Ciri (Netflix series)

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Ciri/Netflix series

Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon (better known as Ciri), is the sole princess of Cintra, the daughter of Pavetta and Duny, as well as Queen Calanthe's granddaughter.

After Geralt of Rivia 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.

Biography

The Attack on Cintra

Princess Ciri is playing a game of knucklebones in the streets of Cintra when Sir Lazlo arrives to take her back to the castle, where she attends a knight induction ceremony headed by her grandmother and grandfather, Queen Calanthe and King Eist. Afterward, she attends a celebratory feast, where Queen Calanthe, King Eist, and her druid, Mousesack, discuss the encroachment of Nilfgaard. Should they fall, Ciri will rise to throne. She then reluctantly accepts Martin’s invitation to dance.

Princess Ciri is locked in her room with Mousesack and Sir Lazlo while the king and queen lead an army into battle against Nilfgaard invaders. Mousesack tells Ciri the tale of how sorcerers used to lock little girls up in towers because the girls were said to announce the end of the human race, and so they were systematically killed. She asks Mousesack if her grandmother will be alright. He dodges, and replies that she, Ciri, will be alright.

After several days away at battle, Ciri’s grandmother returns, but without Eist, who died during battle. The queen is wounded, and Cintra is under attack. Calanthe assures Ciri that one day she will rule Cintra. As the Nilfgaardians reach the gate, Mousesack creates a magical barrier around the citadel.

As night falls, the Nilfgaardians breach the castle gates. In the face of defeat, Queen Calanthe orders the entire castle to commit suicide by poison, to spare them the fate of being tortured and murdered. The queen will stay behind, sending Ciri off with Sir Lazlo and Mousesack, telling her to find Geralt of Rivia, as he is her destiny. On her way out, Ciri screams, causing a magical pulse.

Ciri escapes the castle through an underground tunnel with Mousesack and Sir Lazlo. Mousesack stays behind to fend off invading Nilfgaardians. As Ciri and Lazlo attempt to flee the city on horseback, Lazlo is killed with an arrow by Cahir, pulling Ciri off the horse and onto the ground. Ciri watches from the back of Cahir’s horse as Cintra burns. She screams, releasing an even more powerful pulse that frightens the horse and causes it to knock them both on the ground. Ciri screams several more times, releasing energy waves so powerful that a stone monolith collapses and creates a breach in the ground itself, allowing Ciri to escape.

Evading Nilfgaard’s Soldiers

Ciri takes cover behind a tree in the woods as a search party of Nilfgaardian soldiers pass by. She uses mud to darken her hair so as not to be recognized. While picking berries, an elf boy named Dara stops her from eating them, signaling that they’re poisonous. He gestures her in his direction and offers her a rat to eat, though she declines. Initially, Dara does not speak in order to hide his elvish accent and wears a hat to hide his ears. For a second time, Dara offers Ciri a rat to eat, and this time she accepts. She notices that he is cold and gives Dara one of her gloves before running off to join a Cintran refugee camp.

The camp is filled with Cintrans who blame the queen for failing to save Cintra from the Nilfgaardian invaders. There, she meets a boy named Zeke, who invites her to join his family, who provides her with new shoes and shelter. Ciri introduces herself as "Fiona".

While laying in bed, Ciri asks Zeke’s mother if she knows where to find Geralt of Rivia. However, she’s unfamiliar with the name. She asks Ciri about her parents, to which Ciri replies they died while she was a baby. The woman assures Ciri that they will make it out together. Later, the Nilfgaardians attack the refugee camp in the late hours of the night. Zeke’s mother angrily orders their slave to collect her belongings, but after being both verbally and physically abused, he becomes enraged and stabs the woman to death. Dara cuts through the tent and pulls Ciri to safety as this unfolds. She stops briefly in her tracks to mourn Zeke, who was killed during the attack.

The following morning, Dara takes off his hat, revealing to Ciri that he is an elf. He then speaks to her for the first time, introducing himself.

Entering Brokilon Forest

Ciri awakens from her sleep on the cold, snow covered ground. She falls under the influence of a spell and begins walking mindlessly into Brokilon forest, home of the dryads. Dara chases after Ciri, screaming her name as he runs through a field filled with corpses. Only when he is shot in the shoulder by an arrow does he stop.

Dryads of Brokilon Forest

Ciri continues her journey into Brokilon forest, where she is confronted by hostile dryads. She pleads for mercy, having gotten lost and not a clue how she ended up there. Ciri is approached by a dryad known as the general, who orders her comrades to kill Ciri if she runs. A leader, queen Eithné, appears from within the crowd and asks Ciri her name. She introduces herself as Fiona.

Ciri follows the dryads, who explain that there were once many forests like that of Brokilon before the Conjunction of the Spheres. The dryads were forced to adapt as they fought off the mutants and humans who sought their end. Now, only they remain. Ciri finds Dara being treated by the dryads. They remove the arrow from his shoulder and pour water on the wound as the waters of Brokilon are potent. The leader informs Ciri and Dara that all newcomers in the forest must drink the water. If they bear ill intent towards Brokilon, they die. But if they’re pure in heart, they survive and stay there. And over time, the waters of Brokilon lessen the suffering they’ve endured and make them forget.

Dara questions why the dryads called Ciri Fiona. She explains that Mousesack helped raise her, and he warned her not to let anyone know who she is outside the castle. And now the black knight is after her. When Ciri reveals that she’s the princess of Cintra, Dara grows angry as it was Ciri’s grandmother, Queen Calanthe that order his family be slain after Filavandrel’s uprising. The soldiers laughed as they raped women and killed babies. However, he doesn’t blame Ciri. He desires to stay in Brokilon forest in hopes that over time his pain will lessen. He advises Ciri to do the same, but she has to find her destiny.

Ciri awakens from a nightmare to find Dara drinking the Brokilon water. He assures her that everything will be okay. Eithné passes the bottle to Ciri and tells her to drink and leave her past behind. Ciri does just that. Unlike with Dara, nothing happens after Ciri drinks the water. Perturbed, Eithné takes Ciri to Shan-Kayan, a large tree in the center of Brokilon forest. She cuts into it and tells Ciri to drink from the source. Ciri drinks from the tree and has a vision of a large, luminescent tree in the middle of the desert.

Reunited with Mousesack

The general is skeptical of Ciri and objects to allowing her to stay in Brokilon after learning from Shan-Kayan that Ciri is the princess of Cintra. However, with the Nilfgaardians already scouring their borders, some suspect that Ciri may be their only chance of survival. And with that, Eithné announces that Ciri will be allowed to stay. Eithné presents Ciri with two options; either she can stay or she can continue her journey in search of her destiny.

While learning how to craft arrows with the dryads, Ciri is reunited with Mousesack. She asks what happened to him, and he tells Ciri that he’s come to take her back to her rightful place. He claims that he knows where to find Geralt of Rivia, who she’s been promised to through the Law of Surprise. While Ciri appreciates the dryads’ hospitality, she’ll be leaving with Mousesack and wants Dara to join her. Before leaving, Eithné advises Ciri to always be vigilant and ask the right questions. Ciri gives her a hug and departs with Dara and Mousesack.