What is Magic And How Does It Work? - Witcher Lore - Witcher Mythology - Witcher 3 lore
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- What is magic in the witcher universe and how does it work? In today's video I discuss magic's origins, how magic is used in the witcher universe, how witchers and mages can use magic in the witcher universe, the different types of magic in the witcher universe, pretty much how magic works and where it came from in the witcher. I also discuss witcher magic theories and much more! Be sure to like the video for more of the same and subscribe if you're new or just love the witcher!
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I always loved the game's intro scenes, so well made
Magic it's when 100 years old woman looks like young , energetic 19 years old girl.
100 year old, former hunchback women!
GMILF Juice, by the conjunction of sphere, get a bottle today.
They don't just look like young women, they physical transform themselves so they look young and beautiful.
The_Drop Bear
So technically they’re young women with *YEARS* of experience
@@AlphaQHard yes
Geralts mum must have been one of the rare cases of a sorceress being furtile
JS Gaming Geralt’s mum was a Druid, I’m not entirely sure- but maybe more ‘Earthy’ magic could possibly be the element that least effects the Mage’s sex cells.
"sex cells"
I love you no homo
The reason they are infertile is they are sterilised at the school
They gave up fertility for their ‘magical makeovers’ in the show. If you didn’t change your appearance then perhaps you retain your fertility?
@@patsysadowski1546 in the show. lol that's cute
Magic is extremely powerful in Witcher universe, sorceresses and magicians are powerful af
I rather be a witcher because I feel like
Witchers are like the nokia 3310 of that universe
And the sorceress are more like modern day smartphones
Yes but no see how many witches got burned on the stake. By mere witch hunters even a witcher can be killed by a mere peasant. They look extremely strong but that's because Geralt is surrounded by one of the strongest magic user. Like Yen, Triss that blind girl.
They can be extremely powerful but like Triss said there aren't many that lives over a century.
@@jonh387 the blind girl is phillipa eilhart right?
They can be killed by normal people with skilled swords and dimeterium equipments , have stamina problems and lack intresting magic compared to elder scrolls e.t.c.
Yet they are nerfed asf
What is magic, you say? It's a sign that you stand above others. Being gifted at birth with the strength of a Source gives you a greater importance, a higher superiority. A mage matters more so than the lives of others, their thoughts and opinions are heavier in weight, their will undying whereas weaklings break. It is a flow of energy that extends your life far beyond that of the common degenerate, expands your mind to reaches thought impossible. This power is already harnessed greatly in Humans, but if this show of strength is found in an Elf, it is liable to consider this individual a god, for they are unstoppable. Their will is made real over the course of hundreds of years as they grow in stature.
Magic is the definition of ascension. Those who control magic control the very fabric of creation.
Cheesus Crust hmm for the first time I think someone needs the eternal flame
@@partydean17 The "eternal" flame isn't that eternal......😏😈
How you mean like this ? czcams.com/video/mwRXE3o9kMI/video.html
So why are there kings? Why wouldnt powerful mages just openly run everything? Why would people follow a king as opposed to a powerful a wiazrd who can shoot nukes out of his fingers?
@@nullakjg767 Because mages are infertile.
Since dimeritium works on sources, I would say that not only does it prevent the mage from reaching out with magic, it absorbs the energy they currently contain.
Probably since fire is associated with cleansing through the act of burning that maybe Ciri can’t use magic anymore because her connection to magic was severed by the fire cleansing or burning her
in the books when ciri landed in the desert renounced her power and magic after taping into forbidden magic (fire side of magic)
tiborvarnju I still have to read the books lol just haven’t gotten to them 😂😭
Kaz'ian Deathshadow ooh didnt know sorry for the spoiler😪
What are you waiting for?! They're awesome!
In the lady of the lake, she was able to use and make portals? I think she was trying to heal geralt in the ending too. Ill have to go back through it.
I might be mistaken, but I believe, that there was something in the books about the sorceresses being purposefully made infertile in secrecy by the college.
It has been some years, since I read them though.
Yes! I'll talk about this in a proper sorceress video!
I'm glad you put this up, reading Yennefer explain it to Ciri in the book confused the shit out of me.
One witchhunter disliked the video...
nearly 20k subs. Im glad to have been a part from the start. Your doin awesome mate.
Thanks man!
Some great info here especially around the 5th minute, many thanks as always.
Thank you Ucef
Always stellar! I'm so glad I found your channel when you started making these videos.
Thank you will!
