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HexerHexer or Witcher (Polish: Wiedźmin) is a character created by Andrzej Sapkowski. Hexers appear in Sapkowski's Hexer cycle, consisting of 2 short story collections and 5 novels. The novels are known as the Hexer saga (Polish: Saga o wiedzminie). They were so far translated into Czech, Slovakian, German, Russian, Lithuanian, French and Spanish. Hexers are professional monster killers who receive special training and preparation. They are sterile mutants with supernatural abilities. During their training they are also taught to suppress their feelings, which leads many people to believe that they have no emotions. Geralt, the central character in Sapkowski's stories, is one of the best hexers. The word witcher is a more direct translation of the Polish wiedźmin, and is used by the makers of the computer game based on the books. Sapkowski himself, however, prefers the translation hexer. The Hexer cycle Short stories The hexer cycle started as a series of short stories, at first published in Fantastyka, a Polish science fiction magazine. The first short story was "Wiedźmin" ("Hexer") (1986), written for a contest of Fantastyka magazine, where it won the 3rd place. The first four stories of Geralt (and "Droga, z ktrej się nie wraca", which took place in the same world, but dozens of years before the Hexer stories) were published in a short story collection titled Wiedźmin. All fifteen short stories were later collected in three books published by superNOWA - Ostatnie życzenie, Miecz przeznaczenia and Coś się kończy, coś się zaczyna. Hexer saga Hexer Saga consists of five novels about Geralt (Krew elfw, Czas pogardy, Chrzest ognia, Wieża jaskłki, Pani jeziora), in which Sapkowski joins the threads started in the short stories, and adds new ones. Apart from the hexer himself, another central character is princess Ciri. List of books Short story collections: Hexer saga: Comic books In 1993-1995, Sapkowski's stories were adapted into six comic book albums by Maciej Parowski (story), Boguslaw Polch (art), and Sapkowski himself. They are: - Droga bez powrotu (English: The Road with no Return, based on short story "Droga, z ktrej się nie wraca")
- Geralt (based on short story "Wiedźmin")
- Mniejsze zło (Lesser Evil, based on short story of the same title)
- Ostatnie zyczenie (The Final Wish based on short story of the same title)
- Granica mozliwosci (The Border of Possibility, based on short story of the same title)
- Zdrada (Betrayal, the only one not based on a short story, but on info on Geralt's youth provided by Sapkowski)
Film Hexer is also the title of a movie (2001) and television series (2002), directed by Marek Brodzki, written by Michał Szczerbic, and produced by Lew Rywin. The role of Geralt was played by Michał Żebrowski, and the music was composed by Grzegorz Ciechowski. Role-playing game In 2001 a role-playing game called Wiedźmin: Gra Wyobraźni (Hexer: Game of Imagination) based on Sapkowski's books was published by MAG. Second edition of the game is in production. Computer game As of 2004, a computer role-playing game The Witcher is being produced by CD Projekt. It takes place after Sapkowski's saga, and the main character is based on the character of Geralt. External links
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