Gerring of Kharkiv

Gerring of Kharkiv was a witcher from the School of the Viper, notable for killing the werewolf-like creature Maugrim and its creator, the rogue mage Eira Frostsinger. Gerring is also credited with forging the sword Maugrim, named after the beast he vanquished.
== Biography ==
Gerring was presumably brought to Gorthur Gvaed as a child and trained by the Viper witchers in the art of monster slaying. As is customary for Viper witchers, he was taught to wield dual twin blades.
After Gemmera "joined" the Nilfgaardian Empire, people from the capital began to go missing—five or six each month. The city sent out two groups to address the issue. The first group, consisting of six guards, was only found in the form of bloodstains and a broken sword. The second group, composed of twelve soldiers, fared little better; only one soldier returned, beaten and bloodied. He revealed that the culprit was the former court mage Eira Frostsinger, who had created a werewolf-like creature named Maugrim. According to the soldier, Maugrim could tear a man's arm off as easily as pulling the leg from a roast chicken. The king then called upon the School of the Viper for aid.
Three days later, Gerring arrived. After negotiating a price with the king, he set off into the mountains. His first encounter with Maugrim did not go as planned. Although Gerring had experience fighting werewolves, Maugrim was taller, stronger, and faster. Not only was the beast a more formidable opponent than expected, but Gerring's steel twin blade had no effect on it. Clearly outmatched, Gerring managed to blind Maugrim with a bomb and retreated into a cavern. Deeper in the cavern, he discovered an old, abandoned dwarven mine, complete with a forge and foundry. He labored for an entire day, and by the next night, he had forged a new silver sword to match his serpentine blade.
Armed with his new weapon, Gerring set out to find Eira and Maugrim. He snuck into Eira's cave while the beast was off hunting and killed her in her sleep by slitting her throat. When Maugrim returned, a fierce battle ensued, but Gerring ultimately prevailed and killed the monster. The next morning, he brought the heads of both Maugrim and Eira to the king and received his reward.
It is unknown if Gerring was present at the Viper keep when it was besieged by the Nilfgaardian Army after the Usurper ordered the school's destruction.
== Trivia ==
Kharkiv is the second-largest city in Ukraine. Located in the northeast of the country.
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