The Witcher 3's Demented Mage Experiments on Kiyan Could Set a Strong Template in Witcher 4
The world of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a brutal one, filled with fearsome creatures and characters. Though it’s easy for Witchers to defeat a hostile monster, it’s much more difficult to discern between those with good intentions and those with malicious intent. This was the case with a Witcher named Kiyan.
Kiyan finished his training in the School of the Cat, one of the many schools in The Witcher 3. Geralt can learn of this Witcher’s demise by undertaking the “Scavenger Hunt: Cat School Gear” treasure hunt quest.
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Witchers from the School of the Cat in The Witcher 3 are infamous for their practices. Like other Witchers, they take on monster contracts, but they also accept assassination jobs if the pay is good enough. Kiyan was no exception to this. The story begins with him taking on an assassination contract from Redanian royal, Prince Adrien.
The prince had sponsored a group of students from The Witcher 3’s Oxenfurt Academy to further their excavation project in Est Tayiar, an Elven ruin. They aimed to find the treasure hidden within. However, Prince Adrien wanted the riches for himself, so he sent Kiyan along with the students to kill them once they uncovered the treasure. Kiyan managed to acquire a portion of the treasure — valuable Elven diagrams — but the rest was lost when one of the excavators disappeared deeper into the ruins. Still, Prince Adrien was pleased with the Witcher’s work.
After splitting the treasure, Kiyan left and boarded the Flying Stag, which was headed for Bremervoord. Unknown to him, however, a mage had paid the captain to put them in the same cabin. In the events of The Witcher 3, Geralt would learn that this powerful mage
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