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Even more than mostWitcherstories, this adventure smacks of a classic fairytale.

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Im surprised the king didnt throw in the princess hand in marriage as well.

(Of course, Geralts real motive is spending time alongside Yennefer again.)

But the danger of riffing on fairytales is that your actual story can turn out fairly simple.

Which is, of course, exactly what happens.

Geralt is clearly jealous when Sir Eyck shows up with Yennefer in tow.

All of this is good on paper.

The problem is that Im still not convincedThe Witcherhas earned it yet.

(Of course, hell need to win Yennefer back first.)

And thats why the coda to the episode is, at least theoretically, pretty interesting.

He even, finally, gets a real name: Cahir.

He steals Cahirs form, and after a brief fight, runs off into the night.

Is any of that enough to make Cahir the good guy?

But he seems tothinkhes the good guy, and thats interesting enough.

I dont know, a few years before the fall of Cintra?

Its very hard to piece this timeline together when your protagonist is aging so slowly.

(He already has, says Yennefer bitterly in reply.)

Wouldnt it just dig into his memory and use whatever it finds there?

This djinn thing is a clever way to account for why two characters would keep bumping into each other.

Dragon colors as ranked by rarity, per Geralt: green, red, black, gold.

Honestly, most dark-fantasy shows could benefit from at least one lengthy, wacky fart scene.

quality of Toss a Coin to Your Witcher.