Road to Vizima, June 1272

Perseus had been walking the road to Vizima for three days now. He was close to the city and once he arrived he would immediately begin his search for work. He had been traveling from Kaer Morhen for nearly a month now. Because of his departure time Perseus still did not know that Geralt lived. He also did not know of the assault on Kaer Morhen and Geralt's quest.

As the witcher crested a hill, he finally saw the city of Vizima, the capital of Temeria and his goal for the last month. Perseus entered the outskirts of the city and began searching for work. His search lead him to, The Fox, one of the two taverns in Vizima. Once inside the bar, Perseus began asking around for jobs suited to a witcher. There were many as he was in a capital city. However, the one with the most pay was simple.

"Any jobs for a witcher." Perseus asked a young man near the bar.

"Aye, my cousin lives in Dorian, and he says the town has been having trouble with monsters. I'll pay you three hundred now to go check on the situation there and help my cousin. His name is Iamec and i'm sure he'll pay you more to kill those monsters. Just please make sure he's safe."

"Don't worry, I'll leave immediately."

"Thank you, witcher, here's your coin."

Pay in hand, Perseus left the tavern and began his travels toward Dorian. It would take him about three days of walking to get to Dorian. And if he was lucky there would be work in Dorian he could take. With this in mind Perseus left Vizima and began his walk to Dorian.

1 mile outside Dorian, June 1272

Perseus would be at the town of Dorian soon. As he had gotten within five miles of the town Perseus had encountered many nekker. The nekker were a race of monster that absolutely annoyed the hell out of Perseus. They charged him in waves as he easily sliced them apart. If they kept coming looking to die, Perseus would have to find their hive and slaughter them.

Within minutes Perseus arrived in Dorian. As Perseus explored the town he saw that it had been going through rough times. Many of the buildings were damaged and there were dead nekker laying outside the town and a few laying dead in the streets.

Soon Perseus found the young man named Iamec. He was a young man of about seventeen. The boy was dwarfed by the witchers height of 6' 2" as he only stood at 5' 8". "Are you Iamec." Perseus asked the young man. "Yes I am. Why are you here witcher."

"I was sent by your cousin from Vizima. He wanted me to come and make sure you were safe."

"Safe, we ain't safe. The damned nekker keep coming. The fuckers won't leave the town alone."

"I could take care of that for you. Of course that would come at a price."

"I can pay one hundred and fifty Orens witcher. Its all I got. Please kill the nekker." As Iamec finished saying this he gave the witcher fifty Orens. "You'll get the rest when the job is done. Just kill the bastards before they destroy the whole fucking town."

With their business complete, Perseus turned and left the town to begin his hunt for the nekker nest. Perseus began by following the few tracks that the nekker had left as they had returned to their nest. Soon he would be fighting a horde of the ugly things.

Nekker nest, 2 miles Northeast of Dorian, June 1272

Perseus had found the nekker nest and now it was time to begin his extermination. Now it is important to understand that while witchers are incredibly powerful and skilled they can still be defeated by overwhelming numbers. For a witcher of Perseus or Geralt's caliber this was less true, but it could still happen. It is also important to understand that there were dozens, maybe even hundreds of nekker in a nekker nest.

Despite this Perseus had a job to do. Not only was he being paid, but he had vowed to protect the innocent. With this thought Perseus stepped into the cave that was the nekker nest. What he found inside was at least a hundred of the ugly bastards known as nekker.

Having found his targets Perseus drew his silver sword and began his dance of death. As he began his charge through the nekker Perseus hacked off limbs, cut heads off, and slashed nekker to death. However as he charged through the nekker Perseus suffered some hits. Many nekker were able to hit him based on their shear numbers. He was hit by one of the beasts claws cutting diagonally down his chest and drawing blood.

The cut was not too bad but it would leave a scar. He suffered a similar cut that went over his right eye. This wound left four claw marks going down the right side of his face. Luckily for Perseus the creature had missed his eye. And for the cut he repaid the fucker was a severed head.

With a minute many of the nekker laid dead and Perseus stood chest bleeding through at least a dozen different cuts. However, the large cut going diagonally across his chest and the cut on his face were the two most noticeable and would scar for sheer. With his task complete Perseus left the nest and began the two mile hike back to Dorian.

