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[@tylerbaldwin3269]

I remember being startled by Johhny during my first playthrough. I expected his voice to be all dark and mystical, not light and childlike.

[@WitcherGeorge]

aha it was a great moments

[@zebnemma]

and I was startled by johhny and sara when they peeked out of their hiding spaces cuz I for sure thought it was gonna be a jumpscare but it wasn't XD and sara was like booh did i scare ya? yes goddammit!

[@Kyle-gw6qp]

@@zebnemma I did the Sara quest first, so it was weird when Geralt had to guess what Johnny was.

[@B2pfe]

I remember when the little shit jump scared me

[@deooptimomaximo9843]

Yeah Johny actually scared me

[@Anukii]

Watching Geralt interact with Johnny gives me such feels. Geralt puts such a warmth and tenderness to his voice, with a lot of patience and understanding-- exactly how you'd converse with a child

[@dyland7007]

Just adds to Geralts character. Proves he’s not only a monster hunter, but also a very kind and understanding person.

[@dimez3702]

Rick Grimes Hes a white knight haha

[@clxwncrxwn]

PIMPERNICKEL AHH just the sound of it.

[@SassafrasTee7366]

@@bishounenbrat8171 a tsundere at his core

[@dzejrid]

The headgear is called "wianek". It's a tradition in some Slavic and Baltic countries, they are made from freshly picked flowers, usually worn by girls at certain occasions. In some areas boys and young men wear those at summer solistice celebrations, but the male version is made from young twigs with green leaves (like birch) with little to no flowers in it. This tradition dates back to pagan and pre-christian times.

[@edi9892]

dzejrid It reminded me of Gaunther wearing flowers on his head during the wedding. It looked so out of place on him...

[@Im_33_years_old]

reminded me christ's crown of thorns, funny little godlings

[@ivanmarinkovic9681]

I am slavic and this is true

[@WitcherGeorge]

Ah awesome, that is a great fact man thank you!

[@dranzerjetli5126]

dzejrid thanks for the info

[@SaintInix]

Scared 'kid' hiding in a hole. White haired dude with two swords: "Don't be afraid" Totally safe, nothing to worry about.

[@Not-an-Alien]

Geralt has a way with kids. Some of my favorite scenes was just him interacting with children.

[@Not-an-Alien]

I still remember that little girl who drew him a picture for saving her.

[@Yajeeb]

@@Not-an-Alien I never discarded that drawing

[@Blexxor12]

"What do you need two swords for?!"

[@Ran4dom]

@@Blexxor12 one is for humans the silver one for monsters i think

[@joshuagiehll3737]

For a rare species with "not many left" Geralt seems to run into them an awful lot.

[@zed4802]

Well, seeing as his career revolves around supernatural beings, that's not so surprising.

[@roonosciroon8341]

He’s also extremely widely traveled, so his odds of finding one or even three are a lot higher.

[@trevorhouff1173]

Geralt runs into everything, rare or not

[@d.profet5873]

witchers are rare but I always seem to run into at least 1 every time I play

[@TrickyTrickyFox]

They are rare compared to drowners

[@kiy9470]

I love that Geralt’s voice sounds softer when talking to the godlings

[@alessio8455]

It does during the whole Quest... I find it pretty irritating. Just Sounds so different when he's in Crookback Bog

[@TheLastProtheanJavik]

Godlings are harmless just like most of the rock trolls you encounter. The only reason trolls attack geralt is because they're always being hunted or tomented by humans. Look at how geralt communicates with them if you decide to talk instead of kill them. It tells you that some of these creatures aren't all bad.

[@hashi_tang]

i loveee godlings. wish there are more that you can talk with, or perhaps a mini tribe/ hidden village full of them.

