In this video we bring you all there is to know about the much-loved epic fantasy series:
The Witcher.
We’ll delve into eight unresolved plot threads in season one and show you our predictions
of what might happen in the second season.
Be warned!
There will be spoilers ahead.
The first season weaves a story driven by destiny, where Geralt of Rivia is drawn into
the grand pursuit of Cirilla, the runaway princess of Cintra.
Geralt is luckily spared from the war between Nilfgaard, the progressive Empire from the
southern region of the Continent, and the sprawling Northern Kingdoms.
Ever since Ciri’s bethroyal ceremony, where the law of surprise turned the daughter of
the Queen of Cintra into a gift from destiny, we’ve been left wondering, what is destiny’s
plan?
Is Ciri destined to rule the Northern Kingdom, or maybe even, the entire Continent?
With Cintra in shambles, it looks like nothing can stop the war path of the Nilfgaardian
Empire, led by the intelligence officer, Cahill, and the unscrupulous mage, Fringilla.
The war reaches a high point, when Yennefer blows our minds by literally reigning down
a fiery ball of hell on the Nilfgaardian army, effectively wiping out their advance troops.
In the aftermath of the blaze, Fringilla tries to coax Yennefer over to her side, offering
her a legacy of unbridled power.
Yennefer ignores her tempting words and instead looks for Tissaia, her teacher, amid the ruins
of the battlefield.
The battle at Sodden Hill will likely continue, and Yennefer’s fate still remains uncertain
as King Foltest arrives on the scene with reinforcements.
Will King Foltest put his life on the line and rescue what remains of the Cintran nobility?
Soon after an ambush by a bunch of ghouls left him with a rather nasty love bite, an
injured Geralt is carted away by Yurga in the midst of a feverish dream.
In his delirium, he is urged on by Visenna, the sorceress and birth mother that abandoned
Geralt as a child.
He is also plagued by harrowing visions of Renfri, his lost love, and Yennefer, the woman
that stole his heart.
Ciri is in better shape, having escaped the pursuit of her former friends and fellow Cintrans,
who wanted to capture her for the reward offered by the Nilfgaardian army.
In the midst of a magical backlash, Ciri had been engulfed by a prophetic vision.
When she woke up, the Citran gang were flung to their deaths.
Zola’s horse wasn’t any luckier.
Zola discovers the confused Ciri and offers her home as a safe refuge.
By a twist of fate, Zola, who is desperate to adopt Ciri as her own child, happens to
be married to Yurga.
When Ciri slips out of Zola’s home early the next day, a recovered Geralt arrives with
Yurga, and follows Ciri into the nearby woods.
Geralt finally has his first bitter-sweet meeting with Ciri.
Will Geralt adopt Cirilla as his own daughter or will he continue to run from his destiny?
Season 2 of the Witcher is very likely to take us deep into the lore of Blood of Elves,
the first book of the five part fantasy saga.
Ciri will take center stage, as Cahil’s pursuit reaches its climax, and the prophecy
she recited, known to fans of the books as Ithlinne’s Prophecy, is finally realized.
In the Prophecy, we’re given hints of a coming ice age, and a larger war that will
likely reveal the true intentions of the White Flame, the unseen ruler of the Nilfgaardian
Empire.
To understand Ciri’s heritage, and why Elder Blood is so important, we’ll have to delve
into the distant past, when an elven sorceress, Lara Dorren, had fallen in love with a human
mage, Cregennan of Lod.
Lara died giving birth, and Cregennan passed away not long after the birth of their daughter.
As an orphan, she was adopted by Cerro, the queen of Redania and named Riannon.
Ciri is the last descendant of Riannon and the inheritor of a massive amount of magical
power.
Is Ciri the Child of Elder Blood alluded to in Ithlinne’s prophecy?
Before meeting up with Ciri, Geralt had talked to his horse and BFF, revealing his plans
to return to Kaer Morhen, a mountain stronghold where the school of the Wolf, the Witcher
academy that gave Geralt his skills and the mutation that made human society fear him,
once thrived.
While there aren’t any female Witchers in the books, which serve as the original source
material, there’s still a good chance that Ciri will receive some Witcher training, as
part of the survival skills she’ll need to live through a future filled with turmoil.
