I don't know what happened to this channel but I hope you are well and come back! These videos are extremely helpful to refresh my knowledge and clarify.

These are by far the best videos to know what's going on in the books! Start back up! You were doing awesome!

@jeffgran7247

3 жыл бұрын

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@jeffgran7247

3 жыл бұрын

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You making the next one?

just finished watching all 4 of your videos , i have a pretty good image of what happened now . It has been almost 3 years since your last upload so i doubt i'll ever see a video of the 5th book , anyway thank you for making these and if by any chance you read this have a good 2020

This is so good and useful, pity you didn't continue

sad you stopped man I really liked your summaries over the other ones

Is everything okay dude? Like it's been 5yrs and I really enjoye listening to u summarize the whicher books

>Makes channel >Uploads videos explaining clearly the timelines of the books >Refuses to elaborate >Leaves

Hey dude, just wanted to say I appreciate the work you do and the well-crafted videos you created. I know many have said this long ago but I really hope you can keep creating these videos about the witcher books, and if anything in life is stopping you from doing that I hope those problems get sorted out soon :)

Why didn't you finish your summaries? At least I, have really appreciated and enjoyed them, and am saddened on having to rely on a comvination of wiki's, 6 minute summaries and 10 hour audiobooks for the remaining books as I'm currently halfway through witcher 3 and don't feel like taking the time out to read 3 books ion a rushed manner. I'd prefer to be reading them at my own pace after I finish the game.

Great series! Looking forward to rest of the videos.

Thank you for these great summaries! Would love to see this series complete. I've read (listened to) the books, but I like refreshing my memory before starting a new playrthrough of the trilogy, and this format is great for that.

Please continue the series, it's very interesting to listen even for me who knows the books by heart.

4 books left phantomsplit

@andriusakinis3219

5 жыл бұрын

Damn a year later still hasn't uploaded

@DigitalTiger101

3 жыл бұрын

@@andriusakinis3219 :(

1:00:00 rayla did not die there she was captured (and later tortured). Also I find your theory about Vilgefortz witcher past kind of interesting. It never occured to me. Ultimately I think it was not the case. The realization that hit Geralt was simply that he was in way above his head and he was going to lose the duel. Vilgefortz was extremely powerful mage and it was magic giving him the reflexes and strength to beat Geralt with a staff like a child. And that's all there was to it. We never got any hints about him previously being a witcher, and also we had other characters who were extremely good fighters even without being witchers so being good in duel does not indicate witchers past per se.

Very solid analysis and summary of the books so far, hope you come back to this some day :)

Please continue doing these when you have time

bring back the summaries :(

Hey man thank you so much for these videos. I'm really hoping you'll continuing doing these summaries for the rest of the books

Thank you for all of these videos. They’ve helped me digest each entry this series and pick up on information I may have forgotten. I’m sad that as I continue The Witcher I won’t have this to come back to. I loved your analysis of these books and I hope you finished the series for your own enjoyment :)

You were really good at doing this, I don’t know how I will procede with summarizing the next books if my only options are 10 hour audiobooks or 10 minute summaries but I thank you nonetheless for explaining as clear as possible.

Anyone know why he stopped? Iv listened to them all today back to back

Thank you so much for these videos brada. I am obsessed with the characters and story of the Witcher but don't have alot of time to read all the books and I greatly appreciate this. Im replaying through the Witcher 3 and listening to your summaries greatly enhances my experience with these extremely human characters. Thank you thank you!!

Just wanted to pop in and say that I've REALLY enjoyed these summaries. Hope all is well with you!

Vilgefortz pronounced Vill Ga Fortz Dijkstra pronounced Deekstra Good video👍

@twatnocker7694

3 жыл бұрын

It's Dike-stra in the audiobook. Either way he butchered most pronouns; and I agree, good video.

We need your summaries for the next book plz :)

This man is the CEO of name butchering but the videos are still helpful lol

These videos are legendary! thanks brother

Perfect, I stopped reading for a while after time of contempt so this has been a good refresher

DUde everyone here wants you to make another one

I miss your channel just like everyone else! 😢

Thanks for the video! Hope you are still good.

