Set after the events of the Witcher novels, the monster-slayer Geralt of Rivia turns up at the foot of the legendary witcher stronghold, pursued by a mysterious force — exhausted and stricken with amnesia, remembering almost nothing of his past. His fellow witchers and a familiar sorceress nurse him back to health, but before he can begin reassembling the pieces of his former life, the fortress is stormed by bandits led by an enigmatic mage, who make off with the order's closely guarded secrets and strike down one of its members. Bent on vengeance and the recovery of their stolen knowledge, the surviving witchers scatter across the world — and Geralt heads south, toward the kingdom of Temeria.