School of the Cat

Once based at Stygga Castle and later on the road as the Dyn Marv Caravan, the Cat School broke with witcher neutrality and is notorious for producing spies, assassins and swords for hire.

The School of the Cat has the worst reputation of all the witcher schools. The Witcher 3 calls it “ill-famed”, and the Cats we meet in the games mostly live up to that. Most of what we know about the school comes from the games rather than the books.

A school on the run

By Geralt’s time the Cats are scattered and hunted. A letter to Gaetan from his fellow witcher Joël warns that soldiers have overrun the school, that at least two witchers are dead and that there are bounties on both their heads. Whatever the Cats once were, very little of it is left.

Cats in The Witcher 3

The best-known Cat in the games is Gaetan. In Where the Cat and Wolf Play…, Geralt investigates a massacre in the Velen village of Honorton. The killer turns out to be a Cat witcher who was betrayed by the villagers after finishing their contract. Geralt decides whether Gaetan lives, and if he does, Take What You Want leads to his stash.

Lambert also had a friend among the Cats. In Following the Thread, he hunts down the hired killers who murdered Aiden.

Known members

Gaetan, the witcher behind the Honorton massacre.
Aiden, Lambert’s murdered friend.
Joël, known only from his letter to Gaetan.

Cat School gear

Feline gear is light armor made for fast, aggressive swordplay. The set includes the Feline Armor, the Feline Steel Sword, the Feline Silver Sword and the Feline Crossbow. Blood and Wine adds the Grandmaster tier in Scavenger Hunt: Grandmaster Feline Gear, a trail that runs from Villa Vedette through the Arthach Palace Ruins to the Pits of Brume.