Hello there, awesome summary, I hope next one will come soon. I've spotted one mistake (other than "afraid of death" scene, which was already mentioned several times) - Stefan Skellen was not a viscount, he was not a nobility. This may seem like a insignificant information, but it will be important later, trust me.

Cool, in my book (the print with yen in the cover with larger papersize) Vilgefortz says "You are afraid of death. You are afraid after all." Probably bad translation in that one

@phantomsplit3491

7 жыл бұрын

I think yours makes a lot more sense so yup, bad translation is the likely culprit. Thanks for pointing this out

@BIKarus

4 жыл бұрын

My book matched PhantomSplit’s I thought that the “her” Vilgegortz was referring to death. This is because when Geralt was at Sodden, he spoke with death and had a conversation similar to this. I think that if the “her” is referring to Death, then both translations make sense

These are great video's... I was waiting for the 5th book (Lady of the Lake) to be released and then realized I practically forgot everything, so these were very helpful!!! Hopefully the video for Baptism of Fire comes out soon

Now is a good time to continue with the summaries! The Netflix series is going te bring many people here probably

Here hoping the next summary will made.

pls make another

In my translation of the book at the tile section (conversation with Vilgefortz) it says: "You are afraid of death, after all" instead of "for her"

@phantomsplit3491

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you, that makes a lot more sense. Looks like a translation error to me!

@VeryBlueCactus

4 жыл бұрын

@@phantomsplit3491 I'm Polish so I'll help you a bit. "Death" is a feminine noun in my language that's why the translator used the word "her", but instead it should be "you're afraid of it", as "it" reffers to "death". Hope it helps :)

your still making more right these are so good

Great Summary bud. Listening to these as Im studying for finals. Plan on playing all 3 games afterward. Any plan for baptism of fire

When is the next one going to be ?

Great series! Wish you would finish it

just binge-watched all of your summaries, but it's sad to see no new ones have come out :(

Thanks so much ! Really helpful and well organized Pitty u didn’t continue

Having listened further I think the abyss scene represents Nilfgaard and Vilgefortz' ties to it, whom, obviously, catches up to Ciri eventually. Nirlfgaard is always symbolized with black.

Pleeaaaasseee do the next book!!!!

He said i'll see u soon

Any idea when the next one will come? Really enjoyed the last one as a refresh before I start the last book.

the scene with vilgefortz represents the abyss below geralt and ciri and the tightrope he must walk to get her to where she belongs, my guess is that is that it has something to do with the transportation portal in the tower of seagulls, behind which, the wizards of elder blood reside, though that is entirely a guess. but either way I believe it to be an analogy of the mages themselves and the danger to him and ciri by placing her in their care with all of the divested political interests vying for ciri through their court sorceresses, not to mention, the sorceresses own ambitions. And perhaps, even the wild hunt. But considering I'm only going on your summaries, what I've read, the second game and half the third, I may be entirely off base.

@katherinemarkowitz4783

6 жыл бұрын

and I've only read wiki's, so... yeah.

Great! Just great! Keep on please!

why did foltes feel like the wizards betrayd him? Was there an error with information flow or what happened? The wizards only tried to protect the kingdoms by capturing the nilfgaardian spies, right? Why would Foltest be angry at them?

@phantomsplit3491

7 жыл бұрын

Oskari Miettunen Foltest did not kill his wizards, only kicked them out of Temeria. Not much information is given on the subject other than a line or two by Dandelion. Foltest obviously was not happy about the traitorous wizards that were working with Nilfgaard. I also assume he was not happy with the wizards who tried to remain neutral while Nilfgaard marched north. In all, I think less than 10 wizards remained loyal to the Four Kingdoms after the failed coup at Artuze. I'd also be willing to bet that Foltest will try to blame the war on the wizards because of Artuze even though it was really the fake attack at Dol Angra which was the real cause. That attack may have gone a lot more in the Four Kingdom's side if it wasn't for the traitorous wizards though.

