Yennefer of Vengerberg:
Yennefer, following the novels and the games, is the "one" in Geralt’s life. She’s THE love of his life and the girl who Geralt wants to be with the most. The games suggest this could be the result of a Djinn’s spell added unto already existing attraction. Nevertheless, they have shared too many intimate moments together, including preparing to die alongside each other in a bathtub before they were spared by the emperor, that they cannot help but be in love. The books reinforce the notion that Yennefer is the one who Geralt loves the most and whom Geralt has the most intense feelings of love multiple times. She throws everything away and sets everything aside to be with Geralt. Geralt in return ventures to risk life and limb without a second thought to be with her. The books also reinforce the theme that Yennefer and Geralt are "meant to be" by essentially making them "father & mother" to their "daughter" Ciri. This is as close to the Witcher universe hammering on our heads the message that these two are meant to be. To Geralt, Yennefer seems to be the person who he loves the most and cannot help but yearn to be with. Finally out of all the 4, she seems to be the one who understands Geralt the most. To Yennefer, Geralt seems to be the only one of her lovers who can bring her true happiness.
Triss Merigold:
Triss’ relationship with Geralt is that he is the one who awakened feelings of true love within her for the first and perhaps only time. Initially she was merely curious at Geralt’s love with Yennefer and seduced him with a spell. She wanted to find out what it was like to be in love with Geralt. She got her wish and after sleeping with a charmed Geralt, she wanted more and has been in love with Geralt ever since. Although she accepted that Geralt was to be with Yennefer in the books, and she initially just settled for being unhappily in love with her friend’s lover. However, the games changed the equation. Geralt’s amnesia and Yennefer’s seeming death gave Triss a chance to be with the love of her life. Initially more cold and self-serving in Witcher 1, Triss nevertheless had an obvious deep attraction to Geralt to the point where she would go to greater lengths than her rival Shani. Her hardened demeanor softened considerably after she ended up with Geralt during the events of Witcher 2, and their love blossomed to perhaps its strongest. Triss was the one who saw how unhealthy and how hard Geralt’s relationship with Yennefer was, and being with Geralt in the books and games have developed her into a better person and helped her understood the feeling of love. To Triss, Geralt is the love of her life and "the one who got away". He’s the one who she deeply wants to be with because he’s the one who showed her what it was like to love someone else. Her personality change from the books to Witcher 1 and from Witcher 1 to Witcher 2 showed us that she was developing as a person alongside her relationship with Geralt. Depending on your choice, Witcher 3 at the lighthouse was the point where she came to full realization that she had finally won Geralt’s true love. Triss’ attraction to Geralt seems to mirror Geralt’s attraction to Yennefer. It doesn’t really make sense, but it is clear that she has the strongest feelings for Geralt out of all Geralt’s lovers. To Geralt, Triss seems to be the only lover that can bring him true happiness.
Shani:
Shani met Geralt in the books and was infatuated with him as a teenager. They went on an adventure and they slept together. During the events of Witcher 1 she was rescued by an amnesiac Geralt and instantly rekindled her attraction for him. Geralt was in essence someone who could ignite a spark within her and make her do illogical choices for him in terms of her lifestyle. So much so that she competed fiercely for his affections during Witcher 1 against Triss Merigold, and depending on your choice they eventually wound up together. Due to lifestyle differences and Shani being young and wanting to pursue her career, Geralt and her broke up leading up to Witcher 2. However, we get to see a clearer picture of their relationship in Witcher 3. Despite them breaking up for career reasons, meeting up with Geralt in Witcher 3 again showed that Shani could not help but want to be with Geralt. It is clear that Geralt still has feelings for Shani, unless you play him as a complete jerk, and Shani still has feelings for Geralt. Knowing that a life with Geralt cannot offer her stability and is not compatible with her career in the medical world, Shani nevertheless has a side of her that wants to be with him. Irrational as it may be, Geralt seems to bring her a special sort of excitement that she could never get with anyone else. To Shani, Geralt seems to be the "bad boy" with whom it would be career ending to be with but with whom she cannot help but long for, as seen in Witcher 3 especially. She is young and ambitious, and so she makes choices in Witcher 1/3 based on her career. However it is clear that she is still very much in love with Geralt based on their shared experiences. To Geralt, Shani seems to be the only one who can help him develop into a better person. Not only her compassion but also that she is the most normal and stable of the 4 girls. Geralt seems to find in Shani someone who he can not only protect but truly care for. The other girls in his life all can protect themselves, but Geralt seems to interact with Shani in a unique way. He seems to find that Shani is the only lover with whom he can develop into a more mature and complete human being.
Fringilla Vigo
Fringilla has a very unorthodox and yet special relationship with Geralt. They had in essence a very long and intense 3 month love affair that was as crazy and dramatic as a roller coaster. Fringilla initially charmed him with a spell to further the interests of the lodge. However after sleeping with him for 3 months and being intimate with a Geralt who thought Yennefer betrayed him, Fringilla fell in love with Geralt. She fell very hard for Geralt. So much so that she begged him to stay with her, something she never thought she would do for anyone. She loved him despite knowing that Geralt called her Yennefer at times when they slept together. Her affections proved genuine when she still provided a protective amulet for Geralt and told Geralt the truth about Yennefer when it was clear Geralt decided to leave. Geralt on his part knew that he would never forget her, even despite his feelings being sparked by a charm spell. And Geralt also had feelings of love for her during the books as well, although he had to leave to search for Yennefer and Ciri. In Witcher 3, thus far before Blood and Wine, it is strongly hinted from Fringilla’s conversation that she still has affections for Geralt. Their conversation in Witcher 3 starts off with Geralt hinting that she may have told the emperor more information, and she clearly was hurt and offended. Especially that this was the first real conversation they had (before Blood and Wine), since the last time they saw each other in the books. And so she quickly dismisses Geralt and says that she believes he has already moved on and so does not wish to talk more. However that itself shows she believes it is Geralt who has moved on. Her tone betrays that she has not moved on herself. To Fringilla, Geralt seems to be the person she wishes she could be with even if she is not loved the most in return; basically she was willing to be with him even though he had feelings for Yennefer still. She would be just content to have him stay by her side. It is not clear before Blood and Wine how Geralt feels about Fringilla. However, when they were together, Fringilla offered Geralt an escape from all worries in his life. It was oddly the only times when Geralt felt truly free and a little bit at peace with Fringilla as a lover. Finally, Fringilla is the only lover who offered him true excitement and fun that didn’t seem to be able to end before he left. Blood and Wine will likely tell us their relationship even more.
Basically the game/books have created a situation where Geralt actually has 4 people who he genuinely loves and cares about. All 4, knowing full well that Geralt has feelings for the other 3, love him back. Although CDPR and the novels do not come to the ultimate conclusion of their fantasy love stories, which could never happen in real life, Geralt should end up with all 4 as lovers. Even if he only settles down with 1, the other 3 will likely forever have feelings for him and him for them; feelings and experience like the ones he had with those 4 do not simply dissipate with time. This image is pretty nice depicting what would likely happen if the 5 people’s relationship is taken to its logical conclusion:
[Spoilers] Parsing Geralt's 4 Loves of His Life
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