Geralt of Rivia/Netflix series

Geralt of Rivia (b. ) was a witcher, who was tied to Ciri through the Law of Surprise. While initially reluctant to accept his destiny, Geralt eventually came to terms with his fate. Despite their tumultuous relationship, he also loved the sorceress Yennefer of Vengerberg.
==Biography==
=== Early Life ===
Geralt was born in 1160. He is the son of the sorceress Visenna, who raised him during the first years of his life. She abandoned him in the mountains of Kaedwen when he was a small child, was picked up by the witcher Vesemir, who took him to the fortress of Kaer Morhen and trained him to become a witcher. During his training, he became friends with the other apprentices Eskel, Lambert and Remus. He survived the herbal test and became a witcher, a mutant, with supernatural senses, but with a side effect, turning his hair color white.
===Meeting Princess Renfri===
In 1231, Geralt of Rivia, a well-known witcher, goes into Blaviken in search of an alderman after killing a kikimora in the nearby swamp. It's there that he meets a woman named Renfri in a tavern. She greets him with beer rather than hateful looks. He eventually makes the acquaintance of Marilka, the daughter of the alderman, and she directs him to a sorcerer named Stregobor, who took up the name Master Irion from the long since deceased creator of the tower he inhabits. He lured Geralt into town to hire him to assassinate Renfri. Stregobor explains his reasoning behind wanting to kill Renfri. The Curse of the Black Sun, a solar eclipse that marked the imminent return of Lilit — demon goddess of the night — whose sole purpose was to exterminate the human race. Lilit's path was to be prepared by 60 women wearing gold crowns, who would fill the river valleys with blood. Stregobor studied the girls born around the Black Sun, and he found internal mutations among them. He tried to cure them, locking them in towers for safekeeping, but each girl died. He believes eliminating them was the lesser evil. Renfri, princess of Creyden and daughter of Fredefalk, is after Stregobor. He personally delivered Renfri in the middle of the afternoon, under the Black Sun and knows for certain that she's the bringer of evil. In fear of Lilit's return, Stregobor dispatched someone to follow Renfri into the woods. They later found him in the brush with Renfri's broach jammed in his ear. She disappeared shortly thereafter and wouldn't reappear for another two years. Stregobor would stop her himself except for the fact that she's resistant to magic given her mutation. She chased Stregobor for years, plotting her revenge, and now she's tracked him to Blaviken. Despite Stregobor's offer, Geralt only kills monsters.
Renfri, the woman from the tavern, tracks Geralt down outside Blaviken and demands to know where to find Stregobor so that she may kill him for the injustices she suffered, claiming that Stregobor's man raped her and robbed her before letting her go. However, Geralt insists that should Renfri kill Stregobor, she would only be confirming Stregobor's accusations of her being a monster. Geralt advises Renfri to leave Blaviken and Stregobor behind.
Renfri follows Geralt back to his camp, where he recounts his first monster kill with Roach, his horse. That was the day he realized the world didn't need him and that he would only ever be seen as a monster. Renfri questions what Geralt believes in, as it is neither destiny nor the lesser evil. Geralt simply kills monsters. There are no sides. Renfri has decided to leave Blaviken for good tomorrow. They kiss and then have sex.
While dreaming of his night with Renfri, Geralt hears her tell him of his future, how he would be ran out of Blaviken with thrown stones and that the "girl in the woods" is his destiny, one which he cannot escape. Geralt awakens alone in the woods of Blaviken. Realizing that Renfri intends to slaughter her way through Blaviken until she finds Stregobor, he goes into town to stop her, where he is met by her soldiers, who he dispatches with ease. He then finds Renfri holding a blade to Marilka's throat, and she threatens to kill everyone in Blaviken until Stregobor comes down to face her. Geralt warns her to leave Blaviken, displaying magic as a means to threaten. However, magic has no effect on Renfri, only silver, as with monsters. Renfri releases Marilka and attacks Geralt. She manages to cut him several times before Geralt disarms her, leaving her with only a dagger to combat him. Geralt lowers his sword, presenting her with an opportunity to attack, however, he evades her attack and stabs her in the throat with her own dagger. As Renfri bleeds out in Geralt's arms, she reminds him of his destiny and that the "girl in the woods" will be with him always.
Stregobor comes down to see the destruction left in Renfri's wake. He orders Marilka to bring him a cart so that they can take her back to the tower for an autopsy. When Geralt objects, Stregobor informs him that it was Renfri's mutation that allowed her to influence her followers. When Geralt refuses to lower his sword, Stregobor realizes that he must've been similarly influenced and directs attention to the men Geralt had killed. This causes the townspeople, Marilka included, to revolt against Geralt. They throw stones at him, as Renfri predicted they would, until he is forced to leave her body behind.Season 1, Episode 01: The End's Beginning
===An Encounter with Elves===
In 1240, nine years after his massacre at Blaviken, while drinking at a tavern, Geralt is approached by a bard named Jaskier, who insists that Geralt review his performance. Geralt tells Jaskier that the creatures in his song don't exist, and Jaskier realizes that he's a witcher, which he announces to the bar. A patron named Nettly overhears and offers to pay Geralt 100 ducats if he kills the "devil" that's been stealing their grain. Geralt agrees to the job, but only for 150 pay. Jaskier decides to tag along, during which time he offers to help improve Geralt's image so that he's no longer seen as a monstrous killer.
While hunting for this "devil", Geralt is attacked by a Sylvan named Torque. It charges at Geralt, knocking him to the ground. Geralt gets back to his feet and grabs it by the horns and slams it to the ground. To his surprise, it can talk. Rather than killing Torque, Geralt shows mercy, allowing him to live so long as he leaves the mountains. However, someone sneaks up behind Geralt and knocks him out.
Geralt wakes up in a cave, tied up back-to-back with Jaskier and surrounded by elves. Geralt and Jaskier are repeatedly hit by a sickly elf named Toruviel. Geralt waits until she gets close enough to headbutt her. They are joined by Torque and king of elves, Filavandrel. Torque has been stealing goods for them ever since they were forced out of Dol Blathanna. This comes as a surprise to Jaskier, who has been under the impression that the elves willingly left to return to their golden palaces when in reality they retreated to simple caves. Unfortunately, he can't allow Geralt and Jaskier to leave in fear that Posada will learn that they've been stealing, giving the humans a reason to attack, which will undoubtedly result in casualties on both sides. Hoping to avoid war, Filavandrel must kill them. Filavandrel's elders worked with humans and got robbed of all they had. And when they fought back, they were slaughtered in a battle that would come to be known as the "Great Cleansing". Bringing his people down from the mountains would mean bowing down to the humans, who would make them slaves. Geralt advises them to rebuild elsewhere. Filavandrel has a change of heart and decides to let Geralt and Jaskier go.
Geralt and Jaskier leave the mountains, having been released. In return, Geralt gave them the 150 ducats he was paid to kill Torque. In this adventure, Jaskier has gained a newfound respect for Filavandrel. They survived the Great Cleansing once. Maybe they can do it again. Jaskier starts to sing a tune while Geralt follows alongside.Season 1, Episode 02: Four Marks
===Hunt for the Striga===
Three years later, Geralt has just finished having sex with a prostitute, who has heard his tales from Jaskier and associate each scar with a different conquest. She informs him that another witcher by the name of Remus passed through last month on his way to Temeria, which is plagued by some kind of creature. A few miners rounded up 3,000 orens to have the creature killed. Remus supposedly took the coins and ran. Low on funds to pay for the room he'd been in, Geralt leaves Roach behind as he sets out for Temria to find Remus.
Geralt arrives in Temeria and listens in on the disgruntled miners. They accuse him of being like the witcher before, who they believe to have taken their money and ran. Geralt only takes pay after the job is done and for a third of the price. He also extends an apology. Ostrit arrives with several of his soldiers. He demands the miners disperse in exchange for him not charging them with treason. As for Geralt, Ostrit orders his men to see Geralt out of Temeria.
Ostrit's men suddenly fall off the horses and onto the ground as they near Temeria's border. A sorceress by the name of Triss Merigold reveals herself to Geralt and offers to hire him. She serves King Foltest, but she is acting under her own agenda. Rather than kill the beast, she wants Geralt's help in saving it.
Six years ago, stable hands started vanishing at the castle above the city. Before long, citizens were disappearing throughout all of Temeria. They soon realized that the creature was coming from the crypt, where the king's sister Adda was laid to rest. Rumor has it that she was having an affair with a young man in town when she died and that she was with child. If that were true, it would be the sole heir to the Temerian empire. The king fled the castle ignoring the rising death toll. So, Triss was sent 3 months ago to kill the creature.
Geralt initially believes the creature to be a different monster, but Triss informs him otherwise. She takes him to the tomb to examine the corpses' of those killed by the creature. He examines Remus' corpse and comes to the conclusion that Triss covered up his death to hide the fact that the creature bested a witcher. Upon further examination, Geralt discovers that Remus is missing both his heart and liver. Only a Striga's eating habits are that selective. They're very rare and can only be created through a curse. Meaning someone wanted Adda dead. Only the curse didn't stop with Adda, and it turned her daughter into a monster. Meaning the striga is also the Princess of Temeria.