With the conjunction of spheres being portals opening between universes (dimensions if u want be colloquial lol) magic would be strange form of physics that came from a planet in another universe manifesting itself alongside regual physics and the "sources" is maybe more of a way that the magic can be interpreted by its users.
I'd love to know more about sources and how they are discovered, what happens to them if they aren't trained, if it's possible to be a self-taught sorcerer etc. Because it seems even people without elder blood can be sources, but the power can be dangerous if not trained properly.
I've only managed to find snippets on magically gifted children and (non-elder blood) mages, I would love to hear more about it. how uncommon is it and what happens to a child when they are discovered as a source etc. esp. which the witch hunt going on
Damn i hoped you will make an explaining Video about Magic in the Witcher Universe someday :) everything in this franchise is so well thought out when you ask me its cool !
so my question is, when they call magic chaos... is it just chaotic, or is it Chaos, as in the opposite of Order, which the unicorns claim to serve
Thank you for making this video! It's great and it explains everything I wanted to know. Thanks!
np man!
Alvin and Jacques de Aldersberg's are one and the same person
This concept kind of reminds me of Naruto using sage mode. He collects natural energy from his surroundings to become a sage which amps up his abilities and has more powerful Chakra based attacks.
I can imagine the presence of dimeritium was due to the presence of an energy that opposed magic or made it dormant in the world of the Witcher when it first manifested. As time passed it seeped into the ground and became the metal.
Huh nice explanation man, never knew the Ciri bit, and very little about Geralts parents. And that thing about mages being infertile is quite interesting as if they weren't they would probably be dynasty's trying to rule several kingdoms at this point.
yup aha
I enjoyed this immensely! Subscribed.
thank you man!
commenting for support. thank you for your hard work :)
thank you mate
Glad I can support you man. Peace
Thank you David
I thought witchers acquired the ability to draw partially from the sources thanks to the "sensivity to magic" genes acquired during the trial of herbs: Geralt being the son of a sorceress i Always thought was a coincidence...though a very fortuitous one.
I wouldn’t mind advertisements cause the videos are always great. If it means the videos keep coming and they get better, 30 seconds is nothing.
Thank you Benedict
My favourite CZcamsr right now.
Thank you mate
That quote is what yennefer told ciri during her training
That is the most beautiful explanation of magic I have ever heard, honestly.
Thank you Katie
Seen the gameplay in the background gave me urge to replay the game again and for the 3 time romance Yen XD
Aha the only true romance (except Broche of course)
4 Playthroughs and 2 with Yen, one with Triss to see what change (Did not like it seem a bit forced somehow) and 1st one alone.
So ye 5 playthrough maybe in the way :D
A lot of what you are talking about is stuff that I already thought I'm glad to see someone else is of the same opinion as me.
Yes new video im so exited
I LOVE the intro to this game
I hope you keep making these videos based on Cyberpunk 2077 lore when it comes out!
I will and thanks man!
you should make a lore video on stuffed unicorns lol
Please tell me what the background music is called! I never found it
I honestly can't remember type in 'witcher magic ost' and it should come up!
Im not sure if you did already but if not, could you do one about Stefan Skellen? Cheers.
Love that guy good idea!
Are You gonna make anymore Witcher mage / magic anytime soon?
I kind of remenber a part in the books where Geralt lost his medalion and they mention that he wouldnt be able of use sings or someting like that
When was that. His medalion isn't the source of his magic.
@Æsunertos yes
What up witchers how y'all doing great vid George.
Thank you mate
Can someone explain to me if unicorns practice or are capable of harnessing magic? You know besides the telepathy thing.
In the books, (I don't remember which one) there is a mention that all new witchers would be forced to be infertile to stop the making of accidental witchers. It was an operation performed on the witches during their training. It was something that Yennifer was made to have I think. Though it may have been introduced after Yenn, I think it was Vilgefortz who began the practice of sterilising new witchers. I could be wrong, I am borderline speculating rn. Though, I am sure their was mention of Witches being forced into sterilisation as part of the "sacrificing everything". Though even without this, witches older than 50, just like with elves, could not reproduce anyway.
I think Dimeterium was part of that world. Is like saying Uranium had no use for our ancestors therefore it should not be part of this world. Maybe that mineral in the Witcher world was just there and it reacts to magic.
I always liked to think that dimeritium was a post pre-conjunction metal, yes it didn't serve a purpose before Magic existed but maybe it was like uranium from the real world, before it was used to make power and weapons it was used to color glass.
