Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon, or better known as Ciri (b. 1250), was the sole princess of Cintra, the daughter of Pavetta and Emhyr var Emreis (who was using the alias "Duny" at the time) as well as Queen Calanthe's granddaughter.
Ciri is united to Geralt of Rivia by fate. After Geralt helped lift Duny's curse, Duny asked what reward the witcher would like and Geralt proclaimed the Law of Surprise. As it turned out, Pavetta was pregnant with Ciri, unbeknownst to Duny. Although for a long time, Geralt didn't care about the child he had claimed, he eventually sought out Ciri (the Child Surprise) after the destruction of Cintra by the Nilfgaardians.
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Biography[]
Early Life[]
Shortly after Ciri was born to Pavetta and Duny, they learned of Ithlinne's Prophecy and that it referred to their newborn daughter. Realizing that people would try to kill Ciri if they began to believe the prophecy, Duny urged Pavetta that the young family should leave that night on a waiting ship. However, things went wrong and Duny and Pavetta died that night. After the death of her parents, Ciri was raised by her grandmother Calanthe.
Massacre of Cintra[]
Many years later, Ciri, thirteen years old and dressed up as a regular citizen, was playing a game of knucklebones in the streets with other children when when her princess double, who disguised herself as her, to deceive Geralt who has come to protect Ciri, rushed over to say goodbye to the group, including the young princess, before heading off.[1] As Ciri went back to the game, she lost her focus, feeling someone was observing her who would be Geralt, but when she looked over, nobody was there.[2] After she failed to win, one of the knights, Lazlo, arrived to take her back to the castle to attend a knight induction ceremony headed by her grandmother and grandfather, Queen Calanthe and King Eist.
"I would have, if the horsemen of doom hadn't ridden up like that."
"If you can't win a game of knucklebones for fear of a few horses, what'll you do when you go into battle?"
Afterwards, the family attended a celebratory feast where Calanthe, Eist, and Mousesack, a close advisor and druid, discussed the encroachment of Nilfgaard. Overhearing this, Ciri inquired what they were talking about and while her grandmother tried to hide the truth, Eist immediately revealed there was a war going on. Calanthe then gave Ciri advice regarding a fight, before they were interrupted by a nobleman and his young son, Martin, who asked to dance with Ciri. As Ciri started to say no, Calanthe butted in saying Ciri would love to, making Ciri get up to go dance with him.
Two days later, Ciri, having been locked away in the castle with Mousesack and Lazlo as her grandparents were off fighting the Nilfgaardian invaders, had grown agitated and Mousesack gave her a very short story regarding the curse of the Black Sun in which young girls were locked away in towers and systematically killed to prevent a prophecy of them causing the end of the human race from happening. She then asked Mousesack if her grandmother would be alright but he dodged the question, instead responding that she, Ciri, will be alright.
Shortly after, a badly injured Calanthe returns from the lost battle, in which Eist was also summarily killed. Calanthe tried to reassure her granddaughter everything would be fine as Nilfgaard invades the city before sending her away so the queen can rest. Ciri then found Mousesack as he created a magical barrier around the keep, though he remarked it'll only hold as long as he holds. By nightfall, the barrier finally fails and Nilfgaard breaches the keep.
Back in her grandmother's chambers, Ciri watched Calanthe give orders to her men before calling Ciri over and gives her her second lesson in war, revealing Nilfgaard brutally slaughters and tortures and doesn't take prisoners. Mousesack then returned, mentioning "he's gone". At this news, Calanthe called for Lazlo to get the princess to safety, but not wanting to leave, Ciri screams, unintentionally releasing a magical pulse that rattled nearby glasses. The queen then tells the young princess she needs to find Geralt of Rivia as he's her destiny, and this time a reluctant Ciri leaves.
Lazlo and Mousesack then escort Ciri through the underground tunnels but are discovered by a group of Nilfgaardian soldiers as they exit the keep. Mousesack stays behind to fend them off, allowing Lazlo and Ciri to flee on horseback, but the pair are quickly set on by another Nilfgaardian, Cahir, who shoots and kills Lazlo, knocking the knight's body, along with Ciri, off their horse. Cahir then takes Ciri and escapes with her but as he races outside the city, Ciri, seeing Cintra burning, screams, releasing yet another powerful magical pulse that scares Cahir's horse, knocking them both to the ground. As Cahir tries to grab her again, Ciri releases several more screams, each time getting more and more powerful, preventing Cahir from getting her as she puts more distance between them. After one such scream, a nearby stone monolith collapses and causes the ground to split and create a chasm between the two, allowing Ciri to escape.[2]
Evading Nilfgaard's Soldiers[]
Three days after the attack on Cintra, Ciri finds herself traveling alone through the woods and having to hide as Nilfgaardian soldiers are trying to find her so, in an attempt to further obscure her appearance, she uses mud to darken her hair.[3] As she continues to travel, she spots some berries and tries to pick them but something is thrown at her hand, stopping her from doing so, and she soon spots the perpetrator: a young man hiding nearby who signals the berries are poisonous before gesturing for her to come to him. On joining him, he motions at a rat running around as food, but she declines. However, the boy isn't as picky of an eater and the two set up a small campfire where he cooks the rat and eats it while Ciri asks him questions, though the boy still doesn't say a word. He then offers her the cooked rat again and this time she accepts it before the two set out once more. As they travel silently together, Ciri sees her new companion's hands are cold and gives him one of her gloves to help. Right after though she spots a nearby Cintran refugee camp and runs over to it, but when she turns around "rat boy" is gone, having disappeared back into the forest.
As Ciri makes her way through the camp, she unintentionally cuts into a soup line and quickly learns not everyone has such a great outlook on her grandmother, blaming her for failing to save Cintra. Another bystander notices her cloak, informing her he recognizes it as one his father had made for Cintra's finest. As Ciri follows him, the young man, Adon, realizes she's staring at his "necklace": a collection of elf ears, for each one he killed for revenge over Filavandrel aén Fidháil's uprising that caused his brother's death. He then leads Ciri off to a nearby tent to meet all that remains of his family: his mother, Lilja, and a brother, Zeke. Realizing it's best to hide her real identity, Ciri introduces herself as "Fiona" while the boy's relatives show differing views on the elves and Calanthe. On noticing Ciri's worn out shoes, Lilja then offers to replace them, but when Ciri accepts, it turned out she meant for their halfling slave, Abbott, to give up his shoes to replace Ciri's, which Ciri accepts from him, though rather reluctantly.
