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Even Eist, the queenвЂ™s future husband, jumps in on the porcupineвЂ™s side, because вЂњthe law of surprise has been called,вЂќ whatever the hell that means. Calanthe is dismayed when Geralt saves his life instead of killing him, but IвЂ™m thrilled because it leads to a big melee. Technically (at least in the books and games), Schools of the Griffin, Cat, Viper, and others had their own headquarters elsewhere.ДЄ knight cursed to be a, uh, porcupine-man shows up and wants to marry Pavetta. Kaer Morhen is the castle/monastery in northeastern Velen, where witchers of the Wolf School are mutated and trained. In a notable moment during the dinner, Geralt says the reason there arenвЂ™t many witchers left is that the sacking of Kaer Morhen prevents the creation of more. ItвЂ™s completely unclear why Jaskier was invited except to serve as a plot excuse to get Geralt here. When the Nilfgaardian presents himself, everyone makes fun of him, which is obviously why the kingdom later comes back to slaughter them all. Neither Pavetta nor Calanthe loves this idea, with the latter commenting that it is a bureaucratic necessity because she is queen, not king. Turns out the ball is to choose a husband for Pavetta, CiriвЂ™s eventual mother, with suitors trying to curry the queenвЂ™s favor.

While all this is going on, Geralt is the guy at a party who sits back and judges everyone else like heвЂ™s super cool, but you can totally tell from the way heвЂ™s standing that heвЂ™s not remotely comfortable.Д¬avill looks as relaxed as a poseable action figure. IвЂ™ll explain in more detail later, but the gist is that weвЂ™ve been following not just three separate storylines, but three different timelines and now comes the puzzle-work of trying to fit them together. It should be safe to assume thatвЂ™s CiriвЂ™s mother. With her at the head table is a blond Ciri-looking woman. ItвЂ™s CiriвЂ™s grandmother, Queen Calanthe, obviously alive and well, and younger than she was in The EndвЂ™s Beginning. The queen of Cintra arrives, which is a big reveal in the mystery IвЂ™ve been talking around. I hope the creators recognize how much better CavillвЂ™s Geralt works when he has Jaskier (or at least a companion) as a foil. Geralt uses testicular humor to get Jaskier out of a scrape, which serves as another reminder that the bardвЂ™s presence lets them be funnier together without Cavill trying to deliver ill-fitting one-liners. He recognizes Geralt (whom he hasnвЂ™t seen since вЂњthe plague,вЂќ a reference to a Bubonic-esque disease called Citriona) and says heвЂ™s been advising Skelligan royals for years. They run into Mousesack-the druid mage that was serving Ciri and her family in episode one. ItвЂ™s unclear where the opening scene happened, but the city hosting the ball Geralt and Jaskier are to attend is beautiful, all clean stone and tall towers. Geralt and bathtubs, name a more iconic duo. We also catch a glimpse of Mousesack, the druid, still alive and in chains. He starts seizing, somebody guts him, and apparently, that tells the Nilfgaardians that Ciri is in Broccoli Forest.

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It fared pretty well after plunging out a window, and when they find it, someone cuts off a strip of skin and eats it. Ciri is ready to go with the flow, but sheвЂ™s too special for regular water, so the queen has to take her somewhere special.Д«ut first, we see Nilfgaardians looting a ruined Cintra, searching for the queenвЂ™s dead body.

Because of that, Dara wants to drink the Broccoli water and forget his troubles. Dara tells Ciri that her grandmother and Cintran soldiers raped and slaughtered his people.

Solid day at the office.Д¬iri reveals the truth of her personage to Dara by telling him in the least clear way possible who she is, but he seems to understand. It ensures that Ciri and Dara are good guys. The amazons are dryads, and they are the keepers of magic deus ex machina.

She tells Ciri that sheвЂ™s in Brokilon forest! Of course! The head amazon-who is the only one to speak English-emerges from the blinding gold light in an extremely subtle use of symbolism. As an aside, why isnвЂ™t her hair brown anymore? Did she shower? Has she gotten less dirty sleeping on the ground in the forest?ДЄ tribe of little baby amazons with bitchinвЂ™ eyeliner surround her. And that pretty much sets up what CiriвЂ™s journey is going to be like in Of Banquets, Bastards and Burials. A golden light calls her as the snow fades away. We start where we left off in episode three, with Ciri entering into the enchanted wood. Spoilers below for episode four of The Witcher. Of Banquets, Bastards and Burials: No Matter When, Women are Oppressed Other Witcher Episode Reviews: Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3

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Title: The Witcher, Episode Four: Of Banquets, Bastards and BurialsД¬reated by: Lauren Schmidt Hissrich, based on the series by Andrzej Sapkowski

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