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Oh... How lovely it burns. |  | |
| - Schirrú, Gwent: The Witcher Card Game Audio version: | |||
Schirrú (d. 1267) was a half-elf assassin, sought for manslaughter in Dorian by Codringher and Fenn. He hired the Nightingale gang to kill Geralt. He was also one of Vilgefortz's secret agents and partly responsible for the murders of both Codringher and Fenn.[1]
Biography[]
Working for Rience[]
On the last night of June 1267, Schirrú, Millet and Nazarian, on the orders of Rience, went to Dorian, to Codringher and Fenn's detective agency. After Codringher answered the door and pretended to be a halfwit servant, Schirrú used a magic scroll to bind his hand and stabbed him in the belly twice. The three assassins entered the agency, and after Jacob Fenn killed Millet, Schirrú knocked the jurist out of his wheelchair onto the ground. As Fenn struggled around, the half-elf found information on Ciri and used the oil and lecterns to burn Fenn alive, along with destroying his agency.[1]
The notes however talked of a false Cirilla, who the two detectives had located for the purpose of tricking the Imperials into believing they had the true heir to Cintra. Schirrú and Nazarian kidnapped the girl, and on the 3rd of July took her to Nastrog, posing as Rience and Count Cahir aep Ceallach to deceive Godyvron Pitcairn, the commander of the garrison who sent her onto Loc Grim to Emperor Emhyr.[1]
Death[]
He was captured by the Caed Myrkvid druids for trespassing in their sacred grove and burned alive inside a Wicker hag, together with Homer Straggen and other members of the Nightingale gang. This act was apparently a precedent for the Caed Myrkvid druids but it was lifted directly from people's superstitions about their practices and was meant to serve as an example for future intruders.
Trivia[]
- The idea of a wicker effigy used for human sacrifice is a historically documented druidic practice.
Notes[]
- In the Hearts of Stone expansion, he appears on a gwent card that is part of the Scoia'tael Gwent deck.
Gallery[]
External links[]
See the GWENT standalone game version card: Schirrú
See the GWENT standalone game version card: