Eskel

A witcher of Kaer Morhen who trained alongside Geralt.

Eskel is a witcher of Kaer Morhen who trained alongside Geralt of Rivia. He is one of the witchers under whose watchful eyes Ciri was trained at Kaer Morhen, together with Geralt, Coën, Vesemir, Lambert and Triss.

Lore & Background

In the first The Witcher video game, Geralt is accompanied by his longtime allies and fellow witchers Eskel and Lambert and their instructor Vesemir. In the Netflix series, where he is played by Basil Eidenbenz, Eskel arrives late at Kaer Morhen after hunting a leshy. Geralt discovers that Eskel was infected by the leshy and has been transformed into one; unable to control his leshy side, Eskel attacks Vesemir, forcing Geralt to kill him.