What happened at the end of The Witcher 3?

polygon.com:

People have started to calm down about the prospect of a new Witcher game finally being in development, although spirited theory-crafters are still firing on all cylinders. Will we see the return of the White Wolf, or is he too busy crushing fancy grapes in WitcherFrance? What about Ciri? Anyone with even a vague interest in CD Projekt Red’s blockbuster series will surely be familiar with how vocal fans have been about wanting the Lion Cub of Cintra to fill her adoptive father’s wolfy witcher boots.

The issue with a lot of these theories is twofold. On one hand, it’s hard to buy into speculation when you can’t even remember the vast majority of what happened at the end of The Witcher 3 — it’s been seven years for some people. On the other, some of the theories we’ve seen just don’t make a lot of sense. When you include some of the more minor scenarios, there are a whopping 36 different endings for The Witcher3 that all combine to define highly specific world states. Yes, really. Thirty-six!

Obviously, a lot of people are probably way too busy to boot up The Witcher3 for the 500th time, especially given that Elden Ringsimply refuses to end. If you’re included in that bracket, we’ve put together a breezy breakdown of every major event that happened at the end of The Witcher 3 and both of its expansions. We’re kicking things off with Hearts of Stone, which a) should ideally be finished before the end of the base game, and b) doesn’t actually matter that much in the grand scheme of things. Then we’ll move on to the main story, before neatly wrapping things up with how the world looks at the end of Geralt’s Toussaintian travels.

While Hearts of Stone is an exceptional expansion featuring one of modern video games’ greatest