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With the first teaser trailer of The Witcher, which was released on July 10, a lot new elements has been teased about the upcoming season. Apart from the three prime characters %u2013 Geralt of Rivia, Yennefer of Vengerberg, and Princess Cirilla %u2013 introduction of another new character has been teased, apparently the mentor of Geralt.

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The first trailer of The Witcher season 2 offered us a glimpse of Geralt’s mentor, Vesemir. Played by Kim Bodnia, who is best known for his role as Konstantin in Killing Eve, Vesemir is the oldest of all Witchers and also the protagonist of the Witcher anime Nightmare of the Wolf.

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Based on the novels of Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher has grown into one of the most successful fantasy franchises in history. The original novels found a new audience after CD Projekt Red adapted them into a popular trilogy of action-RPG games. This, in turn, led to talk of a film adaptation of the games, eventually culminating in the development of a critically acclaimed Netflix series starring Henry Cavill as the titular monster hunter.

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The trailer for The Witcher season 2 suggests that Vesemir will be training Ciri as he did in the books and games. It is speculated that his background may be changed somewhat by the events of The Nightmare of the Wolf anime. A summary of the anime %u2013 The Nightmare of the Wolf %u2013 provided by Netflix describes the film as Vesemir’s origin story, saying it will detail how he began his career as %u201Ca swashbuckling young Witcher who escaped a life of poverty.%u201D

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This is perfectly in line with what little is known of Vesemir’s past in the canon of the Witcher books and videogames, which said only that he was a master swordsman and fencing teacher who was better with a blade than the more academic aspects of being a Witcher, like alchemy and brewing potions.

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