Dorian, June 1272

As Perseus arrived back in Dorian he headed over to Iamec and collected the money owed to him. After doing that he began searching once again around the town for work. Within minutes he had found a young woman named Iddi. "Hello, any work for a witcher." As Perseus asked this the woman began to cry. "Yes, my husband went out of the city when the nekker came. He was heading for Gors Velen, but that was weeks ago. I fear the worst. I'll pay you four hundred Orens to find my husband. His name is Nudall"

With this new job Perseus began to head to the Northwest toward Gors Velen. Hopefully he would be able to find the man. Perseus also hoped that the man was still alive.

Road to Gors Velen, June 1272

It was the second day of Perseus' search for Nudall. Perseus had seen no sign of the man until about an hour ago when he had found human bloodstains. Following the trail of blood into a grove, Perseus found the dead, mutilated body of Nudall. His body was half eaten, his guts spread across the ground. His head had been torn in half and his blood coated the rocks and bushes nearby.

Perseus knew of only one creature that could perform a killing like this. Only vampires would do this to prey. However, fleder were the only race of vampire that Perseus knew of that lived nearby and they usually lived near crypts, graveyards, and burrial grounds. What was one doing out here.

With these thoughts Perseus began a search of the surrounding area. And in doing so he found a small family burial ground. A catacomb where a family would bring their dead and bury them. Realizing this must be where the fleder lived, Perseus began his decent inside.

Inside were the stone sarcophagi of many dead and above statues where the fleder could hide and attack. Perseus drew his silver sword and prepared for a confrontation with the monster. As Perseus began to delve deeper into the crypt he heard the sound of something moving on stone and in a quick motion he turned and cut the diving fleder in half in a great shower of blood and guts. Perseus' blade had cut straight through the fleder in a vertical slice leaving the fleder in two.

With the monster dead and Nudall avenged Perseus began his trek back to Dorian. He hated to be the bearer of bad news but he had to inform Nudall's wife of the unfortunate and untimely death of Nudall.

Dorian, June 1272

After informing Nudall's wife of his death and collecting his pay, Perseus selected his next destination. He would begin his journey to the city that was his namesake. He would be going to Novigrad. Perseus had selected Novigrad simply because he could make two stops on the way. One would be in Gars Velen and the other in Oxenfurt. With the work he could receive from the two towns Perseus could purchase more supplies. After his adventures through the three cities he would return to Vizima. And so Perseus began his adventure to Novigrad.

Gars Velen, July 1272

Perseus had just arrived in the first stop to his trek. Gars Velen was a much larger town than Dorian and as such had much in the area of resources. Perseus was able to have his armor repaired as it had been damaged about a week ago by the nekker in Dorian. Besides that Perseus was able to purchase food and drink. After his meal Perseus began his search for work.

While it is true that witchers were often needed for work, the need for hunting monsters began to die down in the 1270's. As such the need for witchers began to drop. This was why training witchers stopped. As such existing witchers would begin to be hired for mercenary jobs and courier jobs. Because of this Perseus accepted a job in the city to take a letter to Oxenfurt.

Because Oxenfurt was on Perseus' already planned trip the hundred Orens he got for delivering a letter was simple pocket money. Letter and Orens in hand Perseus began the walk to Oxenfurt. Little did he know the letter he was carrying would attract some attention.

3 miles outside Oxenfurt, July 1272

Perseus was nearing the city of Oxenfurt, soon he would be able to hand off the letter, get some extra coin, and buy supplies and move on to Novigrad. Why was Perseus eager to be rid of the letter and move on you wonder. It only had to do with the thirty thugs he had had to kill on his way. As it turned out some parties were interested in the letter. Too bad a witcher carried it.

As Perseus was thinking on this, a dozen men approached him. These men were dressed similar to the other thugs Perseus had killed. He only had one thought; 'Here we go again.'

"Alright witcher, we know you got the letter, give it to us and we won't hurt you."

"You do realize that you just threatened the one that killed thirty of you already, correct." As Perseus said this he drew his steel blade and readied for combat.

"Fuck you witcher. Get em boys."