@oskarimiettunen8667

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, thanks! Its cool to view these videos from small channels like you. It's easy to communicate and ask question like these. English is not my native language so you really help out :) Btw have you started reading Baptism of Fire yet?

@phantomsplit3491

7 жыл бұрын

I think the small channels are great too. Honestly, I expected each video to get like 50 views. I am floored to almost have 100 subs. I have started BoF and should finish it tonight or tomorrow, video probably later this week. I do know from Baptism of Fire that Redania already blames the wizards for the war with Nilfgaard. That is why I said Temeria may have the same idea.

@oskarimiettunen8667

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, cool. Eager to see the video on that one.

@nabeebegh2619

7 жыл бұрын

Phantomsplit hey are you gonna post a video for the next book soon or is life just keeping you busy? Love what you've done so far, thanks for the hard work!

These are so good. Keep going

We need Baptism of Fire 🥺

10/10 great work!

As others have mentioned please continue this series. There are zero summaries I can find on Season of Storms as well (anywhere on the web).

Come back dawg, Lady of the lake fucked my skull. Kewl video btw

Baptism of Fire coming soon? I enjoy your reviews

Hey! Gonna do the next? Love the style of your videos

Are you using unofficial translations for your quotes in the vids?

@phantomsplit3491

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, I am. From what I have heard they are pretty accurate. The one scene in this video is really the only part where something has been lost in translation so far (that I know of). Sometimes there are issues with singular/plural. And sometimes it is easy to see when two people translate different chapters because the same character will just feel *different* with no explanation.

Next book!! These are great

great series when's the next video coming

@phantomsplit3491

7 жыл бұрын

random guy probably this Saturday

@moris21211

6 жыл бұрын

Still waiting

@fragmctbag

6 жыл бұрын

Phantomsplit this shit to good not to finish

@randomguy-xe6hi

6 жыл бұрын

Phantomsplit hey a year later. is there Ever gonna be another.

@wilsono-mt4nu

6 жыл бұрын

Phantomsplit dude whens the next one?

One of these days you’ll return

BROOO, AMAZING

Please make next one

I'm sorry you've not continued with "tower of swallows" and "Lady of Lake"

I've noticed that u pronounce dijkstra's name as di gi k stra it's actually deegstra or at least that's how geralt says it in tw3

@vojtasjedyny

7 жыл бұрын

It's a Dutch name and they pronounce it day-kstra (or very similar, I'm not Dutch:).

@Vlaam15

7 жыл бұрын

Just put this in the comments of the 3rd one, but will put it here as well, hope it helps! Hi there. Since you seem to be interested in pronunciation of names, I think I can help with some of the more Germanic and French names. More knowledgeable people, please confirm or correct me, but it seems there's a lot of French, German and Dutch thrown in the mix of names. If Dijkstra is indeed not a Polish name as well, it's a Dutch one. The ij in Dijkstra is pronounced like the ai in the word "air". If I find any other things I can help with, happy to oblige, unless you find it annoying (which would be understandable), then feel free to delete this message. Loving this series, by the way, thank you!

are u going to do the last 2 ? please bruh lol

Hope you decide to finish off your series on these books.

Why does djikstra want geralt dead after the fight in thanned? Is it because he knows too much?

@aevaron5708

6 жыл бұрын

it's that, or Geralt snapping Dijkstra leg

How did Emhyr get to know about the staged nilfgaard attack in the border by the north beforehand so that they could forge an army in Dol Angra? Was this a plothole or something that will be revealed later or have I just missed it?

@phantomsplit3491

7 жыл бұрын

Oskari Miettunen Vilgefortz knew of the fake attack and has been working for Nilfgaard. I assume he told them. It never was explained how anyone, including Vilgefortz, knew what the kings were planning at Dol Angra though. When I read that scene where the Kings were planning the Dol Angra attack (in Blood of Elves), it felt like somebody was spying on it though. Really, the only plot hole I've noticed in the series is with Ciri in this book and it is very, very minor. When she defeats Cahir (the black knight) she drops her sword instead of killing him. When Ciri teleports to the desert, however, she has her sword with her.