At night, as they all lay in bed, Lilja tries to tell Ciri she's safe but when Ciri asks if the widow knows Geralt of Rivia, she unfortunately doesn't know who he is. Lilja then asks about Ciri's family, to which Ciri responds that her parents died years ago and her grandmother died in the attack, before apologizing for what happened to the widow's family. Lilja then affirms they'll all make it out together. However, later that night Nilfgaardians attack the camp and the mother angrily orders Abbott around but when he doesn't catch a bag thrown at him, she physically and verbally abuses him, to which he snaps and starts to stab her to death as Ciri backs up into a corner. Someone then cuts into the tent's fabric right next to Ciri and pulls her through, only for Ciri to see it's rat boy rescuing her. She proceeds to follow him to get out of the camp while it's being attacked, though she stops briefly when she finds a dead Adon. As she mourns him, she sees Cahir nearby and quickly puts her hood up before taking off once more with rat boy into the woods to escape.
The following morning, as Ciri and her companion drink from a stream, she looks up to see he's removed his hat for once, revealing elf ears. While they're both initially startled at her discovering he's an elf, Ciri thanks him for everything he's done in helping her and he finally speaks to her for the first time, introducing himself as Dara.[3]
Entering Brokilon Forest[]
An unknown time later, Ciri wakes up from where the two fell asleep in the forest, initially startled. However, she quickly falls under a trance and calmly begins to make her way through a clearing to the forest on the other side, not even noticing all the human skeletons in the clearing or Dara chasing after her, screaming her name before he's subsequently shot in the shoulder by an unknown assailant.[4]
As Ciri continues to follow the whispering voices she's hearing, she enters a part of the forest that appears more like a lush jungle than the barren, snow-covered forest she came from before suddenly snapping out of her reverie just in time to be surrounded by armed dryads. Their general only speaks in Elder Speech though to Ciri, who tries to plead for mercy, having gotten lost and not sure how she ended up there in the first place. The dryad's queen, Eithné, approaches and, in Ciri's own language, asks for her name, to which the princess once again gives the alias "Fiona". Still having no clue where she is though, Ciri asks, only to find out she wandered into the sacred Brokilon Forest, before the queen has Ciri follow her.[5]
As they head deeper into the forest, Eithné reveals some of the world's history, remarking how there used to be many forests like Brokilon before the Conjunction of the Spheres and how mankind fought against the dryads so only the ones in Brokilon remain. They're interrupted though on hearing someone's groans and Ciri realizes it's Dara and runs off to find him nearby just as another dryad removes the arrow and heals his wound with the waters of Brokilon. Eithné then tells the two in no uncertain terms they'll need to drink the waters to reveal if they bear ill intent to Brokilon, in which case they'll die, or if they're pure in heart, in which case they'll live and may stay there in the forest. The queen does note another side effect though: over time the waters will lessen the suffering they've endured but does so by making them forget.
As night falls and Ciri and Dara sit off to the side from the dryads, Dara then asks Ciri why the queen referred to her as Fiona and Ciri informs him she was told by Mousesack not to let anyone know who she was outside the castle before revealing to Dara her real identity as Princess Cirilla of Cintra. On learning this, Dara becomes angry as he tells Ciri how her grandmother, Queen Calanthe, ordered his family and many other elves to be slaughtered after Filavandrel's uprising and how her soldiers laughed as they raped the women and killed babies. He then notes the only reason he even survived was because he hid but now regrets how he didn't try to save them or fight back, even if it meant dying with the rest. Ciri's left stunned, not knowing what to say, but Dara simply remarks there's nothing she can say before revealing his desire to stay there in Brokilon and how he hopes to forget who he was. He then advises Ciri to do the same, but Ciri says she can't and that she has to find her destiny.
As Ciri sleeps, she's plagued by nightmares of soldiers attacking and killing elves before her nightmare takes on a different form of Cahir moving to cut her down before she jolts awake to find Dara drinking the water. He then assures her everything's going to be ok before Eithné passes the bottle to Ciri and tells her to drink and leave her past behind and join them. After a moment, Ciri proceeds to drink as well but doesn't feel any different. On asking why it didn't work, Eithné simply notes Shan-Kayan calls to her and leads Ciri to it: a large tree in the center of Brokilon. She then cuts into the tree, making liquid stream out, and tells Ciri to drink directly from the source. As Ciri does, she proceeds to have a vision of herself out in the middle of a desert as a very large, luminescent tree looms over her on a hill as it asks Ciri what is she.[5]
The dryads learn the truth about Ciri from Shan-Kayan, and discuss it among themselves in Elder Speech, but Eithné makes it known to all the dryads, with Ciri in attendance, that the princess is allowed to stay in Brokilon. After the rest of the dryads leave, Ciri, not knowing what they were discussing so reliant on reading their body language, confirms her suspicions: many of them, particularly the general, don't care to have Ciri there, but the queen notes they'll still follow her orders. Eithné then presents Ciri with two options: either she can stay or she can continue her journey in search of her destiny.[6]
Reunited with Mousesack[]
While learning how to craft arrows with the dryads, Ciri is surprised by Mousesack being led through the forest to her and greets him before asking what happened to him after they split off in Cintra, but he waves it off, merely answering all that's important is he found her and he's to take her back to her rightful place. When Eithné tries to step in, saying Ciri chose to stay with them, Mousesack counters that he knows where to find Geralt as another dryad informs the queen Ciri was promised to him through the Law of Surprise.
Making up her mind, Ciri thanks Eithné and the dryads for their hospitality, but strongly feels Geralt is her destiny and she must continue on. She then turns to Dara, asking him to join her once again and that she considers him family. The dryad queen proceeds to say goodbye, but warns Ciri to always be vigilant and ask the right questions. Afterwards, Ciri hugs her goodbye and departs with Mousesack and Dara.[6]
As the trio make their way out of Brokilon, Ciri bombards Mousesack with questions regarding Geralt, the Law of Surprise, and why she was never told any of this before, and while Mousesack answers some, he gets her to stop after he tells her she and Geralt will be together soon.[7] They then reach Brokilon's exit and start to walk through the winter forest outside. While Ciri's stopped asking questions as they continue to walk, Dara speaks up, asking how the druid escaped Nilfgaard's attack, having been told by Ciri he vanished into thin air, abandoning the princess if that's true. Mousesack then informs them that he was actually pulled through a portal into Nilfgaard, where he was held prisoner for days before Geralt rescued him and sent the druid to retrieve Ciri. As Dara questions the logic of this, Mousesack waves it off, noting Dara can ask the witcher himself as he's waiting in a nearby town as Mousesack continues to lead them to safety. However, Dara pulls Ciri to the side, voicing his suspicions something isn't right and Mousesack might have been turned by Nilfgaard. Further away, Mousesack gets the princess' attention, revealing he saved Calanthe's royal sash and Ciri excitedly takes it from him and continues through the woods as Dara follows from a distance.
