Transcending Winter

by Rookie571

A cataclysmic ice age in the far distant future devastatingly brings humanity to it's very knees. Not soon after, war breaks out over who gets to control what was left of the rapidly freezing planet. And at the very peak of that deadly conflict, a weary soldier suddenly discovers something unexpected, which horribly goes against everything he thought he already knew in the world.

1. Foreword

Hey, fellas!

I'm not too particularly great with writing forewords (or even fanfics for that matter) so please just bear with me.

Anyway, a quick heads-up right before you read the first chapter of my story.

First off, its set when Ciri and Avallac'h were trying to escape the Wild Hunt's relentless pursuit by travelling via awesome portals through space and time.

And after traversing through multiple worlds and universes, they had somehow managed to land in the far too distant future, specifically during the mid-twenty-second century. In 2140, to be exact. Where a new ice age had just popped out of nowhere, and war was being waged by the remaining powers that were still left standing.

If all of you had played the game as I have, you'd have noticed that just right after when Ciri and Geralt finally reunited in that awesome scene (where there were hugs all around and all dem ridiculous feels) they sat down next to a fireplace and talked about a lot of things. One of them in particular was when Ciri had visited the future, talking about how people waged wars over vast distances, used metallic helmets for protection, had real-time vid-conferencing that were like the megascopes in the game, and that everyone had their own flying ship.

I think she also mentioned staying there for almost half a year with Avallac'h. And that's about as far as official canon goes.

So, basically, what I'm doing is that I'm mixing two games in this particular story. That of Witcher 3 (obviously) and also that of Battlefield 2142. The reason why I chose the setting of the latter was that it made in sense (for me at least) in how it plays out in the ending of Witcher 3. You know what I'm talking about, where Ciri was going through that pulsating portal thingy to stop the White Frost or whatever from taking over the world/s. I'm just paraphrasing here as I go because I honestly forgot how it actually goes, so forgive the laziness. Anyhow, the setting in the Battlefield game was also that of a world being slowly engulfed in ice because of the new ice age, so I figured, "hey, why the fuck not?"

To better understand how the Battlefield 2142 setting goes, I would most definitely recommend you go to YouTube and watch the "Battlefield 2142 Launch Trailer". It will mostly help you appreciate the thing of which I am trying to attempt.

Technically, this is a crossover. But it's sort of attempting to go along with canon, so that's why I didn't put it in the crossover category. Hopefully you guys won't mind.

Also, special mention goes to GreaterGoodIreland. Yes, as in the country with Guinness and leprechauns, for actually pulling off a story/stories based on BF2142 and making it insanely awesome to read. He actually inspired me to write this thing because of it, so I urge you read his work. Keep on doing the good work, bro.

Anyways, here's my story, enjoy.