History Fridge / TheWitcher3WildHunt

* Why does your awesome-looking, monster-killing silver sword constantly wear out so fast? [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Silver is a soft, malleable material that's pretty terrible for making swords out of]]. Even in the books, Geralt mentions that using the silver sword is a special situation rather than a common practice and he often uses his steel sword instead against lesser monsters like drowners.

* Why was the Duchess so generous in giving Geralt a contract on the beast of Beauclair? She could have given him a large bag of coins and he'd be happy as a clam, but instead she grants him an estate. It's obvious. She doesn't want Geralt for a job. She wants him to stay permanently as her vassal. Given the sheer number of powerful monsters and bandit lords in the area, having a world-renowned witcher to supplement her knights would be very beneficial.

* Nilfgaard's LighterAndSofter portrayal in the game may in fact be a deliberate military strategy on their part, since a major reason for their previous defeats against the North in the books was the fact that their unprecedented cruelty drew the divided factions of the Northern Kingdoms together to repel them. Basically, they may have decided that rather than try to overwhelm the Nordlings with their sheer numbers and brutality to instead try an alternate tactic of psychological warfare, to make their enemy seem like the bad guys by comparison, for a change. This actually follows the books as in Literature/BloodOfElves, Nilfgaard switched tactics from [[WeHaveReserves overwhelming military force]] [[KillEmAll and genocide]] to undermining the North with a combination of economic warfare as well as exploiting social divisions [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters (creating the Scoia'tael).]] Nilfgaard is way-way too smart to stick to any single plan for conquest.

** There's also a FunnyAneurysmMoment that as he's saying this, the person who took advantage of him having amnesia is literally standing in the room with him.

* The Witch Hunters themselves. Many of them, even their leader Caleb Menge, wear leather armor with only bits and pieces of metal on their costumes. At first, it shows how much of a step down they are from proper military units like soldiers, knights, and the Temple Guard, but it serves a second purpose: it protects better against elemental attacks. Considering that the most likely enemies of the Witch Hunters would be mages who can cast fire, ice, or lightning spells, it would make sense why most of their uniforms are leather overall, instead of metal, which conducts both heat and electricity and can even fused or melted into flesh, which would be excruciatingly painful, as Imlerith found out the hard way when his fully-closed steel helmet failed to protect his face from being cooked by Geralt's close-up flames.

* In this game, you have the option of [[VideoGameCaringPotential refusing to recieve payment for your services]] a few times, despite Geralt explicitly pointing out [[VideoGame/TheWitcher in the first game]] that only very rich persons (mostly nobles) can afford to do so. GamePlayAndStorySegregation? Perhaps. But it could also be that, due to the war resuling in monsters running rampants almost everywhere, Geralt figures he can actually afford to not be paid for a few contracts, since there will be many more to make up for it.

* Why does your awesome-looking, monster-killing silver sword constantly wear out so fast? [[RealityEnsues Silver is a soft, malleable material that's pretty terrible for making swords out of]]. Even in the books, Geralt mentions that using the silver sword is a special situation rather than a common practice and he often uses his steel sword instead against lesser monsters like drowners.

* The Witch Hunters themselves. Many of them, even their leader Caleb Menge, wear leather armor with only bits and pieces of metal on their costumes. At first, it shows how much of a step down they are from proper military units like soldiers, knights, and the Temple Guard, but it serves a second purpose: it protects better against fire. Considering that the most likely enemies of the Witch Hunters would be mages who can cast fire spells, it would make sense why most of their uniforms are leather overall, instead of metal, which can be set on fire, even fused or melted into flesh, which would be excruciatingly painful, as Imlerith found out the hard way when his fully-closed steel helmet failed to protect his face from being cooked by Geralt's close-up flames.

* In the penultimate mission you can see that the a Second Conjuction of the Spheres happen. This means that a lot creatures will get to Witcher's world.

* Princess Adda can potentially live to become King Radovid's wife if you make the right choices in ''The Witcher 1.'' There's no sign of her, though, in Wild Hunt or even mention of the fact Radovid was her betrothed/husband. Given Adda was cursed her entire life and he has become consumed by Paranoia, it's entirely possible Radovid had her disposed of. Doubly likely given the Order of the Flaming Rose and Eternal Fire are patronized by Radovid. Both loathe a cursed product of incest like her (The Order having actually re-cursed Adda in the first game). With Temeria in shambles, Radovid doesn't even need her to solidify his claim on the North either.

* There's a quest where Geralt and Triss and interrogating a Witch Hunter for information about Dandelion. He's seen too much, obviously, and a more humane Geralt will ask Triss to wipe his mind of the encounter rather than kill him. The victim still doesn't like it and protests as such, but Geralt reassures him with "It's not so bad... ''I promise.''" That's because Geralt actually knows what it's like to have amnesia; it's a significant plot point of the first two games!
** There's also FunnyAneurysmMoment that as he's saying this, the person who took advantage of him having amnesia is in literally standing in the room with him.