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Kolgrim was a witcher of the School of the Viper who was tasked with retrieving lost weapon diagrams that once belonged to his order. After successfully finding the diagrams, Kolgrim encountered unforeseen difficulties on his journey back to the Viper School's keep.
Biography[]
As a baby, Kolgrim was abducted on the eve of Saovine by a weeper, who replaced him with its own cursed offspring. However, that same night, a witcher rescued Kolgrim and brought him back to his home. Despite the witcher's explanation and Kolgrim's cries, his mother rejected him, refusing to believe he was her real son. With no other option, the witcher took Kolgrim to the School of the Viper, where he would be raised as one of their own.[1]
Kolgrim's life as a witcher was fraught with hardship, both during his training and throughout his time on the path.
White Orchard[]
Kolgrim was tasked by the school's founder and master, Ivar Evil-Eye, with finding the Viper School's lost diagrams. After searching the continent, he eventually located them. On his way back to the Viper Keep, Kolgrim stopped in the village of White Orchard in Temeria.
Here, fate once again dealt Kolgrim a cruel hand. While staying near the village, the beekeeper's son, Vitty Smith, went missing, and suspicion quickly fell on Kolgrim. He was arrested, and one of the diagrams was confiscated. Kolgrim was brought before the lord of White Orchard and baronet of Amavet Fortress, Ignatius Verrieres. The lord ordered that Kolgrim be interrogated and tortured when a torturer with the proper qualifications could be found. However, Kolgrim invoked his right to a trial by ordeal. The lord accepted this and tasked him with cleansing his family's crypt of the wraiths that infested it.
Before Kolgrim could enter the crypt, an enraged mob, led by the boy's father, Paul Smith, overpowered him. The father then beheaded Kolgrim, and the villagers hid his body in the crypt. It was later revealed that Drowners had killed the boy, proving Kolgrim's innocence.
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game[]
Season of the Viper: Kolgrim reward tree[]
This event allows to unlock the lore on Kolgrim and his avatar.
- Scroll 1: Fate seemed to take pleasure in torturing Kolgrim. Fortune only smiled upon him if it was accompanied by a stroke of very bad luck. It was always thus, even before Kolgrim became a witcher. When he was still a young harmless brat...
- Scroll 2: On the eve of Saovine small Kolgrim was kidnapped by a weeper, which replaced him with its own cursed offspring. Fortunately, the monster was slaughtered by a witcher that very same night. The boy's savior, having taken pity on him, decided to escort him back home. Kolgrim was relieved to be returning to the warmth and safety of his mother, unaware of his impending misfortune.
- Scroll 3: The woman greeted the witcher with hatred in her eyes, not believing a single word that came out of his mouth. Blinded by her contempt, she refused to even look twice at her own crying son, utterly convinced that the weeper's baby was her real child. With the door slammed shut in their face, the witcher had no other choice than to take Kolgrim with him – straight to the Viper School.
- Scroll 4: Over many future years, fate mocked Kolgrim many times – both during his murderous training and the later travels around the Continent. His life ended most ironically. For he, who was once stolen and then rejected from his mother, was accused of kidnapping a child.
- Chest 1: When master Ivar Evil-Eye instructed Kolgrim to look for the lost weapon diagrams that once belonged to their order, bad luck struck again. Although the witcher managed to find the legendary diagrams, he never returned to their keep.
In the small village of White Orchard, Kolgrim was accused of kidnapping the beekeeper's son. The local baronet, wishing to appease the enraged people, called for a qualified torturer. Justice would be served, no matter what. Their justice, of course, so in response Kolgrim invoked Temerian common law, demanding a trial by ordeal. Surprisingly, the baronet agreed and ordered the witcher to cleanse his family crypt of wraiths.
According to official sources, Kolgrim perished in the attempt. Yet rumors claimed otherwise. Some locals, enraged by the lordling's decision, supposedly attacked the witcher before he even entered the crypt. The beekeeper had taken his rightful revenge, cutting the mutant's head off with his own hands... Well, 'twas just a rumor. But one thing became clear over time.
It was drowners that killed the missing boy. Not Kolgrim.
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