One of the really interesting things about Witcher is that it's actually quite universal.

Almost everyone can find something in this book, something in this TV show and relate to one of the characters and it's it's beautiful.

You're a mutant. A witchy.

My grandmother said I have to leave.

Why does the world depend on it?

Nobody's smart, plays fair.

Welcome to the world of the new Netflix series, The Witcher.

A world inhabited with everything you've come to expect from a good fantasy story.

Monsters, monarchs,

characters who kill those monsters and monarchs.

But only the Witcher has Geralt of Rivia,

Jennifer of Venga, and Cirilla, the lying cub of Sentra, all of whom reside in the continent,

a vast sprawling land in the midst of turmoil, all swirling around in a cauldron of chaos,

magic, war, and destiny. Well, you can't outrun destiny just because you're terrified of it.

The show's origins go back to a popular series of short stories and novels written by Polish author Andrei Sapkowski and he started writing these way back in the mid-1980s.

When I say they were popular, I mean hugely popular, like translated into 20

languages and turned into a few video games popular.

It reflects a little bit of my experience as a child when I was growing up in a country which was not fully free because Poland at that time was still a communist country.

This is Tomek Bzky, an executive producer on The Witcher.

He's who you heard at the very beginning.

Tomeck was just a teenager in Poland when Andre's books first came out.

When he was in high school he devoured

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