Geralt's Relation with Ciri

[KiM!]

Can someone explain to me the whole story between Ciri and Geralt? Why does she look like him?

[nyanko]

Cause she's a witcher like him. Witchers are taken by the order when they are very young, trained and mutated with toxines to become stronger: The toxines make their eyes become dragonish and their hair silver white. Ciri was trained by Gerald and Yennefer, she's like his daughter.

[KiM!]

But she mentions in a dialog that she did not go through the alchemy mutations that makes the Witchers. So why she have white hair?

[markdb92]

The emperior gave ciri to geralt in a contract and he trained her to be a witcher. Ciri didnt inhert any looks from him. She maybe reacted similar when turned into one.

[An Irate Walrus]

Most of the backstory comes from the novels. Spoilers follow:

SPOILERS

Geralt actually "won" Ciri when he rescued her father (named Urcheon) from an untimely death at the hands of a queen (cannot remember her name right now). Urcheon had been cursed to have the appearance of a beast, but the queen's daughter fell in love with him, and they were betrothed to be wed. The queen hired Geralt to see Urcheon off, but he did quite the opposite, helping to break Urcheon's curse, and bringing the Queen's daughter and Urcheon together.

When Urcheon asked Geralt how he could ever repay this kindness, Geralt replied, "You shall give me that which you do not know you have."

This invoked the Law of Surprise; Ciri was that surprise (being the daughter of Urcheon and the Queen's daughter).

Geralt didn't take Ciri in right away; he actually recovered her after Nilfgaard attempted an invasion several years before the events of the first Witcher game (obviously, that invasion was repulsed, and is the touchstone for many conversations and events in the game--particularly where the sorceresses are concerned). Once Geralt linked up with Ciri, who was perhaps eight or so at the time, he took her to Kaer Morhen.

She is -NOT- a Witcher, because she hasn't undergone the Trial of the Grasses. She has, however, had all of their physical and combat training--she's just not a mutant.

In the novels--well, let's just say she's a lot more important to the story than Geralt himself is. You'll learn that for yourself later.

The bottom line is that the relationship is very much an adoptive father/daughter one, that was extended to Yennefer (in the novels) as an adoptive mother/daughter relationship later on.

Edit: The Queen's name was Calanthe; I cannot, for the life of me, remember her daughter's name though (and the daughter was Ciri's mother).

[Chunkarock]

Originally posted by An Irate Walrus:

Most of the backstory comes from the novels. Spoilers follow:

SPOILERS

Geralt actually "won" Ciri when he rescued her father (named Urcheon) from an untimely death at the hands of a queen (cannot remember her name right now). Urcheon had been cursed to have the appearance of a beast, but the queen's daughter fell in love with him, and they were betrothed to be wed. The queen hired Geralt to see Urcheon off, but he did quite the opposite, helping to break Urcheon's curse, and bringing the Queen's daughter and Urcheon together.

When Urcheon asked Geralt how he could ever repay this kindness, Geralt replied, "You shall give me that which you do not know you have."

This invoked the Law of Surprise; Ciri was that surprise (being the daughter of Urcheon and the Queen's daughter).

Geralt didn't take Ciri in right away; he actually recovered her after Nilfgaard attempted an invasion several years before the events of the first Witcher game (obviously, that invasion was repulsed, and is the touchstone for many conversations and events in the game--particularly where the sorceresses are concerned). Once Geralt linked up with Ciri, who was perhaps eight or so at the time, he took her to Kaer Morhen.

She is -NOT- a Witcher, because she hasn't undergone the Trial of the Grasses. She has, however, had all of their physical and combat training--she's just not a mutant.

In the novels--well, let's just say she's a lot more important to the story than Geralt himself is. You'll learn that for yourself later.

The bottom line is that the relationship is very much an adoptive father/daughter one, that was extended to Yennefer (in the novels) as an adoptive mother/daughter relationship later on.

This one is the right answer.

[Thorn]

Originally posted by An Irate Walrus:

Most of the backstory comes from the novels. Spoilers follow:

SPOILERS

Geralt actually "won" Ciri when he rescued her father (named Urcheon) from an untimely death at the hands of a queen (cannot remember her name right now). Urcheon had been cursed to have the appearance of a beast, but the queen's daughter fell in love with him, and they were betrothed to be wed. The queen hired Geralt to see Urcheon off, but he did quite the opposite, helping to break Urcheon's curse, and bringing the Queen's daughter and Urcheon together.