Triss Merigold presents Geralt to King Foltest, Lord Ostrit, and Captain Segelin, with whom she pleads with to enlist in Geralt's help. However, Segelin is skeptical of Geralt's claims that Princess Adda was murdered. Triss hopes that the king will allow her to search the abandoned castle for clues as to who killed her, however, they fear that Geralt will kill the princess. Geralt explains that the creature grew inside of Adda, feeding on her womb and mutating. Growing for years until she got so hungry that she was forced to slither out. Essentially an "overgrown abortion." The king has grown tired of their claims and commands that everyone leaves.
As they exit, Geralt pushes Segelin out last and locks the door behind him. He takes this time to ask the king who the father is of Adda's child, and why he never married and produced his own heir. Not to mention he's done nothing to stop the striga. All this points to King Foltest being the father. Foltest surmises that the rumors of witchers being devoid of heart and emotion must be true in order for Geralt to accuse him of incestuous affairs with his sister while simultaneously campaigning that he kill his own daughter. The guards break through the door, and Foltest orders Geralt to leave Temeria.
Geralt and Triss Merigold hide outside the abandoned castle. She asks if he's going to kill the striga. Geralt replies that he doesn't want the miners' coins. He and Triss manage to sneak into the castle, where they discover letters from the former queen of Temeria in Adda's bedroom. The letter details Queen Sancia urging her children to end their affair. Geralt and Triss take this discovery to Ostrit under the suspicion that the former queen cursed her children. Ostrit claims that he was Adda's confidant and protector. He believes that Foltest raped Adda and cursed the child to cover it up. However, according to Geralt, Ostrit's scent was all over Adda's sheets. Old ones and new ones. He smelled what Ostrit was doing in there. At this point, Ostrit confesses to being Adda's lover and placing the curse on her, albeit unintentionally. Geralt asks how to lift the curse, but Ostrit refuses to tell him, as he wants to see Foltest punished for defiling Adda. And so, Geralt simply knocks him out with a single punch.
Foltest meets Geralt at the entrance to the abandoned castle, where the striga lies. Geralt honestly answers that he doesn't know if this will work or if the princess will be normal if she's cured. All she's ever known her entire life is rage and hunger. Geralt then gives Foltest a gift to give his daughter in case the curse is lifted, but Geralt doesn't make it through the night. Foltest claims that both he and Adda initially tried to resist their urges, but what they felt was too powerful. He envies Geralt's mutation to live and never have to fall in love.
Within the castle, Geralt ties Ostrit to Adda's bed. Once again, he asks Ostrit how to lift the curse, but he refuses, demanding that Foltest pays for what he did. Ostrit reluctantly reveals that a woman was hiding from the Brotherhood. She sold him a lamb and told him to wait until the full moon and then kill it. Then he recited an elven chant and bathed in the lamb's blood until sunrise when a rooster crowed three times. Geralt realizes that the only way to cure the princess is to keep her out of her crypt until sunrise.
The striga rises from its crypt. Geralt leaves Ostrit behind, still tied to the bed. The striga approaches, and Ostrit begs for his life, claiming to have loved Adda. He is killed nonetheless.
Geralt comes face-to-face with the creature. He tries to entrap it with silver chains, but to no avail; the striga breaks free. A fight ensues between Geralt and the striga, which ultimately results in the creature being knocked unconscious. While the striga is down, Geralt places a barrier over the entrance, preventing it from leaving. When the striga runs for it, the barrier knocks it back. Geralt puts on some brass knuckles and knocks the striga to the ground. As the sun rises, both he and the striga race for the crypt. Geralt gets to it first and seals himself inside.
The sun rises, and the striga has transformed into a girl. The curse is lifted. Geralt slowly approaches. She turns around and slices his throat with her claws. He bites her neck to get her off of him and passes out.
Geralt awakens shortly after being healed by Triss. She informs him that the princess is fine and that King Foltest issued a statement that Lord Ostrit gave his life defeating the creature. The miners are building a statue in his honor. Triss asks about Renfri, whose name Geralt uttered while sleep. He doesn't reply, simply asking for his money. She asks if all life is to him is monsters and money. He claims that it is. She doesn't believe that. There's a vortex of fate around each of them. Drawing their destiny closer with each decision they make. Triss hands him his money and returns the gift he left for the princess.Season 1, Episode 03: Betrayer Moon
===Royal Betrothal===
In 1249, Geralt enters a tavern after killing a selkiemore. Jaskier starts to sing a tune in favor of Geralt and the townspeople in the tavern join in, celebrating Geralt's victorious battle against the beast. Jaskier asks Geralt for a favor. In exchange for acting as his bodyguard for the night, Geralt will receive food, women, and wine.
Jaskier requires protection while attending a royal betrothal as every lord, knight, and king will be in attendance, many of which he's personally crossed, having had affairs with their lovers. Jaskier questions what happens to witchers as they age. Geralt explains there is no after for his kind. They hunt until they get killed. And he wants nothing more than that for himself.
Geralt and Jaskier enter the Cintra castle. Geralt is immediately recognized by an old associate of his, Mousesack. He warns Geralt that this can take all night as every suitor near and far are vying for Princess Pavetta's hand. Mousesack informs Geralt that the ceremony is rigged. Crach an Craite, unbeknownst to most, is already set to marry Pavetta. Her mother, the Lioness, Queen Calanthe, has already arranged it with Craite's uncle, Eist Tuirseach, whose proposal to Queen Calanthe was refused three times according to Mousesack. Geralt comes to Jaskier's defense as he's being interrogated by one of the noblemen, who believes caught Jaskier having an affair with his wife.
Geralt bares witness as Crach and another guest gets into an argument, both claiming to have defeated manticores. He initially claims that they're both lying, but to prevent a fight from ensuing, he suggests that maybe they encountered subspecies of manticore. Queen Calanthe inquires about his encounter with the elves. Geralt explains that he got his ass kicked and was about to have his throat cut when Filavandrel spared his life. Queen Calanthe admires Geralt's willingness to paint himself in the shadow of his failures and invites him to take a seat by her side.
Geralt explains to the queen that he's only there to protect Jaskier from vengeful cuckolds. However, she hopes that should chaos ensue that'll she'll be able to count on him to strategically move certain irritants. Geralt insists that he's not for hire and only there to help a friend.
Queen Calanthe questions why there are so few witchers remaining. Geralt explains that since the sacking of Kaer Morhen, it is no longer possible to create more of them. Geralt asks why she chooses to risk her life on the battlefield when she can rest on the throne. For Queen Calanthe, there's a simplicity in killing monsters. Lord Urcheon of Erlenwald interrupts the ceremony, his face hidden under knight's armor. He's come to claim Pavetta's hand in marriage. Eist knocks his helmet off, revealing a monstrous form. Queen Calanthe requests that Geralt kill him, but he refuses as Urcheon is no monster, his appearance is caused by a curse placed on him. Queen Calanthe orders her guards to slay Urcheon instead. Urcheon disarms the guards and explains to Queen Calanthe that Pavetta belongs to him via the Law of Surprise. More of the queen's guards enter and they attack. Geralt comes to his defense. Together, they dispatch of Queen Calanthe's guards with little difficulty. An even larger fight ensues between the guests. Queen Calanthe stands in the centre room and commands the fighting to end.
Pavetta greets Duny and reminds him that she told him to stay away. It would appear Duny is Pavetta's secret lover. He explains that he was cursed as a young boy. He lived his whole life in misery until the day he saved Queen Calanthe's husband, King Roegner from certain death. By tradition, he chose the Law of Surprise as payment. Eist recommends that Queen Calanthe honor the tradition. Destiny has determined the surprise be Pavetta. Duny abandoned all hope of claiming the Law of Surprise when he heard the king returned to find a child on the way. He knew no woman could accept him as he is. So he waited until the twelfth bell when the curse breaks. He never intended to meet Pavetta. Only watch from afar. But destiny intervened and they fell in love. Both Eist and Mousesack advise Queen Calanthe to honor destiny's wish. Geralt agrees that a promise made is a promise to be honored. Queen Calanthe seems to accept destiny, handing over her sword and extending her hand to Duny. She pulls him close, whispers "there is no destiny", and pulls out a knife, aimed at his throat. Pavetta screams out, her abilities awakening, sending everyone flying across the room. Pavetta and Duny float above the room until Geralt knocks them down.
Queen Calanthe announces that the Law of Surprise will be honored and Pavetta will marry Duny. Furthermore, Queen Calanthe herself has agreed to marry Eist. There will be two vowels tonight. Pavetta kisses Duny, and he transforms back into his human form. Queen Calanthe's blessing of their marriage lifted the curse and fulfilled the destiny. Duny wishes to repay Geralt for saving his life. Geralt chooses the Law of Surprise. However, he doesn't actually intend to lay claim to anything. Pavetta suddenly throws up, signifying that she's pregnant moments after Geralt claims Law of Surprise.
