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The Trial of the Grasses is the mutagenic process that transforms humans into witchers. Ciri has undergone it by the time of The Witcher IV, and players will experience it firsthand.
The School of the Lynx is a new witcher school in The Witcher IV, associated with Ciri.
Witcher schools are organizations that train monster hunters through the Trial of the Grasses. Seven schools are known in Witcher lore, plus the new School of the Lynx.
The Wild Hunt is an elite cavalry of the Aen Elle elves who pursued Ciri for her Elder Blood. They were the primary antagonists of The Witcher 3.
Zireael is Ciri's silver sword in The Witcher IV, a gnome-forged gwyhyr whose name means 'Swallow' in Elder Speech.
The Continent is the primary landmass in the Witcher universe, divided between the Northern Kingdoms and the Nilfgaardian Empire.
Elder Blood (Hen Ichaer) is the ancient elven gene carried by Ciri that grants her space-time manipulation powers, originating from a centuries-long breeding program.
Andrzej Sapkowski's prequel novel published in September 2025 and its connection to The Witcher IV.