As they trek through a small clearing, Ciri, having thought over what Dara and Eithné said, begins to ask Mousesack if he ever stopped missing Skellige, as he left home to help raise Ciri in Cintra, and he confirms he was very homesick. Ciri then begins to bring up related memories from the times she visited Skellige before asking if Mousesack missed the cold as well. As the druid responds he also missed the cold, Ciri stops in her tracks, realizing he's not who he appears to be, and gets angry, stating how the real Mousesack had arthritis and thus hated the cold, and while he was from Skellige, he always said home was in Cintra, with Ciri and her family.
The imposter, called the Adonis, then grabs Ciri, revealing they killed Mousesack and took his form to get her but before they can do anything else, Dara pulls out his silver knife and tries to attack, making the Adonis drop Ciri and grab the knife's hilt instead. However, this causes the imposter's hand to burn and they drop it while trying to choke Dara but Ciri, having seen how it burned the imposter, grabs it off the ground and puts it against the Adonis' neck, burning them yet again and the imposter falls to the ground before changing to their true form: a doppler. Dara grabs the knife from Ciri and pins the Adonis, continuously burning them with the silver blade as he questions the doppler on who wants Ciri and why, though Ciri herself answers it's the man with the winged helmet and that there's something special inside her. However, when Ciri orders Dara to kill the doppler, Dara hesitates and Ciri grabs the knife back to do it herself, but this allows the Adonis to break free, knock Dara out, and knock the silver knife away, forcing Ciri to flee into the woods.
Unfortunately, Ciri doesn't get far and the Adonis catches her and ties her up to a tree before taking her form to confront their employer, though is certain to come back for the princess once done. While the Adonis is away though, Dara manages to find the tied up Ciri and rescues her once more, though this time angry, stating if she'd listened to him they'd still be safe in Brokilon and all Ciri brings is death and terror wherever she goes. Fed up with everything, Dara then leaves, remarking he can't be there for her any longer.[7]
Finding Geralt[]
Now alone, Ciri makes her way through a village where she poorly attempts to steal food as she tries to make her way to Skellige. Overhearing this, a nearby woman, Zola, warns Ciri to be careful as it's not safe traveling through the area alone, but Ciri rebuffs this and walks off.[1]
As she passes a group of people watching a puppet skit being put on, she spots some gloves but before she can run off with them, the seller calls to her and she hands over an expensive ring that once belonged to her mother as payment. She then discards the worn out single glove she had and puts on the new ones as Zola approaches her, trying to talk her out of going to Skellige as the roads aren't safe while Ciri tries to walk off from her again. Unperturbed, Zola gets in front of Ciri to stop her and notes she just needs to finish one more errand and make room on her horses, Clip and Clop, but could offer Ciri food and a safe place to stay at her home. Ciri silently nods in agreement, but as soon as Zola heads off to finish her tasks, Ciri steals one of the horses and takes off.
Later that night, Ciri sets up a small campfire out in a field with the stolen horse nearby when she hears the sudden approach of people. Initially wary, Ciri grabs a branch to defend herself but recognizes one of the four men as Anton, one of the kids she played knucklebones with. She runs forward, happy to see him, but he rudely pushes her aside as he notes to another he knew it was her at the market before they run over to the horse and start to pilfer the bags. As Ciri tries to tell them to stop, another pushes her back, noting Nilfgaard has a nice reward for her. She then tries to plead to Anton, who reveals he never liked her, only playing and letting her win because he had to all because she was a princess. As the group then proceed to pull her to the center of the clearing, Ciri releases another magical pulse, this time with another voice speaking through her of a prophecy before she blacks out.[1]
The next morning, Ciri wakes up in the field as Zola appears over her and gets her to sit up, though as Ciri looks around, she notices not only is the field's grass somehow mowed down, but the bodies of the four men and the horse are all dead, appearing to have been thrown and subsequently impaled by various trees nearby.[8] As Zola asks what happened, Ciri responds that they came for her, to which Zola notes they got what they deserved then before taking Ciri back to her place.
As night arrives, Zola's son, Nadbor, tries to get Ciri to talk as she quietly watches him groom a horse, going as far as questioning if she's dumb when his mother hears this and slaps him upside the head, remarking Ciri's been through hell and likely not ready to talk much right now before asking if Ciri can at least teach her son some manners while she lives with them. Right after, they hear rumbling and look outside to see a fireball flying through the night sky for a target in the distance and realize Nilfgaard is attacking Sodden.
Despite going to bed, Ciri's still awake and Zola tries to comfort Ciri as they hear the battle raging on in the distance, noting Nilfgaard has no reason to attack them as they're out of the way, but if the worst comes to pass, Zola remarks she's at peace with herself, having everything she had ever wanted: a husband, son, a roof over her head, and now a daughter in Ciri.
The next morning Ciri snaps out of her sleep, having been woken up by hearing Geralt's dream where he was calling for Yennefer, and remembers her grandmother telling her to find Geralt of Rivia. With that, she leaves Zola's home and sets off into the nearby forest. At one point she begins to run, sensing Geralt, and finds him a short time later and the two hug each other, while Geralt remarks on destiny. Looking up at him, Ciri then asks him who is Yennefer.[8]
Meeting Nivellen[]
After reunited on the forest, Ciri traveled with Geralt to Sodden, where they learned of Yennefer's death at the Battle of Sodden Hill by Tissaia. Continuing to wonder who Yennefer was, Geralt said that it no longer mattered, she died. Taking a break, Ciri tried to get some sleep, but couldn't because of a nightmare about the black knight. Changing the subject, he wonders about the Law of Surprise, and Geralt explains that it was because he saved his father's life from his grandmother, which earned him the law of surprise that he was not expecting.
Ciri and Geralt then turned to an old friend of his for help. It wasn't until they arrived that they learned that Nivellen had been cursed by a priestess and turned into a beast after trashing the Temple of the Lionheaded Spider while high on godflesh mushrooms. Nivellen magically summoned a hot bath for Ciri, which she indulged in bathing. After the bath, Ciri went downstairs to join Nivellen and Geralt wearing a pretty white dress. Nivellen called a banquet and shared with Ciri how he met Geralt years ago when he was hired by Nivellen's father to tend to a wyvern infestation.
After dinner, Nivellen tells Ciri a story about a warrior elf and a human who found love, in a kind of box that uses shadow puppets. Nivellen reminded Ciri of Mousesack, who she sometimes forgot was even gone. She wished that she could go back in time and save everyone. She then asked Nivellen what it's like for him to be alone. The loneliness ate him alive. He'd tried many times to cure himself, having piled many a lass with treasure to kiss him, hoping there was a grain of truth to the fairy tales, but each path was a letdown. Ciri suggested that he may have simply not found the right girl, recalling how Mousesack told her of a hedgehog man who was cured by true love, which Nivellen didn't think he was worthy of, informing Ciri about how he killed all his servants the day he turned, not knowing what he was or his own strength, but she didn't believe that was entirely his fault. Ciri watched her entire home burn to the ground with her family trapped inside. She knew monsters, but Nivellen simply didn't seem like one to her.