Ciri will also need help gaining control over the Chaos within her, and she needs a guide
that can help her master magical spells that will boost her fighting prowess.
Since Geralt’s magic can’t be compared to even the weakest member of the Brotherhood
of Sorcerers, it’s almost certain that she’ll receive instruction on the use of magic from
a mage that is on good terms with Geralt.
Will Ciri receive a magical mutation and become a Witcher?
The one-on-one matchup of Vilegefort and Cahil in the Battle at Sodden Hill ended in the
mage’s crushing defeat.
Vilegefort ran out of chaos magic and was unable to summon his sword, having been outperformed
by Cahil’s amazing swordplay.
A kick from Cahil sent Vilgefort rolling downhill where he lost consciousness.
When Vilgefort awoke, instead of aiding an injured mage that was surrounded by a bunch
of dead Nilfgaardian soldiers, he swiftly ended the man’s life.
Vilgefort’s betrayal and the larger scheme behind it will come to light in the second
season of the Witcher, along with the morbid history of the divided Brotherhood of Sorcerers.
Why did Vilgefort betray the mages of the brotherhood?
Let’s not forget that our handsome bard and serial philanderer Jaskier had parted
ways with the Witcher, bringing a premature end to their friendship after the hunt for
the green dragon went awry and led to yet another breakup between Yennefer and the lovelorn
Witcher.
Jaskier had done a lot to improve the Witcher’s reputation through his melodies.
Some of the tales he spun were true, and a lot were fiction, in the hopes that the Witcher
could be seen as a more humane character, and maybe, in some ways, an honorable hero.
Jaskier received the brunt of the blame - for all the trouble the Witcher had to deal with
because of his shenanigans, and so he left in shame.
We probably haven’t seen the last of that mischievous bard, and perhaps Jaskier will
return to stir up another bromance, which might lead to even more fun mishaps.
Will the Witchers always be shunned by humankind?
Early on in the season, Geralt and Jaskier had a near-death encounter during the hunt
for a suspected devil living in Dol Blathanna.
Contrary to popular human history, the Elves didn’t leave the flower-filled glade to
humans whilst they returned to their gilded castles.
Instead, the Elves were cleansed from the area by xenophobic humans, and were forced
to live out the rest of their lives hiding in caves.
The devil they were hunting turned out to be a Sylvan, a goat-like humanoid species.
The Witcher briefly fought off the charging Sylvan before learning that he could speak
and that his name was Torque.
In the middle of their fight, when Geralt had gained the upper hand, he was knocked
out from behind.
When Geralt and Jaskier woke up, they found themselves tied back-to-back.
They were then vigorously tortured by Toruviel, a mean-spirited female elf.
Geralt was able to briefly overpower his captor with a headbutt, until the king of the elves,
Filavandrel arrived.
The king of the elves had wanted to end the lives of Geralt and Jaskier, to keep them
from revealing the fact that Torque had stolen food from the humans living in the nearby
hamlet of Posada, to help the starving Elves.
To everyone’s surprise, Torque steps in to defend the Witcher, claiming that he’s
one of them: an outcast.
The Sylvan reminded the Elven King that when Geralt could have taken Torque’s life, he
instead chose to show mercy.
Filavandrel then decides to let them go.
Geralt’s early interactions with non-human species foreshadows future tensions between
humans and non-human races.
Will the non-human races side with the Nilfgaardian Empire?
That’s our take on what you should expect in Season 2 of The Witcher.
The Witcher season two is expected to air some time between October and December of
2021.
In the meantime, you can check out WitcherCon, an official virtual event led by CD Projekt
Red and Netflix, covering breaking news and panel discussions on the streaming series,
the video game tie-ins, all the original books, and everything Witcher-related, slated for
July 9th, 2021.
We’ll end our video here with a few parting questions:
What do you think the Witcher, or the White Wolf as he is so often called, will face in
his journey home?
Will Geralt and Yennefer rekindle their tempestuous love?
Will Ciri eventually join the brotherhood of Sorcerers?
Tell us what you think in the comments below.
And please don’t curse us if we missed anything :)
Don’t forget to subscribe for all the newest updates in the world of the Witcher!