Mayne you can explain why Ciri’s dad the emperor of Nilfgard didnt just show up, and tell his daughter and mother inlaw he was still alive and not dead and ask ciri to come back with him. Rather than starting a continental war
@@LanceCSTCuddy OK I shall answer in such a way as to give them options... Spoilers; When The man we know as the Emperor of Nilfgard is getting married to Ciri's mother, he is at that time an outcast exiled Prince. His father was overthrown and murdered, but he was only tortured and turned into that hedgehog monster thing we saw. He was meant to die in the wild, but survived. After marrying Paveta he was contacted by Vilgefortz and they formed a plan to retake his empire. He wanted to be believed Dead, so he staged a shipwreck, but Paveta had figured him out, seen his considerable ruthlessness and the incestuous danger he could pose to their Daughter Ciri (yes, he planned to have a child with Ciri, his own daughter to produce a saviour) Paveta made sure Ciri wasn't on the ship, when it sunk. She died (something the Emperor still feels a bit bad about) and he survived in secret. After successfully taking power in Nilfgard, he wanted his child back from his mother inlaw, but Calanthy was tough, smart and had figured him out, so just asking wasn't an option. He used the military expediency of conquest, something Nilfgard wanted anyway, to take Cintra and hopefully get Ciri. He failed.
@@IroquoisGaming He wrote his own books, so I have no idea what you are going on about. If you are referring to borrowing from Eastern European mythology, I don't see how that is any different from what most fantasy authors do. If you have a specific example of him using ghostwriters or plagiarizing, then please enlighten us because I can find nothing about that.
I tell you truly, I had not heard of the Witcher until i had a friend lend me the 3rd game, insisting I play it. I started it, hoping it vaguely fill the void in my life the Dark Souls game left. It is a much different style of game but by then I was invested in the story. I didn't really play anything else until I had gotten all the way through. I then played the other games. The more I learn about the larger Witcher universe though, the more I feel I need to read the books
Maybe an important piece of information is that the game Witcher 3 takes place after the end stories of the books… and change some parts of the book-stories and adds a lot of stuff that… rhymes… well with the books it has no or little grounded base in the books. See it like a continuation in fan fic form with… creative… addons to give the players more options and choices regarding battles and romances and world changing events. Games and books are very much enjoyable as stand alone experiences.
A multi-generational genetic experiment to produce a superhuman gone awry due to love. That sounds familiar. Anyone hear of Dune? (I am new to this series)
I love ur lord of the Rings videos, Witcher is also one of my favorite series. If you could do more videos about the Regions of the Northern realms and Nilfgaard you could fill a niche of fantasy content that isn’t very common on YT.
I think that the reason that there is not many deep-dive lore videos surrounding the Witcher books is that Sapkowski’s writing for the most part doesn’t go seriously in-depth about many topics and instead in many cases chooses to be deliberately vague and to hint at the potential complexity of aspects of The Continent. Unlike many other great fantasy works The Witcher series has not been accompanied by a vast world-book which provides deeper context. Because of the aforementioned reasons there is a serious lack of canonical resources from which one could construct a video diving into topics of lore of the books that could last for more than a few minutes. Despite this I think that whenever Sapkowski publishes the new Witcher book that he claims to be working on there will be a great opportunity for videos to be made discussing the implications of whatever more is revealed to us about the world of the Witcher in that book.
Also form meeting with Joanna Selborne we know, that Ciri posessed substantial psionic abilities. Joanna even refers to Ciri as "superpsionic" with powers ten times stronger as hers. Though Sapkowski never allowed theese powers to fully develop in books. Beside this, Ciri is unrivaled at skating. :)
- How powerful is Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon, heiress to the throne of Cintra, duchess of Brugge and duchess of Sodden, heiress of Inis Ard Skellig and Inis An Skellig, suzerain of Attre and Abb Yarra. Daughter of Pavetta Fiona Elen and the Hedgehog of Erenwald/Emhyr var Emreis. Granddaughter of Lioness of Cintra, Queen Calanthe Fiona Riannon? - Yes.
01:03 Well, technically she isn't a witcher, as she didn't get through any mutations, and that's what ultimatelly transforms human into a witcher. 01:20 Cintra was a kingdom, not some city state.
Ciri had two sets of magic if i recall. The first was the more conventional magic like we see with Yennefer, but if i recall she gives this up to escape fire demons or something in the wastes.
Great video! I would appreciate, though, if you could use more illustrations and images from the various books and games instead of the faces from the abysmal Netflix show.
I have to wonder if a pure blood elf would have better control/ more power since the bloodline was meant for elves. Humans can wield magic but were not the original keepers of magic( see conjunction of spheres).
