Wiedzmin; The Witcher
Episode 1: Childhood
- Special thanks to Aragorn & Gatz(GS) for the translation of this episode
Your father home?
Please come inside.
I have come to take your son.
You are in the wrong place.
I'm a witcher from Kaer Morhen.
Seven years ago, you sweared when witcher Tornwald rescued you from a pack of werewolves...
...that you would give us the thing that you will find after coming home, and it was your son, which was born then.
Now Im taking him.
You must be a mad vargant. Tornwald rescued me, that's true.
I promised him something, but not my son for sure.
Leave.
I heard what you said my lord. By what law you want to take our son?
By the law that men made, by appointing the Witchers guild to defend the human kind...
...By the law of oath, which men make while we defend them.
You swore?
And what about me, the mother, dont I have anything to say?
Answer me!
I dont know my lady.
This law is very strict, but your husband is still alive thanks to it. Lives because he promised us the child and now I take it.
You will have to kill me. I wont give him away.
Again the same thing.
You people dont have honour. You dont know, what it is to give a word.
Bring your son before blood is spilled.
You will never be a wicher, I wont let you. I will always be next to you.
Come here.
I want a drink.
When you finish eating.
How far are we going?
It will be 6 days. If you keep on running away - more.
But you won't run. You are fate's child.
What is "fate" ?
It means that I will get you to Kaer Morhen, where they will make a Witcher of you.
You will fight monsters to defend people until you die.
And this is fate.
Did you get to know him a bit? What is he like?
He's brave. He is not afraid. He was trying to run away a couple of times.
We are alone my friend, tell me what you know.
The boy is brave resourceful and strong. Just like your son...
Forgive me, I didn't want to....
His mother cursed him saying that he will never be a witcher. She was a young sorceress, but a good woman.
I feel sorry for him.
I know.
We have been informed about another Witcher renegade in Novigrad. It's third one in last couple of years.
Previous two we were able to kill but we suffered heavy loses.
Renegades fight without honor. They learn from people treacherous ways of fighting. They use bows and crossbows.
But they are efficient. I'd like to remind you that our calling is to save people from monsters.
And lately more and more Witchers die doing that.
Maybe it means that the level of our training is too low? Maybe we have to change our fighting methods?
You know nothing about it.
Nothing will replace a sword. Besides, we don't know all the circumstances.
We only train the material you give us.
Let's not blame each other. It is true that more Witchers die lately.
Some of them betray us, but we have less and less adepts Gwidon.
The Changing process kills four out of five boys. If we don't do something about it we will run out of Witchers.
Without harsh selection and full mutation you won't create a good Witcher.
Check his blood again.
He's not giving in. We have to put him through pain phase again.
No. Let him rest till morning.
But...
I have spoken.
Mother... Help me. Mother...
I'm here my son.
Be brave. It won't hurt again, I promise.
Don't give in.
Remember about me.
The witchers mission, the one before 300 years ago is coming to an end and needs to be reshaped or else we will die.
But how do we do that Wesemir, without the support of the witchers council.
They just can't understand that.
Witchers, even ones from the council are deprived of higher feelings and also deeper thought associations.
They are created to kill. This is hopeless.
Gwidon is right.
This isnt a mistake in the training that makes them die or betray.
It is necessary to insert changes, lead the process of changes differently.
So what do we do?
It is a difficult process.
Witchers must be also knights of honour, law and good deeds, not only killers of monsters.
It is necessary to expand their capabilities by the ability to coexist with humans, by the possibility to draw conclusions.
Well, new experiments and your support.
Now I understand. Geralt is the first one.
Yes, but he will never know it.
Tests of pain, to deform the nerve system, tests of grasses. He is in a deep lethargy, but every thing is normal...
As of tommorow were starting infections and poison. Maybe he will last, he is strong.
We cant hold him.
We have to.
Triple spider venom. More ice. Later warm the body and then change.
Give the needles. Now!
Crisis. Not good, I think we are losing him.
Mother come to me. Mother.
What is he talking about?
He's calling his mother. He shouldnt in this stage.
Tissue memory, he's having visions that accure during this stage, you all have had them. It doesn't matter now, he's dying.
Leave from here! Immediately!!
All of you!
Its you.
Yes. Its me. Hold on, fight.
I remember you.
Now, go to sleep. I'll be next to you.
One! Two! Three! Four! And one! And two! And three! And four!...
And enough!
What about the little one?
He survived, Gwidon.
I dont believe he completed the transformation. He called his mother. I demand the test of the dreams!
You have right. I'll summon the druid tommorow.
Gwidon, I heard that in the gaps of Morhen, again two students died.
In our situation this is a heavy loss. Arent you being too tough? I've heard you decreased their meals, maybe they are t
End of penalty!
You know we dont have food.
You priests need only a handful of cereal and some grass, but we have to eat meat. In any case dont worry, we'll be fine.
