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Ivar Evil-Eye was a former member of the Order of Witchers and the School of the Bear. He would later be the founder of the School of the Viper.
Biography[]
Nothing is known about his life before he became a witcher.
When Ivar underwent the mutations he did so extremely well and was thus selected for further experiments which were even more complicated then the ones he already endured. Out of those selected for them he was the only to survive because the mages were only able to complete the trial partially. As a result of these experiments he gained his "Evil Eye" which would give him his moniker. His left eye allowed him to see various other worlds and so he found the Wild Hunt. He saw them dash along the Spiral from world to world killing, conquering and kidnapping as they went. These visions would become an obsession for him.[2]
When the witcher Arnaghad lead a posse of his fellow witchers against the Order, Ivar was among them. He fought with Arnaghad against his former brothers and when the posse lost he left with them. He was a witcher from the School of the Bear after Arnaghad had founded it. As the years went on Ivar would focus more and more on his visions. Realizing he couldn't stop the Wild Hunt on his own and that he would get no support from Arnaghad as the grandmaster thought witchers were only meant to kill monsters and get paid for it. Ivar, together with a group of other witchers, therefore tried to kill Arnaghad and take over the School. They failed in their attempt as Arnaghad survived and were forced to leave the School.[1]
Ivar would take his group into the Tir Tochair mountains where he founded the School of the Viper. He dedicated its purpose to learning as much as possible about the Wild Hunt and then defeat them. To this end he collected a vast library of books and scrolls about the subject. Leading even the witchers from the school who didn't know its founding purpose to believe to think that was the purpose of the school.[2]
Although he got to know his enemy extremely well he was never able to do anything about it. As he didn't share their way of transportation he could only watch them. By the time the Wild Hunt was defeated by the witcher Geralt of Rivia, Ivar was long dead.[2]
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game[]
- Scroll 1: Ivar founded the Viper School having a great purpose in mind—contrary to rumours that its sole reason for existence was to offer less savoury services. The grandmaster understood that he would not be able to achieve his true goal alone—he intended to find and defeat the Wild Hunt.
- Scroll 2: You see, Ivar was one of the unfortunate few who endured the mutations extremely well, and so was selected for further, more complicated experiments. Of those subjected to these enhancements, only he survived—perhaps due to the mages only managing to partially complete the trial.
- Scroll 3: As a result of these experiments, Ivar gained his moniker, as well as a new sight. His so-called "Evil Eye" saw a different world. Many other worlds, really. With his eye, he watched as ghostly riders dashed along the Spiral, and observed how they'd kidnap, kill, and conquer. Forever haunting Ivar's special vision, these spectres became his obsession.
- Scroll 4: Unfortunately, while he managed to get to know his enemy extremely well, he never got close enough to do much about it. Though he could glimpse their rampage from afar, he shared not their mobility, and found himself endlessly chasing shadows. When the Wild Hunt was finally defeated, Ivar was long dead.
- Chest: The Witcher School of the Viper made their home in the stronghold of Gorthur Gvaed. Guarded by a remarkable tower adorned by a frighteningly ominous spiral coiled around its contours. Yet it held not a candle to the terrifying moat that surrounded it—deep by several hundred feet and truly... breathtaking. No one could tell if what was filling it should still be called water. The smells above the moat were, to put it mildly, hard to forget. Viper witchers, who survived the fall of the stronghold, later joked that it was the stench that led the Usurper's army to find Gorthur Gvaed. Countless soldiers died in this gutter. According to legends, so many perished that one could have made their way to the other side of the moat on a bridge composed entirely of their corpses. And the odour grew even worse.