Mousesack intends to stay and help guide Pavetta. He tries to convince Geralt to stay as well, pointing out her immense primal power. Like it or not, Geralt is bound to the family. Mousesack advises him against trying to outrun destiny. Geralt, however, doesn't believe in destiny. Crediting Pavetta's outburst to a girl using her magic to stop her mother from gutting her lover. Nonetheless, the bond that will come into being between Geralt and Pavetta's unborn child will be extraordinary. If he dismisses it and leaves without claiming the child surprise, he will unleash true calamity upon them all. Geralt is unconvinced and decides to take his chances.Season 1, Episode 04: Of Banquets, Bastards and Burials
===Three Wishes from a Djinn===
Years have passed since the royal betrothal. Jaskier finds Geralt at the river's edge, fishing for a djinn that is buried at the bottom of the lake. Geralt can't sleep, and Jaskier concludes that his sleeplessness is directly related to what Mousesack said to him about the Law of Surprise and claiming Princess Pavetta's child. Geralt pulls a bottle inscribed with a wizard's seal from the lake. Inside contains the djinn. Jaskier wrestles with Geralt for control of the bottle, unintentionally releasing the djinn. Jaskier makes two of the three available wishes before shattering the bottle on the ground. As Geralt gathers the shattered pieces, Jaskier starts coughing up blood, and the djinn escapes.
Geralt takes Jaskier to a nearby elf healer named Chireadan and discovers that his afflictions are magic based. His throat is being attacked and if the spell's actions aren't halted as soon as possible, its effects may become irreversible, eventually resulting in death. The medicine given by the healer will provide Jaskier with a few more hours. He advises that Geralt take Jaskier to another town for help as the only mage in close proximity is extremely dangerous. Geralt disregards Chireadan's advise and sets off in search of this malicious mage, said to be imprisoned in the mayor's house.
Geralt and Jaskier break into the mayor's house to find him under some kind of trance. They stumble upon a massive orgy orchestrated by Yennefer of Vengerberg. The mage of Rinde. She deduces that he's a mutant, a witcher to be exact. The famous White Wolf, as she refers to him. She always imagined that he'd have fangs or horns. She questions just how powerful he is. Whatever the djinn did to Jaskier is spreading. Should Yennefer cure him, Geralt promises to indulge her curiosity. Yennefer agrees to his terms. She states the phrase "ragamuffin", and the citizens of Rinde awaken from their trance, completely unaware of their actions.
Yennefer has put Jaskier in a deep healing sleep. She remarks that he'll be out long enough for Geralt to bathe. She's even acquired his clothes. While Geralt bathes, she makes a point that fishing for a djinn is an extreme remedy for sleeplessness. Geralt replies that he's desperate. Yennefer undresses and sits back-to-back with Geralt in the bath. She questions if all witchers are as blessed as he is, being as they're made from magic. However, as Geralt explains, it didn't make for a happy childhood. Judging by Yennefer's scars, he can tell she didn't have much of a childhood either. He accuses her of capitalizing on the political situation of Rinde, though Yennefer claims that she's serving the stifled townspeople. Ultimately, they both know there's more to the other's claim than they're revealing. Fortunately for Geralt, Yennefer has decided that his company and conversation is payment enough for her services.
Geralt watches over Jaskier as he sleeps. Even if he won't admit it, Jaskier is a friend, and Geralt said some things to him that he doesn't want to be the last thing Jaskier remembers. Yennefer assures Geralt that Jaskier will survive and recover his vocal talents. Geralt looks around and realizes that Yennefer is attempting to trap the djinn. Yennefer explains that it's tied to this plane and its master. With Jaskier only making two wishes, Yennefer needs him to make his third so that she can capture it. Geralt is taken over by the sudden smell of lilac and gooseberries. Yennefer kisses him and in that moment has full control of him.
Geralt awakens in a cell with Chireadan after a supposed rampage. Although he doesn't recall anything, he allegedly attacked a pawnbroker and an apothecary, both of whom are on the town council and are voting to usurp the mayor and kick Yennefer out of Rinde. Yennefer had Geralt enact revenge on her behalf. Chireadan tried to stop him, but the guards assumed he was there to abet. The sentence is to be cast by the same council members Geralt attacked. It is sure to be death. Chireadan questions why Geralt would go see Yennefer despite his warnings. Although, admittedly, he could've better prepared Geralt, who questions if Chireadan is under her spell as well. But Chireadan isn't under a spell cast by Yennefer, he's in love with her.
A guard enters and begins attacking Geralt as they've been sentenced to death. As he prepares to finish him off, Geralt makes a wish; that the guard would burst, and he does just that. His head explodes. As it turns out, Geralt has the wishes, not Jaskier.
Geralt arrives just as Jaskier is exiting the mayor's home. He realizes that Yennefer is trying to become the vessel in order to gain more power and rushes inside to prevent her from killing herself. Yennefer is struggling to maintain the djinn. It's getting stronger because as Geralt explains, it is he who has the wishes. Geralt refuses to make the last wish in fear that Yennefer becoming a vessel for the djinn would have her lose control. Yennefer becomes unstable. The house itself starts to collapse. In order to stop her, Geralt makes his final wish and the djinn is freed. The building then caves in on them.
Before they are crushed by the building around them, Yennefer manages to portal herself and Geralt downstairs. She blames him for the djinn's escape and the mayhem it will surely wreak. Geralt informs her that djinn are only dark creatures when they're held captive. He's certain that it won't cause much harm now that it's free. The heat of the moment aroused them, Geralt and Yennefer then proceed to have sex. Afterwards, Yennefer asked him what his last wish was, but Geralt had already fallen asleep.Season 1, Episode 05: Bottled Appetites
===Hunting a Dragon===
Six years have passed since he met Yennefer and they began a relationship, Geralt and Jaskier were approached by Borch Three Jackdaws and his two Zerrikanian companions Téa and Véa. They sought Geralt out hoping to gain his assistance in slaying a green dragon that had landed across the border in King Niedamir's mountains. Locals spotted it and went after it in search of treasure. They succeeded only in wounding the creature and angering it so righteously that it swooped down from its lair and set half a hillside ablaze. The king was set to marry the princess of a rival kingdom, Malleore, and he's concerned with the creature's presence. So, he commissioned a hunt to kill it and four teams had signed on. The winner got the dragon's treasure board and the title of lord over one of King Niedamir's vassal states.
Geralt initially declined Borch's offer as he didn't kill dragons. However, Borch was in need of one final adventure, and he thought that killing a dragon would bring him that. With a witcher on his team, he'd be unstoppable. Joining them on the hunt were a group of dwarves and Reavers. With the introduction of Yennefer and Eyck of Denesle as the fourth team, Geralt agreed to join Borch on his hunt, much to Jaskier's disapproval.
Geralt and Jaskier spoke to Yennefer for the first time in years. She couldn't help but wonder why she kept running into Geralt despite walking the earth for decades prior and never meeting a single witcher. She explained that she was there to accompany Eyck as he was to slay the dragon.
While on the path to kill the dragon, Geralt and Borch were only a few feet behind Yennefer and Eyck. In that time, Borch realized that Geralt was in love with her. They reached the hillside scorched by the dragon, a creature that tended to avoid people. Geralt questioned why it hadn't yet left. Borch replied that the beast much becoming desperate. Jaskier suddenly came face-to-face with a hirikka while picking berries for Tèa and Vèa. Geralt surmised that the creature was starving and of no danger to them. Eyck completely disregarded him and killed it.
All four groups decided to settle down on the mountainside. Geralt, Jaskier, Borch, Tèa, Vèa, Yennefer, Eyck, Yarpen, the leader of the dwarves, and Boholt, the leader of the Reavers roasted the hirikka and feasted. However, Borch warned Eyck against eating a certain part of the creature. Another warning that went unconsidered by Eyck. "A great knight never wastes a kill", he replied. It's why he'd make a great lord after slaying the dragon. With Yennefer as his mage. Boholt interrupted them and made a lewd remark towards Yennefer. Eyck took his leave as his stomach started to gurgle after failing to heed Borch's warning. They proceeded to discuss how the rightful son of Nilfgaard had returned and started burning through the south. With Fringilla as his mage. Wouldn't be long before they tried to take Sodden.
Jaskier doubted the mere existence of dragons until Geralt assured them to be real, though their numbers were dwindling. Green dragons were the most common. Red dragons less so. Black dragons were the rarest. Borch added that gold dragons were, in fact, the rarest. Geralt retorted that they were a myth. Whether that be true or not, gold dragons met the same fate of any other dragon; they died out.
Yennefer awakened the following morning to find Eyck missing. Yarpen found him dead by a tree with his pants down and throat slit. Nevertheless, the hunt continued. Yarpen suspected that the Reavers killed Eyck, and so he knew of a short cut across the mountains that he only shared with Geralt, Jaskier, Borch, Tèa and Vèa. Proposing a truce until they reached the next peak. Geralt tried to convince Yennefer to join them on the shorter path. Much like Yarpen, Yennefer suspected that Boholt killed her escort before he could accomplish the one task she needed him for. Yennefer revealed there are certain healing properties dragons are said to possess. However, Geralt informed her that fertility cures using fresh dragon hearts were a myth. Geralt also didn't believe she'd make a good mother. Yennefer explained that she wanted her choice to bear a child back. Geralt informed her that witchers can't bear children either. They were made sterile because their lifestyle wasn't suited for a child. He then unintentionally revealed to Yennefer his Child Surprise.
