The Witcher season 3 cast break down volume 2’s big death

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Warning: This article contains spoilers from The Witcher season 3 volume 2 and contains mention of suicide.

While headlines have been busy discussing Henry Cavill’s exit from The Witcher, season 3 has quietly said goodbye to another long-serving cast member. In the show’s heartbreaking finale, Tissaia de Vries commits suicide after the events of the siege of Aretuza. 

"One of the first things we learn about Chaos is that it always has consequences," she writes to Yennefer in a letter in her final scene. "There is a cost to this magic and eventually we all must pay." Her death is canon in Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels, so it was something actor MyAnna Buring tells GamesRadar+ that she knew was coming. 

"When I signed on three seasons ago, almost five years ago, I knew that this was coming,"  she explains. "I knew that that was the end. So for me, it was very emotional to do it and it's actually been emotional talking about it today [at the junket]."

However, Buring is keen to point out that her time on the show has been a very special part of her life. "It's been wonderful," she beams. "For me personally it's just been such a great journey, I've had the best time. My little boy has grown up with this show being filmed around him. It's been incredible and an incredible world to be a part of. So I'm just very grateful. 

"In terms of the character, I think the best stories have characters come to an end so that new things can blossom and grow. Tissaia has been a wonderful character to follow, so as tragic as her passing is, I also think it is a huge celebration that we got to get to know her at all."

It certainly feels like Buring will be missed on set a great deal, as her co-star Therica Wilson-Read, who plays sorceress