A royal school for Witcher, born from the success of CD Projekt’s The Witcher series, was officially licensed by the Polish publisher for unspecified reasons and was forced to close.
The Witcher School, as the place was called, was owned by the company 5 Żywiołów. The announcement of the closure arrived on the social channels of the institute where it was explained that CD Projekt terminated the agreement due to the behavior of a staff member, Ania Wawrzyniak.
According to what was explained, the woman is part of a controversial ultra-conservative Polish Catholic organization, called Ordo Iuris, famous for its anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ + and anti-gender equality positions.
Ania Wawrzyniak is the wife of Dastin Wawrzyniak, one of the founders of 5 Żywiołów. It seems that Ania worked as a lawyer for the company for about two years, between 2017 and 2019, as reported in the Facebook post signed by Dastin and his brother Dominic Wawrzyniak.
The controversy surrounding Ania emerged recently when Ordo Iuris commissioned her to work on “legal mechanisms to introduce and enforce the vaccination obligation and the possible consequences of non-compliance” and a draft law to sanction illegal abortion.
Ania’s involvement with Ordo Iuris has become a national case, reported by several newspapers, so much so that 5 Żywiołów contacted CD Projekt to explain the situation. In response, the Cyberpunk 2077 company unilaterally revoked the license.
Contacted by Eurogamer.net to clarify the matter, CD Projekt limited itself to saying that it had decided in February 2022 to end its collaboration with the Witcher School, to which it gave three months’ notice, as established in the contract.
Closed the Witcher School, 5 Żywiołów is planning to launch a new and original LARP experience, which will be launched in the spring of 2023.