(WITCHER AU)

Geralt is a tall muscular man with broad shoulders and white hair with golden eyes, he was born the son of the sorceress Visenna and presumably, the warrior Korin.

Geralt is a witcher, a magical mutant made for hunting and killing monsters. Shortly after being born, Geralt's mother, Visenna, gave him away to undergo training and, eventually, become a witcher at the School of the Wolf at Kaer Morhen – the stronghold of the Wolven school witchers. His mentor and father figure there was a wise man and warrior named Vesemir. Geralt survived many mutations during the Trial of the Grasses, thanks to which he gained various witcher traits: high resistance to injury, poison, and diseases, as well as slowed aging. Uniquely, Geralt had an unusual tolerance for the trials and was subjected to experimental mutagens as a result. Due to this, it caused the loss of all body pigmentation, leaving him with pale skin and white hair.

Despite his name, Geralt does not come from Rivia. Geralt received his training as a witcher in Kaer Morhen, which is located in Kaedwen and that is where he may actually be from. He added "of Rivia" to his name as he began work as a witcher, under advice from Vesemir that folk would be more trusting of him if he had a surname. Years later, he helped Queen Meve of Lyria and Rivia during an important battle, after which she knighted him, officially bestowing on him the title Geralt of Rivia.

After completing his witcher training, Geralt set off into the world, over the long years he traveled across the continent visiting towns and fortresses looking for proclamations nailed to the posts at crossroads with the words 'Witcher urgently needed'. His adventures led him to sacred sites, dungeons, necropolis, ruins, forest ravines and hidden grottos in the mountains. Throughout his career he has killed manticore, wyvern, fogler, aeschna, ilyocoris, chimera, leshy, vampire, ghoul, gravier, were-wolf and many other creatures

He was in the forest when he heard a twig snap and shuffling