However, the protagonist in the Netflix adaptation goes about his flesh-slicing affairs with just the one.
That isn’t to say he only has one sword in the show.
In the original novels written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, Geralt only totes a single steel sword around.
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However, he does own another coated in silver.
The latter is usually kept sheathed at the side of his trusty steed, Roach.
It’s more practical to have the silver sword kept on a horse in the books and visual adaptations.
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Micha Zebrowski did pretty much the same when he played Geralt in the 2001 Polish movie,The Hexer.
This is in stark contrast to the games, which present a lot more monsters.
Next, there’s Geralt’s moral code; he’s not very fond of killing humans.
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