P.s sorry if my English grammar is hard to read
P.p.s the facts might be wrong I'm not a historian, coloring glass was the only thing I could find about using uranium in the past
I wonder if that scene in the show told us why those with magic cant get kids. Without giving to many spoilers to the show, they do something when the mage becomes pretty.
“....a key that can open a forbidden door, behind which lies ruin and destruction.”
listened to this while playing oblivion im sneaking around about to kill a very annoying target that i remember from the beginning
I supported with 200 orens, but Vivaldis rejected the transfer :(
Reminds me of how magic works in Warhammer.
Yeah just less likely to make you all corrupted
What about the female collueges of yennifer which were turned into ales?
So we know that the Conjunction of Spheres brought magic and curses to the world in doing so brought monsters like Werewolves, Leshens, Fiends etc. But what about higher Vampires, as they are a separate race, unlike lesser Vampire, that are seen as monsters? Were they in the world before The Conjunction of Spheres? Or as a race brought to the Witcher world?
All of the vampire races were from the same world. There are many different races from the vampire world. Nosferatu are the higher vampires. Only another nosferatu can kill another. A bruxa cannot kill Regis or detlaff.
Higher vampires (and normal vampires) all came through at the same time during the conjunction!
Here is what I’d like to know. What are things that magic can and can’t do in the Witcher world?
Good idea!
What I don't understand is why humans say that magic and monsters with the only thing that come during the conjunction when they themselves also came through the v a conjunction humans are not from The Witcher world
Because humans like to generalise everything to benefit themselves aha
I think dimeritium works like emp that jams the signal
(sorry if the spelling is wrong its been a while)
good point!
Preparing to fire the emp.
-You sort of hit on an idea I've been thinking, that witchers had the same magical gift as mages, it's just not developed in the same way. I've heard people say that "anyone can use signs" but reading Blood of Elves it states that this isn't the case. It seems as if one must have some magical ability. Though do witcher gain it through the trials? Or do only those with that innate magical talent manage to survive the trials? Only a small percentage of the population has the ability to learn magic, and very few boys survive the trials...
-If Geralt could have been a powerful sorcerer, I wonder if that means Eskel could have been one of the best since he radiates magical energy more strongly than Geralt does.
-Sorry I missed the last twitch stream, I was away for my sister's birthday.
It's weird, the games and books differ on this 'sign' issue. If I were to go at it from a purely book POV I'd say that not everyone can use signs, but you only have to have a very basic magical ability to use them, some witchers may be able to use signs but not have the ability to ever use a spell like say yennefer or triss and the live stream thing is fine, I hope you enjoyed yourself!
I'm sure there are a lot of people who train as mages that can't use spells like Yen or Triss, they are among the most powerful ones. There seemed to be a lot of mages in Novigrad and such that were weak enough to be captured or need help. Possibly most, if not all witchers, would train in magic and use some spells that are a little more powerful than signs. Though, signs are more useful in battle since they're quick and don't need to be prepared liked spells do.
Probably very few witchers could ever be even close to as powerful as Yen & Triss (maybe Geralt & Eskel are it... Geralt because of what Vilgefortz said and Eskel because he emanates magic more strongly than Geralt, which surprised Triss.) It's just a thought. I don't know if we'll ever know and there are a few things that differ between the books & games. I'm still working on reading the books... slowly.
-I thought of another point/question about magic but it's slipped my mind... oh well...
-Yes, I did enjoy myself. Thanks.
Idea. What if, the reason so many boys die, is due to their magical aptitude!
Or lack there of...
@@ashleyien1222 TIL .. Eskel would have done well at the School of the Griffin
THE NORTH BLEEDS
Oh wow that makes sense because in Elder Scrolls everything in the world is created by Magic so when am age is Mana bar is down to nothing it'll slowly regenerate over time otherwise you would have to drink a potion to be stored quickly but like what you were saying I'm places that that is not the case you need to drink a Mana potion or find the source of power to gain more magical strength because your magic won't regenerate over time because these places aren't inherently magical from the start
interesting point man!
I don’t get it, if you said the magic infertility the soceress then you said gelart igni magic came from his mother. How could it be explain?
WitcherGeorge I do not have the 'World of the Witcher' but I know It's written as if by characters in the Witcher world. Who wrote the bit you read on magic? Part of what you said is on Yen's gwent card, so I'm wondering if it's 'written' by Yen? I'd really like to know this, so if you could get back to me that would be great! You've been wonderful at replying to my comment and other fan comments so here's crossed fingers and a pact with some guy who sells mirrors I guess (?) that said you'd respond....Anyway, thanks =)
I don't think it states outright, but I believe it may be dandelion. Thanks as well man!