[@WitcherGeorge]

They're so cool

[@gaunterodimmmastermirrors72]

I remember getting the bottle before the mission began. "You mean this? I already found it" said Geralt which made Johnny look like "wtf bro, give it!" It was funny as heck

[@Haley123ful]

Godlings are one of my favorite Witcher “monsters”. They remind me of fairies who are “one” with nature, childish, mischievous, sometimes depicted as innocent, and don’t want themselves to be seen or heard by most people. Especially since godlings are seen as guardian spirits while fairies are also typically also seen as guardian spirits. But fairies are typically forest guardian spirits while godlings are village guardian spirits. Though fairies can also serve as guardian spirits for someone’s home

[@admiralgoodboy]

Haley Lamm fairies also hypnotise and kidnap children never to be seen again in my culture

[@Haley123ful]

Admiral Good Boy Destroyer godlings are so much nicer. Fairy’s are basically the mafia you just try and get on their good side and don’t fuck with them or take anything offered from them

[@admiralgoodboy]

Smoke em out

[@admiralgoodboy]

Haley Lamm i had no idea fairies were into money laundering extortion and racketeering thanks for the advice

[@TheLastProtheanJavik]

I like the rock trolls my favorite one is the one that's always singing hes the one that needs paints and asks you to paint a bird for him.

[@Frankie0100010]

I thought they were gonna be some kind of deity, not basically a forest hobo.

[@spiderz5145]

Frankie0100010 lol yea, they literally have the word god in their species’ name, so I thought they’d have some degree of mystical power.

[@nodeloliver6201]

In various mythologies, a godling is usually defined as offspring of a deity and human's , having powers that are akin to the divine. They are usually abandoned or adopted, and grow up (at least for a small time) in the wild.

[@Kyle-gw6qp]

@@spiderz5145 Sara clearly has _some_ degree of power...

[@cassuttustshirt4949]

Godlings are some of my favorite creatures! I find them cute as hell, and they are funny to boot. I think one of the most heartwarming moments of the Witcher 3 is when Sara and Corinne end up becoming friends and living together in that old house. It's like Corinne adopts a little girl =) The whole thing is so cute. By the way, another fun video, WitcherGeorge! I'd go on the path with you any day. I hear there's a griffin terrorizing White Orchard...

[@ArjanTigchelaar]

How do they become friends? I just did that quest and Sarah is still in the house but Corinne left after she woke up.

[@real_vardan]

@@ArjanTigchelaarif i recall correctly there's another optional quest to visit the house again after doing some novigrad main quest, you'd see corinne and sarah are still there.

[@neros398]

geralt: Ah A godling, Not many of you left johnny: Ah A witcher, Not many of you left

[@PatOneGuy]

Turnabout is fair play. Geralt's feelings are just lucky Johnny couldn't speak yet.

[@CptJumper]

I love Johnny. So well spoken.

[@lbentosoares4]

They are just like what I imagine the children of the forest from A Song of Ice and Fire look like.

[@googleisacruelmistress1910]

The godling in the "haunted" house also seemed to be capable of short range teleportation from the way she was able to disappear and move about without Geralt noticing where and how she went as well as projecting her voice, either through space or straight in to other peoples minds

[@LordofBroccoli]

I wish there was a page on the Internet that listed all Witcher creatures, even the ones that are just mentioned in a sentence or journal entry. I would love to look up all of these as it adds to the lore, but it's hard without replaying and rereading everything. A while back I asked CDPR if I could buy copies of the Witcher games' scripts cause I adored the dialogue and writing, but sadly they wouldn't allow it.

[@WitcherGeorge]

I wonder why they wouldn't allow the scripts to be bought

[@LordofBroccoli]

Dunno, they didn't give me a reason, just said they couldn't. Maybe scripts are protected by the company?

[@floof_hair3857]

There’s the wiki

[@massaweed420]

Yeah, I wonder now what Bucca's and Lutin's are.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

@@LordofBroccoli Perhaps nobody wanted to go through the effort of making a copy. That's a lot of pages and a lot of printer paper.

[@_d.i.n.i_]

I really love how Johnny talk and his quest 😊 so glad he meet with Sara. very interesting creature

[@axedaman954]

My favorite creatures after the trolls

[@nyahnine5981]

They seem to be good at stealth, too. IIRC, Sara just disappears when you first see her and the old lady thinks Johnny is imaginary

[@WitcherGeorge]

Good point!

[@TheLastProtheanJavik]

She doesn't think he's imaginary she pretend he is because the crones don't like him. She would interact with him in secret away from the crone village because crones could've killed him. Also geralt is a witcher. Witcher kill monsters she couldn't had trusted geralt who recently just showed up asking questions.

