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@bisexual-steverogers Hi! In canon Radovid is Vizimir’s son. (spoilers) At the end of the war, he’s 13 years old, so he’s very young, should be about 11 at this point in the show. He only has a very short appearance in the last book (Lady of the Lake, UK paperback edition page 434). However in relation to Philippa Eilhart it’s pretty important that he’s very young since she’s on his Regency Council. She is behind his father getting assassinated, because she wants to mould Redanian politics to her will.

I think I will simply copy paste the section that’s from his perspective so you get a feeling for the kind of character he is. His future goals and ambitions are mostly left open, but with the background of Philippa being his father’s murderer you can come to your own conclusions:

No one’s going to shout ‘Long live Radovid’, thought the prince, blocked by the hierarch’s fat backside. No one’s even going to look at me. No one will raise a cry in honour of my mother. Nor mention my father; they won’t shout his glory. Today, on the day of triumph, on the day of reconciliation, of the alliance to which my father, after all, contributed. Which was why he was murdered.

He felt someone’s eyes on the nape of his neck.As delicate as something he didn’t know - or did, but only from his dreams. Something like the soft, hot caress of a woman’s lips. He turned his head. He saw the dark, bottomless eyes of Philippa Eilhart fixed on him.

Just you wait, thought the prince, looking away. Just you wait.

No one could have predicted then or guessed that this thirteen-year-old boy - now a person without any significance in a country ruled by the Regency Council and Dijkstra - would grow into a king. A king, who - after paying back all the insults borne by himself and his mother - would pass into history as Radovid V the Stern.

book depository, an online book retailer, is sadly closing next week. i wanted to make a post for my fellow american fans of the witcher, for whom this business closure limits our access to polish publications.

book depository was where i personally bought the polish editions of the witcher books, because no other retailer that would ship to the US that i could find carried them. probably because of this, they have also been the known resource to buy the books linked in the sidebar of r/wiedzmin.

disclaimer that this post isn't to sell anything or judge people for buying or not buying, it’s up to one’s personal preference whether they purchase the physical copy of a book or not. i just wanted to let everyone know that if you were already planning to buy the witcher books or related titles (especially the polish editions), this could be a last opportunity to purchase with this specific retailer.

there are also other releases available, such as the fonopolis audiodramas on CD, which all seem to all be 43% off right now:

and there are also titles that have not yet been officially translated into english, sapkowski-related and witcher-related, which might interest you:

malady and other short stories: short stories by sapkowski, including witcher-related stories "road of no return" and "something ends, something begins"

the world of king arthur: essay by sapkowski about arthurian legend

claws and fangs: short stories not by sapkowski, 'official fanfiction' set in the witcher world

witcher, phenomenal history: a comprehensive look at the cultural phenomenon of the witcher, from short stories and saga, to comics, to games, to the musical, to other adaptations

and, if you don't care about polish releases, perhaps the recently-released english hardcovers by orion may interest you, since they all, save for the last wish, seem to be 25 to 30% off right now: