According to a CD Projekt Red engineer, the new Witcher game's medallion is indeed shaped like a lynx. The group at CDPR set the internet on fire recently after announcing the following phase of its Witcher saga. Of course, the studio didn't offer much in the method of substantial details, however the medallion-driven teaser picture that went with the news sparked an entire host of fan theories online.
One theory, in particular, revolves around the Cat School and Ciri's loose ties to it. In the books, Ciri retrieves her Cat School medallion from a Witcher-killing soldier of fortune hired to end her life. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt doesn't straightforwardly reference this instance, yet her playable sections truly do feature a Cat School symbol on the UI instead of the Wolf symbol that appears when players control Geralt. Needless to say, the conviction that the new game's teaser set a cat medallion up front drove numerous to assume Ciri would accept the responsibility as protagonist. Other fans, in any case, rushed to see the Witcher medallion's lynx-like shape, which opens up another situation in terms of the CD Projekt Red-created legend.
In the midst of ongoing speculation about the specific shape of the as of late teased Witcher medallion, CD Projekt Red's Global Communication Director, Robert Malinowski, chose to eliminate any confusion. Speaking with Eurogamer, the designer affirmed the new medallion does indeed bear the shape of a lynx's head, noting that "some mysteries should not be so mysterious." Malinowski's words certainly shut down the speculation, yet they raise another pressing question - how might this squeeze into Witcher ordinance?
The Witcher universe plays host to several Witcher schools, however not a single one of them - in neither books nor the games - bear the sign of a lynx. Naturally, this caused a lot of confusion regarding the medallion. As many have noted, nonetheless, a Witcher school based on a lynx does exist in fanfiction that posits Lambert and Keira Metz assisted observed the institution after Vesemir's death in The Witcher 3 prompted the remaining Wolf With schooling members going their separate ways. Does this mean CD Projekt Red will stick to fan-composed fiction in its next experience? It no longer seems impossible.
At the hour of writing, close to nothing is had some significant awareness of CDPR's plans for its re-visitation of the universe of The Witcher. Barring the medallion-related confusion, the studio affirmed one imperative snippet of information, however - instead of the exclusive REDengine that powers different Witcher games and Cyberpunk 2077, the new title will run on Epic Games' Unreal Engine 5 innovation. Since the venture remains in the nascent stages of creation, there's no telling when the group will be prepared to share more details.