Ciri tried to sleep, but awakened from a bad dream to find a blue-eyed woman watching over her. She introduced herself as Vereena, a friend of Nivellen, asked if Ciri liked the dress she left for her and then revealed that she too was different, by telepathically communicating with Ciri, who questioned if Vereena was a monster, but she didn't anwser, rather retorting Ciri's question by saying that being different didn't make one a monster and that humans did monstrous things all the time. Upon realizing that Nivellen hid Vereena because he loved her, Vereena kissed Ciri's hand and told her this must be their secret until she left, causing Ciri to fall asleep.
Ciri was awakened from her sleep yet again, but this time by Geralt, who informed her that there was a bruxa in the house and that she needed to wait outside by Roach. Inside, a brawl ensued between Geralt and Vereena that led outside, where Ciri watched as the two traded blows. When Ciri goes to check on Vereena after she is stabbed by Geralt's sword, she ended up in the monster's crosshairs. Vereena held Ciri by her throat and threatened to kill her if Geralt didn't leave. Fortunately, Nivellen intervened and stabbed her with a pole, allowing Ciri to escape her grasp just before Geralt beheads Vereena, which also happened to break Nivellen's curse. It was then that he revealed the real reason he was cursed, not for trashing a temple but rather raping the priestess. This revelation left Ciri and Geralt somewhat disappointed. They decided to remain silent and simply leave.[9]
Geralt scolded Ciri for disobeying his orders earlier. He told her that she should do what he says the next time they get into trouble. Ciri told Geralt that she understood and would not disobey him again. Ciri then said that everywhere she went people died, that sometimes she felt like she could burn the entire world to the ground even if she didn't want to. His destructive feelings generated great fear in him. Geralt replied that fear was a disease. If left untreated, it could consume anyone.
Arriving at Kaer Morhen[]
Ciri was taken to Kaer Morhen by Geralt, where he reunited with his witcher brethren, and she proceeded to look around for a suitable room.
As Geralt examined the arm of the leshy that Eskel encountered, Ciri wondered if all they'd be doing was studying monsters and collecting herbs, as she wanted to start training, but Geralt warned her it was too dangerous, not that Ciri cared. She simply wanted to become strong enough to kill the Black Knight, but Geralt informed her that they didn't kill out of fear, rather to save lives.
Ciri learned about some of the witcher heritage from Vesemir. Klef was one of the first witchers, but he was killed by a demon who wreaked havoc on the witchers until they bound her deep in the forests. He then told her about Deglan, who was killed by men in their very halls. He taught Vesemir everything he knew and made him a witcher. Vesemir, however, was more interested in Ciri's history than his own and questioned how she escaped Cintra, but Ciri deflected, simply informing Vesemir that Geralt said she'd be protected with them.
When the den was attacked, a small group of whores were placed in Ciri's room, but when they got tired of waiting, Danica led her girls to safety after getting directions from Ciri for the fastest way out. Not long after, Geralt returned to Ciri's room after killing Eskel, who had been turned into a leshy. With that close call in mind, Geralt had decided it was time to start training Ciri.[10]
Training at Kaer Morhen[]
Ciri trained with a wooden sword on a sack filled with straw whilst Geralt repaired his armor, but when she began struggling with her technique due to exhaustion, Geralt called it for the day, telling Ciri that she needed food and rest. Ciri then had another one of her visions, but this time around, it wasn't about the Black Knight.
After being antagonized by Lambert for her less than challenging means of training, Ciri decided to take her chance on the witcher training course, but her first attempt on the pendulum went awry and she was knocked to the ground. Still, Ciri continued on the witcher course, even as she was knocked off the pendulum time after time. When she finally cleared it, she was immediately knocked down by the following obstacle and bled on the ground. Lambert wasn't impressed and told Ciri that she belonged in a castle.
Despite being knocked down over and over, Ciri continued to get back up and tackle the course. Lambert tried to convince her to get down, but she proceeded, and the witchers watched intensively as she made her way through the course, nearly completing the course, but she took a hard fall at the end.
Ciri was frustrated with herself for failing to complete the course. Admittedly, she could do anything, but it doesn't mean that she has to, Geralt explained. Ciri recalled Geralt telling her that they had to face their fears, which he admitted was true, but Ciri had to train first. However, Ciri thought that Geralt was not allowing her to train enough and wanted to become a great warrior. Geralt told her that he had known many who wanted to be warriors in his time, but now they are all in cemeteries. Ciri left angry, not understanding why he was being careful with her.
Later, while training with Coën, Geralt questioned Ciri about a feeling she got when someone was coming after her. The first word that came to mind was that she was being pulled, but she didn't know what towards. If she were to follow that feeling, however, it would take her to the woods, where Geralt revealed that he was at her parents' wedding feast and saw her mother exhibit uncontrolled magical power, destroying the entire throne room. It would seem Ciri inherited that power. They followed the pull to the leshy that infected Eskel. However, before Geralt could attack, it was rip apart by a much bigger, deadlier, and unfamiliar creature. Ciri ran for cover under a rock while Geralt fought the beast, but she was found and forced into a corner by the monster. Fortunately, Geralt came to her rescue and beheaded the beast with his sword.[11]
Ciri continued her training with Geralt. However, Ciri tripped after hearing a noise and tumbled down a hill, where she comes into contact with Triss, who extended a helping hand after Ciri took a rough fall and healed the scar on her cheek just. Before long, Geralt joined them, revealing that he invited Triss to Kaer Morhen to help guide Ciri. Everyone in Kaer Morhen knew Triss. While having dinner, Ciri asked Geralt how he knew Triss, then Vesemir told her that he had invited her when Triss had helped Geralt recover from his injuries, after saving a princess who was cursed.