[@whitewolfsp]

Johny Johny ? Yes Papa ? Lost your voice ? Yes Papa !! So how are we talking ? Ops ....

[@megachar2163]

Eating sugar?

[@CallanElliott]

I WAS FUCKING LOOKIN' FOR THIS COMMENT!

[@stela8915]

Angry Irishman Lmao sameee

[@SkellySkeleton404]

For fucks sake 😂 I knew this was gonna happen. Didn’t take long to find

[@natebush8217]

Well, somebody had to do it! XD

[@beepboopbeepp]

After i finished witcher i felt so empty, but just watching a simple cutscene like this gives me the good feeling i had while playing. Forgot how immersive witcher is

[@WitcherGeorge]

God I hate the feeling of the first time you finish and I'm glad to help!

[@Galavya41]

Please make a video on why almost all of us felt that way after finishing the game . It took me almost a week to get back to ' normalcy' . The feeling was strange , something I had never felt at the finish of any game up till now ...Empty is indeed the right word for it ... hugely depressing .

[@C4TC4T]

Ikr the feeling is like “ now what am I supposed to do with my life?!

[@zolboobatbold3792]

@@Galavya41 Same thing when you finish a tv series.

[@Jotunn96]

Beepboopbeep don't wanna sound preachy about it like everyone else who does this but if you still feel that way I'd absolutely recommend the books, they helped me a lot with just that

[@zatharos6427]

Its such a good detail that Geralt raises the pitch of his voice when talking to children or children like creatures

[@Vospader21]

Godlings are wise to be scared of humans. We can’t be trusted.

[@WitcherGeorge]

True dat

[@MattR8605]

ESPECIALLY the humans in that universe. *cough* Novigrad *cough*

[@spiderz5145]

Yea fuck Radovid and his crusade.

[@googleisacruelmistress1910]

You can trust that a wolf will try to eat you if it gets hungry, meanwhile with a human you can't ever be sure of what or why they'll do

[@sanghoonlee5171]

Johnny was such a charming minor character that I wish he were a major character.

[@Cha0s009]

Not sure if this is for all Godlings or just Johnny, but if you look at his eyes, you’ll notice that the iris’ have flower design in them and I love that.

[@andrewb8698]

Little nuggets of wholesome mischief is what they are

[@kdpflush]

I love how Johnny gets pissed at Geralt for not asking a yes/no question and asking a "why..." question instead when he knows Johnny can't talk.

[@docvaliant721]

I would have asked Johnny to move into my vineyard in Toussaint.

[@frogman4700]

he wouldnt like it, its not in a swamp

[@TheTractorjaws]

One of my favorite parts of the game. The Godlings are lovely!

[@WitcherGeorge]

They're so awesome!

[@racer1125]

I kinda feel like Dandelion needs a Godling friend. Something tells me Johnny and Dandelion would get along great.

[@saintsinningsword]

With the name "godling" and facing one for the first time in any media, I was expecting them to be prebuscent gods, young forest spirits or nymphs. I am curious about how monsters treat them. Hags seem like feral witches or alpha drowners, Leshens seem like guardian spirits with a prejudice towards humans the most.

[@tmel904]

Thanks love the lore nd all the missions in crockback bog were my Favorites with the presences of witches, but JMT i think they are more powerful as they are (GOD)-lings the dream manipulation is just a fragment of power, the fact he lost his voice cause he was scared and it was stored in a magical vase always peeked my interest , sounds like something that will happen in a fairytale book dont u think?.. even the unkown godling befriended a werewolf nd troll lol so they have some ties creatures that the witcher universe probably cant understand

[@partydean17]

MellyT 904 one of my favorite things about the witcher series is the grim dark fairy tale atmosphere. But I agree any of the Relicts are going to have a level of mystery about their connection to the world and magic

[@Joddasoap]

Damn man. Its gonna suck once I've binged your channel... You make excellent content! If only there were more videos xD

[@lordsajaran1617]

i wished there was more about them to know. specially their origin.