Yarpen and his men have guided Geralt, Jaskier, Yennefer, Borch, Tèa and Vèa to a fairly narrow path lined with wooden boards alongside the mountain. A tight squeeze for anyone larger than that of a dwarf. The board broke beneath Borch's feet and he falls, as does Tèa and Vèa. The only thing preventing them from plummeting to the ground was Geralt holding on to the other end of the chain. Borch told Geralt to let him go. When Geralt refused, Borch let go of the chain, shortly followed by Tèa and Vèa, and the three of them disappeared within the fog as they fell to the ground below.
Jaskier told Geralt that he did his best to save them. There wasn't much he could do. He suggested that they give up on the hunt and provided Geralt give him another chance to prove himself as a worthy travel companion, they head for the coast.
Geralt entered Yennefer's tent, which she had placed a spell on to make much larger on the inside than outside. Yennefer admitted to being worried for Geralt on the mountain. Her scent was mesmerizing. The moment he dreaded most every time she left is when it faded. Yennefer reminded Geralt that it was he who left first in Rinde. She woke up in the destroyed house, and he was gone. Geralt asked for forgiveness, the two kissed and made love, while Geralt undressed her.
After having sex, Yennefer questioned if the rumors were true about witchers being devoid of human emotion. Geralt explained that was false. People say whatever justified despising his kind. If the choice had been him, Yennefer wondered what Geralt would've been instead of a witcher. Much like Geralt, Yennefer didn't have much of a choice in being a mage. She always dreamed of becoming important to someone someday. Beginning to fall asleep, Geralt assured Yennefer that she was important to him now.
Yennefer woke up the following morning to find Geralt still at her side. At a quick pace, they could make it back to the Pensive Dragon before sundown, however, Yennefer had no intentions of turning around. She was still intent on killing the dragon. She then rushed off to the dragon's cave after noticing the dwarves were already ahead of her.
Geralt eventually caught up to Yennefer in the cave only to find out that Tèa and Vèa were alive, and the green dragon was dead. But she was not alone. Enter the gold dragon, who revealed itself to be Borch. When the dragoness was injured, her cry was heard by Villentretenmerth. But the egg could not be moved or the life inside it would die, which is why she attacked instead of fleeing. She was protecting her baby by scaring the people away from her and her egg. That's when Borch, Tèa and Vèa heard about the king's hunt and realized they had to keep their enemies close. So, Borch came to find Geralt, the knight who was taught to save dragons rather than kill them. Boholt and his gang of Reavers arrived, forcing Geralt, Yennefer, Tèa, and Vèa to defend the dragons.
Geralt and Yennefer defended one entrance to the cave while Tèa and Vèa defended the other. They are faced with Boholt and one remaining Reaver. Yennefer made sure that it was her who killed Boholt. Afterwards, Borch paid off Yarpen and his men; offering them teeth belonging to the green dragon to take to the king as proof of its demise.
Borch thanked Geralt and Yennefer for all their help in defending him and his family. He noted that he sees why Geralt didn't want to lose her. Yennefer questioned the meaning behind this, and Geralt revealed that he was referring to Rinde and their encounter with the djinn. That was why they couldn't escape each other. Because Geralt wished for it. Yennefer took that to mean that her feelings for Geralt were also magic, though he insisted that wasn't true. An argument ensued, resulting in the two parting ways. Borch saved them both a lot of hurt with a little pain now. He revealed that Yennefer would never regain her womb, and Geralt would lose Yennefer. Borch informed Geralt that he was still missing his legacy and destiny.
Geralt grew angry and blamed Jaskier for all his recent troubles. The Child Surprise. The djinn. All of it could be traced back to him. Geralt exclaimed that if life could give him one blessing, it would be to take Jaskier off his hands. With that being said, Jaskier would get the story from the others to write his song and depart.Season 1, Episode 06: Rare Species
===Imprisoned in Cintra===
One years after the dragon hunt and separation from Yennefer, Geralt arranged a meeting with Mousesack to ensure his Child of surprise was healthy and being taken care of. Mousesack revealed to him that the child is actually a girl, informed him that Princess Cirilla had been raised by Calanthe since her parents died. Pavetta and Duny's ship was lost at sea. Geralt warned Mousesack that he saw an army of Nilfgaard soldiers making camp at the Amelia Pass. Mousesack assured Geralt that the queen had done everything she could to ensure her family's safety. Geralt suddenly spotted men moving through the tunnels. He suspected that Calanthe got word of his arrival and sent assassins to kill him. Surrounded and outnumbered, Geralt held Mousesack hostage. In order to get to him, they'd first have to kill Mousesack. They charged with their weapons, and so Mousesack was forced to portal himself and Geralt to safety.
Geralt and Mousesack confronted Calanthe. Geralt had been away for 12 years and planned on staying that way until Calanthe sent eight men to kill him. Geralt came to protect Ciri, who Calanthe raised on her own. When Calanthe tried to buy Geralt off, Mousesack interjected that money can't undo the Law of Surprise. King's who've tried to outbid destiny ended up on pikes. Danek and Lazlo drew their swords as Geralt approached. He advises Calanthe to give the child over to him if she had any doubt in her mind that Ciri wasn't safe in Cintra. Geralt promised to take her, protect, and bring her back unharmed. Calanthe reluctantly agreed and exclaimed to the townspeople that the Law of Surprise had been called.
Geralt entered Calanthe's chambers to meet Ciri. Unbeknownst to him, Calanthe had no intentions on giving her up, and instead, disguised someone else's child as Ciri and handed her over to Geralt. Mousesack watched on silently. Calanthe then told Geralt that she'd summon him when Ciri was ready to leave. Geralt exited Calanthe's chambers and followed the passageway through a hidden door that magically opened. The tunnel led him outside of the castle, where the girl impersonating Ciri was saying goodbye to her friends, the real Ciri being amongst them.
Geralt confronted Calanthe after realizing that she tried to send him off with a girl that wasn't Princess Cirilla. Calanthe insisted that Ciri was safe with her until the day came that she would take over the throne. Furthermore, she refused to give Geralt word any further thought. The last time she listened to him, she let a hedgehog into her court, which ultimately resulted in Pavetta's death. Calanthe refused to lose Ciri the same way she lost Pavetta and ordered Eist to get Geralt out of her kingdom.
Geralt recalled when Eist honored the Law of Surprise. Eist explained that was before he had a granddaughter. Assuming Cintra was attacked by Nilfgaard, Eist would be right by Calanthe's side. Geralt accused him of putting too much faith in the Queen, but he wasn't there when Pavetta died. Calanthe would wake up howling in the night. The Lioness, nearly broken. Someone that was able to pull themselves out of that would have Eist's confidence until his final day. He asked Geralt to promise that he wouldn't come back. When Geralt refused, Eist trapped him behind bars.
Geralt plotted his escape while trapped in the dungeon of Queen Calanthe's castle as Nilfgaard invaded. He attacked one of the guards and freed himself from his cell. Geralt made it outside, where he disposed of several Nilfgaard invaders. Geralt watched from the shadow as the Nilfgaard army took Cintra. Suddenly, he heard a loud thud. Upon investigation, he discovered it was the queen. She jumped out her window, to her death. Geralt ran back into the castle to find Ciri. Instead, he found several Nilfgaard soldiers, all of whom he murdered when they refused to tell him where to find her.Season 1, Episode 07: Before a Fall
===Bitten by a Ghoul===
Cintra went up in flames in the aftermath of the Nilfgaard attack. Geralt remained in the castle, still in search of Princess Cirilla. He left the kingdom after realizing that she was already gone. During his travels, he came across a decimated Cintran refugee camp. There, he crossed paths with a merchant named Yurga, giving them a proper burial. Geralt sensed danger and advised the man to leave the grounds. Instead, Yurga stayed to ensure the bodies were properly laid to rest. In doing so, he was attacked by ghouls, who emerged from the ground beneath his feet. Luckily, Geralt returned to save Yurga. But he was bitten in the process of slaying the creatures. The bite took effect almost instantly, and Geralt passed out.
Yurga travelled through the woods of Sodden with Geralt going in and out of consciousness on the back of his carriage. The ghoul bite made him delirious, but he was still alive. In his delirious state, Geralt recalled moments with his mother, Visenna, where she instilled in him a moral code; "we must live and let live."
Geralt awakened on the back of Yurga's carriage. He inquired about the nearby explosions. Yurga informed him that Nilfgaard was attacking Sodden. Geralt then drank a black elixir from his bag and poured some on his wound. He requested that Yurga take him to the Blue Mountains, where someone would be able to save him. In his delusional state, he recalled more memories with his mother. With him on the back of the carriage that she steered. She stopped and ask him to get water from a nearby creek. By the time he returned, his mother was gone, but Vesemir was waiting for him.
