Witcher why 2 swords

It would be pretty annoying having to run to your horse every time you needed to fight a monster, right? It's easier to just have it all the time -- plus, Roach wasn't as readily available in the first two installments of the game, not to mention the fact that having two swords looks freakin' cool.

It's more practical to have the silver sword kept on a horse in the books and visual adaptations. Monsters are more of a rarity in the books, so Geralt can afford to have Roach help split the load of the otherwise painstaking task of carrying two heavy swords around everywhere.

This is in stark contrast to the games, which present a lot more monsters. For one, having to kill humans all the time would get boring pretty quickly from a player's point of view. Next, there's Geralt's moral code; he's not very fond of killing humans. Remember, the Netflix series is adapting the books, not the games. Geralt of Rivia, a solitary monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts. But when destiny hurtles him toward a powerful sorceress, and a young princess with a dangerous secret, the three must learn to navigate the increasingly volatile Continent together.

Showrunner Lauren Hissrich even encouraged fans to look closer at the new photo to spot something subtle, even using an emoji of two swords when Tweeting out the image. Plus, the rule that a Witcher is only able to kill monsters with a silver blade is mostly a gameplay mechanic from The Witcher video game series. For most monsters, the meteorite-infused iron blade is more than enough, but according to this passage from The Last Wish, Geralt notes:. A silver-coated sword is better suited to slaying monsters, while a steel sword is dedicated to combat against human enemies.

Thus, whenever Geralt leaves his silver sword behind, it's an indication that he doesn't expect to encounter any monsters for the duration of his time away from the blade. By contrast, his steel sword is his near-permanent companion, given that conflict with fellow humans seems to be a common occurrence in the world of "The Witcher. Silver is for monsters, and steel is for fools Netflix. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Why Two Swords? Everywhere Threads This forum This thread.

I'm curious if the author of the Witcher series gave any reason why this is so. It's plausible that steel is not as effective against monsters as silver, perhaps because the latter metal may have some magical properties that make it effective against them.

It's not a new plot device. For example in modern books and films it's commonly portrayed that the only way to kill a werewolf is to use a silver weapon; to kill a vampire one must drive a wooden stake through its heart; and so on.. But why can't silver be effective against humans and beasts too? Why is it that steel is preferred when fighting humans and beasts?

If ti's toughness of the metal, surely some of the monsters that need a silver blade have natural armour such as thick hides? I haven't read any of the Witcher novels so I'm wondering if this was explained somewhere in the books. Not that I recall anyway.

Last edited: May 13, AlexGrivas Rookie 2 May 13, As much as i know silver hurts monsters like their woods burn when the get hit by it can be used on humans but first it gets bend from hitting them and and its pretty expensive because its silver.