[@travismcnasty51]

I like Godlings. They aren't particularly malicious, even Sarah just thought that nightmare were more fun than average dreams. They aren't like fairies who kidnap children, they are just a decent people

[@Pagan_0210]

Godlings are actually based on a type of Slavic folkloric creatures called bożątka (they are also called bożątka in the original polish version of the witcher. The translation is kinda literal as the word comes from the "bóg" (*bogъ in proto-slavic) meaning "god"). They were a household spirits that took care of the home and helped around the house while staying unseen by humans. They were many kinds of bożątka like bannik (who took care of the bath), dworowy (who took care of the stables and cattle), owinnik (who took care of the fireplace) and domowy (who commanded other bożątka and kept the spirits in order)

[@reyn471]

first time I met Johnny he freaked the hell outta me.

[@DarkWraithKevin]

Hey you used my suggestion, thanks George keep up the excellent work

[@WitcherGeorge]

Np man, thanks for the suggestion!

[@shylockwesker5530]

The headgear is just a wreath or flower crown. If you Google Polish or Slavic folklore unmarried girls usually wear them.

[@CirillaFiona]

The Godlings are one of my favorite surprise characters

[@IvKE94]

When i first met Johnny in W3, i fucking yelled that Jack Nicholson line from Shining "here's Johnny!'' :D

[@WitcherGeorge]

aha

[@joeyking6134]

First, love the vids by the way keep it up Witcher George for you are more guiding than lebioda himself!

[@WitcherGeorge]

Aha thanks man!

[@joeyking6134]

WitcherGeorge 👍👍

[@explosivooo]

I love these lore videos especially since you go out and find things in sources I may have missed, say in the books, other characters, and the like. I just kinda go by the most obvious, the missions themselves and the characters. I'm sure you're aware of Vaati and the ShoddyCast Story Teller and coming from a someone that does a lot of voice over narration for a living I want to give a few suggestions because I REALLY like your content. First, slow down a bit. Vaati and The Storyteller and good audiobook narrators want you to stay interested in everything they are saying and when you slow down just a bit, or even just vary your pace from paragraph to paragraph it makes it less like a dump of information and more like a story. And 2nd feeds a little into the first, if you make your readings a bit less announcery/presenter and more like you're telling us about this thing you are passionate about, with variations in your speech, you won't have to mix your voice to be much louder than the music or cutscenes and you won't need to cut ALL the dead air between your narration vocals. I don't want to pile on too many changes at once but I think if you are mindful of these 2 things at first, you don't need to sound like Vaati or the Storyteller because your writing and content are already interesting, I think it'll vastly improve your narration. Thanks so much!

[@WitcherGeorge]

I can see your point, but their lore videos are personally not for me, I prefer the more conversation feeling. I will take some of those tips into account!

[@benjaminsalyers1519]

A godling sounds exactly how I am, all I want is food and respect and I will help you but I like to be alone a lot

[@nodeloliver6201]

Same.

[@nicholashull1498]

Why is George so gosh darn wholesome, like I click on a comment to see what other people thought about it and there George is being a wholesome cool dad.

[@WitcherGeorge]

Aha thanks man!

[@shaun1293]

Burdock is a real plant. There’s a drink called Dandelion and Burdock.

[@prosra]

"always cool in the Witcher Games..." well, the only one where they appear :D But yeah, they are really funny :D

[@maplelief_dreaming]

I love how weather changes in cut scenes, mine was a clear day/ mid day

[@Eben68]

9:41 best statement of 2018

[@Vale-fd4pk]

I love godling, they are adorable 💞

[@WitcherGeorge]

They're great!

[@RoseKoneko]

Johnny was a ray of sunshine in that horrifying place.

[@andrewince8824]

Our cities are growing and kind deeds are dwindling. The Godlings have given up on modern man.

[@arthurwoah]

I love how Geralt's voice gets a bit softer when talking to children.

[@bungiecoocoo]

They’re lil baby gods! Godlings cutest lil things oowee

[@ultron-5600]

They remind me of “the children” from beyond the wall in game of thrones.

[@SplashAttackTCG]

Godlings are so CUTE.

[@Eagle9725]

Greetings Grandmaster Witcher George! I was curious if you've ever thought about doing God of War lore? More so the Norse mythology type. Just a thought. As always love watching your stuff man.

[@WitcherGeorge]

good idea! When I get a PS4 and play the game, I'll consider it!

