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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.
"School of the Lynx" is the community's name for the witcher order behind the lynx medallion Ciri wears in The Witcher IV. CDPR has confirmed the medallion's shape but not the school.
Witcher schools are organizations that train monster hunters through the Trial of the Grasses. This page covers the six best-documented schools, plus the lynx medallion Ciri wears in The Witcher IV.
Zireael is Ciri's silver sword in The Witcher IV, a gnome-forged gwyhyr whose name means 'Swallow' in Elder Speech.
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, and CDPR has not said whether they appear in The Witcher IV.
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 what CD Projekt Red has actually said about its relationship to The Witcher IV.
