Why Does Ciri Has Posh Accent?

[pjedilord]

Does Ciri has Posh accent being related to yen? Or?
Why does Ciri have posh accent hanging out with riff raff and geralt ect?

Ciri Grew up in castle KM, trained from geralt, why posh Accent?
Who dont have posh accent.
Who trained Ciri how to talk?

[rui.silva.incp]

If you want to be specific lore wise, Ciri spent just a couple years at KM.

She mostly grew up at Skellige and Cintra up till she was around....11 or 12 maybe???

Then she spends like maybe 2 or 3 years at KM before she goes out into the world again.

If you consider....11 or 12 years are much more then 2 or 3. So she should absolutely sound like either Skellige or Cintra.

[every1hasnames]

Ciri didnt grow up at km. INfact she spends the majority of her life away from it. And the majority of her life away from Geralt.

ONly what would be on occasion throughout her life actually being with Geralt and actually being at km.

IN fact other then in the game. Im not even sure if she had been back to kear morhen after completing her initial training there. Which only lasted a couple of years.


With this knowledge you can understand her statement she made in the game to geralt alot better. The statement would be alot more profound with this knowledge. The statement she makes not word for word but basically is She loves to come back into Geralts life.

[pjedilord]

Thanks, thought game only said she lived in Skellige and KM.

[mikk011]

In the novel "Blood of Elves", Ciri was educated first by Triss (who taught her about being a young woman) and at the Temple School in Ellender (run by Nenneke). In Ellander she received both a general and magical eduction, with Yen as her principal magical tutor. Initially antagonistic, both Ciri and Yen grew fond of each other in a semi mother-daughter way. So she had a bit of polish beyond Vesemir, Geralt, and the rest of their crabby witchers.

Edited for spelling

[rui.silva.incp]

Originally posted by BuzzardBee:

She also spent quite a bit of time with riff-raff and street toughs, essentially a gang. Spent some time fighting for her life in a pit. But mostly spent it on the run from one world to another escaping the clutches of the Wild Hunt.

She's not related to Yennefer in any way although Yen does think of her as a daughter. Her parents were Pavetta and Emhyr. Her grandmother, Calanthe, was Queen of Cintra. She is heiress to a half dozen thrones but she has never wanted that life at all. Unfortunately, all of her life, people have been trying to use her for one purpose or another so she's spent most of it on the run.

If she sounds posh to you, it may be because of the actress voicing the role more than anything else. She was never raised to take the throne. She has always detested life at court -- any court.
Being posh is the last thing she'd want.

I need to correct you there a bit.

Ciri was indeed raised as Calanthe´s daughter and several people remark they notice her "royal" temperament hiding bellow. She is remarked several times in the books to turn her "princess mode" fully on. That comes both with body language, voice and the way she looks people. She is said to turn into a very commanding tone and mannerisms at times. Yes, she almost never does this with Geralt or Yen but she did do it with them when they first meet. Both Geralt and Yen had to be a bit rough with her to bring her down a bit. Granted with Geralt she was a very little kid so....one can give her that. But it is no doubt in the book that she was incredibly "royal" when you would first meet her.

As for her enjoying life at court....that is more debatable. You would have trouble saying she does not like it. Its more like she is a bit more complex. She is into sports and outdoor activities but that does not say she is not a court princess. As far as we know, her grandmother was the same. They are ladies who like to be hand on and do "man stuff". That does not translate into them not enjoying being royal.

At KM they call her princess now and then :)

Bottom line is, Ciri is indeed royal blood and it shows a lot. Even at her time with the "Rats" she at several times displays her "royal blood". She does it obviously much less because she is not dumb and understand the dynamics. But she still remembers it at times. For instance, when they find a couple noble woman on a carriage, they say their tittles and Ciri just turns her "I am the queen" game big time on them. So...its absolutely in her.

By the way....its actually in the books also.
When Ciri finds out about the fake Ciri plot, she wants to go to Cintra and claim her titles. She resents that another girl will have all the stuff that should be hers. Its 100% in the book.

Other small hints :)
She loves dancing and is a very good dancer. That most likely comes from her court education.
She is also very curious about make up and dressing up, she shows it with both Triss and Yen, which is pretty much the only chances we get to see that. But we can see that when given the chance, she will do it.

[pjedilord]

Originally posted by BuzzardBee:

Originally posted by rui.silva.incp:

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She is also Heiress to Inis Ard Skellig and Inis An Skellig, as well as Princess of Brugge, Duchess of Sodden and Suzerain of Attre and Abb Yarra.



How Could Ciri be?

[rui.silva.incp]

Originally posted by BuzzardBee:

Originally posted by rui.silva.incp:

I need to correct you there a bit.