Ahh, that makes sense. I thought (Or maybe was just hoping?) that a lot would be written as if by Dandelion, but the bit on magic maybe written as if by Triss or Yen, and the parts about Witchers as if written by Geralt or Vesemir. Still, Dandelion's always fun. Also on a completely different topic (My dumb O'dimm joke above made me think of this) you should do a video on The Man of Glass.
I don't know if it's canon, but in the show it looked like magic from chaos was due to Balor and the spheres....so what was magic before that?
Magic is a card game!
Don't forget, with the infertility in mages, some of it is due to their teachers/masters purposely sterilizing them.
From Blood of Elves - before chapter with Yen and Ciri: Most of us wizards lose the ability to procreate due to somatic changes and dysfunction of the pituitary gland. Some wizards -usually women - attune to magic while still maintaining efficiency of the gonads. They can conceive and give birth - and have the audacity to consider this happiness and a blessing. But I repeat: no one is born a wizard. And no one should be bom one! Conscious of the gravity of what I write, I answer the question posed at the Congress in Cidaris. I answer most emphatically: each one of us must decide what she wants to be - a wizard or a mother. I demand all apprentices be sterilised. Without exception. --- Tissaia de Vries
I talked about this in a previous video, but didn't think it was particularly relevant for a video about magic the force, not the institutes of magic (a video I may well do in the future)
Great catch. I read Blood of Elves, but don't remember this line at all.
Who was that in the intro?
Is the narrator the same one from dawn of war 1 dlcs.
Magic is life
1:02 Wu tang
Geralt is a unique witcher, he went through additional experimental trials
Yes he did, but it's thought that his strong connection to magic is because of his mother
@@WitcherGeorge did he got experimental mitagens?? could u do a vid of that?
Magic in witcher universe is similar to ki/qi from chinese philosophy. The Force in Star Wars is also based on qi. Some techniques used by mages looks very similar to force techniques (telekinesis, mind reading, mind manipulation etc.)
Hi, would the changes the women undergo when becoming a sorceress cause the infertility. Yenefer was a hunch back if i remember rightly. Big changes to the body similar to witchers in a way causing the infertility. Maybe the deformities that the women who become sorceresses have cause some of them to be infertile anyway the changes cause the rest to lose it too. (Haven't read all the comments below. Sorry if someone'salready put this forward.)
I don't think so, as a lot of sorceress don't have to undergo changes quiet as drastic as that and they are still infertile.
Kind of a downer that you have to be born with the gift, rather than hard work and study. I feel that magic would be better received if everyone could learn it in the witcherverse. MAGIC RULES!!
magic is awesome!
Actually, that’d be an accurate portrayal of magic. As I see it, EVERYONE in the Witcher universe can use magic to some degree. Utter a curse with enough passion/emotion and it can happen in spite of your actual intentions. The difference is just like playing a musical instrument. You can study and practice all you want but never get as good, as fast as someone with a natural aptitude or gift for playing that instrument. Most don’t bother pursuing magic and unless one shows significant potential, it’s unlikely a mage or sorceress would take you under their tutelage.
Can you please do dragons
Good idea!
whats the difference between a pellar, a mage, a druid, a witch and a sorceress? is it just different sources they use or is it something else.
All magic, just used in different ways I suppose
What about a magician?😂
A mage is just a term for a male sourcerer.
A witch is a female sourceress, but generally used by the uneducated and people who hate magic user's to lump them with evil entitys like the crones.
A druid is someone who is connected to nature, and mostly uses their magic to help nature.
Not sure about a pellar
Seems the only real difference is how they're treated by the populace and how they specifically use magic. We've seen in Blood and Wine a Witch as powerful if not more powerful then the Lodge's Sorceresses so there's literally no difference in power level or range.
@@the_dropbear4392 the noun 'mage' is gender neutral, it refers to any person who is able to wield magic effectively and skillfully. You may be thinking or the male sorcerer or wizard and the female sorceress or witch
I've learned that ciri is the only person that is able to use elder magic because its just as dangerous as fire magic
So I'm still pretty new to the fandom so bear with me, why are there so few male magic users? It always seems to refer to witch's and sorceresses but rarely male mages and sorcerers?
