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Fuckin loved the show. Tits and violence is a combination that never fails. Can’t wait for season 2, considering playing through the game series or reading the novels of either is worthwhile.

The first game is gonna be a little rough graphics wise and game two is not forgiving to casual gamers but third game is awesome.
 

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Heheh... Tits, violence and a good story is what made the video games so popular! Don’t know of another video game with full on nudity with sex scenes.
Sex on a unicorn.
 

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This one makes everything a bit clearer, IMO.

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Easiest timeline breakdown I've seen.

The basic principles? There are three main characters: Geralt of Rivia (Henry Cavill), Yennefer of Vengerberg (Anya Chalotra), and Princess Cirilla, more commonly called Ciri (Frey Allan). The first season of The Witcher centers on each of those three characters over a different length of time. According to showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, Geralt’s story spans about 20 years, Yennefer’s story spans about 70 years, and Ciri’s story spans about two weeks.

1. Yennefer’s origin (episodes 2-3)

Yennefer’s story begins in episode two, “Four Marks,” when Tissaia de Vries buys her from her abusive stepfather and enrolls her in the magic school Aretuza. Yennefer is there for … well, as long as it takes to learn a bunch of magic. The Witcher doesn’t make it clear how long that is, but it ends with Yennefer enduring an enchantment that fixes her hunched back but takes away her ability to have children.

Yennefer manipulates her way to a coveted position at the royal court in Aedirn, and her classmate Fringilla ends up with Yennfer’s original spot in the less-regarded kingdom of Nilfgaard.

2. Geralt’s origin (episode 8)
Geralt’s origin story runs more or less parallel to Yennefer’s, but we don’t see it until the season finale (and only when Geralt is in a delirious haze). For reasons that remain unclear, Geralt was abandoned by his mother, Visenna, and left in the care of a witcher named Vesemir, who put Geralt through the trials that made him a witcher as well.

3. Geralt has some adventures, Yennefer abandons life at court (episodes 1-3)
You could get really granular here, because there are plenty of contextual clues that indicate, roughly, when each of these stories is taking place. (A rule of thumb: Listen for any reference to Cintra and/or Queen Calanthe. The better things are going for Cintra, the earlier we are in the timeline.) But honestly: It doesn’t really matter whether Geralt met a sylvan or fought a striga first. Just know that Geralt has some adventures, which are immortalized in song (and with dubious veracity) by his bard friend Jaskier, lending Geralt a kind of fame around the Continent.

Meanwhile, 30 years have passed since Yennefer went to the court at Aedirn. Since then she has decided that a life at court isn’t what she wants after all. After being attacked by an assassin, Yennefer abandons the court and becomes focused on how she can repair the damage of her enchantment and have a child.

4. Geralt gets drawn into the Law of Surprise (episode 4)
In the first big incident around which this season pivots, Geralt attends a royal ball at Cintra, where Queen Calanthe — then at the height of her power — seeks a suitor for her daughter, Princess Pavetta. Against the queen’s wishes, the suitor turns out to be a knight called Duny, who has been cursed.

In return for Geralt saving his life, Duny offers Geralt the “Law of Surprise,” in which a person is granted a boon known to neither the giver or receiver at the time. In this case, the boon turns out to be Duny’s unborn daughter with Pavetta, who will grow up to be Princess Ciri. Ciri’s fate is forever tied to Geralt as a result.

This is also when Queen Calanthe publicly insults a representative of Nilfgaard, which helps set the stage for Cintra’s later collapse.

5. Yennefer and Geralt meet, have an adventure (episodes 5-6)
At least a year after the ball in Cintra, Geralt fishes a djinn’s bottle out of a lake and receives three wishes. Soon after, he meets Yennefer, who cures his injured friend Jaskier. Geralt eventually uses his last wish to bind his life to Yennefer’s in some way. (The exact details of the wish are unclear, and a source of debate among fans.) Yennefer and Geralt have sex and begin a tumultuous on-off relationship.

Some time later, Geralt and Yennefer bump into each other on an adventure that culminates in an encounter with a gold dragon. Yennefer realizes that Geralt’s last wish involved her in some way, and angrily leaves him.

6. The fall of Cintra (episodes 1, 7)
In the second big incident around which the first season of The Witcher pivots, the kingdom of Cintra is invaded and sacked by Nilfgaard, upending the political structure of the Continent. Queen Calanthe dies. Princess Ciri, who is now 14 years old, escapes the city, even as Geralt — honoring the Law of Surprise — comes looking for her.

7. Ciri’s wanderings (episodes 1-8)
Ciri wanders around for about two weeks. During that time, she discovers she has terrifying supernatural powers. Meanwhile, a Nilfgaardian knight named Cahir desperately and fruitlessly hunts for her.

8. The Battle of Sodden Hill (episode 8)
There’s a kind of civil war among the mages of Aretuza. The Nilfgaardian army, which is led by Yennefer’s old classmate Fringilla, attempts to take a bridge that will leave the other northern kingdoms vulnerable. Yennefer and her friends successfully defend the bridge, but endure heavy casualties. After unleashing all her power at the climax of the battle, Yennefer disappears.

9. Geralt and Ciri meet (episode 8)
Immediately following the Battle of Sodden Hill, Geralt and Ciri finally meet in the woods nearby. Ciri, whose powers include prophetic dreams, asks about Yennefer, setting the stage for season two.
 

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Just got done binging the series, I loved it but I really like anything Witcher related. Can't wait for season 2 even though it sucks we're gonna have to wait until 2021.
 

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1. One of the better things Netflix has done.

2. Reading the comments some of you mofos need to GTFO of your parents' basements.
 

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Just started this...a few episodes in.


Hope the bard dies soon.
 

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If you hate Jaskier in the show, in the books and games he's even more extra. And his name is Dandelion there.

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If you hate Jaskier in the show, in the books and games he's even more extra. And his name is Dandelion there.

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Dandelion is in the Witcher 3 game, but not as prevalent.

Every bit as fruity, just not much of him.
 

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Dandelion is in the Witcher 3 game, but not as prevalent.

Every bit as fruity, just not much of him.

Dandelion is Jaskier. They changed the name when the book was translated from Polish to English.

In the games all of the entries that track your quest are supposedly written by him, so if you read those things while playing the game he show up a lot more.
 

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Dandelion is Jaskier. They changed the name when the book was translated from Polish to English.

In the games all of the entries that track your quest are supposedly written by him, so if you read those things while playing the game he show up a lot more.
Right, he's just a much older man telling the Witcher's story in those hand drawn cut scenes.
 

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Just finished the episode where Geralt battled the Striga/Princess, Yennefer transformed, and Ciri gets lured by some voice into a forest...

Seems like shit's about to get real. Hopefully they don't pull a page out of the GOT playbook and exhaust me through 2-3 filler episodes now that I'm hooked. Or was that TWD? Both?
 

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1. One of the better things Netflix has done.

2. Reading the comments some of you mofos need to GTFO of your parents' basements.

Just because you live in your parent's attic, doesn't mean you moved on up.
 
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