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This Game of Thrones-style series is based on the fantasy book series by Andrzej Sapkowski, it is a story of fantasy, fate, and family. Geralt of Rivia (Cavill) is a solitary monster hunter who struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.
Created by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich for Netflix
The Witcher timeline:
https://thewitcher.tv/the-witcher-deconstructed-timeline
Starring:
Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, The Witcher
Freya Allan as Ciri
Anya Chalotra as Yennefer
Eamon Farren as Cahir
MyAnna Buring as Tissala
Wilson Radjou-Pujalte as Dara
Adam Levy as Mousesack
Gaia Mandadori Pavetta
Bart Edwards Duny
Summary of episode 2:
https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/features/1116560-the-witcher-season-1-episode-2-recap
1210 Yennefer is sold to Tessaia
1210-1249 Gerald becomes “The Butcher of Blaviken”
1249 Gerald evokes “The Law of Surprise”
1263 Gerald and Ciri meet
Witcher timeline
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/netflix-releases-official-witcher-timeline-104825444.html
https://www.sideshow.com/blog/10-creatures-from-the-bestiary-of-the-witcher/
Creatures of The Witcher
The Witcher Ep. 4, “Of Banquets, Bastards, and Burials”
-Cripples, bastards, and broken things
Geralt is asked by Jaskier to attend a DInner party in the Court of the Kingdom of Cintra. It is a courting party for the hand of Princess Pavetta, Calanthe’s daughter. Geralt’s job is to protect Jaskier from the lords and nobles who wish revenge on him. Instead Queen Calanthe takes an interest in the Witcher and attempts to hire his services. This is because Calanthe knows of a beast who will crash the party and take away her beautiful daughter Pavetta. Sure enough the party is crashed by a helmeted knight who has “claim” over Pavetta according to the Law of Surprise. It turns out the knight is cursed and so he has the head of a hedgehog and so this is why Calanthe enlisted the Witcher’s help and demands the Knight be slain. Geralt refuses and instead defends the knight. This starts a brawl and ultimately it is found that the knight, named Urcheon or Duny and Pavetta are already in love with each other. So despite her reluctance, Calanthe accepts Duny and allows him to marry her daughter. This lifts the curse on Duny who turns back into a human. To repay Geralt for saving his life Duny offers him whatever reward he wishes. Geralt claims the Law of Surprise as payment and it turns out Pavetta is pregnant. The child will become Princess Cirilla and thus bind her and Geralt with Destiny.
17:47
Q- What do you think of the show choosing this scene to show that all 3 storylines are in different time periods and showing that this dinner party was at least 15 years before the Fall of Cintra.
Q- Did you like the story of the cursed knight falling in love with the princess and being able to lift the curse, reverse Shrek style.
Q- Did this scene make sense? I found myself having a hard time following a lot of the dialogue and events.
Q- The Law of Surprise is introduced here and it, plus destiny, becomes one of the defining themes of the Witcher story. Did they do a good job explaining it and do you buy it as a lynchpin of the show moving forward.
25:30 Elsewhere this episode
Yennefer has been in the court of Aedirn for 30 years now. She is accompanying Queen Kalis when their carriage is ambushed by an assassin who wants to kill the Queen. Yenneger tries to defend the Queen for some time before leaving her for dead and taking the child, who also dies.
Q- just one question. Why tho?
29:03 Ciri is taken in by the Dryads of the Brookilyn forest. They discuss with her about the magic in the forest and in th
