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Man if it were Ciri it would be badass but I don't think they've even mentioned here outside of the few glimpses of what happened post-last novel. It'd be awesome though she's a badass.

 

And yeah Saturnine they'll probably make you choose between Yennefer and Triss at some point. In the novels Yennefer and Geralt are soulmates of sorts as in they are driven crazy by each other, but if I can I'm gonna go with Triss. I've always loved her character and I feel that she genuinely cares more about Geralt and has been through more with him than Yen.

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I know it's all conjecture at this point, but how gnarly would that be if it were Ciri? So very! Plus, well, how old is she now? I'm not sure, but she could be a potential romance interest if she were in the game. I'd probably choose her over Triss or Yennefer.

 

As far as choosing between Triss and Yennefer . . . well, that's a damn difficult choice. I can't really say I'd definitely go for one over the other. Like you said: Triss seems to genuinely care for Geralt and I've come to appreciate her in the games. But there's the sort of sempiternal bond shared with Yennefer, and so much of what's happened with Triss could possibly be attributed to his amnesia. I don't think it invalidates what they seem to have, but it does bring into question where his love for Yennefer stands at this point.

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I know it's all conjecture at this point, but how gnarly would that be if it were Ciri? So very! Plus, well, how old is she now? I'm not sure, but she could be a potential romance interest if she were in the game. I'd probably choose her over Triss or Yennefer.

 

As far as choosing between Triss and Yennefer . . . well, that's a damn difficult choice. I can't really say I'd definitely go for one over the other. Like you said: Triss seems to genuinely care for Geralt and I've come to appreciate her in the games. But there's the sort of sempiternal bond shared with Yennefer, and so much of what's happened with Triss could possibly be attributed to his amnesia. I don't think it invalidates what they seem to have, but it does bring into question where his love for Yennefer stands at this point.

 

Implying Geralt believes in monogamy.

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How old is Ciri? From speculation she was born in 1251 and the massacre occurred in 1268. Take into account a couple of years passing between the first and second novel, and maybe a couple more passing during the second game all the way till the third and she could maybe be in her mid 20's. I personally wouldn't want her to try and go for Geralt if she's in the game though as I always saw their relationship as father/daughter mentor/student.

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Geralt going for Ciri would be like going for Princess Adda after she was turned back from a striga- OH WAIT.

 

Seriously, though, that would be major creepy considering she is very much like his child. She is 12 in the first novel.

 

I can also say that him going towards Triss has nothing to do with his amnesia. He and Yennefer run very hot and cold despite being 'cursed' to each other, while she has always been there.

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yeah their personalities clash too much.

 

As to the gameplay I'm excited. I mean  I can't fucking get into Skyrim anymore due to the combat but mix this game's with open world and I'm so game. Also it appears they removed mutagens from the alchemy tree but not like it matters. If this is anything like the second game one of the most OP builds is alchemy/swordmanship

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@FDS: I'm fine with polygamy, too! :D Or polyandry. Or just being a slut.

 

@HH: I suppose it would depend on how he sees her personally at this point. But I do remember him spending a lot of time with her. Didn't something happen where she was on her own for a long time? And I suppose you're right about Triss. No argument there. Though I still don't know which I'd go for between the two.

 

@W&S: Mhm. I don't think I've genuinely looked forward to a game since The Witcher 2. It's a shame this is CD Projekt RED's last Witcher title, but I can understand their wanting to move on and bringing an end to the story.

 

I actually re-downloaded the game today and started another playthrough when the power went out. Man, my video card fans scream when the game is running.

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She was on her own for a little bit after the massacre, but not a great deal of time. Then he took her to Kaer Morhen and made sure she was safe and trained, etc.

 

Though, I can't confess as to knowing what happens in the rest of the novels...but I'm going to work my way through the fan translations!

 

p.s. I'm not particularly fond of lilac or gooseberries. TRISS 4 EVA.

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Geralt going for Ciri would be like going for Princess Adda after she was turned back from a striga- OH WAIT.

 

Seriously, though, that would be major creepy considering she is very much like his child. She is 12 in the first novel.

 

I can also say that him going towards Triss has nothing to do with his amnesia. He and Yennefer run very hot and cold despite being 'cursed' to each other, while she has always been there.

I feel like I'm lost here on this whole Ciri thing. I haven't played the games but I only recall her character in Blood of the Elves. So far I've read The Last Wish and Blood of the Elves, was there a third novel released in English? I know Sapkowski wrote more that have not yet been translated.

 

Is there a novel I'm missing? or are the events that involve Ciri in the games?

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I don't think she's really mentioned in the games, which is why I was unsure about her fate in the later books. The only events I know of are the ones mentioned: Geralt's 'Surprise Child', powerful and unpredictable magic potential (a 'Source' or 'magical atom bomb'), orphaned and later fled from Cintra after Nilfgaardian invasion, in wilderness for a little until reunited with Geralt, taken to witchers' keep to be trained and given witcher mutagens. Triss brought into help, particularly with magical situation, recommends someone more skilled (Yennefer) so sent to a temple to be raised there, hidden away.

 

The Adda comment was because she was supposed to be 'abnormal' even after being turned back from her striga form, but the first game ignored that and made her into a fully developed, hot redhead who Geralt can bang. Which does make him a little creepy...

 

EDIT: Also, yeah, W&S should know more than us all. He's holding out on us!

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She's mentioned in the game as a story one of the bartenders/npcs can tell you. I think in the Witcher 2 she mightve been mentioned a bit more.

 

I don't remember the references from The Witcher 2 (if there were any), but:

 

 

Innkeeper: "Ahem... Long ago, in a valley far away, lived a girl. She was a true princess, sorceress and witcheress..."

 

Geralt: "All three? Isn't that a bit much?"

 

Innkeeper: "Don't interrupt. You want to hear the story or not?"

 

Geralt: "I won't interrupt again."

 

Innkeeper: "A story about destiny might prove useful, witcher.

 

She was born a princess who wanted for nothing, had loving parents

and a grandmother who was a great queen. She lived in palaces guarded by

hundreds of knights. Everyone thought she'd become a powerful queen.

But fate had other plans. Her parents died. Enemies butchered her

grandmother and took the kingdom. Still, the princess survived. Her fate

became bound to one particular witcher. She gained a new family at Kaer

Morhen, the hold of the witchers. She learned to fight. Yet destiny

once again made noise.

 

The lass had magical talent. She was a source. The witchers afeared

the uncontrolled power of a source and needed a sorceress to assist

them. She studied arcane magic. The sorceress loved a witcher and the

two adopted the girl. She was truly happy and could have become a

powerful sorceress...

 

But war broke out and fate separated the family. Aggrieved, the lass

disawoved magic and became a huntress, learning to love killing. Death

followed her - everyone she'd loved had died. Only the witcher and the

sorceress denied Death's calling. Fate cast her to foreign shores, yet

she returned. The worst assassin tailed her, yet she emerged victorious.

Agents of all kingdoms pursued her, yet none caught her.

 

When she killed all her enemies and peace descended upon the world,

she rejoined the witcher and sorceress, only to have destiny sneer at

her again."

 

Geralt: "What happened?"

 

Innkeeper: "A peasant unskilled in arms killed the witcher. The

sorceress died trying to revive him. The girl could do nothing for she'd

disawoved magic. So the princess who would not rule, the witcheress who

fought humans, and the sorceress who cast no spells used her power as a

means to leave this world."

 

Geralt: "I sense you haven't told all."

 

Innkeeper: "All but one. Her name was Cirilla. What's that matter?"

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