Understand. This meat we buy, selling people herbs, ointments, elixirs and other patent medicine.
Once rulers supported us, today they dont do it. Its hard.
I dont understand what you mean. Thats why I decreased their rations.
Its you priests who made us what we are. You should provide us..
Thats not the point!
I've heard that you in the council have enough of everything. That is a departure from the code. Remember?
Same thing for everyone and take away from mouth if someone lacks.
You are only a human.
Beware Gwidon. I wont tolerate this injustice.
Elves from the mountains attacked us. A hord of them. They took everything.
But you are alive.
You fled.
Give me the pouches.
Awaken. Who are you?
Im nobody.
You trembled. What did you see?
Face.
Fall asleep deeply. I will be you.
Is he a witcher?
He is a full, fit son of this earth, not a human, not a mutant or a monster.
Is he a witcher?
He is.
Is he a human?
He is.
He has memory visions. But he doesnt associate them with anything. These are images without contents.
What images?
A face of a woman, maybe that he will be attracted to women, but he cant have children. A bit of a hybrid. I told everything.
That will do. He will fight and kill.
If he passes the test of moutains. I demand it!
Nobody survived this test.
It was set so no human can pass it.
Take the rest of our money.
Buy food. I forbid you to take vengeance on the elves from the moutains, they themselves dont have any thing to eat.
But father. If they think we are weak they will attack us.
They wont do it. They have sent a messenger.
That was an action of mad elves from the hunger horde.
Understand, we must keep peace with the people of the old blood. They arent a threat to us.
Quite so! We have proof of this.
I forbid you!
I'll send little Geralt in a week to the wastes as you wished. If he'll survive we will admit him.
Good luck Gwidon.
Your weakness will doom us one day father. You forget, you created us to fight, not for peace.
I told you!
Yes father.
You will take him tommorow.
He doesnt stand a chance.
We cant break our rules, but we can help in understanding the phenomenons of nature, give certain tips.
You understand?
And... leave him closer to the route to Tes.
Now you will be left alone for 30 days. Each time it goes brightly it will be a one day...
Then you make a notch on the tree. Can you count?
Father Wesymir taught me to count to thirty.
Good, then i will come for you.
Its here.
Put wood into the fire so it doesnt go out. Gather lots of firewood.
Watch out. Here are your sacks...
If you feel cold or hot inside, when you will be trembling, put some of this into your mouth...
These are herbs, sprinkle this onto your wound, if there is bleeding, you understand?
It was yours, try to hunt something.
You forgot about the knife.
No. I didnt forget.
They were like me? Didnt survive?
Try to survive. Dont forget about the fire.
What do you want, its fresh.
Elves.
Go away.
Leave him be.
Kill him.
Go away.
Hello father. We have the food and we have children.
Where are you from?
Elves attacked us, knights rescued us.
You?
Elves attacked us.
Where are the parents?
I dont know.
Give them a break father, they didnt even notice when a bunch of elves attacked them. We were also taking orphans left by the roads.
What about the girls?
We rescued every one.
Many elves died?
Not that much. They fleed quickly.
This is your new baby. You are a mother.
Brother Kinryl you will take this letter as fast as you can to Fil Vandrel Aenvithaen from the Silver Towers and you will tell what you saw.
We dont want a conflict with the Ainsethe elves.
I must know what happened. We wont start the tests until your return.
Brother Jarow you will keep the children in the caves under the pretence of a disease. We have little time.
Thats my mum's. Where did you get it?
I found it.
Where?
On the road.
Be brave.
Fangtooth leave.
You dont want to return?
I'm good here. They want me.
Who?
Fangtooth, children and Adela.
Where did you find her?
By the bonfires, after the knights have gone away. They killed her mother on the road, but it was earlier.
What knights?
Ours from father Wesimir.
Tell me about it.
I'll catch up with you.
Get off the horse my lord, he is tired.
How's Fangtooth?
She can't go with us, she tells me to stay, that I'm a wolf.
She's right, you are a white wolf.
What to do?
We need to cut this. Only the truth can heal us and will help to wash up the dishonour.
Assemble the whole council. And you bring the holy druid.
And now listen.
You know I didnt have to come to you, but I'm here.
You broke our sacred law.
You don't have the right to accuse me. You are only a weak, poor human. I despise you.
You lifted a sword on humans. Here is the evidence. You killed the parents of these children...
You brought disgrace to our mission, our law. You are cursed a thousand times.
I know, I know, I know your evidence. A pair of elves and a few bastards.
Give yourself to the test of gods judgement give yourself to the test of dream.
I never gave myself to your tricks and superstitions and I never will.
So leave Mr. Falwik count of Moen. You were and you are an evil man. You never were a witcher.
What did you say?
Be gone! Give your swords.
You. I will remember and kill you.
I will remember and kill you.
I want to be a witcher.