Still infected by his ghoulish bite, Geralt's condition worsened. He began hallucinating Renfri and Yennefer. Lastly, he hallucinated actually seeing his mother. She explained that he was saved by his pulse. Which was four times slower than that of a normal man. She heard a merchant's cry for help and decided to help as healing was her profession. She said to him "people linked by destiny will always find each other." Geralt grew so angry at the sight of her. He asked if she liked his eyes and if she knew what they did to witchers to improve their eyes. It didn't always work. Only three out of ten boys survived the trial to become a witcher. He questioned if his mother knew this when she gave him up to Vesemir. She told him not to ask any more questions as the answers would only hurt them both. Instead, she urged Geralt to find Princess Cirilla. Geralt awakened from his sleep, asking Yurga where the woman went, but she was never actually there. He then asked how far is Yurga's house from Sodden, to which he replied an hour on a swift enough horse. Geralt hopped on the back of Yurga's carriage headed for Sodden. While Yurga's can't repay Geralt for saving his life, he can offer him the Law of Surprise.
Yurga arrived home with Geralt on his back carriage. Zola, his wife, told Yurga how she met an orphan girl in the woods nearby. Hearing Yurga's conversation with his wife reminded Geralt of Renfri telling him to find the "girl in the woods." Geralt jumped off the back off the carriage and into the woods, where he met Ciri for the first time, as she ran into his arms. "People linked by destiny will always find each other", he says to her. She then asked who is Yennefer.Season 1, Episode 08: Much More
===Lifting Nivellen's Curse===
After meeting Ciri in the forest, Geralt traveled with her to the site of the Battle of Sodden Hill, in search of Yennefer. He learned from Tissaia that they won the battle thanks to Yennefer. Upon realizing that she died, Geralt took Tissaia's response as an acknowledgment of Yennefer's death. He asked if winning the war was worth Yennefer's life. Geralt held back tears as he walked back towards Ciri. She asked Geralt who Yennefer was, but he said it didn't matter anymore because Yennefer was dead. Geralt and Ciri continued their journey. Resting, Ciri tried to get some sleep, but couldn't. Geralt told Ciri that he couldn't sleep well either. Changing the subject, Ciri wonders about the law of surprise, Geralt explains that he saved his father's life, which earned him the law of surprise. Geralt explained that Ciri's father did not know what he was going to reveal; although, it was not a guarantee from Ciri.
After, Geralt and Ciri sought refuge from an old friend of his, Nivellen, who discovers that he had been cursed by a priestess and turned into a beast after trashing the Temple of the Lionheaded Spider while high on godflesh mushrooms. He let Geralt and Ciri take refuge in his house. Nivellen magically summoned a hot bath for Ciri, while taking Geralt out for a beer. After the bath, Ciri joins Nivellen and Geralt. Nivellen called a banquet and told Ciri how he and Geralt met.
Geralt and Nivellen met many years ago when he was hired by Nivellen's father to get rid of a Wyvern infestation. Nivellen tried to prove himself to his father by killing one first, but instead fell into their lair. Luckily, Geralt saved him and slayed the wyvern. He then handed Nivellen the wyvern's head and told his father that Nivellen was the one who killed it.
After dinner, Geralt wondered about the village at the foot of the abandoned hill. Nivellen replied that deserters and thieves roamed the countryside in search of loot. The townspeople decided to leave to save themselves after the Battle of Sodden. Geralt was not convinced that the Battle of Sodden would cause an entire town to leave their home. Nivellen told him it was because of the Wild Hunt. Ciri knew them as the Wraiths of Morhogg, she says her grandfather saw them before the fall of Cintra, but Geralt said his grandfather was just a drunk. Geralt was still not convinced, so Nivellen told him that the end of days might come. He responded that he had gone through the Dark Ages, as well as three supposed end of days. He told Nivellen that the end of days was nothing but bullshit. Hearing scratching and cooing from the ceiling, Nivellen assured them that he had a cat. However, Geralt wanted to investigate. While outside with Roach, Geralt noticed footprints in the snow outside the estate and after a few steps they disappeared.
Suspecting Nivellen was hiding something, Geralt challenged him to a drinking game, hoping to get some answers. They threw daggers at a portrait of Nivellen's father, and whoever missed had to drink and tell a truth. Unfortunately for Geralt, missed every throw, whereas Nivellen had near perfect aim and asked what changed Geralt after willingly spending many lifetimes alone. Geralt replied that it was not what but who, Yennefer, who she unfortunately died, as far as he was aware of. Nivellen was intrigued that someone like Yennefer could win the heart of a witcher. Geralt then pulled his own knife from his boot and hit the portrait spot on, uncovering the fact that Nivellen was cheating with magic knives, leading Geralt to question what he was hiding. He refused to tell her and went to relieve himself.
Geralt checked Nivellen to see if he was asleep. Then he went to the town below to investigate. Immediately, inside he saw frozen corpses. Geralt drew his sword and prepared for the worst. Geralt investigated the corpses and found bloody footprints. The footprints stopped and left only a few drops of blood before disappearing. Geralt knew that thing could fly.
Upon discovering that there was a bruxa nearby, Geralt warned Ciri to leave the house and followed the sounds of her purring to Nivellen's room, where the Bruxa, Vereena, is draining his blood from him. A fight ensued, which eventually led outside, where Geralt managed to wound Vereena before beheading her. It was then that not only was Nivellen's curse broken due to the death of his true love but that he revealed the real reason behind his curse: he raped the priestess. The ugly truth left Geralt and Ciri somewhat disappointed. Geralt decided to remain silent and simply leave. Nivellen begged Geralt to kill him, but Geralt said he could kill himself since he became mortal again.Season 2, Episode 01: A Grain of Truth 
===Returning to Kaer Morhen===
Geralt and Ciri arrived at Kaer Morhen, where he reunited with his witcher brethren. While everyone celebrated, the witcher Lambert told a story about a job he once had. When Eskel arrives boasting, after a six-hour fight against a leshy. He brought the monster's hand as proof. Eskel told everyone that he could have ended the fight sooner, but he had lost all of his elixirs. Vesemir told Eskel that the fire through a leshy's heart would kill it. He questioned his story and asked if he didn't think about the monster's weakness. The other witchers, including Geralt, also began to doubt. Instead, Eskel turned his attention to Ciri and asked who she was, and she introduced herself as the Princess of Cintra.
Trained outside, Geralt was lightly scolded by Vesemir for claiming his Child Surprise and bringing her within their walls. He told him that adopting the Law of Surprise was a big mistake. Previously, Geralt had told Vesemir that he was not going to take the girl. However, he had to save her. He knew that keeping her safe would be long enough to discover her secrets. It wasn't long after her arrival that Ciri began pushing to start training, but Geralt warned her that it was too dangerous and that despite her hatred for the Black Knight, they don't kill out of fear, rather to save lives.
When they heard screams from the laboratory, Geralt goes to the cafeteria, where he sees that all the witchers were entertaining themselves with prostitutes. Geralt confronted Vesemir about all the prostitutes in Kaer Morhen. He told Vesemir that they shouldn't be there and that they should know. Vesemir told Geralt that Eskel had found the prostitutes on the way down the mountain. There was nothing to worry about, they wouldn't remember anything the next day. Geralt decided to confront Eskel, while Ciri spied. He seemed happy that the witchers were happy; However, Geralt wanted to set an example. He told Eskel not to have fun inside Kaer Morhen. Eskel wasn't really in the mood for scolding. Think life was unfair. Geralt returned with a princess while the rest of them almost died on their missions. Eskel tried to hit Geralt, but he anticipated the blow and managed to subdue Eskel. He told Eskel to go to sleep.
Geralt later asked Vesemir if he had seen Ciri, Vesemir jokingly told him that she was hitting a guy named "white seagull" while dancing on the table. Geralt laughed sarcastically and asked him the truth. He told Geralt that he had seen Ciri spying. He sent her to bed after talking to her. Vesemir wondered if he was ready for the duties of caring for and keeping Ciri safe. Geralt revealed that he was in a cell in Cintra the day the kingdom fell. He had heard everything, fires, screams and deaths. The same sounds I used to hear the day Kaer Morhen fell as a child. Vesemir was the only surviving witcher. He wondered if he was ready back then when he took them in and helped them become witchers.
Vesemir said that he had not been ready that day, but he did not protect them. I let them fend for themselves like I teach them. Geralt acknowledged that he would do the same with Ciri. After their conversation, they felt Kaer Morhen reverberate. All of his witcher medallions vibrated which alerted everyone. They got the prostitutes to safety, while Vesemir told Geralt to stay and fight instead of looking for Ciri.