[@thomaswilliams1327]

Great video good sir. Liked and subbed

[@BBD1]

I think I heard they used to be respected by people, they would help people and people would give them food in return

[@WitcherGeorge]

Yup! I talked about that in the video too!

[@BBD1]

WitcherGeorge I know m8 I typed the comment before watching the entire video and then I forgot to remove it. My bad ;)

[@bizantura1091]

I wonder if the Witcher is so popular due to it's lore or in an other word "culture richness". Love these snippet Witcher lore video's of yours, please keep it up.

[@WitcherGeorge]

Thanks man!

[@thatfinnishdude9405]

Aaah i love this game sooo much, on my second playtrough now :) keep making more george!

[@WitcherGeorge]

Thanks man, enjoy!

[@mattdaniels4979]

Johnny is def my favorite creature you come in contact with!

[@alexlangford7518]

I remember having this discussion in the discord chat

[@WitcherGeorge]

Plug aha

[@rjw4149]

You did it! You're awesome. Thank you.

[@WitcherGeorge]

glad you enjoyed it!

[@erhiueQWEF]

See, what was so lit about this game was you have Johnny, an seemingly small side character in the early hours of the game, and he comes back several times in another side quests n stuff, such a well made game, really gave Johnny more life.

[@sergeantsilly5239]

I love the godlings.

[@Thedeathdump]

Johnny looks like he had a fixed cleft pallet

[@Eshzra]

Greetings master witcher, could you maybe make a vid about Berserkers? I would be ever so grateful.

[@WitcherGeorge]

Awesome idea man!

[@MrMoustachePeople]

MY FAVOURITE CREATURES IN THE GAME

[@fatvickey338]

Do you plan on doing a video on succubus? I know they're considered hybrids, but I remember one mentioning she doesn't couple with witchers because he smells like the blood of chorts and fiends, her brethren (which are relics).

[@rookie4162]

Wtf did anyone noticed that Gerald have a different voice when he is in crookbag bog. He have more normal one here but else where is the normal voice

[@alecshockley536]

"Children are more innocent." Until you go to Skyrim and get bullied by an 8-year-old girl

[@PatOneGuy]

Braith irritated me so much a decade ago that I got real joy out of a recent short someone made hitting her with a troll club and sending her ass flying.

[@johnscroggins7897]

Great video man get up the good work!

[@WitcherGeorge]

thank you john

[@boycomehere99]

Liked+subbed+turned on notifications, love your video bro

[@WitcherGeorge]

Thank you man!

[@dchevron77]

How about a video on the battle of the bridge, where geralt officially got his "of rivia" title?

[@WitcherGeorge]

Good idea!

[@donsnypa7332]

Crown of thorns - seems to run parallel with the name godlings

[@Kylesico912x]

I remember Sara. I was so disappointed I didn't get another chance to try out Kiera's lamp lol.

[@_1More_]

Great video

[@WitcherGeorge]

Thanks man!

[@abhijeetshrawage4763]

The sole good entity in that cursed crookback bog

[@matthewswann2585]

Can you do more Skellige vids, also vids covering the nilfgard-norldling wars

[@WitcherGeorge]

Good idea and I will definitely get to everything in this universe!

[@srottfaen]

Godlings are essentially the Children of the Forest from A Song Of Ice And Fire

[@mansamusa8410]

srottfaen thank you

[@UngaBungaPilot]

Duuude I remember when I got the goosebumps when I first seen this 😂

[@Kaminkaese]

"Johnny"? Lmao in german it's "Hansi"

[@ryanweible9090]

which apparently works as hansi is a diminutive of johannes, which is anglicanized to jonathan, which is shortened to john or johnny.

[@dbwhab4150]

Hanz and Johnny are basically the same name. Different variations.

[@jmpm-tz1so]

When i was doing the barons wife quest and saw johnny's hole full of drowners i got really pissed off, i literally felt like i have the obligation to kill every single drowner in the area if something had happen to him.

[@pavedpara]

is it just me or did geralt voice change while he's in the marsh?

[@WitcherGeorge]

I thought the same ha, I guess he was just being a little more mellow, to make himself seem like less o a threat.

[@pavedpara]

glad to know it wasn't just me

[@joshuagiehll3737]

I noticed this a few times in the game. Usually this happens when Geralt is dealing one on one with children, (or child like creatures). Geralt always had a soft spot for little ones.

