Witcher 4 coin reference explained

During the game awards, highly anticipated The Witcher 4The trailer for the film was shown on the big screens and unveiled Ciri as the new hero. It seems that this is only the first step in the implementation of the next phase of the series, as there are rumors about the developer's plans to create a trilogy around the story of Ciri.

Among the teasers that CD Projekt Red has provided to its fans, a series of images featuring coins has been released and has sparked intense speculation. Sebastian Calemba, game director The Witcher 4 The project released the first image of the coin after announcing that the game is now in full production. Since then, more developers on the project have teased the community with these coin images. It's still unclear what this coin means, as well as what its implications are for the game going forward, as most of the related posts have been without context.

The coins probably refer to elements synonymous with the Witcher franchise

Much of the discourse surrounding the coin's common imagery stems from the detailed runes engraved on it. There is a crescent moon that runs along the borders of the coin and the center is decorated by a mountain with an entrance just below it. Just above that is the Sun, partially eclipsed by the Moon, casting muted rays of light across the sky.

While these elements are fascinating, this isn't the first time they've appeared the witcher Franchise When Official Gwent Artwork was released for the standalone game in 2020, it featured many of the same elements (mountains, moon, and cave entrance), with the eclipse being the only exception.

It's also worth noting that Sebastian Kalemba is the head of art for Gwent, which might explain some of the similarities. On his X account (formerly known as Twitter), Sebastian revealed the other side of the coin, which reads: “Days and nights pass and the blood stays the same” in Tolkien's runes.

Although it's debatable what the line refers to, the monster shown in the trailer reiterates to Ciri that fate cannot be changed no matter how hard you try.

Coins may represent key stories in The Witcher Lore

Of all the speculations, the most common link the solar eclipse on the coin to the curse of the Black Sun, otherwise known as the Black Sun. The sorcerer Eltibald's prophecy describes an eclipse that marks the beginning of the end of humanity. According to him, sixty girls would be born under this black sun, and the curse would turn them into treacherous monsters that would facilitate the return of Lilith, goddess of the night, and end the world.

There were doubts about the authenticity of this prophecy, and many showed that these words were the idle ramblings of a madman. Thus, this prophecy eventually became known as Eltibald's Mad Mania. However, the writings of Menhir Dauk, the tombstones of the Vozgor cemeteries, and the legends of Vatut lend credence to Eltibald's prophecy.

Each of these legendary pieces spoke of Lilith and the end of the world, set by sixty women wearing golden crowns and born under the black sun. Since the words of the prophecy and the image of the coin overlap significantly, it stands to reason that The Witcher 4The coin reference can refer to the end of time.

Another speculation that is gaining attention among fans is that the coins are a reference to the union of the Koreas. This coin, which features celestial bodies and stones, can be interpreted as representing an arrangement of closely packed monoliths, as opposed to the mountain image of the previous theory. This cataclysmic event took place 1500 years before the events of the story when the realms of the multiverse collided. It will be interesting to see where CDPR ends up going, as their are several narrative devices that a potential Ciri trilogy could be built around.