The New Witcher Game Should Take Place Right After the Conjunction of The Spheres

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With a newWitcher title in the works, plenty of fans have begun theorizing what the new saga might bring to the table. Since The Witcher 4 (for lack of a better title) likely won’t be featuring Geralt as a protagonist, then it could happen at any point in the game’s established timeline.

One idea would be to set the next Witcher game right after the Conjunction of the Spheres. This would make for an interesting setting as Witchers didn’t exist before the cataclysmic event.

The Witcher: The Law of Surprise Explained

The Witcher universe is comprised of multiple worlds, the planet where the Continent is found being only one of them. Some beings, such as elves and unicorns, were capable of traveling from one world to another, but most other races could not. However, when an event known as the Conjunction of the Spheres took place, the many worlds aligned. This caused beings and creatures, all from different worlds, to travel across various planets. Many rational creatures, as well as monsters, ended up on the Continent.

The Conjunction of the Spheres in The Witcher did not last forever. Thus, the beings that remained on the Continent now found themselves trapped there. This included creatures such as elves, humans, and all forms of monsters. The Conjunction of the Spheres also introduced a mystical force into the Continent, which then gave rise to the practice of magic. After the event had passed, the creation of Witcher schools soon followed.

With so many new and dangerous monsters prowling the Continent, the need for professional monster slayers arose. Thus, Witchers were taken in, trained, and sent out to kill monsters for coin. In fact, centuries before the events of the original Witcher game trilogy, these monster hunters