Part two of The Witcher season 3 was recently released on Netflix: Here is a thorough explanation
of the satisfying conclusion you were hoping for.
Geralt (Henry Cavill), Yennefer (Anya Charlotra), and Ciri (Freya Allan) successfully negotiated
a challenging new family dynamic in the third season of The Witcher.
The story of The Continent's response to the Met Gala was remixed in the style of Ocean's
Eleven, gradually exposing who was really the bad guy all along (more on that later).
Oh, and there was a fair bit of magical monster combat, including—but not limited to—a
Wyvern used for circus antics, an Aeschna that Ciri kills, and an ominous visit from
the Wild Hunt that curiously never results in a clash.
Despite a minor hiccup at the conclusion of part one, Vilgefortz (Mahesh Jadu), not Stregobor
(Lars Mikkelsen), was responsible for corrupting portals and using mind control to trick half-elven
girls into believing they were Ciri.
Overall, this was the most in control our characters have appeared thus far, if not
always content.
How does part two, though, end?
The Witcher season three, part two's conclusion, explains Geralt's demise.
The Thanedd Coup, a crucial event that sets off many subsequent events and character arcs
in the Witcher book series, is introduced in the last episode of Part One, "The Art
of Illusion."
The adaption for season three follows suit.
Before Yen and Geralt can decide what to do with the newly discovered information that
Vilgefortz, not Stregobor, was responsible for many of the mysterious issues this season
— Rience (Chris Fulton), the missing Book of Monoliths, the elven kidnappings from Aretuza,
and the corrupted portal — Geralt is captured by Dijkstra (Graham McTavish).
Everyone Has A Plan 'til They Get Punched In the Face,' the first episode of Part 2,
serves as the introduction to the second section.
Geralt's neutrality is put to the test when he discovers that Vilgefortz is behind much
of the horror he has witnessed this season, specifically with an aim to track down Ciri,
as he has teamed up with the White Flame, Emperor Emhyr (Bart Edwards), in a room with
captured mages, including Vilgefortz himself.
The general sense of directionlessness that underlies all three of our primary characters'
experiences in section 2 starts here: After assaulting Dijkstra and leaving him for dead,
Geralt engages Vilgefortz in a bloody fight and ultimately loses, leaving him critically
wounded for the most of the rest of the season.
On Geralt's instructions, Ciri flees the battle, and when they are split up, Ciri opens a portal
in Tor Lara and unintentionally falls in the barren Korath desert.
After recovering with the dryads, Geralt is on his way back to Ciri when his neutrality
is utterly thrown off.
He mistakenly learns that Ciri is with Vilgefortz because she is in Emperor Emhyr's hands, so
he kills an entire squad of Nilfgaardian troops.
In stark contrast to season one, Geralt now has a position, and it is in favour of his
family.
After all, he's even admitted his love for Yen.
Combat at Aretuza But…
Every member of the Witcher family is dispersed throughout the continent.
As Aretuza is overthrown by the coup started by her ex-lover Vilgefortz, Yennefer, who
managed to avoid capture in the initial coup (despite a skirmish with Lydia, a devotee
of Vilgefortz played by Aisha Fabienne Ross), leaves Ciri with Geralt and joins the battle
to save Tissaia (MyAnna Buring) from ruin.
Aretuza is destroyed despite some success - Tissaia gets a nice shot in on the Scoia'tael
that appears vital for the seasons.
But who represented which side?
The original revolution was planned by Phillipa (Cassie Clare) and Dijkstra with the assistance
of Redanian warriors and wizards who believe that capturing Vilgefortz and anybody connected
to him is advantageous.
Vilgefortz encourages Tissasia to release the imprisoned mages, including Vilgefortz,
which starts the first round of hostilities.
It first appears positive for the Aretuzan wizards.
After Dijkstra says that he has Ciri (which he doesn't; she is still being sought after
by Rience), Geralt confronts him, and this marks the end of his role in the major battle
for Aretuza.
Yennefer and Geralt combine up to leave Dijkstra headless.
Working with Francesca and for Vilgefortz and Nilfgaard, the Scoia'tael succeed in moving
forward.
Many lives are lost or permanently damaged on both sides as they turn the tide against
Aretuza and the magicians.
In a storyline turn, Stregobor supports Aretuza's side.
It's a lot, and if you blinked for a moment, you may have missed a few important details.
After the coup, Yen allows Geralt to recover and creates the Lodge of Sorceresses to safeguard
mages in the wake of Tissaia's untimely suicide due to her guilt over her role in Aretuza's
overthrow.
The fact that Nilfgaard, Vilgefortz, and Ciri are in her line of sight makes her next moves
look similar to those of Geralt, despite the fact that they are separate and she is not
in Geralt's immediate vicinity.
or so she believes.
The lonesome Ciri.
Again.
nevertheless, not quite.
The unicorn is there.
Ciri, who has received assistance from Cahir (who now claims that his life is hers in exchange
for ruthlessly destroying her own), is as far away from the action as she possibly can
be.
She is totally, totally alone after opening a portal to the Korath desert, save for a
strange unicorn that appears to serve as both a friend and a sign.
For the duration of the entire episode, Ciri is plagued by visions of her grandmother Calanthe,
her mother Pavetta, and a strange hooded figure who goes by the name of Falka.
Falka, in contrast to the world-saving prophecy that Ciri has been associated with and defined
by up until this point, predicts that a child of elder blood like herself will destroy the
world.
The images reveal Ciri's mental condition and concerns, yet Falka and her curse appear
a touch too real to be only a creation of her parched mind.
When Ciri is at her lowest point yet, Falka urges her to utilise fire magic, which terrifies
her so much that when she is ultimately kidnapped, magic is the last thing on her mind.
Ciri is swiftly saved by The Rats, a band of non-magical misfits lead by Mistle, who
we first meet when she steals from Ciri earlier.
They forcefully advise her to murder her abductor.
It's Ciri's first truly cold-blooded killing, and it marks the beginning of a new non-magical,
non-Witcher Ciri who, in her opinion, is not at all Ciri.but goes by the name Falka.
Ciri, like Geralt, has entirely misplaced her compass and is stranded in the dunes of
Korath.
However, in the larger world...
When Dijkstra and Phillipa find their King is now one they can't control, their amusing
romance between Jaskier (Joey Batey) and Redanian prince Radovid (Hugh Skinner) comes into play.
Dijkstra (who did not die; be on the lookout for the owl.
Radovid is crowned king when King Vizimir (Ed Birch) is killed.
This occurs right as Radovid prepares to pursue Jaskier (you didn't think Jaskier would leave
Geralt be alone on an adventure, did you?!) and aid him and Geralt in their journey to
Nilfgaard.
Emhyr is both gaining and losing allies in Nilfgaard itself as anger among the Scoia'tael
grows.
Because in the movie's climactic scene, a disguised Teryn (whom Geralt saves in Part
1 and who Vilgefortz has indoctrinated into thinking is Ciri) has arrived at Nilfgaard's
gates and is being applauded by the audience as Princess Cirilla of Cintra.
Because word of Ciri's presence in Nilfgaard is slowly making its way out, Yen and Geralt
both think she is there.
Emhyr may or may not be aware that she is a fake, but if we're to believe the novels,
we doubt it.
Season 4 is going to be a terrible night for our newly discovered Witcher family because
all three of our primary protagonists are currently clearly separated from one another
and are lost.