Editing Geralt of Rivia (section)

===Downsides of Being a Witcher===
So you would think that being a Witcher would be great and people would be appreciative of you doing a valuable service in the world. Wrong. Due to their status of being mutants, wandering warriors and potential child kidnappers, (as well as the generally [[grimdark]] tone of the setting) Witchers are generally hated and feared by most people. They will need you for your help, but never want you to stay. A result of this discrimination was a pogrom which resulted in nearly all the Witcher schools being destroyed and the Witchers themselves cast to the four winds. With no more recruits and no way to learn the process required to make more, the Witchers are slowly dying out. Of course, less Witchers means more monsters. Yeah, people are idiots. Also for some reason, cats really don't like them. You might wonder, oh who cares it's just a cat. You would be wrong. Cats, alongside dragons, are capable of absorbing magical energy and for this reason, they like to hang around mages and areas with great magical significance. Why they do this, we have no idea and what they do with this magic is an even bigger mystery.

* '''Emotional Deadness'''.Your emotions are either muted or totally absent, the combination of magic, mutations, brutal training, and the stuff you have to deal with on the job have turned you into a borderline sociopath. You'll probably still have your emotions, but you won't be using them much given your occupation.
* '''Discrimination'''. People treat you like shit. The stupid, uneducated peasants who are paying to get rid of their ghost problem hate you 'cause you're different from them, nobles treat you like a disposable tool and religious leaders see you as an abomination, and you can't do shit about it...well, not unless you think you can handle an entire army reinforced by a pitchfork-and-torch-wielding mob with just two swords.
* '''Failed Mutations'''. The mutations can leave you disfigured, traumatized, and bitter.
* '''Unwanted'''. Chances are, you were given to a Witcher School because no one loved you or you were too much of a burden to care for, if your family isn't already dead. Good thing that you'll most likely forget them by the time you become a Witcher.
* '''Retirement=Death'''. You'll most likely die unmourned in some godforsaken hole at the hands of some unspeakable monstrosity. If you aren't killed by the human pricks.
* '''Forbidden Knowledge'''. You have to deal with all the depressing or horrifying shit that creates ghosts and curses in the first place.
* '''Paycheck? What Paycheck?''' You're always really poor due to the fact that maintaining your gear is expensive and monster contracts barely cover your expenses, because either the aforementioned peasants can't or won't pay enough, or the nobles that do hire you occasionally are greedy, back-stabbing douchenozzles.