The Witcher 3: 5 things you may not know about Geralt & Yennefer's relationship

Depending on the choices you make playing The Witcher 3, you'll end up with either Triss Merigold or Yennefer of Vengerberg. Now, most people know about the relationship between Geralt and Yennefer. The two are the main love interests, and The Witcher 3 starts with a scene of Geralt and Vesemir looking for Yennefer.

The two share a ton of history, and even the biggest Witcher enthusiasts might not know about certain aspects of their relationship. This article will show five things you may not know about them.

Both characters, despite their different personalities, have been raised in similar conditions. Yennefer was an ugly hunchback who was shunned by her parents. Luckily, she found her way to the sorceresses, who taught her the ways of magic. But, before she could learn, Yennefer had to undergo a gruesome body-altering spell that fixed her body deformity.

Geralt was also abused by his mother as a child and was fragile when he was left to the Witchers. He was then trained by the monster killers and underwent the Trial of the Grasses, another deeply painful process. The two are now extremely powerful individuals, but that wasn't always the case, and their beginnings are extremely similar.

If The Witcher 3 was your first game from the franchise, you might have been confused about how Geralt and Yennefer found their way to each other. Well, a quest in The Witcher 3 sheds light on this subject. During The Last Wish quest, both characters team up to battle a Djinn.

This same Djinn was present when Geralt and Yennefer first met each other. The pair were helpless against the Djinn's power during their first encounter. Now, Geralt was its master and since the Djinn couldn't harm him, the Butcher of Blaviken asked the Djinn to tie