Elder Blood Witcher

Reima is visiting the Garrison Commanders office after clearing some Ghouls from a local graveyard when he tell him he plans on leaving soon.

Indit "It's a shame that you're leaving, I dare say that the women will flock the streets in protest at your decision..."

Reima "I've neither seen nor heard of said women, so I think it'll be fine. Also, on a different matter, can you tell me where I would find a book on how to cast basic magic? I don't really want to visit the college."

Indits brows raise "Why not? The college is the premier place for magical knowledge and experimentation."

Reima, "Thats the thing... What do you think they'd do to one of the last Witchers ever created?"

Indit connects the dots and releases a sigh, "I see. Well, that is a problem then, all magic knowledge in Kaedwin was taken to the college for the safety and strength of the nation... Only some influential people have managed to acquire materials to study for themselves."

Reima "I see, so it's impossible then?" He says looking downcast.

Indit shakes his head and opens his desk draw, "Here, take it. I've never once been able to read it, let alone learn from it." He hands him a book that reads on the cover in Elder Speech "Magical spells and formulae for novices."

Reima takes it cautiously, "Are you sure? This doesn't seem like it's legal..."

Indit gives a laugh and replies jovially, "It is more like a grey area, the law states if you find a book pertaining about magic you will report to the nearest authority and give it. You did not find this book, you were given it by a government official... Ofcourse keeping my name off your lips would be preferable."

Reima looks gratefully at Indit and clasps his hand before leaving, "Ill see you around Commander."

As Reima waits for his Armour to be finished he studies the book and quickly realises that the magics used in the Witcher aren't suited to his style of combat... This is probably why Geralt refused to learn aswell. Most spells require either a long or loud string of Elderspeech words, which are notoriously long winded. During combat when adrenaline is high being stationary for a second or two to cast a spell that would be similar in power to a Sign is almost impossible.

The book doesn't even contain useful magic like portals or anti-magic barriers that Yennefer had used against the Wild Hunt... He quickly reads and finishes the book and sums up the spells he had learnt.

Voice projection : increasing how loud your voice is and how far it can travel.

Spark : Small electrical charge that zaps opponents, almost never fatal.

Ember : Small flame, typically used for lighting camp fires.

Detect : Places a trap that alerts the user if anyone passes or disturbs it.

Weed removal : After user designates what constitutes a weed it will slowly kill any similar plant in the vicinity.

and the most advanced spell in the book, Conjure messenger : Conjures a bird the user is most familiar with and transports a message to a specific person.

While it does seem like a useful spell, it has a range of around 10 miles... Rendering the spell almost completely useless. Reima wasn't expecting much due to the book only being used to test who had talent and who didn't... But he was hoping for more than this... The spells in the Witcher-verse are cast by projecting a magical formulae onto the world while speaking the incantation, it's all about Will, magical power and imagination. Reima thinks about other more powerful magic systems that he knows of and decides his effort is best spent elsewhere.

Eventually the time comes where Reima visits the black smith who luckily had just finished his armour.

Blacksmith "I may have had to make some changes to what you wanted, but I assure you it will be just as effective if not more so..."

Reima nods, and asks to see the armour.

They go inside of his shop and see it dressed over a wooden mannequin. The armour is made up of a dark green padded surcoat that goes down to just above the ankles with metal shoulder plating that reminds Reima of the school of the bear armour that Geralt can wear in the Witcher 3, it also has plated elbow guards that allow for maximum flexibility of the arms and wrist. The undershirt is long, black and baggy. The outfit also has what looks like padded leather trousers.

Blacksmith "I've added plating on the underside of most of the surcoat to prevent from impacts, but still granting protection from blades, it may be a bit heavier than you were expectin but I reckon you'll do fine."

Reima puts it on and gets comfortable before trying a few manoeuvres and nodding to the black smith, It's very good. Thank you. He hands the Blacksmith the rest of his pay and leaves the shop in search of a horse. He hears about a horse merchant located outside of the walls of the city and decides to go there as hes leaving. Reima goes back to his Inn before taking one last long bath and falling a sleep.