Rather than her usual ragged clothing, Ciri wore a bright-colored shirt with a flower in her hair to match Triss, but she quickly came to regret this decision and fled with tears filling her eyes when Lambert and Coën booed her, so Triss defended her. Triss followed behind Ciri and took her to the lab, where she explained that it took her a long time to learn to control her powers. While there's no evidence of mutagenic alchemy in the monster Geralt killed, Triss did uncover stellacite, like from a monolith. Inside the leshy that turned Eskel, they uncover more stellacite, meaning they came from the same place, more specifically the same monolith. It was then that Ciri revealed that when Nilfgaard attacked Cintra, just outside the city walls, she saw a monolith topple. Before she could reveal anything more, she touched the stellacite and had a vision about death to come. When she awakened in his bed, Geralt and Triss asked he to know everything she did. And so, Ciri revealed that when the Black Knight captured her, she screamed loudly and that was when the monolith cracked and fell. It was she who brought him down, so Geralt decided to go investigate.[12]
Becoming a Witcher[]
Ciri neglected to show up for her magic lesson with Triss to continue her training on the witcher course in an attempt to better conquer her fears. Back inside, Ciri was unhappy that Geralt didn't invite her to go to Cintra with him. She felt like she should have gone because Cintra was her home and it was her fight. Vesemir then took her to the laboratory, where he learned her a Feainnewedd, an ancient flower, which only grows where Elder Blood has been spilled. Ciri learned that she had Elder blood, and the single most important component to making more witchers. With a vial of her blood, they could make more. Ciri agreed to help him so long as he tested it on her first, a proposition he initially turned down, as many didn't survive the trials. However, with the witchers slowly dying off, Ciri convinced Vesemir to agree to her terms. With the mutagen completed, Ciri leaves to prepare and get ready.
Ciri is confronted by Triss, who is not convinced to accept this knowing how very dangerous it is, but Ciri is not afraid, and believe that becoming a witcher might help her find a new truth. Everything she has been told in her life was lie and she lost the people she loved before she knew it. But Triss attempted to convince otherwise, proposing a different method to find out where Ciri's power came from by performing a Dol Durza, which roughly translated to Valley of the Soul, which allowed her to enter the deepest layer of Ciri's consciousness and uncover things that may be hidden, like genetic memories. In doing so, they not only walked through Ciri's memories, but those of her mother and grandmother's as well. The night her parents died, Ciri heard them arguing about a prophecy that seemed to refer to her and that people would try to kill her if they believed in her.
Now being in a forest, Ciri and Triss headed towards a bright light, where they found a field of Feainnewedd, as they heard the cry of a baby in the distance. They followed the sound, even to an elf, Lara Dorren, who was telling her baby the story of the elf warrior who had to kill the human invaders. Ciri saw that story is the same but in reverse as the one Nivellen told her.
However, Triss realized that the Dol Durza wasn't functioning as it typically would, but the breaking point wasn't until Triss was nearly killed by Lara Dorren, who referred to Ciri as the "Child of Elder blood, child of wrath," and claimed that she would bring death to the world. Triss begged Ciri to help her, she did the only thing she could do, call Geralt. His call was so powerful that it activated the power of the collapsed monolith of Cintra.
Seeing how frightened Triss was of her after the Dol Durza only further convinced Ciri to become a witcher. And so, she went to Vesemir and insisted that they begin. However, Geralt returned just in time to stop them. Ciri wanted to be a witcher so that she no longer had to feel the pain of her past and to be like him. No matter how hard she trained, it was never enough. However, Geralt explained that no one could forget who they were, including witchers. Their best chance was to kill the hatred they hold on to and move on.[13]
Hunting the Chernobog[]
Ciri and Geralt hunted down the chernobog that escaped from the monolith outside Cintra. Unfortunately, their first encounter near the river ended with Roach getting severely hurt. After Geralt put her out of her misery, he and Ciri staged a trap to lure in the monster. Ciri climbed up on top of a rock to lure the chernobog in. Just when it was nearly within reaching distance of her, Geralt drove his sword through its chest.
Ciri was then taken to Melitele's Temple, where graduates of the temple school were known to become midwives, historians, healers, and witchers. There, she met Nenneke, who told Ciri her plans to guide her in the art of controlling her Chaos. When Ciri mentioned "Daughter of Chaos," Nenneke questioned where she heard that term, as that knowledge had been lost to time, and knowledge like that was usually lost for a reason, she informed Ciri before introducing her to Jarre, one of her best students, who proceeded to take Ciri to the library, where she was to use the Orbuculum for her studies.
While searching for Geralt, Ciri found him in the room where he was kissing Yennefer, who they believed to be dead. Ciri and Yennefer quickly became acquainted, with Yennefer telling her about unicorns and how she used to own a stuffed one until it broke. Ciri knew little of Yennefer, but she recalled Geralt saying that she was one of the most powerful mages he'd ever known. Ciri had only dreamt about Yennefer once, but it was before she even knew she existed.
Roaming the halls during the late hours of the night, Ciri ran into Nenneke lighting dozens of candles to welcome late stragglers seeking refuge. Ciri offered to help and lit a candle in Mousesack's honor, who she wished would've told her what she was. No one did until she met Geralt. Her grandmother was brave and never hid from anything but hated elves despite Ciri's Elder blood. Nenneke reasoned that hatred was a circle of fear and desperation. Perhaps her grandmother's hypocrisy was rooted in a desire to protect her. Ciri's true power resided in more than her blood. With proper guidance, she may have the ability to break the cycle of hatred once and for all. Ciri then asked what she was supposed to do with the Orbuculum, but that was for her to figure out on her own.
Ciri found a history book lying on the floor with blood soaked on the cover. She followed the blood trail to Jarre, who lied unconscious on the floor. Accompanied by the Michelet brothers, Rience attempted to take Ciri, trapping her in a fire barrier until Geralt and Yennefer came to her rescue. Whilst Geralt slaughtered the Michelet brothers, Ciri and Yennefer locked themselves in a room. With Rience on the other side of the door trying to melt it open, the Orbuculum began to glow, sensing Ciri's magic. With no magic of her own, Yennefer taught Ciri how to create a portal, which they escaped through.[14]
Returning to Cintra[]
Ciri portalled herself and Yennefer not too far from Cintra. In fact, they were at Yola's home, the same house where Ciri had her first dream about Yennefer. In one of the rooms, they discovered the charred remains of Yola and her family, who helped Ciri and gave her shelter. Ciri partially blamed herself for their death before coming to the conclusion that Rience could possibly be working for Nilfgaard and maybe took Geralt to their nearest outpost, that being Cintra. Ciri had fantasized about going back and killing the Black Knight, and now the opportunity had presented itself, which Yennefer would not allow her to face alone.
Riding towards Cintra, Ciri tells Yennefer that she considers Geralt the father she never had, so she was determined to save him. Ciri and Yennefer reached a broken bridge, and the only other way would be around the river, which could take days. So for lesson number two, Yennefer taught Ciri to use her Chaos to repair the bridge, a task she struggled with, so much so that blood dripped from her eyes until Yennefer forced her to stop. Frustrated, Ciri screamed so intensely that she teleported Yennefer, herself, as well as the horses to the other side of the bridge. Yennefer wiped her face and told Ciri to never apologize for her power.