When Urcheon asked Geralt how he could ever repay this kindness, Geralt replied, "You shall give me that which you do not know you have."

This invoked the Law of Surprise; Ciri was that surprise (being the daughter of Urcheon and the Queen's daughter).

Geralt didn't take Ciri in right away; he actually recovered her after Nilfgaard attempted an invasion several years before the events of the first Witcher game (obviously, that invasion was repulsed, and is the touchstone for many conversations and events in the game--particularly where the sorceresses are concerned). Once Geralt linked up with Ciri, who was perhaps eight or so at the time, he took her to Kaer Morhen.

She is -NOT- a Witcher, because she hasn't undergone the Trial of the Grasses. She has, however, had all of their physical and combat training--she's just not a mutant.

In the novels--well, let's just say she's a lot more important to the story than Geralt himself is. You'll learn that for yourself later.

The bottom line is that the relationship is very much an adoptive father/daughter one, that was extended to Yennefer (in the novels) as an adoptive mother/daughter relationship later on.

So why is her hair white if she wasn't transformed?

[Locomotive]

That's her natural hair color, ashen haired as it's described in the books.

[Thorn]

Originally posted by Locomotive:

That's her natural hair color, ashen haired as it's described in the books.

Is that because Geralt is her bio father and she inherited the white hair from him? Hmmm, does the carpet match the drapes?

[An Irate Walrus]

Originally posted by ThoRn:

Originally posted by An Irate Walrus:

Most of the backstory comes from the novels. Spoilers follow:

SPOILERS

Geralt actually "won" Ciri when he rescued her father (named Urcheon) from an untimely death at the hands of a queen (cannot remember her name right now). Urcheon had been cursed to have the appearance of a beast, but the queen's daughter fell in love with him, and they were betrothed to be wed. The queen hired Geralt to see Urcheon off, but he did quite the opposite, helping to break Urcheon's curse, and bringing the Queen's daughter and Urcheon together.

When Urcheon asked Geralt how he could ever repay this kindness, Geralt replied, "You shall give me that which you do not know you have."

This invoked the Law of Surprise; Ciri was that surprise (being the daughter of Urcheon and the Queen's daughter).

Geralt didn't take Ciri in right away; he actually recovered her after Nilfgaard attempted an invasion several years before the events of the first Witcher game (obviously, that invasion was repulsed, and is the touchstone for many conversations and events in the game--particularly where the sorceresses are concerned). Once Geralt linked up with Ciri, who was perhaps eight or so at the time, he took her to Kaer Morhen.

She is -NOT- a Witcher, because she hasn't undergone the Trial of the Grasses. She has, however, had all of their physical and combat training--she's just not a mutant.

In the novels--well, let's just say she's a lot more important to the story than Geralt himself is. You'll learn that for yourself later.

The bottom line is that the relationship is very much an adoptive father/daughter one, that was extended to Yennefer (in the novels) as an adoptive mother/daughter relationship later on.

So why is her hair white if she wasn't transformed?

That's her natural hair color. She's often described in the novels as being a "flaxen-haired maiden," or, later, as "a flaxen-haired demon."

Hair color is phenotypic, and the Witcher novels get pretty heavily into genetics and phenotypic expression. If you'll notice, Geralt is the only white-haired Witcher in the games; Vesemir and the rest all have natural hair colors. Geralt's hair is part of a rare reaction to the Trial of the Grasses--thus why he's referred to by the Aen'Seidhe as Gwynn'bleide (White Wolf), and no other Witcher is.

As far as the novels (which precede the first game by many years in Poland) are concerned, Ciri's hair color is natural; Geralt's is the result of mutation, and no other Witcher shares that mutation.

[An Irate Walrus]

Originally posted by ThoRn:

Originally posted by Locomotive:

That's her natural hair color, ashen haired as it's described in the books.

Is that because Geralt is her bio father and she inherited the white hair from him? Hmmm, does the carpet match the drapes?

