TW's world... and I made this.

Then, I went to a museum (yes, I got a wonderful live, haven't I? ), and I saw this. That's how I discovered "Kalkstein" means "Limestone" in german. Btw, the picture is the description of the statue of a royal woman, unidentified, that was found in a church.

I know it ain't really fan art but... Well, it's surprising, isn't it? So I was wondering if some of you could also find Witcher's things in real life. Who knows, maybe "Geralt" is the name of a sweet doll in some unexplored land?

 

[FoggyFishburne]

That's actually pretty awesome Keeping my eyes open for some coincidental item bearing a similar name with a Witcher character or location.

 

[alexander1966]

Well... white wolves do exist in real life !

 

[GuyNwah]

White Wolf (Toha’eesha, also called "Captain Jim") was a chief of the Paiutes. His hair turned white when he was a young man, and he was reputedly able to turn himself into a (white) wolf. His descendants still live in the Yosemite and Hetch Hetchy valleys, and there is a campground named for him.

5.5 miles to White Wolf campground (no white wolves, but an enormous black bear has been seen often):

 

[username_3615831]

The coffe i drink is named Bianca.Bianca a weapon/love of one of my favourite companions in a game called DA2.I am hoping to see some of TW food.I would definitly eat Triss Pizza IFYOUKNOWWHATIMEAN.

 

[Kabouka]

Oh, I'm glad to see this topic has success Well, I must say the White Wolf man is... surprising. Captain Jim, hmm? Maybe Geralt lost his memory once again and found a new name?

The coffe i drink is named Bianca.Bianca a weapon/love of one of my favourite companions in a game called DA2.I am hoping to see some of TW food.I would definitly eat Triss Pizza IFYOUKNOWWHATIMEAN.

Haha Philippa and Sheala too, but I think it would be more pepper for Philippa, and ice for Miss de Tancarville... But, yeah, a TW restaurant would be just great!

 

[GuyNwah]

Nekkerspoel (lit. "drowner pool") is a village in Belgium. Its main attraction is the water sports park De Nekker. If that's not creepy enough already, an inundated Iron Age (La Tène) village, and enough later drowning victims to sustain legends of water demons, have been found in the Mechels Broek.

There's a strip mall near where I work, with a well-tended hedge of pink roses. More than once, I've seen them and thought "Aha, Ginatia!"

Well, I must say the White Wolf man is... surprising. Captain Jim, hmm? Maybe Geralt lost his memory once again and found a new name?

Well, "Captain Jim" was his "white man's name"; "Captain" was an honorific often given to Native chiefs by white folks who had dealings with them. But the White Wolf of the Paiutes was a man of peace, not an adventurer or warrior. (His descendants are, many of them, notable artists in California.)

 

[celebrindal]

Oh yes, I know the Saskia water very well, too, but never associated with the Witcher...nice thread

what about a surely creepy film like that? ;-)

[media]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Zoltan_Hound_of_Dracula.jpg[/media]

 

[Kabouka]

Oh yes, I know the Saskia water very well, too, but never associated with the Witcher...nice thread

what about a surely creepy film like that? ;-)

[media]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Zoltan_Hound_of_Dracula.jpg[/media]

OMG. I laughed soooo hard. Zoltan, what did they do to you?

 

[EbrahimAli]

everytime i walk past the aloe plants growing around where i live i want to harvest it for mandrake root,thats how conditioned i am to the game.
Also think about this:
Philipa eilhart ; Amelia earhart

Both strong women and pioneers of their field.

 

[yayodeanno.831]

Maribor, Temeria is Maribor, Slovenia in RL, while Novigrad Redania is located in Craotia, either in the county of Istra or Dalmacija. I suspect Sapkowski spent a holiday in one of the two Novigrad cities, they're both renowned touristic locations
All three cities were part of former Yugoslavia, btw.

 

[Sana_mia]

Nekkerspoel (lit. "drowner pool") is a village in Belgium. Its main attraction is the water sports park De Nekker. If that's not creepy enough already, an inundated Iron Age (La Tène) village, and enough later drowning victims to sustain legends of water demons, have been found in the Mechels Broek.

Want some extra fun about that?
The Nekkers where written down in a "biology" book together with other Demons, ghostly appearances, dragons and so on. The authors last name was Coenen. I immediately though of Witcher Coën

 

[Thothistox]

Brenna - a name of a Slavic fortress in Germany, and also of two villages in Poland
Yaruga - similar to Krasnaya Yaruga, a district in Western Russia, on the border with Ukraine
Zahin Schmartz - schmärtz is the German word for pain; good name for a dentist

 

[celebrindal]

Zahin Schmartz - schmärtz is the German word for pain; good name for a dentist

Not only that...Zahin: Zahn is the German word for tooth...so Zahin Schmartz --> Zahnschmerz --> engl. toothache
I love CDPR for all the ambiguous names.

 

[ameliahunter]

Saskia water for rebels is great ))))))))))))))