Ciri and Yennefer came to a stop just outside Cintra, at the sight of the monolith collapse. If they ever got separated, Yennefer told Ciri to remember that magic was all she had and that it was a part of her. As they proceeded towards the shattered black door, Ciri touched Yennefer and reading her mind, Yennefer advised Ciri to turn back if she was afraid. Ciri realized that Yennefer has been taking her to Voleth Meir. Yennefer attempted to apologize for betraying her, as she had not known about her before, and informed her about Geralt wasn't at Cintra, leading Ciri to suspect that Yennefer had been conspiring with the fire mage at the temple the entire time. Upset by her betrayal, Ciri's powers manifested and emitted a rippling effect, cracking the ground and nearby Cintran kingdom, occupied by Nilfgaard, who came charging towards them, but fortunately, Geralt arrived just in time to save them and have Jaskier take Ciri back to Kaer Mohern. However, on the path back, she got possessed by Voleth Meir.[15]
Possessed by the Deathless Mother[]
Ciri mysteriously woke up in some sort of dream, where Mousesack informed her that the knighting ceremony was starting in 20 minutes and that her grandmother had her dance card filled out. Ciri couldn't believe Mousesack was standing in front of her and trying to touch her face. Voleth Meir trapped Ciri in her memories, in a fantasy of her own past. Meanwhile, Ciri's body, which was being controlled by the Deathless Mother, slaughtered some witchers while they slept.
While the witchers fightinf agains Voleth Meir, Ciri's escorted into the throne room by Mousesack and taken to sit alongside her grandmother Calanthe, where she remained a bit overwhelmed, more so when her grandmother pulled her in for a hug. Martin then approached and asked Ciri to dance, an invitation that Ciri eagerly accepted.
Mousesack joined Ciri for a dance and informed her that if she were to marry Martin, they'd forge quite the exceptional bloodline. Speaking of bloodlines, Ciri asked to know more about her own, to which Mousesack promised that he'd share with her some day soon. Ciri then began to hear Geralt's voice, which momentarily disrupted the dream until the arrival of her parents regained her attention.
Ciri ran into the arms of her mother and father, who told her that they'd been there the entire time, always loving her. Just like before, Ciri's dream world began to distort at the sound of Geralt's voice. Vesemir chimed in, telling Ciri that he believed in her, while Pavetta and Duny encouraged her to stay with them. Meanwhile, in the real world, Yennefer who decided to sacrifice herself for Ciri, had slit both her wrists open and summoned Voleth Meir into her, causing Ciri's dream world to disintegrate along with her family. Geralt tried to convince her to come home with them because they are her family.
When Ciri awakened, Geralt explained to her that they needed to trap Voleth Meir once and for all by opening a portal through the monolith and sending her through. And so, Ciri opened a portal, and she, Geralt, and Yennefer were pulled inside and taken to Voleth Meir's home world, where she was released from Yennefer and joined the ranks of the Wild Hunt as Ciri pulled herself, Geralt, and Yennefer back through the portal.[16]
Channeling her powers[]
Afterwards her heartbreaking possession by Voleth Meir, Ciri, Geralt and Yennefer left Kaer Mohern to find a place where they could live and be well hidden from the people now trying to find and hunt her. Ciri began to be trained in the art of magic under the tutelage of Yennefer, although she has very few abilities to control they. After continuing to move and losing many homes, them took refuge in Yarpen's cabin.
During the winter, the trio have a series of family dinners, and Ciri and Yennefer enjoy ice skating, before the latter instructs her in Water Magic. Unfortunately, Ciri's mastery with water is difficult, as with earth and air. After many lessons and hearing from Yarpen that there will be a festival in Belleteyn, Ciri became interested in attending, clarifying that she was born in Belleteyn. She try to persuade Geralt and Yennefer to attend, since in six months no one found her.
While they are at the festival, Ciri had fun dancing with the locals. However, all this is interrupted, when in the labyrinth she is attacked by a Jackapace, which Rience had sent to track Ciri with the scent of her blood. Ciri tried to defend herself with her magic against the creature, but failed. Fortunately, Yennefer helped her and Geralt killed the monster. Later, the trio tell Yarpen about their plan to lure Rience into a trap.
The plan is for Yarpen complain loudly about transporting an ashen-haired girl in his convoy to Aedirn: Hagge, to be exact. This conversation is listened to, and that information is reached Rience. Geralt and Yennefer will plan to travel behind the caravan at a distance so as not to be seen, and will make Jaskier be Ciri's confidant companion. Jaskier thinks he will be the bait, but Ciri reminds him that she will be the bait. They stopped at the ruins of Shaerrawedd to spend the night. There Geralt and Yennefer tell Ciri the story of Aelirenn, a brave elf who led her forces against the humans who invaded her lands. Of course, their sacrifice is well known. No one creates a statue for someone who remains neutral in the conflict.
In the morning, Ciri gave an impassioned speech to Geralt and Yennefer about her role in changing the world. She is half elf and half human. Perhaps it is his destiny, everyone's, to make the two races coexist, and it ends all the destruction. For some reason destiny brought them together. Geralt hugs her, stating that he believes in her, but doubts the world. After hearing Rience's arrival, he and Yennefer leave Ciri to have her attract the fire mage.
Rience arrived with reinforcements, and Ciri took advantage of the skills Geralt taught her and engaged them in combat. Yarpen sprang into action with his forces, while Geralt and Yennefer fought to protect Ciri. Suddenly, Francesca and the elves rushed into battle to capture the young woman. At that moment, Ciri recognized that among them was her old friend, Dara, from whom they has long since separated. Meanwhile, an arrow nearly pierced Jaskier's shoulder, and Ciri helped him to safety, thanking him for being the bravest bait.
Geralt and Yennefer met up with Ciri and Jaskier. That night, Yennefer told them about Rience's portal, where she sensed very dark magic, and assumed that someone was pulling the strings of Rience, a very powerful mage. This led the trio to go their separate ways, with Geralt setting out to locate Rience, while Yennefer will take Ciri to Aretuza, where there she could receive a better education from Tissaia and accelerate her training.
Being Treated as a Novice[]
Ciri and Yennefer are in a tavern, where Yennefer sent a letter to Tissaia. Meanwhile, Ciri met Aplegatt, who whom she struck up a brief friendly chat. Suddenly, Ciri experienced a vision in which the royal messenger is killed by an arrow. Ciri's magical training did not help her control her visions about the future, but rather made them more frequent and intense. She wants to warn the messenger, but Yennefer quickly intervened and pulled her away from him.
