Granica możliwości Geralt of Rivia meets the traveling knight Borch "Three Jackdaws" and his Zerrikanian bodyguards Tea and Vea, who seek a green dragon.
The party eventually encounters a golden dragon, Villentretenmerth, who offers a fair battle to anyone who wishes to challenge him.
Eyck of Denesle accepts and is defeated, which weakens the party's resolve and causes King Niedamir's cadre to leave.
He leaves a fledgling green dragon with the remaining party members and attacks an oncoming militia from a nearby village.
Tea and Vea appear and assist the golden dragon, revealing that Borch was actually Villentretenmerth in human form.
Reassuming his human form, Villentretenmerth explains that the green dragon, Myrgtabrakke, called him for assistance and left him her "treasure" (her hatchling) as payment.
Okruch lodu Geralt hunts and kills a zeugl living in a garbage heap outside of Aedd Gynvael.
"Cicada") who works for the alderman Herbolth, who pays Geralt his fee for killing the zeugl but subtracts a small tax.
Tired and affected by the recent events, Geralt walks into a dark alley without his weapons and is attacked by two thieves, who leave him after realizing he is a witcher.
The next morning, Geralt beats Cicada and his men before meeting Istredd, who has received a note from Yennefer, wishing him farewell.
Wieczny ogień Geralt meets Dandelion in the capital metropolis of Novigrad after the latter is kicked out by his enraged lover Vespula.
The pair head to a nearby inn where Dandelion asks his friend, the halfling merchant Dainty Biberveldt, to pay his outstanding tab and buy them dinner.
The trio are accosted by Chappelle, royal minister of security affairs and head of the city's secret police.
Muskrat, the merchant guild's treasurer, arrives and tells Dainty that the 'useless' goods bought by Dudu have sold for massive profits, due to recent political events.
Due to Dudu's successes, Dainty has recovered his fortune and reputation, with the taxes paid in full.
Trochę poświęcenia Geralt acts as translator to help Duke Agloval propose to his lover, the mermaid Sh'eenaz.
A pearl-diving boat was found floating alone in the ocean, with the crew vanished and blood splatters on the deck, presumably the work of a sea monster.
Dandelion composes a ballad the night before they part ways, about a witcher and a bard falling in love, but never performs it.
Miecz przeznaczenia Geralt heads to Brokilon, the Last Forest, to deliver a message to the queen of the dryads, Eithne, from King Venzlav.
Geralt and Braenn encounter and kill a giant centipede threatening a girl named Ciri, who joins them.
Ciri likes Geralt, and explains that she is a princess and was going to be married off to Prince Kistrin, son of King Ervyll, but ran away.
They encounter Verdan mercenaries, sent by King Ervyll, who have murdered a group of merchants and plan to use the incident to provoke war with the dryads.
As they journey to Cintra, Mousesack confides that Calanthe has canceled Ciri's arranged marriage to Kistrin, and Ervyll's dishonorable actions will reinforce her decision.
Calanthe allows him to guess which child is Pavetta's, who died with Duny in a shipwreck, and take it, but will not tell him if he is correct.
Geralt explains that he was abandoned by his sorceress mother, not claimed by the witcher's Law of Surprise, and still doesn't believe in destiny.
The next day, Yurga tells Geralt about the battle of Sodden that drove back the Nilfgaardian forces, but killed fourteen sorcerers who fought there.
Dandelion tells him that Cintra has fallen, with Calanthe throwing herself from the castle walls and all of the nobility committing suicide.
The first collection of Andrzej Sapkowski's short stories was simply titled The Witcher and published by Reporter in 1990.
[6] "The Bounds of Reason" (as "The Dragon") and "A Shard of Ice" were adapted into episodes of The Hexer TV series, while it also used elerments of "The Sword of Destiny" (in "Man – First Meeting" and "Jaskier") and "Something More" (in "Crossroads" and "Ciri").