He is not her biological father; there is -no- biological connection between the characters. She sometimes refers to him as her father in the novels, because he features prominently in her earliest--healthy--memories, but he did not sire her.

[Chunkarock]

Originally posted by ThoRn:

Originally posted by An Irate Walrus:

Most of the backstory comes from the novels. Spoilers follow:

SPOILERS

Geralt actually "won" Ciri when he rescued her father (named Urcheon) from an untimely death at the hands of a queen (cannot remember her name right now). Urcheon had been cursed to have the appearance of a beast, but the queen's daughter fell in love with him, and they were betrothed to be wed. The queen hired Geralt to see Urcheon off, but he did quite the opposite, helping to break Urcheon's curse, and bringing the Queen's daughter and Urcheon together.

When Urcheon asked Geralt how he could ever repay this kindness, Geralt replied, "You shall give me that which you do not know you have."

This invoked the Law of Surprise; Ciri was that surprise (being the daughter of Urcheon and the Queen's daughter).

Geralt didn't take Ciri in right away; he actually recovered her after Nilfgaard attempted an invasion several years before the events of the first Witcher game (obviously, that invasion was repulsed, and is the touchstone for many conversations and events in the game--particularly where the sorceresses are concerned). Once Geralt linked up with Ciri, who was perhaps eight or so at the time, he took her to Kaer Morhen.

She is -NOT- a Witcher, because she hasn't undergone the Trial of the Grasses. She has, however, had all of their physical and combat training--she's just not a mutant.

In the novels--well, let's just say she's a lot more important to the story than Geralt himself is. You'll learn that for yourself later.

The bottom line is that the relationship is very much an adoptive father/daughter one, that was extended to Yennefer (in the novels) as an adoptive mother/daughter relationship later on.

So why is her hair white if she wasn't transformed?

Her hair was originally ash colored. CDPR just made it more silver-y so they can establish the father-adopted daughter symbolism.

[ONE MILLION EXPLODING SUNS]

Originally posted by ThoRn:

Originally posted by Locomotive:

That's her natural hair color, ashen haired as it's described in the books.

Is that because Geralt is her bio father and she inherited the white hair from him? Hmmm, does the carpet match the drapes?

Its pointed out several times throughout all 3 games that Witchers are sterile and cannot sire children.

[Andares]

Originally posted by An Irate Walrus:

Most of the backstory comes from the novels. Spoilers follow:

SPOILERS

Geralt actually "won" Ciri when he rescued her father (named Urcheon) from an untimely death at the hands of a queen (cannot remember her name right now). Urcheon had been cursed to have the appearance of a beast, but the queen's daughter fell in love with him, and they were betrothed to be wed. The queen hired Geralt to see Urcheon off, but he did quite the opposite, helping to break Urcheon's curse, and bringing the Queen's daughter and Urcheon together.

When Urcheon asked Geralt how he could ever repay this kindness, Geralt replied, "You shall give me that which you do not know you have."

This invoked the Law of Surprise; Ciri was that surprise (being the daughter of Urcheon and the Queen's daughter).

Geralt didn't take Ciri in right away; he actually recovered her after Nilfgaard attempted an invasion several years before the events of the first Witcher game (obviously, that invasion was repulsed, and is the touchstone for many conversations and events in the game--particularly where the sorceresses are concerned). Once Geralt linked up with Ciri, who was perhaps eight or so at the time, he took her to Kaer Morhen.

She is -NOT- a Witcher, because she hasn't undergone the Trial of the Grasses. She has, however, had all of their physical and combat training--she's just not a mutant.

In the novels--well, let's just say she's a lot more important to the story than Geralt himself is. You'll learn that for yourself later.

The bottom line is that the relationship is very much an adoptive father/daughter one, that was extended to Yennefer (in the novels) as an adoptive mother/daughter relationship later on.

Edit: The Queen's name was Calanthe; I cannot, for the life of me, remember her daughter's name though (and the daughter was Ciri's mother).

The name you are looking for is Pavetta.
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[KoalafiedKiller]

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But it is funny how matter of factly some people said the absolute most wrong things ever.

[Mark]

Originally posted by BuzzardBee:

So? It beats yet another "Is this game better than Skyrim?" thread.

Is it better than Skyrim though?! I kinda wanna buy this but I'm not sure