Ciri was indeed raised as Calanthe´s daughter and several people remark they notice her "royal" temperament hiding bellow. She is remarked several times in the books to turn her "princess mode" fully on. That comes both with body language, voice and the way she looks people. She is said to turn into a very commanding tone and mannerisms at times. Yes, she almost never does this with Geralt or Yen but she did do it with them when they first meet. Both Geralt and Yen had to be a bit rough with her to bring her down a bit. Granted with Geralt she was a very little kid so....one can give her that. But it is no doubt in the book that she was incredibly "royal" when you would first meet her.

Do you recall her age at that time?

As for her enjoying life at court....that is more debatable. You would have trouble saying she does not like it. Its more like she is a bit more complex. She is into sports and outdoor activities but that does not say she is not a court princess. As far as we know, her grandmother was the same. They are ladies who like to be hand on and do "man stuff". That does not translate into them not enjoying being royal.

She is into freedom, freedom of choice and freedom of being. She could never have that at court. Just ask any royal alive today. She spent a good portion of her childhood living with the An Craites too. Let's not forget that.

At KM they call her princess now and then :)

Well, she is one. After the death of her mother, she is Princess of Cintra. She is also Heiress to Inis Ard Skellig and Inis An Skellig, as well as Princess of Brugge, Duchess of Sodden and Suzerain of Attre and Abb Yarra.

Bottom line is, Ciri is indeed royal blood and it shows a lot. Even at her time with the "Rats" she at several times displays her "royal blood". She does it obviously much less because she is not dumb and understand the dynamics. But she still remembers it at times. For instance, when they find a couple noble woman on a carriage, they say their tittles and Ciri just turns her "I am the queen" game big time on them. So...its absolutely in her.

I'd beg to differ on this. She longs to be normal and to live among the common folk. She disdains life at court and has done all she could to steer clear of it all of her life. And while I'd agree she's not dumb, she is plenty naive. She behaves quite childishly and I'd offer that the times she proclaims her royal bloodlines it is mostly for effect, to impress and outdo someone else more than to stake a claim for herself or demand her due. She is quite immature at times.

By the way....its actually in the books also.
When Ciri finds out about the fake Ciri plot, she wants to go to Cintra and claim her titles. She resents that another girl will have all the stuff that should be hers. Its 100% in the book.

And again I'd stress that it's the child in her trying to take back her "toys" more than anything else.

Other small hints :)
She loves dancing and is a very good dancer. That most likely comes from her court education.
She is also very curious about make up and dressing up, she shows it with both Triss and Yen, which is pretty much the only chances we get to see that. But we can see that when given the chance, she will do it.

She had little to none actual court education or training. That she loves to dance implies nothing more than that. Most girls are very curious about makeup and dressing up as they hit puberty. What does that have to do with anything? It's not an indication of courtly manners or protocol. It's a feminine trait that she indulged in as an adolescent.

Over the course of her life, she's been pulled in so many directions, she's nearly always tried to flee from all of them. She spent time with the dryads. time in Skellige, was engaged a couple of times to various nobles. By the time her granddaughter took her own life and Cintra fell to Nilfgaard, she was about 10 years old and had to flee for her life. Ciri spent a few short years at Kaer Morhen and was finally was revealed to be a Source by Triss. She was twelve.

During the time she was with her grandmother, she'd been kept hidden with boys to hide her identity, for her own protection. She never really knew life at court, not as a princess would have, and she never had been trained in how to rule anyone, anywhere.

My friend,

I will give you book Ciri at the very end of the book series:

My feet are cold, hey noble knight, kneel NOW and warm them!!!!

There you go!!!!! If that is not a princess at core....I do not know what should be one lol

[rui.silva.incp]

Originally posted by BuzzardBee:

Originally posted by rui.silva.incp:

I need to correct you there a bit.

Ciri was indeed raised as Calanthe´s daughter and several people remark they notice her "royal" temperament hiding bellow. She is remarked several times in the books to turn her "princess mode" fully on. That comes both with body language, voice and the way she looks people. She is said to turn into a very commanding tone and mannerisms at times. Yes, she almost never does this with Geralt or Yen but she did do it with them when they first meet. Both Geralt and Yen had to be a bit rough with her to bring her down a bit. Granted with Geralt she was a very little kid so....one can give her that. But it is no doubt in the book that she was incredibly "royal" when you would first meet her.

Do you recall her age at that time?

As for her enjoying life at court....that is more debatable. You would have trouble saying she does not like it. Its more like she is a bit more complex. She is into sports and outdoor activities but that does not say she is not a court princess. As far as we know, her grandmother was the same. They are ladies who like to be hand on and do "man stuff". That does not translate into them not enjoying being royal.

She is into freedom, freedom of choice and freedom of being. She could never have that at court. Just ask any royal alive today. She spent a good portion of her childhood living with the An Craites too. Let's not forget that.

At KM they call her princess now and then :)

Well, she is one. After the death of her mother, she is Princess of Cintra. She is also Heiress to Inis Ard Skellig and Inis An Skellig, as well as Princess of Brugge, Duchess of Sodden and Suzerain of Attre and Abb Yarra.

