What to remember from The Witcher season 2 before diving into season 3
The Witcher season 3 is finally (almost) here, and you can be forgiven for wondering where life on the Continent will pick up — or where it left off. After all, it’s been a year and a half since The Witcher last dropped, and the hefty bit of political intrigue it left off on. Between Geralt and Ciri coming together with Yen, the politics of Nilfgaard and Redania, general Witcher lore, and some mage chicanery, there’s a lot to remember.
Season 3 will bring viewers up to speed on what the cast of characters have been up to in the time between seasons. But we’ve put together this refresher on where we left off with Geralt, Ciri, Yennefer, Roach, Rience, and the other characters by the end of season 2, and what you’ll need to remember to keep up with the first part of season 3.
[Ed. note: As you might have guessed, this post fully spoils season 2 of The Witcher. You should really only be here if you want to know what happens in the show.]
No, like actually: Everybody and their mums are lookin’ out for the Princess of Cintra. Let’s look at the board:
After the events of the second season finale bring them together (more on that below), Geralt, Ciri, and Yen come together to helm Ciri’s education. Geralt will continue teaching her in the ways of the Witcher and how to defend herself, while Yen handles Cirilla’s magic education and the honing of her rather significant magical gifts.
Most pointedly, Geralt spent a lot of season 2 trying to help Ciri understand what her talents were good for. While she was sad that her abilities and place in the world had cost her so much — including the lives of loved ones — Geralt encouraged her to follow his credo of staying out of things as much as she could (and telling her she couldn’t
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