Geralt and the other witchers scattered throughout the fortress to find the intruder. Enterd the laboratory, where Geralt found a leshy. Noted the prostitute who was with Eskel before, dead. leshy attacked Geralt, but he managed to counter. After a few attacks, the leshy managed to grab Geralt. He found a torch and burned the monster's vines. Geralt, to his surprise and confusion, noticed the witcher's medallion on the leshy's chest. He looked at his face and saw that it was actually Eskel. He realized that the leshy he fought with Eskel earlier had infected him and turned him into a leshy. With Vesemir's help, they were able to restrain him using hooks connected to chains. However, when Vesemir's life was nearly taken, Geralt had no choice, set his sword on fire and stabbed Eskel in the heart, killing him.
This close call within the walls convinced Geralt it was time to teach Ciri how to defend herself.Season 2, Episode 02: Kaer Morhen
===Laying Eskel to Rest===
There was anguish among the witchers when Geralt told Ciri to take a break from training. Lambert did not agree with Geralt killing Eskel. They had lost a brother. Geralt replied that what he had killed was not his brother. When Geralt left the cafeteria, he had a flashback of him and Eskel. He went to the laboratory where Vesemir was searching for the cause of Eskel's transformation. He didn't want to give up, but Geralt told him it was time to let him rest.
Geralt and Vesemir carried Eskel's body to a cave, where they laid his body to rest. Geralt felt as if the Continent was evolving underneath their feet. Still, Vesemir was determined to figure what happened and what he could have possibly missed in his tests. As the wolves arrived to consume Eskel's flesh, Geralt and Vesemir made their way out of the cave.
They returned home, where they discovered Ciri on the witcher training course, which she nearly completed until she stumbled and hit the ground at full force. As Geralt patched her up, he told Ciri that just because she could do anything, doesn't mean that she had to, as Ciri wasn't afforded the same healing ability as witchers. Ciri left the room angrily. When Geralt found Ciri's scarf, inside a crack in the walls, he noticed that Eskel's roots had sprouted there when he became leshy.
Ciri continued training with Coën. Geralt interrupted her training and asked her to describe a strange sensation when something was chasing her. Ciri responded that she felt like she was being pulled that would lead her to the forest. Geralt and Ciri set off into the forest to find what was pulling her. Ciri asked Geralt why the sensation chose her. Geralt said that his mother Pavetta had revealed uncontrolled magical power on their wedding day. Apparently Ciri has inherited that power.
Geralt and Ciri followed the pull in her body as it led them to the very same leshy in the woods that infected Eskel. However, they watched as the leshy was ripped apart by a much bigger, deadlier, and unfamiliar creature. Geralt told Ciri to run whilst he fended the creature off, but the creature seemed particularly interested in Ciri. It chased after her, but Geralt came to the rescue, beheading the beast with his sword.Season 2, Episode 03: What Is Lost
===Investigating the Monolith===
Geralt continued his training of Ciri, with the duo scaling mountains, walking across rocks, and running through the woods, where he reunited with Triss, who he invited to Kaer Morhen to help train Ciri, who likely inherited an evolved version of her mother's untrained magic. However, Ciri hadn't exhibited any typical indicators of Chaos. She only seemed to have the power of foresight, as well as a pull that led them to the leshy, leading Geralt to suspect that the creatures could've been sent by a mage, and so Triss performed a test to determine any signs of mutagenic alchemy, but they wouldn't have results until morning. Until then, Triss proposed that she and Geralt stay together for the night, but he turned her down.
The following morning, Triss confirmed that there was no evidence of mutagenic alchemy. However, they uncovered stellacite, like from a monolith, both inside the leshy that turned Eskel and the creature Geralt killed, 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 caused a monolith to topple with her scream, which Geralt decided to investigate for himself, with help from Istredd, who Triss portaled Geralt to.Season 2, Episode 04: Redanian Intelligence
Geralt informed Istredd of his discovery and how he suspected that a new subspecies of monsters were emerging from a stellacite tower just outside Cintra and that monster were nesting in the subterranean structure for years. With this theory in mind, they decided to investigate and crawl down into the subterranean, where there wasn't a nest or any evidence of life. Historians have always theorized that monoliths were scars from the Conjunction of the Spheres, but monster didn't exist on their plane before the Conjunction. All species were on different planes until the spheres merged into one. A Conjunction like that would've required two things: a massive surge of energy and conduits to channel it, leading Istredd to suspect that the monoliths were actually conduits, meaning their monoliths were calling to the original spheres, opening a gateway between the spheres and the Continent.
Istredd wanted to know how Geralt knew the monsters and monoliths were linked, but Geralt was reluctant to tell him anything, as he didn't trust Istredd, who in a moment of transparency, revealed that he actually came to Cintra in search of Yennefer. It's from Istredd that Geralt learned that Yen was alive. He realized that Istredd loved Yennefer. The mage quickly responded that he never stopped loving Yennefer. Geralt was surprised by Istredd's statement. Geralt's eyes began to have hope again upon hearing that Yennefer survived after Sodden. Suddenly, Geralt heard Ciri's scream and her cry for help. However, they were forced to take cover as shards of stellacite began flying at them. This resulted in a portal opening and a chernobog of some kind emerging and flying away. 
Geralt portalled back to Kaer Morhen, where he stopped Vesemir just before he could inject Ciri with a new witcher mutagen, created from Ciri's blood. She wanted to be a witcher so that she no longer had to feel the pain of her past. However, Geralt explained that no one could forget who they were, including witchers. Their best chance was to kill the hatred they held on to and move on.Season 2, Episode 05: Turn Your Back
===Reuniting with Yennefer===
Ciri and Geralt left Kaer Morhen. Geralt and Ciri hunted down a chernobog that escaped from the monolith. Unfortunately, this encounter doesn't go as planned and Roach is left badly wounded, leaving Geralt with no other option but to put her out of her misery. The duo proceeded to stage a trap for the beast that killed Roach. Ciri climbed up on top of a rock to lure the chernobog in. Just when it was nearly within reaching distance of her, Geralt appeared and killed the beast, shoving his sword through its chest.
Geralt and Ciri arrived at Melitele's Temple. Graduates of the temple school are known to become midwives, historians, healers, and witchers. Vesemir sent Geralt here when he was about Ciri's age to learn signs. They were joined by Nenneke, who embraced them both and took Ciri to her office. And after a chance to speak with her, Nenneke explained to Geralt that he was screwed no matter what. Kingdoms would want her for her status. Thousands had been killed in pursuit of her already, not to mention her Elder blood. Nenneke believed that she was a Child of Destiny, and that Geralt and Ciri were a part of one another. Geralt needed to find balance, and then maybe he might stand a chance of helping her.
While at the temple, Geralt had a surprise and unexpectedly reunited with Yennefer. Geralt was relieved to see the love of his life alive. They kissed but were interrupted by Ciri, who Geralt revealed was his Child Surprise. The trio then sit down and talk about what they have experienced. Noticing the tension between Geralt and Yennefer, Ciri leaves them to continue the conversation alone. The last time they saw each other was a bit tumultuous. Yennefer questioned what changed his mind about claiming Ciri. Many things changed his mind, and Yennefer was among them, he admitted. Yennefer revealed that she ran into Jaskier in Oxenfurt. He was in some kind of trouble with a mage using fire magic who was looking for Geralt and Ciri. Yennefer's heart had been beating fast the entire time. She was nervous, and Geralt questioned why, the reason to which being that some wounds refused to heal, she explained. Geralt asked Yennefer if she still wanted to have a child, Yennefer said that this time was different.
When Geralt and Yennefer discovered that the temple was under attacked, they found Ciri surrounded by fire and in the path of Rience and the Michelet brothers, who Geralt slaughtered whilst Yennefer and Ciri hid in a room. Geralt killed the brothers, but Rience managed to escape. He caught up to Yennfer and Ciri just in time to watch them go through a portal. He told Yennefer to stop, but she replied that she couldn't. Yennefer went through the portal and left with Ciri.Season 2, Episode 06: Dear Friend...
===Hunting Down Yennefer===
After finding Redanian crowns on the bodies of the Michelte brothers, Geralt apologized to Nenneke for brining death to her temple, as the men were after Ciri, who he needed to find. Geralt is then portalled to Oxenfurt by Nenneke, where he broke Jaskier out of jail and asked for his help in tracking down Yennefer. Jaskier wanted to make sure Geralt meant it, since they had parted very bitterly the last time they saw each other. Geralt assured him yes.
Arriving at a river, while Jaskier takes a bath, Geralt wanted to know what Yennefer was doing in Oxenfurt. Jaskier replied that she had saved his life and was on the run after losing her magic. However, when she was imprisoned in the whorehouse, he recalled her magically disappearing after muttering an incantation about a hut, leading Geralt to come to the conclusion that she was in league with the Deathless Mother, also known as Voleth Meir, who was imprisoned by the first witchers and entombed in a hut, as she was a demon that fed on pain. Geralt didn't believe Yennefer could do something like that, but Jaskier suggested that she would, sacrificing Ciri to regain her magic.