There are plenty of male users, but they just aren't really shown, I guess it's to do with the lodge of sorceresses and the fact that female sorceress act as great characters and love affair for Geralt.
The majority of the chapter (the most powerful mages) were men.
Including the oldest mage their is.
Most of the high council were aswell.
The most powerful mage we see in the series is a man.
The reason why you don't see many in the games is Philippa doesn't like men, so didn't invite any to the lodge.
I want to plaaay as a witch Sorceress
What about anti-magic?
i think the elves destroyed their previous worlds because of magic. it just hurts mother nature. only druids are able to use magic and dont hurt it.
Based on the wiki and a reddit page I found before this, I thought anyone could use the Signs?
It's a little confusing aha
Don't think thats true
I'm sure it's a secret Witcher ritual that's used to gain the power. Every time Geralt used a stone he meditated on it first. As for a reguler mage being able to use the power most likely but they don't care to because they have better more powerful spells to use.
Doesnt witchers learn sign magic through mutations manipulated by a sorcerer?
In the Netflix series, it is revealed that witches give up their internal reproduction organs in exchange for what basically amounts to extreme plastic surgery and eternal beauty. For some, I suppose that would be a fair trade. It might explain their ruthlessness and ambition, I can't imagine what its like to give up something like that. The process is also irreversible.
I can't really account for the male witches (or mages, I guess) though. Unless they give up the ability to reproduce as well 😕
Ok, so how does Geralt cast signs when he's wearing witcher armor made of dimeritium plates?
He's so powerful that it doesn't even matter
Blame CDPRs wierd crafting system
@@eastlemon9477 he's not
@@the_dropbear4392 He was obviously joking mate.
Apparently magic requires you to melt a novice into oblivion to power a fireball.
Make a video on who’s the hottest: Triss, Yen, or Ciri.
Or the crones
well if you include them then the answer is obvious
Ah yes, Alvin *aaaannnddd* Jacques De Aldersberg
*wink wink*
Couldnt the wild hunt get trapped in a non magic world? Since they wouldnt be able to draw from it
Possibly, unless they drew before hand I suppose
WitcherGeorge thanks for the response, good video. P.s do u think the aen seidhe lost magic when coming to our world?
So magic sources are like wifi hotspots?
Kind of aha, but they can be used up
@@WitcherGeorge limited data hotspot
sauce
Mages turn into ashes after using fire magic in the show but why doesn't Yennefer turn into ashes or get any consequences for using powerful magic? Is it because she's part elf?
@Danny Thao i thought thats what she did.
Bruhh ..... im here listening thinking hes talking about real world magic, but hes talking about a game. Lol good video tho
The all witcher can do magic might be because the children that don’t have the conection to it die when mutating and don’t survive to become witchers
Wanted to throw this out thier on the whole not being able to have children. The witcher is heavily based in the sphere of destiny so as such to wield such power your bloodline destiny is the price. So that balance (we simply dont understand) is maintained, same as a witcher being destined. A larger picture is looming just beyond our comprehension.
Hold up! Geralts mum was a sorceress? Dude you got be carefull with the info you glaze over now im gonna be diggin out that rabit hole dammit!
Witchers can use signs because they drink some elixirs that give them this ability. It's stated in the books that when Geralt was fighting on a bridge in Rivia he casted Aard and it came out more powerful than he expected, even though he didn't drink his elixirs in a long time.
And I think Ciri can no longer use spells because she drew from fire element once, and fire purifies, so maybe it "purified" her ability to use spells.
In the book I seem to remember ciri outright cutting herself off from magic (as she is being overwhelmed by the power), as for what you say about the elixirs, I believe you still have to have a connection to magic to even have that basic ability.
WitcherGeorge with all that destiny stuff is quite hard to know for sure about witchers and their connection to magic.
Anyways great job with the videos.
I thought Geralds mother was a female druid?
But what is love...?
Baby don't hurt me
chemicals or magic perhaps both.
Love is like a pear it has a definite shape now try defining a pear- dandelion
I wouldn't fuck with mages... but a certain witcher would... literally.
ah
WitcherGeorge I met to say witcher cx my auto correct on a new phone.
Didn't mention dimeritium and how it interrupt magic users in doing spells.
I talked about dimeritium and how it acts almost like a blockage of using spells
and magic in general
Well thats pretty much it isn't it?
Oh! my mistake.
Signs arent impressive eh? *865 SIGN INTENSITY IGNI*
Aha
Quen in death march
lol alvin and jacques are the same person silly goose