[@ihaveaplan.ijustneedmoney.9777]

I mean, if you're a voice actor that was tasked to constantly play with your phlegm for a game that consists of nearly a hundred hours of dialogue, it can be quite difficult to be consistent whenever the direction tasks you to do something very different. I noticed Doug Cockles' talking voice kinda reveals itself whenever Geralt is either surprised, shouting, loses composure, or happily jesting. Sides of Geralt that weren't really there in the previous games.

[@cezarypluskwa4183]

In Polish Godling means Ubożę and Godlings means Ubożęta. Diminutive of Godling - Bożątko. They are humanoid creatures resembling human children. They are mischievous by nature, but harmless. Polish fan of Witcher by Sapkowski and game of CD Projekt Red too. ;)

[@WitcherGeorge]

Aha I talked about this exactly, but didn't say the actual words (I didn't ant to butcher, such a great language again aha)

[@thomasveierd9696]

Good lore! Thanks! I DO wish you'd have mentionned the ACTUAL WORD which the polish translation was a diminutive of, though...

[@thekingofcardboard]

Ive never even played this game, but its design is so interesting i get really curious about it despite that.

[@WitcherGeorge]

You should give it ago!

[@evelioguaperas]

I love godlings, they are my second favourite race after trolls.

[@BobasArmoury]

Is it just me or is Geralts voice a bit off in this section of the game? He sounds less raspy

[@Sultaanash]

It resembles his voice in the 1st and 2nd games I think these lines were his first and he still didnt nail the iconic voice we know yet

[@SteveKillerLP]

Might be a bit too much effort but could you sometime do a summary of the first 2 Witcher games. For people like me who dont really have the time and motivation to play them. There are also no good and short videos on KZbin

[@WitcherGeorge]

I'll give it ago, maybe after I finish my witcher 2 play through! Good idea!

[@KingofMe23]

Witcher 2 is a great game with graphics that hold up. Definitely worth going back to play. Witcher 1 however was awful. I had to grind through 80 hours to finish that monstrosity (pun intended), it took me 4 years. It only took me 2 months/40 hours to finish the Witcher 2.

[@a.morais1186]

Dakota Dunn I loved Witcher 1, the problem is the first 10h, after that the game become much better.

[@snownoheakennedy9561]

listened to this as I made my witcher minis and continued writing my fan lore book. Think I'm going to put a godling in both now.

[@WitcherGeorge]

Aha awesome!

[@yan7942]

pls continue the witcher 2 playthrough I really like it

[@WitcherGeorge]

I will man and thank you!

[@linguisticallyoversight8685]

Well as a person who has long hair it could also just serve a functional purpose and keeping their hair out of their eyes and with their Magpie like nature they would naturally use stuff that they come across and find interesting

[@erickhart8046]

Yay finally I always wanted to know what the he'll that little dude was thx.

[@WitcherGeorge]

Np man, glad you enjoyed!

[@u6pl]

I have a question Why among all the witchers did you choose witcher george from the griffyn ? and what is the oldest witcher school of all witchers? Thx.

[@WitcherGeorge]

Well I guess because my name is George in real life aha and it hasn't been confirmed but it could potentially be griffin or wolf (going by the books!)

[@tombombadilofficial]

Its always fuckin raining when some important cutscenes are happening. Is there a mod to fucking make the rain chill the fuck down?

[@Viv8ldi]

What are the two things Gerald confuses Johny for at the start, are the also benevolant or dangerous creatures? Lutin and Bocca or whatever that was

[@tmage23]

a bucca is a water spirit of Cornish origin. A lutin is a French sprite or hobgoblin. Both were mischievous spirits that needed to be appeased through some sort of offering.

[@Viv8ldi]

@@tmage23 oh wow, your are awsome, thanks

[@nanfredman1991]

So they're like the domovoy? I loved these little guys--too cute with their big owl eyes. Can't bear to kill the intelligent non-humans.

[@WitcherGeorge]

They're so awesome aha

[@eitanmikhailov3864]

Godlings seem to be more sidekick than magical perhaps thats why they chose to put sarah in the hauted house and sent corrine there to show players godlings rather infiltrate minds and not confront people with unknown intent to them