TheWitcher recap binge guide: Episodes 1-8
-style fantasy epic. Based on Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski’s book series , the moody, violent, treachery-drenched series from Lauren Schmidt Hissrich revolves around Geralt of Rivia , a famed monster hunter who becomes embroiled in a sprawling saga of magic, murder, and mystery. Does it deliver the swords-and-sorcery goods? Follow along with our binge-watch to get the grand, gory details.
Fleeing her burning city on horseback, Ciri is abducted by a Nilfgaard soldier with a feather in his helmet. Her captivity doesn’t last long, though, as Ciri’s seismic screams cause a giant rock monolith to fall to the ground, creating a chasm her captor can’t cross. There may be many fantastical beasts on this Continent, but according to Geralt’s conversation with Marilka, a she-wolf is not one of them.In a rural barn, a crooked-backed girl named Yennefer escapes persecution from a local couple by transporting herself to the Tower of the Gull — a power she didn’t know she possessed. There, she meets Istredd , a dashing young sorcerer who warns her that the portal she used will draw the attention of a witch.
Geralt’s escape from captivity is abrupt but clearly aided by his convincing argument that, like the maligned elves, he’s not human — and therefore shouldn’t be held accountable for their actions.On his deathbed in the town of Temeria, a young boy suffering from claw-like chest gashes tells his father and an unidentified witcher about his killer: a vukodlak, born on a full moon in the womb of a dead maiden.
Geralt suspects Foltest incestuously fathered Adda’s baby and then cursed it. For this accusation, Geralt is banished, but that doesn’t stop him from sneaking into Adda’s old bedroom with Triss, where they confirm the siblings’ romance.
Drinking is also the order of the day for Geralt. By killing an enormous selkiemore — he allows it to swallow him, which leaves him reeking — Geralt once again lives up to the legendary “White Wolf” hype of Jaskier’s popular hero’s song. In return for this fame, Geralt begrudgingly agrees to accompany Jaskier to the wedding of Queen Calanthe’s daughter Pavetta ; the bard needs Geralt as a bodyguard because he fears being murdered by one of the many noblemen he’s cuckolded.
As for Ciri, she reveals her true identity to Dara, which doesn’t please him, since Ciri’s mom had his people brutally slaughtered. He drinks the forest water to forget. Ciri does too, directly from the “source” — a giant tree. She’s then magically transported to a desert where a glowing tree asks her, “What are you, child?”Geralt tells Calanthe that, since the “sacking of Kaer Morhen,” it’s no longer possible to create witchers.
Jaskier finds Geralt after years apart — suggesting that Geralt’s timeline has now caught up with Ciri’s. The bard discovers that the witcher is intent on catching a djinn in order to cure his sleeplessness. After Geralt fishes the djinn’s magically sealed bottle out of the river, Jaskier tries to steal the djinn for himself , and for his trouble, he’s magically injured.
On a mountain road, Geralt and Jaskier travel with Borch as well as their adversaries, which include a pack of dwarfs led by Yarpen Zigrin , a cadre of reavers headed by Boholt , and Yennefer and her pompous knight companion Sir Eyck of Densle . Borch deduces that Geralt has feelings for Yennefer, and that the witcher is annoyed by her affectionate behavior with Sir Eyck, who proves his buffoonery by slaughtering a creature known as a hirikka that Geralt says was merely starving.
The shortcut leads to a treacherous mountain path, and Borch, Téa and Véa fall to their deaths. At camp that night, Geralt and Yennefer fall into each other’s arms, he apologizing for ditching her after their last tryst. He reveals that he can feel emotions , and they realize they’re similar creatures, created by others against their will. In the morning, Yennefer is happy Geralt is still in bed with her.
Geralt confronts Calanthe about the impending Nilfgaard threat . Calanthe is confident she can hold off Nilfgaard and tries to buy her way out of the Law of Surprise, since she doesn’t want Geralt to take Ciri. Nonetheless, Calanthe acquiesces and introduces Geralt to the princess, but it’s not her – a fact he deduces when he sees the imposter speak in the courtyard to the real Ciri . When the witcher confronts Calanthe about this trick, he’s imprisoned.
The episode closes with Ciri hiding out in a tall grass field, where she’s assaulted by a group of men including the boys she used to play games within Cintra. Their harassment is halted, however, when Ciri suddenly becomes possessed, falls to her knees, and speaks in another person’s voice about how it’s now the Era of the Wolf’s Blizzard, the Time of the White Chill and White Light, and the Time of Madness and Contempt.
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