Thread:Lazar.sreckovic.73/@comment-27075564-20180226182212/@comment-24019656-20191123112251

It will be interesting if we get a corrected version. I don't think they could've done anything too differently beyond changing these two bits about Cedric and Adalia though it would be nice if there was more info added. As for the Houtborg swap thing, unlike real life in literature usually every little thing has a meaning and thought process of the writer behind it. Unlike writers like say GRRM that get lost in extensive world building and lineages (and where fans tend to overanalyze) Sapkowski was mostly on point and only added background info when it directly related to the story or characters in some way. There is very little "lore fluff" in the Witcher books.

So when Codringer and Fenn are mentioned to have researched the thing (can't remember if it's in Blood of elves or Baptism of fire) and that they found evidence that triplets were swapped and that Ciri is descendant of Falka it shouldn't be disregarded despite everything later said. As a literary device why even add the situation of triplets possibly being swapped if there's no possibility of that being true? As many other things in Witcher novels, children being swapped at birth is a classical fairytale trope so I'm inclined to believe it's true and that sorceresses all secure in their knowledge of Larra genes and family tree were wrong (also another thing that fits the spirit of the books, vain and powerfull being wrong).

If combination of two Elder blood lineages was needed to activate the dormant gene Falka could have gotten the Elder Blood from her mother Beatrix of Kovir who was full blooded elf (though this is a bit of a stretch, we don't know how extensive the genetic project was and if there were other lineages beyond that of Lara) but it is probable that this wasn't necessary. There are so many further references to Falka including Ciri's name when she was with the Rats that I don't think it's all meaningless. At the very least the ambiguity and possibility of it is important for Ciri's identity so official geneology where Adela is Falka's daughter instead of Fiona shouldn't be treated as 100% true.