They enter a store run by Keira Metz, and Yennefer buys an immediate portal to Aretuza. But when a man bursts in with a chained child, Ciri had another vision, where she sees the child being beaten to death. This prompted Ciri to freed him and urged him to run. Before the man could harm her, Yennefer broke his neck and kills him. Keira warned they that messing with Houvenaghel's men is very dangerous and suggested they run.
This led to they going on a very long journey, as Yennefer expressed her disappointment with Ciri for her actions, explainined that the possible repercussions of interfering with destiny can cause serious harm. She and Geralt should have taught her to exercise caution and use common sense in dangerous situations. Given this, Ciri wondered why she had these visions if she couldn't do anything about it. Then Yennefer decided to teach her something. She took her to the place where she lived before. Yennefer explianed to Ciri that she wasn't born perfect, she had to work hard to cultivate the life she has now. She wasn't even sure that she would be well received in Aretuza, for having refused to kill the prisoner, but she should try.
Making a stop on Gors Velen, Yennefer meets with Giancardi to ask him for some money, and urged Ciri to buy something nice while Yennefer had a meeting with Tissaia. Not if she had previously enchanted a locator spell on her talisman. Giancardi assigned Fabio Sachs as her escort around town. Eating churros, Ciri walks through the market in the company of Fabio. Ciri sees a couple of paintings, and Fabio explains to her that place is Thanedd Island, where Aretuza and the Tower of the Gull, Tor Lara are located. Then he says that the novices are taken to the caves under the tower to be turned into eels, those who cannot control their powers. Ciri's expression is a little worried because Yennefer didn't mention it to her.
Later, things go wrong again when Ciri and Fabio listened to a charlatan who was presenting a basilisk to the public, and Ciri pointed out that him had a baby wyvern in a cage and she tried to report it. The charlatan, upset with Ciri, tried to hit her with his cane. Suddenly, he fell into the cage, freeing the wyvern. The creature flies in circles above the crowd, and Ciri tried to restrain it with a flag. She looked for her knife, but realized it's not there, because a teenage girl named Mistle stole it. She threw the knife at it, and when the wyvern leaped towards Ciri, she managed to stab it, and wanted t pass the victory to a local knight.
After the uproar, Ciri separated from Fabio, and noticed that Mistle stole her money. Ciri then used the locator spell on her talisman to call Yennefer but nothing. Suddenly running through the streets, she runs into Margarita Laux-Antille, one of Aretuza's administrators, and she believes that Ciri is a fugitive and wanted to punish her, before Yennefer arrived and explained the mishap, and that her servant needed a better education. Tissaia approached Ciri and tried to "read" her, but met with such resistance that her eyes bled.
Yennefer then invites they to relax at the Sirver Heron, taking Ciri to they. The sorceresses hang out at a bathhouse, but Ciri dislikes everything about this place and the women, and even more so when Margarita intimidates her into serving the wine, making her angry. Yennefer takes her to a warehouse, where she gives her a severe reprimand for her attitude, explaining that it is imperative that she behaves well as a novice, so that she can be safe from the people who try to hunt her, and that she should be grateful that Tissaia is willing to train her. Ciri is not grateful for this, and is reluctant to go to Aretuza due to her fear of the unknown and her desire for some semblance of freedom and normality.
Before fleeing, Ciri trie to summon Geralt through her talisman but to seemingly no effect. As she galloped down a path, ghostly horsemen appeared behind her and chased her. The Wild Hunt tried to catch Ciri, before Geralt arrived and saved her. Geralt and Ciri hugged each other. That's when they noticed a piece of smoking metal armor. Which showed Ciri that "them were real."
Hunting Skills[]
Ciri realizes that this means they have to go to Aretuza, and although she's not interested, it's the only place she can be safe. Geralt asks her why she doesn't want to go, and Ciri basically says that she doesn't like the women there who she had a lot of experience with and who started out being very rude to her and that she regrets what she said to Yennefer. Geralt assured her that she will forgive her, and also believes that the reason Ciri doesn't want to go is because she is afraid of her powers. She believes Aretuza is the wrong move, Geralt tries to encourage her by telling her that if she accepts her powers she will be able to access them whenever she wants and that the only way to overcome this fear is to learn about her powers and learn to use them.
Them met up with Jaskier to take a boat to Aretuza. However, the boatman refuses because there is a terrifying monster in the water. Ciri wants to put her hunting skills to use. This prompted Geralt to offer the boatman a deal: kill the monster in exchange for guaranteeing them a free trip. The boatman gladly accepted. While on board, they are joined by a musical group led by Valdo Marx, a rival of Dandelion, who was invited to perform at the Conclave of Mages.
Geralt then asked Ciri the real reason why she has difficulty using her magic. Then when the musicians began to sing in the middle of the journey, suddenly an aeschna came aboard the ship attacking one of the musicians, and Ciri and Geralt confronted the monster. Their combat is fierce and she showed how much she learned under Geralt's tutelage. Ciri is the one who dealt the final blow to the aeschna by stabbing her in the skull.
Geralt, Ciri and Jaskier head towards Aretuza, while Ciri says that it is not too late, that they could go somewhere remote to live off the land and be witchers. Geralt decided to tell her what he had been investigating, he revealed that in the castle he saw some young women taking part in a horrible experiment by Rience's teacher, and that one who survived and was saved, Teryn, was brainwashed with Ciri's memories. Ciri realized that there is no way to escape this and they have to go to Aretuza to stop the mage who did it and prevent them from harming more young women.
The group has met Yennefer, Ciri and Yennefer apologize for what happened earlier and hug each other in a pleasant moment. Jaskier is charge so that he can take care of Ciri tonight while Geralt and Yennefer attend the banquet. Geralt and Yennefer want to talk alone, and Jaskier and Ciri leave, but they simply watch from afar spying on the two, Jaskier imitates what they are saying. Ciri joins the fun. When them kiss, Jaskier makes a joke about a unicorn. Afterwards, Ciri and Jaskier settled in a shed where they spent time playing cards, a protective barrier was around the shed that Yennefer put up so that no one can enter.
Teleport to Korath Desert[]
Ciri was awakened in the morning after being warned by Yennefer, who sensed that Philippa's anti-magic dome would lift the protection of the cabin. She managed to get out before Radovid entered.
She ran to Aretuza meeting Yennefer and then they try to find a way to leave the island. Later, they are ambushed by Rience, who tried to catch Ciri again, she retaliated and cut off two of his fingers. Yennefer saw Geralt behind the rebel mage and threw his sword at him. Then, Geralt delivered the final blow: he decapitated Rience. Geralt explained to Ciri that both Redania and Nilfagaard are here for her. Also that Vilgefortz is the mage who was behind everything. Suddenly, Tissaia summoned Alzur's Thunder, which Yennefer sensed and understood the seriousness of the situation. Knowing to be a last resort, Ciri allows Yennefer to return to Aretuza to help her. Yennefer vows to return to Ciri and Geralt. Before leaving, Yennefer hug Ciri and called her "her daughter."