On the other side of the stream, Geralt and Jaskier reunite with Yarpen Zigrin and his crew, whom Geralt asked to borrow a horse from, for which he would pay Yarpen double when he found some coin. On the way to Cintra, Geralt admitted that he had thought about avoiding Ciri's existence all this time, but that wouldn't have changed anything. He knew he was tied to Ciri's existence, which meant he needed to protect her from harm. Jaskier asked what he planned to do with Yennefer. Geralt says he could kill her if she hurt Ciri in any way. Before long, they arrived outside of Cintra, where they found Ciri and Yennefer under attacked by Nilfgaard. After killing the guards, Geralt drew his blade on Yennefer, who apologized for her betrayal. Geralt intended to stay behind and kill the Deathless Mother whilst Jaskier took Ciri back to Kaer Morhen. With the blade to her neck, Geralt forced Yennefer and she recited the incantation, but when they arrived at her hut, they discovered that Voleth Meir had escaped her prison. Geralt knew that Voleth Meir had had enough of pain and despair, which meant that she was at full power.Season 2, Episode 07: Voleth Meir
===Saving Ciri===
Geralt returned to Kaer Morhen with Yennefer following him. Geralt blamed Yennefer for letting Voleth Meir to escape, she tried to plead her case and apologize for her actions, but Geralt wasn't interested in hearing her out. Yennefer wanted to protect Ciri from the Important Mother, but Geralt didn't want her to interfere. They headed inside, where they discovered that Ciri had been possessed by the Deathless Mother. They found her in Vesemir's room, where she attempted to pretend as if she was Ciri, but Geralt saw through her ruse, and she sliced his face before running off.
Geralt reasoned with Vesemir that killing Ciri was not the answer to his rage in response to the Deathless Mother killing some of the witchers in their sleep. Geralt reminded him that witchers didn't kill out of fear, they killed to save lives. She could be saved, Geralt assured him, but he'd need Vesemir's help to do it.
They found Voleth Meir in the cafeteria, standing before the medallion tree. Geralt offered up himself in exchange for Ciri, but Voleth Meir didn't desire him. The Deathless Mother unleashed a scream so loud that it cracked the medallion tree open and revealed a monolith hidden inside. She then shattered the monolith before opening a portal for two basilisks to exit, forcing the witchers to defend their home. Geralt asked Vesemir and Yrden to trap him inside a barrier with Ciri to try to reach her. Voleth Meir did his best to contain Ciri in his memories while fighting Geralt.
Another basilisk (large) exited the portal and charged for Geralt, pushing him outside the cafeteria as they fought on the bridge. Geralt fortunately managed to get the upper hand and slay the beast before rushing back into the cafeteria, where Vesemir then stabbed Ciri, but she healed herself within seconds. Noticing the jasper stone that Jaskier was supposed to give him at Yennefer's request, Geralt realized that their hate is the pain Voleth Meir needed to grow stronger. Instead of fighting, he pleaded with Ciri to hear his words and gain control. But without her hut, the Deathless Mother needed a vessel to exist within their sphere. So, Yennefer sacrificed herself, slit both her wrists, and summoned Voleth Meir, which caused the Deathless Mother to be transferred to Yennefer. Knew that Ciri was clinging to the illusion, Geralt told he that what she was seeing was not real. He had a family with them, and he just needed to return home. Ciri finally came to, passing out in Geralt's arms.
When Ciri finally regained consciousness, Geralt told her that she needs to catch Voleth Meir before she escapes, open a portal and send her through it, she can do it because Geralt believes in her. Ciri opened it, but crawled alongside Geralt and Yennefer into the portal temporarily. They arrived at Voleth Meir's home world, where she was released from Yennefer and joined the ranks of the Wild Hunt. The riders attempted to claim Ciri as the daughter of chaos for themselves. But Ciri managed to teleport herself, Geralt and Yennefer back to Kaer Morhen.
Ciri asked if the riders were the Wraiths of Morhogg, Geralt confirmed that they were, but assured that they were now safe thanks to her. Vesemir told Geralt that they needed to gather supplies and rebuild. Geralt did not know where Ciri had transported them to before, but he told Vesemir about the Wild Hunt. He knew they couldn't stay in Kaer Morhen any longer. So Geralt and Ciri needed to keep moving to avoid their enemies. Yennefer was whole again. She felt his magic return when she sacrificed herself for Ciri. Geralt didn't forgive her, yet he wanted Yennefer to join them and use her knowledge of magic to help train Ciri, as she was the only person who helped her control her power. Geralt recalled Vilentretenmerth saying they were made for each other, destined to be together, but that nothing would come of it because destiny alone wasn't sufficient. Something more was needed. Geralt believed that Ciri was that something more. He and Yennefer then joined Ciri on the bridge and assured her that they'd see her along the way of her destiny. Geralt now understood what the Deathless Mother wanted from her. She's been on their Continent since the Conjunction and simply wanted to get home to her sphere. What he can't figure out is how Nilfgaard knew about Ciri before anyone else.Season 2, Episode 08: Family
=== In search of a home ===
Geralt confronted and killed a group of men who were hired by Rience to find him and Ciri. Afterwards leaving Kaer Morhen, Geralt, Ciri and Yennefer are traveling across the continent in search of safety, avoiding the people who are after Ciri. Geralt, who has not yet forgiven Yennefer, speaks through letters, while she begins to train Ciri in the art of magic. Although she doesn't master it at all. In this state of mind, the trio changes places several times, when a mercenaries hired by Rience are after them. Geralt takes them to an even more remote location and they find refuge in a cabin owned by his good friend Yarpen. Months pass during winter, and everyone begins to feel comfortable with their peaceful life. It is at this point, Geralt begins to feel feelings for Yennefer again, when he sees her ice skating with Ciri. The three spend their days in harmony as a family.
One night, the trio attends the Belleteyn festival to enjoy their first social gathering in six months, performing incognito, as the event is known for its masks. Geralt and Yennefer finally talk and begin to remember their lovely nights together, and which of them left before dawn. The party is interrupted, in the maze, when they are unexpectedly ambushed by a jackapace. Once Geralt masters it, they decide to travel to another home. Rience had sent him to track down Ciri, using the scent of her blood that he stole in Kaer Morhen. Instead of continuing to seek shelter, the three decide to set a trap for Rience to lure him out and finish him off once and for all. Geralt asks Yarpen and Jaskier for help, the latter to act as Ciri's companion.
=== Fight at Shaerrawedd ===
They arrive at Shaerrawedd to rest, where Geralt tells Ciri the story of a brave elf warrior, Aelirenn, the first elf hero to face humans and led her followers to their deaths "Neutrality. It won't get you a statue, but It will certainly help you stay alive." The next day, when he sensed Rience approaching, Geralt and Yennefer prepared to fight. Rience arrives accompanied by thugs to catch Ciri. Geralt and Yennefer go after Rience, while Yarpen leads Jaskier and his band of dwarven warriors to take down the fire mage's men. Rience escapes through a portal, Yennefer keeps the portal open as long as possible while Geralt goes after him. Fighting in a castle, Geralt realizes that Yennefer won't be able to hold out much longer, so he breaks both of Rience's hands, neutralizing her magical abilities, and returns to the ruins to save his friends. He returns, seeing that the elves have come to take Ciri, Geralt quickly overcomes the elves and they escape the ruins with heavy casualties. In the middle of the battle, Geralt kills Francesca's brother, Gage, when he tried to take Ciri.
After the battle in the ruins, Yennefer revealed to them that the portal used by Rience was born from a chaotic magic he had never felt before, meaning that Rience is being supported by a powerful mage. He also says that they should take Ciri to Aretuza, since the wizard school could help her speed up her training. Geralt shows the soft side of his heart and reveals that he trusts Yennefer to do what is best for Ciri. Although, this leads Geralt down a different path, since he decided to hunt down Rience to finish him off, so they must separate.
=== Hunting Rience ===
Going their separate ways, Geralt, accompanied by Jaskier, visited detectives Codringher and Fenn, to seek information about the mysterious mage who is supporting Rience and why he is after Ciri. Unfortunately, Fenn reveals that Rience often meets his master in an abandoned castle called Vuilpanne, which is located on the outskirts of Piana, in the old ammonite mines of Redania, the same castle he was already in when he fought Rience. He also learns that Istredd was here looking for information about Ciri. Afterwards, Geralt left Jaskier behind as he did not want to put him in further danger and traveled to Vuilpanne.
Having found the castle abandoned, Geralt is convinced that he is walking into a trap. He enters with his sword in his hands and taking his elixirs. Soon, Geralt discovers a gruesome experiment in the castle's dungeons, a flesh monster made from the body parts of several young girls. Worse still, there is a fragile girl with green eyes and ashy hair, who seems untouched by the grotesque experiments. When he notices the young women taking part in the disturbing experience, they beg Geralt for help. He is forced to kill the monster when it threatens the young woman's life. Geralt rescues the girl. Once the girl wakes up and meets her savior, she reveals to Geralt that she is Ciri. Geralt is left somewhat confused, not knowing if the girl could be Ciri in disguise or if it is a plot by his enemies.
=== Helping the false Ciri ===
Convinced that the girl has been altered to believe she is Ciri, Geralt asks for Jaskier's help. They take the false Ciri with Anika, a druidess who is a friend of her mother. At Anika's house, while she examines the young woman, she tells Geralt how she met Otto who lives with her, a werewolf, whom Geralt met years ago, when the villagers hired him to kill him. But instead, he gave him a cure that uses him as a necklace to avoid being werewolf. They met at the Temple of Truth about a year ago, she was there because of Visenna. Geralt was shocked and wondered if she is dead, Anika says that her mother talked a lot about him until the end.
