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This was something I noticed recently while re-watching the show.
In this scene, a terrified man describes in detail a creature called a "Selkiemore" (which, surprisingly, seems to be unique to the Netflix series and doesn't appear anywhere else). He describes several feats that the selkiemore accomplished, including:
- Swallowing a village, not leaving "a single bone to be found"
- Having a mouth large enough to take down an entire ship
- Bursting out of the ice to swallow Geralt whole
Soon after, Geralt walks into the tavern, covered in the Selkiemore's guts, revealing that after he was swallowed he proceeded to rip his way out from the inside.
Now, assuming these statements are accurate, this would make for a pretty damn good upgrade. There are obvious rebuttals to some of them, though; it's unknown if he "swallowed the entire village at once" or just "swallowed each individual person". The context implies the first, but it's not confirmed. It's also notable that he was still in a panic about the situation, so the second statement is potentially hyperbolic. Even so, we can make this work.
The creature being large enough to swallow Geralt is 100% correct, as shown in the scene. On top of that, it is explicitly described that it was large enough to swallow him whole, without chewing, yet it is also described as having a mouth filled with teeth. Via size alone, the Selkiemore would almost certainly be 9-A.
If we take the statement of it being "large enough to swallow an entire ship" as valid, then it would probably even peek into 8-C.
And if we take the statement of it swallowing a village as valid, it would be far higher, but by an unknown amount.
My suggestion, under the current feats, is that Geralt should be changed to "At least 9-B, likely 9-A, possibly higher".
and if this is valid, it means that there's yet another depiction of Geralt that's at least potentially stronger than the canon version kek
In this scene, a terrified man describes in detail a creature called a "Selkiemore" (which, surprisingly, seems to be unique to the Netflix series and doesn't appear anywhere else). He describes several feats that the selkiemore accomplished, including:
- Swallowing a village, not leaving "a single bone to be found"
- Having a mouth large enough to take down an entire ship
- Bursting out of the ice to swallow Geralt whole
Soon after, Geralt walks into the tavern, covered in the Selkiemore's guts, revealing that after he was swallowed he proceeded to rip his way out from the inside.
Now, assuming these statements are accurate, this would make for a pretty damn good upgrade. There are obvious rebuttals to some of them, though; it's unknown if he "swallowed the entire village at once" or just "swallowed each individual person". The context implies the first, but it's not confirmed. It's also notable that he was still in a panic about the situation, so the second statement is potentially hyperbolic. Even so, we can make this work.
The creature being large enough to swallow Geralt is 100% correct, as shown in the scene. On top of that, it is explicitly described that it was large enough to swallow him whole, without chewing, yet it is also described as having a mouth filled with teeth. Via size alone, the Selkiemore would almost certainly be 9-A.
If we take the statement of it being "large enough to swallow an entire ship" as valid, then it would probably even peek into 8-C.
And if we take the statement of it swallowing a village as valid, it would be far higher, but by an unknown amount.
My suggestion, under the current feats, is that Geralt should be changed to "At least 9-B, likely 9-A, possibly higher".