@oskarimiettunen8667

7 жыл бұрын

Ok, so the kings probably told vilgefortz as they thought he would help them in Dol Angra when in fact he sited with the enemy. The north probably thought that all the wizards were with them as they were in sodden hill..

@williamdrouin8063

7 жыл бұрын

Oskari Miettunen they were wary of Vilgefortz though, they didn't like him, he had too much decisive power

hmm sucks that this series seem to be abandoned since i was most interested in book 4 and following

Are you making more videos?

where are the next ones?! :D

Next book please ❤️

How old is ciri in the books at this point

@aevaron5708

6 жыл бұрын

i'd say 13.

Fabio is actually much taller than Ciri

Ciri also lost her virginity when she drew power from the fire

Where’s the next one?

Wheres the next one bro?

It feel strange. I'm from france we already have all the 8 witchers books translated in french (the 8th was already in all the book shop when the witcher 3 came out in may 2015) I'm use to know that everything is out in english before it became translated in french, and as i'm watching videos avoir the books, It seems that they hasn't being all translated in english yet, how is that possible? It can be or that seasie that you are reviewing isn't the same story has we all know, with regis and milva cahir and the other. I might be wrong because i Do know some people who only speack ans read english and do know about geralt"s Hanse.

@vojtasjedyny

7 жыл бұрын

French publisher took The Witcher books seriously, while British/American not so much, until The Witcher 3 happened. English is probably the last major European version that still hasn't been finished (Season of Storms left). Andrzej Sapkowski was asked how possible this is. He said that market of fantasy literature of whole Anglosphere is very saturated - readers from those countries have enough books of native writers and it's extremely hard for foreign authors to make publishing deal in US or UK. Publishing houses are really cautious - it's one of the reasons why Gollancz skipped 'Sword of Destiny'- they were afraid that the book won't sell, because it's anthology of short stories, not a novel. They didn't accept argument that SoD is the second book of the series, and it's very important one. Readers had to wait until TW3 release for official English translation. Fortunately people who want these books today, won't be confused anymore.

@ut3115

7 жыл бұрын

It's super sad then! I now imagine that a lot of anglophone fans who played Blood of wine DLC didn't know who regis was and who is really is. Sad that because of a country, a lot of player didn't had the FEELS of seeing him again.

Who the fuck disliked this??

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Great videos! Please stop saying “deejeekstra” it’s “deekstra”

@StefanPiano

4 жыл бұрын

It would actually be closer to 'Deykstra'

@energeticwave5437

4 жыл бұрын

Stefan I’m pronouncing it as if I were Polish, as is the source material. The fact that in the first audio book the narrator pronounces it deykstra has nothing to do with it. In any case, any pronunciation variation is better than deejeekstra.

@StefanPiano

4 жыл бұрын

@@energeticwave5437 some of the names are based on Dutch names, I'd say because the Dutch pronounciation is closer to 'Deykstra' than 'Deekstra' it'd be the Dutch translation that would be used. But, its all up to interpretation :)

@energeticwave5437

4 жыл бұрын

Stefan do you have a source for the names based in Dutch? Other than the “ij” which could very well be Polish.

@StefanPiano

4 жыл бұрын

@@energeticwave5437 I dont have a source for that but its very likely those names are influenced by European languages like French, Welsh, German, etc. Sapkowski studied economics, trade relations between Poland and the Netherlands was quite common, so the chance of him running into things that are tied to other languages or cultures, in this example Dutch, are quite big. Leuvaarden, van Roggeveen, van Bredevoort, Bloedzuiger, are all very Dutch names. Same thing with the French names from places like Toussaint.

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It’s TIME of Contempt. Not “times.” First thing you should probably do is get the name of the book right.