With these words all twelve men charged the witcher. Not in the mood for fighting the witcher just began hacking and slashing the men as they charged him. None had been able to react to the witchers lightning movements. As the men passed him they fell into bloody messes of body parts and blood. With the last thug dead the witcher cleaned his sword, sheathed it, and walked on.

Once Perseus arrived in the city he immediately went to the one he was to deliver the letter to. After handing it off and receiving his pay of two hundred Orens, Perseus left the city and headed for Novigrad. It had been a long three days and Perseus was not in the mood for work. No matter how many Orens he could make.

Novigrad, July 1272

Having just arrived in Novigrad, Perseus began to explore the city. It was a beautiful area and definitely one of Perseus' favorite cities. He had taken his name for a reason. For he had always heard of the beauty of the city. To see it in person however, was entirely different.

After a few hours, Perseus began his search for work. In Novigrad however, he would not find work like those of the other cities he had been to. No Perseus would find a job he never expected. For some in Novigrad worried of the Nilfgaardians. After all they had started two wars with the north. And besides that they had conquered Cintra. Dark days were ahead for Perseus.

"Any jobs for a witcher." Perseus asked this of a young traveler.

"Yes, I got family down in Dillingen. They say the Nilfgaardians are preparing for war. If you could go check on them. I'll pay you seven hundred to do it."

"Make it a thousand and you have a deal."

"Deal. Please their names are Izas and Lifras. Tell them Cado sent you."

With there deal struck Perseus took his payment. He immediately headed to the stables and purchased a horse for eight hundred. After all many were intimidated by a witcher, so why not use that to your advantage. With that Perseus hopped onto his new horse and began his ride to Dillingen.

5 miles outside Dillingen, October 1272

Two and a half months, thats how long it had taken Perseus to reach Dillingen. It took this long as his horse had been slain by a bear three weeks ago. Besides that the witcher had run into a plethora of monsters. Needless to say his chest, arms, and legs bore many new scars.

Even though it had been a bitch to get there, Perseus had made it. Entering the town, Perseus found signs of preparation for war. On the border Temeria had to be in a constant state of readiness for the Nilfgaardians to invade.

Searching through the town, Perseus soon found Izas and Lifras. Telling the two of Cado and his want for the two to pack up and head north, Perseus was barely paid attention to. He was simply paid two hundred Orens for his travels and sent on his way.

These actions sparked anger in Perseus, and pissed as he was, Perseus went outside of town in search of a monster to kill. It was not long before Perseus found a simple griffin to kill. Now Perseus wanted to vent his rage. So instead of simply killing the beast, he cut it into piece after piece, leaving only a pool of blood. Perseus had so thouroughly destroyed the creature, all that was left was blood.

Rage vented, Perseus returned to town and began to listen for rumors. One rumor startled young Perseus. It was said that a witcher going by the name of Geralt of Rivia was in Vizima. That was impossible, Geralt had died four years ago. Wanting to see if the rumors were true Perseus began the long walk back to Vizima.

Vizima, February 1273

It had taken Perseus four months to walk back to Vizima. Many people had seen the signs that Nilfgaard would invade and had moved north. This had slowed the road greatly for Perseus. Perseus immediately began searching for signs of Geralt and news.

According to many of the people Geralt and king Feltest had taken the army east to assault the La Valettes. Perseus decided that he would wait for Geralt in Vizima. It was this decision that would involve Perseus in the third and final war with Nilfgaard.

Vizima, End of April 1273

Only a week ago, word had reached Vizima that king Foltest was dead, and a witcher was the cause. Perseus did not believe that Geralt killed Foltest. Geralt had to have been framed. This line of thought would not be sat on for long, for with the death of Foltest, and chaos spreading through Temeria, Nilfgaard had invaded.

As Perseus was walking through the city he saw lights from the south. These lights that he saw were not just any lights. They were the lights of the Nilfgaardian army. And they were only a days march from Vizima. The city would soon be invaded by the Empire.

Alright, thats a rap. Its a little shorter than the last chapter, but that is because the next will be the war with Nilfgaard. Perseus hates traveling now, poor guy. After the next chapter and possible the one after, we will be in Perseus throughout history. He won't change events, but he'll be there for them. Until next week, read and review.