![]() Lydia is Deformed, Though We Still Don't Know the Identity of her Master So now there's one more faction after Ciri. Francesca Findabair is on a Warpath, Knows About CiriĪfter losing her baby in the most brutal way - the pain of which helped feed and fuel Voleth Meir's freedom (since the baby was part of a "wish") - elven sorceress Francesca, thinking Redania is to blame, magically kills all the newborns in Redania and now has designs on fully starting war with humanity.Īfter her men capture a snooping Istredd, Francesca and former elf king Filavandrel also now know about Ciri being "Hen Ikeir" - aka "Elder Blood." A descendent of Lara Dorren (who was all over this season, first told in storybook shadow form by Nivellen and then actually seen by Ciri in a vision, played by Niamh McCormack) and the one foretold in Ithlinne's Prophecy (which is kinda/sorta an end of the world scenario). It would also appear that he can see through her eyes when she is in owl form.Ī quick line of dialogue also revealed that Dijkstra was Jaskier's secret benefactor, for all of the bard's "Sandpiper" elven refugee smuggling, once again illustrating how Dijkstra plays all sides and loves a Continent in the midst of confusion and calamity. Graham McTavish'a Dijkstra might be Vizmir's spymaster and head of Redanian Intelligence, but Philippa is the scheming sorcerer here, and Dijkstra's favorite spy due to her ability to hide as a barn owl and pass information back to him from hundreds of miles away (like how Ciri has Elder Blood). Yes, all the kingdoms have their magical advisors and Phillipa is the Chaos consort for King Vizimir of Redania. This won't mean too much to viewers just yet, but fans of the Witcher stories/books/games will undoubtedly know the name Philippa Eilhart, revealed to be played by Cassie Clare in the Season 2 finale. But for how long? Dijkstra's Owl is Philippa Eilhart The dragon Villentretenmerth said that he and Yen were made for each other, but there had to be an extra ingredient added to their cocktail of just randomly hooking up for decades. ![]() Geralt allows now-powerful-again Yennefer, whom he hasn't fully forgiven, to come along so that she can help train Ciri in the ways of magic, helping her control her Chaos.Īfter realizing that the monoliths are gateways to other spheres (since Istredd posited a few episodes earlier that the Conjunction of the Spheres was not a merging but instead a type of cosmic swipe-left, momentarily allowing these worlds to cross-pollinate), and that Voleth Meir (who arrived because of the Conjunction) just wanted to use Ciri to go home, Geralt then entertains the idea that Ciri, as a surrogate daughter of sorts, is what he and Yennefer need - the "something more -" to succeed as a fated couple. Right before the Emhyr scene, Geralt tells Vesemir that he can't hide Ciri at Kaer Morhen anymore, as too many people are now gunning for her. What we haven't been told though is why thought-to-be-dead Emhyr - after everyone presumed he perished in a shipwrecked watery grave alongside Ciri's mom, Pavetta - ditched his former life and reinvented himself? Most likely it has to do with Ciri and the fact that he, as her pops, knew she inherited her mother's powers. This answers why Nilfgaard knew about Ciri's specialness before everyone else - a question that was also just posed, said aloud, right before this. Teased for half the season, Emperor Emhyr made his grand entrance, revealed that HE was the one who had Francesca's elven newborn killed (and also that he was onto Cahir and Fringilla's bulls*** about taking credit for it), and then turned and faced the camera so that fans could see he was an older version of - yup - "Duny," the former hedgehog'd "Urcheon of Erlenwald."Īnd for viewers who may have forgotten what Ciri's father looked like back from Season 1, the Season 2 finale had just given us a face refresher for actor Bart Edwards, who we'd just seen minutes earlier as part of Ciri's dream prison at the hands of Voleth Meir and her possession. The final beat of "Family" is the arrival of the much-spoken-about "White Flame" of Nilfgaard to Cintra. Emperor Emhyr var Emreis is Ciri's Father Given the sheer amount of twists and turns here, it might be best to start at the finish and then work our way backwards.
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