Things did not work out as planned though, not by a long shot. Geralt and Triss later took her to the Temple of Melitele in Ellander where she received instruction at first from Nenneke, and then from Yennefer, who began Ciri's magical training in earnest.Īs news of war began to spread, Ciri and Yennefer left Ellander for Gors Velen and ultimately Thanedd Island and Aretuza where the sorceress intended to enrol the girl as well as attend the Conclave of mages. It was also there that it was confirmed that she was a source.

This time the witcher took her with him to Kaer Morhen, where under the supervision of Triss Merigold she underwent partial witcher training (but not the mutations) with Geralt, Vesemir, Lambert, Eskel and Coën. So once again Ciri and Geralt were reunited. (This event overlaps slightly with the events in Blood of Elves).ĭuring the Nilfgaardian invasion of Cintra, Ciri was kidnapped by a Nilfgaardian knight called Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach (though his identity was not known at the time), but she managed to escape and wandered aimlessly for some time through Sodden until she was ultimately adopted by a merchant's family.Ĭoincidentally, Geralt had been helped by that same merchant and transported to his home. Ultimately, Ciri was adopted by a kindly merchant's wife, Goldencheeks and it is at Goldencheeks' and Yurga's farm, that Geralt was reunited with her.This story unfolds in various feverish flashbacks of Witcher Geralt after he was wounded in a fight with monsters. 'Something More' is the next story after 'Sword of Destiny' and tells about how Geralt and Ciri finally meet after the fall of Cintra. In ' Something More' in Sword of Destiny The short story already mentions the brewing war with Nilfgaard. Instead, he left her with the druid Mousesack who was working for Calanthe. Ciri chose Geralt and tried to stay with him after they left Brokilon, but the Witcher would not take her with him. She was nearly taken by the dryads, who almost made her one of their own, but the queen of the dryads, Eithné unexpectedly let the girl choose her own future. Ciri met Geralt when she was lost in the forest of Brokilon and the Witcher saved her from a Giant centipede. He also is an old acquaintance of Witcher Geralt. Freixenet, a regional governor in Verden, followed her into the forest. ' The Sword of Destiny in Sword of Destiny Ĭiri was supposed to marry Kistrin of Verden, but she eloped into the Brokilon. She spent her youth in Cintra and the Skellige Islands in the care of her grandmother and her uncle. While she was still an infant, Ciri's parents were both lost in a storm at sea and presumed dead. 3 In 'Something More' in Sword of Destiny.2 'The Sword of Destiny in Sword of Destiny.

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