Anika discovers that a mind control charm altered the false Ciri's mind, made with chaos, druid magic and even elven sorcery, because the young woman has elven blood. She gives her an extraction elixir to snap her out of her trance and find out who did this to her. Outside the house, Jaskier and Geralt talk about the deal Jaskier made with Philippa Eilhart. He tells him to take Ciri to Redania with King Vizimir, to be safe, something he agrees, Ciri is a princess and not a witch, but Geralt refuses to accept it. Just when he heard him say "source", Geralt remembered that the false Ciri said something about "source", so he ran back to the house, and woke up the false Ciri, despite Anika's warnings. They discover that the girl is actually called “Teryn” who was a novice in Aretuza, she was kidnapped by a man, accompanied by a woman with a “strange voice.” But unfortunately, the effect of the elixir was altered, before the girl could reveal the name of the mage. Someone takes control of Teryn's mind and tells Geralt that man, how the Destroyer of Worlds is coming for Ciri. Teryn also stole Otto's protective collar.
Geralt and Jaskier managed to subdue Otto, put his protective collar on him, and put Teryn to sleep. It is now known that the Destroyer of Worlds needs Ciri to fulfill his plans. In fact, they need Ciri so much that they are willing to recreate the young woman's Ancient Blood through vile experiments. Additionally, the Destroyer of Worlds has access to Aretuza, the same place Yennefer takes Ciri. So, Geralt decides to go there to protect her.
Later, after Anika woke up after being injured by Teryn, she tells Geralt about her mother's tragic death. Visenna was brutally beaten to death, because she was mistaken for an elf while helping a villager. Geralt is distraught by the news, forcing him to confront his past and the fact that his mother abandoned him when he was just a child. He hasn't forgiven her for abandoning him, but he didn't want her to suffer, he just wanted her to know what she did. Anika assured him that she did it only to save him, so Geralt vows to stay by Ciri's side and be a good father to her. Before leaving for Aretuza, I leave Teryn with Anika.
Geralt found Ciri traveling alone on the road when some ghostly horsemen were chasing her. The Wild Hunt tried to catch her. Geralt came to the rescue, using his magic tricks to destroy the Wild Hunt. However, they noticed that a piece of armor remained, proving that they were real.
=== Killing an Aeschna ===
After saving Ciri from the Wild Hunt and discovering that they escaped her sphere, Geralt tells her that they will go to Aretuza. But Ciri initially doesn't want to go because she doesn't want to be around stuck-up women and the way they would treat her, and even felt bad after having a fight with Yennefer, Geralt assured her to forgive her. They meet Jaskier to board a raft that will help them travel directly to Aretuza. Seeing that they will not set sail due to the threat of a monster in the water, Ciri convinces Geralt to offer her services in exchange for a free trip. Feeling safe with the presence of a witcher, the owner of the Obin raft, he gladly with accepted it. On board, the trio is joined by a musical group led by Valdo Marx, a rival of Jaskier. Valdo and his company were invited to perform at the Aretuza Mage Conclave, which only makes Jaskier more irritated by their presence.
Despite Ciri and Geralt's warnings, Valdo and his company begin to sing in the middle of the trip. Their song attracts an aeschna, the aquatic monster. The aeschna takes down one of Valdo's fellow musicians before Geralt and Ciri confront the monster. Their combat is fierce, and Ciri demonstrates how much she learned under Geralt's tutelage. Ciri is even the one who delivers the final blow to the aeschna, an action that makes Geralt visibly proud.
After killing the monster, Ciri taunts Geralt with the idea of ​​leaving the Continent's strife behind and forging a new life, hunting monsters for gold. Impressed by how much she has grown, Geralt decided to share with her the horrors he witnessed in the abandoned castle, where there are dozens of girls due to a horrible experiment that the mage who supports Rience has done to them, and the only survivor Teryn, that he saved, who was brainwashed with Ciri's memories. Whoever is behind this wants to control Ciri's power. As such, Geralt and Ciri must go to Aretuza, reveal the truth and take down Rience's master. Otherwise, they would only be condemning more innocent lives. Ciri agrees with Geralt and, although she is still unsure of his purpose, knows that they must do whatever it takes to take down the mage.
Once they arrive in Aretuza, Yennefer greets them. Ciri apologizes to Yennefer for leaving early and she apologizes too and the two mend their mother-daughter bond. Geralt has a discussion alone with Yennefer, finally forgiving her for her past mistakes, they share a kiss and a warm hug.
Discussing the clues they discovered, Geralt and Yennefer conclude that the mage behind everything is Stregobor, which makes sense considering his penchant for strange experiments. Geralt wants to kill he, but Yennefer knows that they must first unmask the mage to the entire Brotherhood to prevent further chaos on the continent. Before the Mage Conclave takes place, the Brotherhood organized a party on the island of Thanedd so that people could mingle and release tensions. Geralt attends with Yennefer, dressed in a luxurious silver and black patterned suit, although he prefers her armor.
=== Aretuza ball ===
Entering the party, Yennefer introduces him to the well-known mages, though surprised by Geralt's presence, the mages constantly monitor the witcher. During the party, Sabrina Glevissig tries to telepathically seduce Geralt right in front of Yennefer, but Geralt doesn't fall for it. He later socializes with Philippa, who tells Geralt everything that happens at the ball and Geralt wonders if she believes Rience's master is also present. However, they're interrupted by Dijkstra, who wishes to talk to Geralt alone. Once the men are by themselves, Dijkstra tries to convince Geralt to join his side and hand Ciri over to Redania, trying to say she'll be safe with them. However, Geralt sees through this ploy and rejects the offer.
A short time later, he finds Yennefer talking with Istredd, where she tells Geralt that Istredd was telling her about a dangerous book of monoliths that Stregobor has, making them suspect he might be behind everything happening on the continent but they need evidence. Before more can be said, the formal dancing starts and in which Geralt must participate. As Geralt rotates partners, he finds himself dancing with Lydia van Bredevoort, who he notices when he asks if she's enjoying the dance, she doesn't say a word. He then dances with Triss, who wonders about Ciri's safety, though Geralt reassures her that Ciri is safe for now. Exchanging partners and back to dancing with Yennefer, he tells her that he will create a distraction so she can sneak into Stregobor's office. Geralt then brushes up to Istredd and tells him to play along and the two pretends to fight over Yennefer, distracting everyone and allowing Yennefer to sneak off.
However, unbeknownst to the trio, Stregebor had a security measure in place so became alerted to someone snooping in his office and left the ballroom. Geralt followed behind, allowing him and Yennefer to confront Stregobor about the kidnapped noivces and torturing them to get to Ciri. In the midst of this, Tissaia, Vilgefortz, Istredd, Triss, and Artorius arrive while Geralt and Yennefer bring up the fact that he has a list of all the missing elvish novices and has been practicing mind control on them. Stregobor protests this, having no idea what they're talking about as Istredd finds the book of monoliths in the safe. Stregobor looks somewhat puzzled by the book being among his possessions, but the evidence says it all and Tissaia proposes to lock him up until the Conclave and be judged.
At the end of the evening, everyone toasts the alliance between all the mages of the north. In the process, they give special thanks to Yennefer, who designed this event. On this occasion, Geralt confesses his love to Yennefer for the first time and they kiss in front of everyone.
Later that night, Yennefer tells Geralt about the conversation between her and Philippa and how Philippa tried to persuade her to join her instead of serving the Brotherhood. She also told notes that Tissaia is a lot like Lydia, blinded by love and that she would follow her lover everywhere. As they unwind in their private room, feeling accomplished at having managed to thwart plans to get Ciri, something troubles Geralt until he realizes they were wrong. Connecting the dots, he realizes Lydia was the mage who couldn't speak and was communiting telepathically as the woman of the “strange voice” that Teryn mentioned and that Tissaia's bracelet, which the sorceress had lost during Stregobor's arrest and Yennefer had recovered, matched the same red stone that was in the pair of earrings Lydia wore at the dance. The two then realize the red stone itself can only be found in the mines in west Redania, where Geralt found the girls and Teryn, and as the only survivor she revealed that Rience worked together with a familiar face from Aretuza. Geralt and Yennefer then realize that the mage responsible for all the events is actually Vilgefortz, the man Lydia is in love with and the one who gave her the earrings.
Yennefer stays in her room and uses a locator spell to find Tissaia, while Geralt goes in search of Vilgefortz. However, once Geralt leaves the room, he hears the sounds of battle already beginning to echo through the hallways. Just right, Dijkstra comes out of the shadows, surprising him with a sword to his neck and says that Geralt should have chosen a side.
=== Thanedd coup ===
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==Notes==
* Geralt was made bald in as a kid to hide the fact that it was him until the end, as his white hair would be a dead giveaway.Twitter: Why is Geralt bald?
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