"Work," Geralt replied, his cat-like eyes catching the hearth fire.
and stale ale. In the corner, obscured by shadows, sat a figure whose presence felt like a jagged blade in a room full of spoons. He didn't wear the fur-lined iron of a Nord or the elegant silks of a Solitude noble. Instead, he wore boiled leather, crisscrossed with silver studs, and two swords on his back—one of steel, one of shimmering silver. "You're far from home, Witcher," a voice rasped.
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He stood up, the weight of his twin blades shifting familiar and comforting. Outside, the Northern Lights danced over the peaks of Whiterun, and a distant, draconic roar echoed through the tundra.
Earlier that day, Geralt had tracked a Hagravan near Orphan Rock. The locals had struggled for weeks, but for a man brewed in mutagens, the beast was just another contract. He had used Quen to shield against her frost magic and Igni to burn through her feathered wings. When the silver blade finally took her head, the Nords watching from the treeline didn't cheer. They whispered of "daedra-spawn" and "cursed blood." "Work," Geralt replied, his cat-like eyes catching the
He stepped out into the biting cold, a professional in a world of amateurs, ready to find out if dragon scales were as tough as they looked in the stories.
The stranger, a scarred veteran named Hadvar, sat across from him. "We call them dragons here. Or Draugr. What do you call them?" He didn't wear the fur-lined iron of a
"The Greybeards are calling for a Dragonborn," Geralt muttered, pulling his hood up. "But until that hero shows up, I suppose a Witcher will have to do."