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No such thing as justice in this world, not an ounce of it. |  | |
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Kolgrim was a witcher of the School of the Viper who was tasked with finding lost weapon diagrams that once belonged to his order. Eventually, Kolgrim managed to find the diagrams, but ran into unexpected problems on his way back to the school's keep.
Biography[]
In a small village in White Orchard, where Kolgrim intended to stay for one night before leaving the place again, he was suspected to have kidnapped Vitty, the son of the local beekeeper. These accusations proved false in the end but the peasants forced Kolgrim to visit the local lordling, Sir Ignatius Verrieres, anyways.
Kolgrim decided to demand a trial by ordeal instead of being judged depending on the lordling's goodwill, which later revealed to be a tragically wrong decision. His trial by ordeal was to cleanse the local crypt/cemetery from the spirits residing in it.
White Orchard Story[]
Geralt can listen in on a conversation between two women doing laundry near White Orchard. One of the women's grandmother told her of how a local smith's boy had gone missing. The villagers immediately suspected a witcher who was hunting nearby at the time and tried to capture him. The witcher was resistant to the villagers and clashed a short while before one of the villagers beheaded him. Soon after the witcher's tragic death it was discovered that the missing boy was killed and eaten by a drowner; the witcher was completely innocent. His body was then buried in the local crypt. Upon locating the crypt Geralt discovers witcher's decapitated body with his skull in his lap, as well as a sword diagram and a journal where he learns of his identity.
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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