Bottom line is, Ciri is indeed royal blood and it shows a lot. Even at her time with the "Rats" she at several times displays her "royal blood". She does it obviously much less because she is not dumb and understand the dynamics. But she still remembers it at times. For instance, when they find a couple noble woman on a carriage, they say their tittles and Ciri just turns her "I am the queen" game big time on them. So...its absolutely in her.

I'd beg to differ on this. She longs to be normal and to live among the common folk. She disdains life at court and has done all she could to steer clear of it all of her life. And while I'd agree she's not dumb, she is plenty naive. She behaves quite childishly and I'd offer that the times she proclaims her royal bloodlines it is mostly for effect, to impress and outdo someone else more than to stake a claim for herself or demand her due. She is quite immature at times.

By the way....its actually in the books also.
When Ciri finds out about the fake Ciri plot, she wants to go to Cintra and claim her titles. She resents that another girl will have all the stuff that should be hers. Its 100% in the book.

And again I'd stress that it's the child in her trying to take back her "toys" more than anything else.

Other small hints :)
She loves dancing and is a very good dancer. That most likely comes from her court education.
She is also very curious about make up and dressing up, she shows it with both Triss and Yen, which is pretty much the only chances we get to see that. But we can see that when given the chance, she will do it.

She had little to none actual court education or training. That she loves to dance implies nothing more than that. Most girls are very curious about makeup and dressing up as they hit puberty. What does that have to do with anything? It's not an indication of courtly manners or protocol. It's a feminine trait that she indulged in as an adolescent.

Over the course of her life, she's been pulled in so many directions, she's nearly always tried to flee from all of them. She spent time with the dryads. time in Skellige, was engaged a couple of times to various nobles. By the time her granddaughter took her own life and Cintra fell to Nilfgaard, she was about 10 years old and had to flee for her life. Ciri spent a few short years at Kaer Morhen and was finally was revealed to be a Source by Triss. She was twelve.

During the time she was with her grandmother, she'd been kept hidden with boys to hide her identity, for her own protection. She never really knew life at court, not as a princess would have, and she never had been trained in how to rule anyone, anywhere.

But I will give you a bit more just to respect all that you decided to write :)

As for her age, I did recognize it but you may have overlooked it on my original text. Its ok. But if you read me with more ease you will see I gave the info she was very very little kid first time she met Geralt. Still....he had to threaten to spank her lol So...she was on the very far end of annoying little kid ;)

Ciri does not say a single time in the books that she had any issue with life at court. I will want quotes now or else you are just believing what you want to believe. She also never says she would like to be a normal girl. Ciri kind of embodies her "chosen one" role a bit. Hell...even training to be a witcher is not being normal so I do not know where you get that idea she just wants to be normal. Its becoming delusional. She is as far from normal as you may get. Even when she gets to live with the rats that´s as far from normal life as you may get. And the only time she considers running away.....its to go claim her court life. Very normal girl indeed!!!!!

I will agree with you that Ciri is immature. She is!!!! She is also prone to be led by her emotions and becomes rash at times. She is also often overconfident. That can indeed be understood as her age and her upbringing. She was raised to be special (contrary to what you say), and she behaves as she is special. She believes it! And often she believes it a bit too much for her own good which leads her into very dangerous situations. But...then again....she also gets away with it so....one can say she survives because of who she is. Its possible she would have frozen somewhere and die if she was not able to be so gung ho.

As for her being hidden at court, that is something you are getting from the series. It is not in the books ;)
In the books Geralt knows who she is so there is no need for the hiding shenanigans they do in the series.
In the books she is always with royal people. We know for a fact that she had close relations with a certain noble kid at Skellige. Not a commoner ;) Ohhh sure they liked to go out and do ice skating and all that. But....still she was hanging with a noble kid.

There is nowhere in the books where they say that she was not prepared to be a princess. In fact, she was being prepared to be married as a princess from very very early in her life. That is....well.....princess duties!!! And its actually how she gets to meet Geralt the very first time. So...she is not being hidden anywhere. At age 4 or 5 she is going around escorted by royal guards and going to live in a foreign kingdom so as to be ready to marry a prince there. Is this normal girl routine for you?

By the way, your whole "I want my toys" paints Ciri in a way which she is not. You are actually giving her traits worse then what she has. She is not egotistical. In fact, Ciri is generous and kind heart. She will risk her life for others and she will give if need be. She wants to change the world and improve it for others. She is not spoiled in that particular way. I understand you may have no knowledge about character and psychology. So you may be missing how certain personality works. Ciri is a very generous princess. She is just a princess. So, at times, she will be commanding because that is how she was told to behave from very young age. But, when she gets at ease with people, her generous character comes up and she is actually friendly and supportive of others. You see it with Triss, the Dwarf, with Mistle. Those are likely the best examples where you see her generosity and friendliness at play after she gets used with someone.

There you go!!!

Just to show you I did respect everything you did write.