Did they already say who Ciris father was in the TV show? This revelation was my favourite plot twist in the books and it happens very near the end of the saga. I had to stop watching the show mid-season 2 as it was really superficial and lazily written.
Still don't get how Ciri will bring an end to a natural ice age, which is what the White Frost really is. Supposedly she saves then by gating out but you cant gate that many people.
Umm that’s actually incorrect. Almost no one knows Ciri is the heir to Nilfgaard’s throne. Only Emhyr and a few others know. Most just know that Ciri is the heir to Cintra and marrying her grants Emhyr the right to legitimately rule Cintra instead of merely through conquest. Because He is going to marry his daughter
I was genuinely expecting a Ciri cameo of some kind in that game. Especially given how she says in W3 that she lived/hid in a sci-fi like city for awhile
A lot of issues here. Ciri in the books did not and could not drink any of the witcher potions. They would kill or be very very bad (as shown by her drinking White Seagull once, by mistake) to any normal human being that did not go through the Trail Of Grasses. Ciri most certainly did not go through it. She was trained by Witchers for a few years, but absolutely did not have any of the witcher mutations. Besides - the strongest "superpower" that witchers get is the ability to survive taking the potions that make them MUCH faster / stronger etc. Witcher with his potions is super dangerous. Besides that... less so than you might think. They do live a lot longer, can take quite the beating and are probably a little beyond peak human capabilities in terms of reflexes, coordination, senses etc. - but it`s not that wide of a margin. Wihouth the potions is comes down to mostly decades of experience and sheer skill at fighting. They can, and were, killed by a regular person who is skilled enough (and does not sneeze). Also - back to Ciri. The magic part... after a certain point in the books Ciri can`t do "regular" magic AT ALL since her connection to it is forever broken. So - not a witcher and not a mage. She has her Elven Blood powers and is trained very well in hand to hand combat but that`s it.
All of the characters were better in the game and the books. With the exception of Dandelion and Geralt, nearly all of the characters in the Netflix show are awful. It's bad enough half of them look nothing like their book counterparts are described, they don't even act like themselves. Even Geralt in the show is more game Geralt than book Geralt, but still mostly the same guy and Dandelion is, well Dandelion. Everyone else is like some freestyle "my personal interpretation of this character" bs. Whatever happened to just playing the character as it was written?
@@specialnewb9821 guess what, the tv show is what brought me into all this, i never knew what witcher was before it, then i hear the star of the show is quitting because they wont stick to the lore. so i dont know... the 'unimportant' part seems pretty important... you know, the reason why im here...
Yes, please. A separate video about Ithlinne's Prophecy would be most welcome.
Mayne you can explain why Ciri’s dad the emperor of Nilfgard didnt just show up, and tell his daughter and mother inlaw he was still alive and not dead and ask ciri to come back with him. Rather than starting a continental war
Are you OK with Spoilers for the entire core novel series?
If so I can answer that.
@@Kristian.B.Kristiansenif they aren’t, I am. That said. I’m happy to wait for them to answer. I don’t want someone to get spoiled by a notification.
@@LanceCSTCuddy OK I shall answer in such a way as to give them options...
Spoilers;
When The man we know as the Emperor of Nilfgard is getting married to Ciri's mother, he is at that time an outcast exiled Prince. His father was overthrown and murdered, but he was only tortured and turned into that hedgehog monster thing we saw.
He was meant to die in the wild, but survived. After marrying Paveta he was contacted by Vilgefortz and they formed a plan to retake his empire. He wanted to be believed Dead, so he staged a shipwreck, but Paveta had figured him out, seen his considerable ruthlessness and the incestuous danger he could pose to their Daughter Ciri (yes, he planned to have a child with Ciri, his own daughter to produce a saviour)
Paveta made sure Ciri wasn't on the ship, when it sunk. She died (something the Emperor still feels a bit bad about) and he survived in secret.
After successfully taking power in Nilfgard, he wanted his child back from his mother inlaw, but Calanthy was tough, smart and had figured him out, so just asking wasn't an option.
He used the military expediency of conquest, something Nilfgard wanted anyway, to take Cintra and hopefully get Ciri. He failed.
Because Sapkowski is a hack whose book series is comprised of better writers work?
@@IroquoisGaming He wrote his own books, so I have no idea what you are going on about. If you are referring to borrowing from Eastern European mythology, I don't see how that is any different from what most fantasy authors do. If you have a specific example of him using ghostwriters or plagiarizing, then please enlighten us because I can find nothing about that.
This video makes me want to read this series! Love the breakdowns.