Later, Ciri and Geralt ran into the Black Knight. Ciri sees that she can finally put an end to the man who killed her family. This is revenge. Geralt reminded her that once she does there will be no turning back. Ciri fought Cahir while trying to push him off the cliff. However, Cahir does not want to fight her. Instead, he apologized for what he did at Cintra. Now he will give his life for her. Before Ciri can act, some Scoia'tael appeared to go after her. Cahir urged her to run while he distracted them.
Trying to use a boat to escape, Geralt sensed Vilgefortz and urged Ciri to leave without him. Ciri headed directly to the Tor Lara tower, while Geralt faced Vilgefortz, who the latter managed to knock him down and leave him seriously injured, and then followed Ciri. Inside Tor Lara, Ciri noticed a monolith inside and heard a voice with Benavent's portal. She tried to talk to the portal at the top of Tor Lara, and wants to understand it. She raise her hand as if to cast a spell. Vilgefortz ordered her to stop, claiming that she is not strong enough to harness this power. Suddenly, a powerful explosion knocked Vilgefortz down and collapsed the tower, causing the portal to transport Ciri to the Korath Desert.
A dangerous lonely journey[]
Ciri wakes up in the desert after landing and falling unconscious. Her face is covered in sunburns and blisters. Ciri took out a small bottle and applied ointment to the burns. Then, she began to lick its contents to feed. She drops the jar before continuing her journey. As the night sky dazzles with stars, Ciri sings a song to herself. She was flooded with images of Geralt and Yennefer and her brief time with them as a true family. She fell to her knees and sobbed.
Once the sun came up the next day, Ciri made an makeshift scarf out of part of her vest. At one point, Ciri saw what appeared to be a puddle of water. However, she ran her hands through a slimy substance, which made her realize that there is a monster the sand that came to the surface. Fortunately, a unicorn saved her. Yennefer had told her about them before, although she didn't believe her at the time that they existed. Ciri tried to pet the creature, but the unicorn left. She tried to follow him, but couldn't catch up.
Then Ciri found a lizard and its nest. She fed on his eggs, slurping it down like it's a milkshake. Just when out of nowhere her mother, Pavetta, mysteriously appeared and hugged her. However, their conversation turned toxic when Pavetta claimed that Ciri was "too much" for her loved ones. Talk about an unsupportive mother! She called Ciri a "heavy weight to bear." Ciri retaliated and told her mother's spirit that she had abandoned her for not taking her to that boat. Pavetta disappeared. After that, Ciri relocated the lizard and takes a bite.
After that, Ciri continued on her way, just as she vomited from what she ate. At that moment she finds herself in what appears to be a bar, where a mysterious hooded figure speaks to her in riddles. The hooded figure said that they both had many similarities: they are both princesses with abilities that made people fear they.
Later, she woke up to the unicorn hovering over Ciri. He guided her towards some palm trees, where Ciri used her Chaos to detect a vein of water beneath the sand, which she drinks enthusiastically with her friend. Suddenly, Ciri hallucinated another figure in her life: her grandmother Calanthe. The dead queen of Cintra mocked Ciri like her mother did. Calanthe asked Ciri what she has done to prepare for the coming war. Ciri responded to her grandmother's taunts, reminding her that she was in charge when Cintra was massacred. In another fit of rage, Ciri wanted to hit her, but hit herself with a stone that was next to her after Calanthe disappeared.
At nightfall the lady in the black tunic reappears, who finally revealed as Falka, Ciri knew her in stories as an elven demon, who infamously started a rebellion against her own family before her condemnation at the stake. Falka commented that are stories made up to make children do their homework, and that she did not feel any remorse for the crimes she has committed, including killing her own father. By saying that she was Ciri's future, Falka wants to give her an example of what she can achieve once she accepts her powers.
After many days of frying in the desert, Ciri and her unicorn companion and friend, whom she nicknamed "Ihuarraquax" faced a giant insect-like monster. The creature pierced the unicorn with one of its claws, leaving Ciri alone to kill the beast. While Ciri managed to win the duel against the creature, the unicorn was poisoned. The unicorn's wound slowly become infected and it began to die. Falka appeared for the third time when all hope was lost. She encourage Ciri to draw the power of fire magic to heal her friend. Ciri doesn't want to do it, remembering Yennefer's warnings about how forbidden it was and what it does to people. However, she gave in to temptation, and cured him. But the majestic creature, scared by Ciri's power fled.
Ciri seemed to be absolutely seduced by the power, and Falka urged her to use it more, that the curse that runs through her veins is a gift, a gift that will make people want to use her or destroy her. Then she encourage her to use all her anger to harness all her power. Sure enough, the fire began to consume Ciri and almost reached her. However at the last moment, seeing that the hatred offered by Falka will affect not only her enemies, but also her loved ones including Geralt, Yennefer and Jaskier, Ciri refused to accept it, and saves herself by loudly proclaiming that she decides to give up her magical powers.
Joining the Rats[]
Ciri woke up lying in the sand where is found and kidnapped by bounty hunters. They took her to a tavern where they tied her up with a young man named Kayleigh. Kayleigh and Ciri goaded the bounty hunters into inciting a fight between them, causing enough of a distraction for Ciri to steal a knife from one of them. Them managed to free themselves just when a group of teenage bandits called "The Rats" arrived attacking the bounty hunters to rescue them. Kayleigh is one of the members of the group and Ciri meets again with a familiar face, Mistle, the same girl who has stolen from her. The Rats gave Ciri the chance to get revenge and she commits murder for the first time. In shock, the group asked her name and Ciri introduced herself as "Falka".
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Season 1, Episode 07: Before a Fall
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Season 1, Episode 01: The End's Beginning
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Season 1, Episode 02: Four Marks
- ↑ Season 1, Episode 03: Betrayer Moon
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Season 1, Episode 04: Of Banquets, Bastards and Burials
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Season 1, Episode 05: Bottled Appetites
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Season 1, Episode 06: Rare Species
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Season 1, Episode 08: Much More
- ↑ Season 2, Episode 01: A Grain of Truth
- ↑ Season 2, Episode 02: Kaer Morhen
- ↑ Season 2, Episode 03: What Is Lost
- ↑ Season 2, Episode 04: Redanian Intelligence
- ↑ Season 2, Episode 05: Turn Your Back
- ↑ Season 2, Episode 06: Dear Friend...
- ↑ Season 2, Episode 07: Voleth Meir
- ↑ Season 2, Episode 08: Family