Talk:Fringilla Vigo/Netflix series/@comment-26094176-20191225174005/@comment-27237080-20200201152016

It's not a simple fireball, when it exploded you could see the size of the explostion, so it's like a smart bomb or precise bombing attack, except it yields the explosion that damages larger area than the smart bomb or smart bombing supposed to do (to minimize area of effect, but being precise in killing the target with the help of bombs). Not sure what is the aftereffect if the explosion hits you, so maybe there is that trick. Other thing is, the show wanted to show us how bad or evil is Nilfgaard for allowing to have such mage at their side that isn't bound by morality and can simply suck out a life of their own people to make a weapon, like some Nazi Germany or USSR simply doing what they please to achieve greater goals.

Regarding Yen's power and Fringilla, Yen had half elven blood, so the way how her power works is probably way different and might not require sacrifices for such small tricks. Maybe it's some primitive "fireball" technique, prototype, and creating a fire wave or flow/stream is easier.