I tell you truly, I had not heard of the Witcher until i had a friend lend me the 3rd game, insisting I play it. I started it, hoping it vaguely fill the void in my life the Dark Souls game left. It is a much different style of game but by then I was invested in the story. I didn't really play anything else until I had gotten all the way through. I then played the other games. The more I learn about the larger Witcher universe though, the more I feel I need to read the books
Maybe an important piece of information is that the game Witcher 3 takes place after the end stories of the books… and change some parts of the book-stories and adds a lot of stuff that… rhymes… well with the books it has no or little grounded base in the books.
See it like a continuation in fan fic form with… creative… addons to give the players more options and choices regarding battles and romances and world changing events.
Games and books are very much enjoyable as stand alone experiences.
@@magnusnilsson1962 this all sounds correct as far as I have read. Thanks
This rings of the Bene Gesserit plan from Dune.
With a bit of Akira sprinkled in :)
A multi-generational genetic experiment to produce a superhuman gone awry due to love. That sounds familiar. Anyone hear of Dune? (I am new to this series)
Yes, there are several Dune Inspirations in Witcher
I love ur lord of the Rings videos, Witcher is also one of my favorite series. If you could do more videos about the Regions of the Northern realms and Nilfgaard you could fill a niche of fantasy content that isn’t very common on YT.
To clarify, there’s not a lot of Witcher book content on YT and I think ur the best fit to make them .
I think that the reason that there is not many deep-dive lore videos surrounding the Witcher books is that Sapkowski’s writing for the most part doesn’t go seriously in-depth about many topics and instead in many cases chooses to be deliberately vague and to hint at the potential complexity of aspects of The Continent. Unlike many other great fantasy works The Witcher series has not been accompanied by a vast world-book which provides deeper context. Because of the aforementioned reasons there is a serious lack of canonical resources from which one could construct a video diving into topics of lore of the books that could last for more than a few minutes. Despite this I think that whenever Sapkowski publishes the new Witcher book that he claims to be working on there will be a great opportunity for videos to be made discussing the implications of whatever more is revealed to us about the world of the Witcher in that book.
Also form meeting with Joanna Selborne we know, that Ciri posessed substantial psionic abilities. Joanna even refers to Ciri as "superpsionic" with powers ten times stronger as hers. Though Sapkowski never allowed theese powers to fully develop in books.
Beside this, Ciri is unrivaled at skating. :)
Your voice is very soothing. Thank you for the content.
My fav voice
Travelers guide to The Witcher verse/bestiary! Please, that would be awesome!
- How powerful is Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon, heiress to the throne of Cintra, duchess of Brugge and duchess of Sodden, heiress of Inis Ard Skellig and Inis An Skellig, suzerain of Attre and Abb Yarra. Daughter of Pavetta Fiona Elen and the Hedgehog of Erenwald/Emhyr var Emreis. Granddaughter of Lioness of Cintra, Queen Calanthe Fiona Riannon?
- Yes.
01:03 Well, technically she isn't a witcher, as she didn't get through any mutations, and that's what ultimatelly transforms human into a witcher.
01:20 Cintra was a kingdom, not some city state.
Not powerful enough to save the show
Even goku would not be able to carry that shitshow
So happy you’re covering Witcher again! 😊
This man single handedly got me to read this whole series.
Ciri had two sets of magic if i recall. The first was the more conventional magic like we see with Yennefer, but if i recall she gives this up to escape fire demons or something in the wastes.
Excellent video
The perfect way to end a good day is to watch a new video by Robert while i brush my teeth and get ready for bed ❤
So, basically, the Elder Blood magic gene is like a Hapsburg chin?
Or more like the Bene Geneserit
Basically, except I'd say super powerful magic gene is much more useful than a pointy chin. 😊
@@damasek219
Don’t diss the chin!
Ha!!! Genius
Yes, exactly. Both equally powerful
Thanks👍🏼👍🏼
Forrest Gramps sees. Forrest Gramps knows. Ya look like you haven't had no scratchins in a looong LONG time.
Great video! I would appreciate, though, if you could use more illustrations and images from the various books and games instead of the faces from the abysmal Netflix show.
Eager to see this, shes my favourite character of all time ❤
I have to wonder if a pure blood elf would have better control/ more power since the bloodline was meant for elves. Humans can wield magic but were not the original keepers of magic( see conjunction of spheres).
bro dat racist
If there’s a game or novel of Ciri as main character,I will definitely buy it.
shes in cyberpunk
When wil you talk about David Eddings?
"Siri, how powerful are you? . . Oh. I should not have asked."
R + L = Ciri
M I Rite?
