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Isn't this suppose to be set in Poland or like it?


So why are there black characters in it? It's like going into the forest then finding a native tribe and some white dude in it.

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From the wiki page:

"...The stories are set on an unnamed Continent,[8] which was settled several thousand years earlier by elves from overseas. When they arrived, the elves encountered gnomes and dwarves. After a period of war between the elves and dwarves, the dwarves retreated into the mountains and the elves settled in the plains and forests. Human colonists arrived about five hundred years before the events in the stories, igniting a series of wars. The humans were victorious, and became dominant; the non-human races, now considered second-class citizens, often live in small ghettos within human settlements. Those not confined to the ghettos live in wilderness regions not yet claimed by humans. Other races on the Continent are halflings and dryads; werewolves and vampires appeared after a magical event, known as the Conjunction of the Spheres.

During the centuries preceding the stories, most of the Continent's southern regions have been taken over by the Nilfgaard Empire; the north belongs to the fragmented Northern Kingdoms. The Witcher saga takes place in the aftermath of the first major war between the Nilfgaard Empire and the Northern Kingdoms, with a second war beginning in the middle of the series. "

So I presume the answer is no. Upon further study, there's apparently a neighboring kingdom to the series' locale whose inhabitants are described in a manner similar to Africans.

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People have always traveled over most of the Earth. it's how we populated the whole planet. So a few characters from other continents don't break any rules of the setting and supposed time. THere are elves and monsters, and you're worried about a few non-Europeans?

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Stupid argument. Why don't we have a scene of Geralt killing a monster by emitting a poisonous pink fart cloud? It wouldn't look out of place and break immersion because there are dragons and fireballs, after all!
God damnit I hate that people to this day still resort to this idiotic argument.

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Remember how in every movie that is not in an european setting the likes of you complain of every white character?

"Why is there a white guy in the great wall?" "Why was prince of persia played by a white guy?" "jasmine should be clearly played by a middle east girl".

And of course same idiots cheer at the idea of a black Ariel ...

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"People have always traveled over most of the Earth."

Not always. For the 95% of human history they hadn't. Well, a tiny minority did or at least tried.
Most people saw nothing of the world beyond the fields of their village or the walls of their city.
There is a reason Zerrikan she-warriors made such an impression in the books - cause no one ever seen anyone like them.

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Because white men bad.

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Most of the places in the books are based on East and South Europe. Generally in terms of culture. There are other places and more exotic people but we hardly ever see them.
There is no inherent logic to diversity characters in the show but it's one of its lesser issues so I didn't really care.

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why black elves and black druids tho?

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Forget ethnic diversity...
Why are Elves - regular humans with pointy ears?
Why does the head dryad look like she's never been in a forest and walks like it's the first time she's off high heels?
Why are Dwarves played by little people? They are supposed to be an economic juggernaut in this world and have the monopoly on steel. Instead they look like a circus troupe.

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Gotta be honest with you, I didn't even notice any dwarfs at all.

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It's simple really.

When the character is black it cannot be changed due to the importance of there race, culture an history. It is intrinsic and important to the character's story.

When it is white european history, this can be changed as and when required to fit whatever narrative is being pushed be it race or gender. The same argument is used all the time. It is a mermaid, it is an elf, it is a fictional character, it doesn't matter what race the character is. But the same argument can never be used when the character is black otherwise you are an "istaphobe" of some kind or whatever buzzword is being used.

The hypocrisy of the left is never ending, racists hiding in plan sight.

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The Continent is not a familiar land mass. Humans aren't native to the realm of The Witcher. The fandom Wiki has this to say:

Hailing from a homeworld destroyed by themselves, humans first appeared in this world after the Conjunction of the Spheres.


The Conjunction was an event that took place about 1500 years before the book series this is based on. It was some kind of natural disaster, a temporary intersection of many different worlds in the multiverse which allowed non-native creatures from other realities to cross over. Humans and various monsters arrived at that time.

Since this is another dimension and not Earth, the storytellers can pretty much set things up any way they want.

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