Deaths, fire, and big revelations: The Witcher season 3 cast on the show’s most brutal episode yet
Warning: This article contains major spoilers from The Witcher season 3 volume 2 .
There’s an argument to be made that The Witcher season 3 episode 6 may be the fantasy series’ best yet – or at least its most brutal. Set in the aftermath of Conclave Ball, Aretuza becomes a battleground as Vilgefortz’s betrayal comes to light. As forces from across the Continent converge to find Ciri, sacrifices are made from all sides.
Among those on the chopping block were Filavandrel and Artorius, with the former’s death being particularly gruesome as he was literally disintegrated. Then "fire fucker" Rience also faced a grisly end in the blood-bath episode as Geralt chopped his head off in an extremely badass moment with Yennefer.
It’s certainly a thrilling episode, and one Yennefer star Anya Chalotra says left her stunned when she first read it. "Having read the seasons before shooting, I’ve always been like, 'Wow,'" she tells GamesRadar+. "[But] I’m so happy that I get to explore what I have this season with Ciri [and] in episode six with the mind games going on there. I have to be in control in a way that I haven't been before and oversee things that I haven't had the capacity for. It was very fun.”
At the heart of all of the carnage is Vilgefortz’s betrayal too – and in particular Tissaia’s reckoning with it. Actor MyAnna Buring agrees it was a particularly painful realization. "Personally as MyAnna, I think they should have seen it coming," she tells us. "But Tissaia did not see it coming. I think that with anyone you love for anyone or that you put your trust and faith into when they betray you like that, it's devastating."
The actor adds that she feels this storyline will be hugely relatable beyond the fantasy show.
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