I thaught it sade *"Cthulhu"* 😅
more witcher stuff please
Did they already say who Ciris father was in the TV show? This revelation was my favourite plot twist in the books and it happens very near the end of the saga. I had to stop watching the show mid-season 2 as it was really superficial and lazily written.
Literally the last episode of S2. Also foreshadowed if you're paying close attention to details in a prior episode (possibly the next-to-last).
Im not hona lie I read that as Cersi for a second and was very confused.
She was killed by a brick 😂
@@steveozone4910 not canon
I feel Lara and the man both individually powerful of different races only helped Ciris eventual power
not enough to keep the show interesting
sorry that was low of me love your channel
Low? You spelled 'accurate' wrong 😂
"Siri, how powerful will you become?" - apologies, couldn't resist the bad pun
Still don't get how Ciri will bring an end to a natural ice age, which is what the White Frost really is. Supposedly she saves then by gating out but you cant gate that many people.
Umm that’s actually incorrect. Almost no one knows Ciri is the heir to Nilfgaard’s throne. Only Emhyr and a few others know. Most just know that Ciri is the heir to Cintra and marrying her grants Emhyr the right to legitimately rule Cintra instead of merely through conquest. Because He is going to marry his daughter
Can we agree that Ciri is almost on the level of Haruhi Suzumiya?
She went to 2077
Cyberpunk
I was genuinely expecting a Ciri cameo of some kind in that game. Especially given how she says in W3 that she lived/hid in a sci-fi like city for awhile
She may be the most powerful fictional character.
Well she did cause the black death across Europe 😂.
But also Catriona plague in her world, so I would call it even.
All Hail Siri our AI overlord.
Ciri is a white dragon?
I D G !!!!!
Is just time travel , nothing too big.
Like 7 powerful I think
Considered not watching the video just because of how sad I am with the TV show.
Couldn't resist, though. Great video as always
A lot of issues here.
Ciri in the books did not and could not drink any of the witcher potions.
They would kill or be very very bad (as shown by her drinking White Seagull once, by mistake) to any normal human being that did not go through the Trail Of Grasses. Ciri most certainly did not go through it. She was trained by Witchers for a few years, but absolutely did not have any of the witcher mutations.
Besides - the strongest "superpower" that witchers get is the ability to survive taking the potions that make them MUCH faster / stronger etc. Witcher with his potions is super dangerous.
Besides that... less so than you might think. They do live a lot longer, can take quite the beating and are probably a little beyond peak human capabilities in terms of reflexes, coordination, senses etc. - but it`s not that wide of a margin. Wihouth the potions is comes down to mostly decades of experience and sheer skill at fighting.
They can, and were, killed by a regular person who is skilled enough (and does not sneeze).
Also - back to Ciri. The magic part... after a certain point in the books Ciri can`t do "regular" magic AT ALL since her connection to it is forever broken.
So - not a witcher and not a mage. She has her Elven Blood powers and is trained very well in hand to hand combat but that`s it.
Who?
Triss was better in the game
All of the characters were better in the game and the books. With the exception of Dandelion and Geralt, nearly all of the characters in the Netflix show are awful. It's bad enough half of them look nothing like their book counterparts are described, they don't even act like themselves. Even Geralt in the show is more game Geralt than book Geralt, but still mostly the same guy and Dandelion is, well Dandelion. Everyone else is like some freestyle "my personal interpretation of this character" bs. Whatever happened to just playing the character as it was written?
I feel that. The netflix show half way portrays most characters. Dandelion least of all. Viva la dirt league gets it better.
@@nonvollo Viva la dirt league gets pretty much everything better lol.
I wish you had shown just pictures from the games and other artwork....the show is hot garbage and I would like to erase it from my mind...
That's all fine and good... but you have ruined this video by using images from the Netflix series 😂
This video would be 100% better if you never used images from the tv show
Lots of training, cool magic powers, Witcher stuff. . . But she's also a woman so I could probably take her.
Sure... she has killed companies of armed male killers single handedly... but sure...
First here
Well… to answer , not very much , Loki is more powerful, and he became god of this universe also
first
how powerful is a dead franchise? does it matter if no one gives a shit anymore?
Dead franchise? New book and game coming out because CDPR and Sapowski need more money.
TV show is dead but thats unimportant.
@@specialnewb9821 guess what, the tv show is what brought me into all this, i never knew what witcher was before it, then i hear the star of the show is quitting because they wont stick to the lore. so i dont know... the 'unimportant' part seems pretty important... you know, the reason why im here...
@@chimp_monke123 Then let me take this opportunity to welcome you to a higher quality of Witcher content.
Ciri is really powerful in this woke days. Lol
Boss girl!
The main books were finished close to 25 years ago, dude.