1 00:00:12,915 --> 00:00:14,623 [chickens clucking] 2 00:00:15,248 --> 00:00:16,456 [door opens] 3 00:00:18,623 --> 00:00:19,915 [Yennefer gasps] 4 00:00:20,873 --> 00:00:21,831 Geralt! 5 00:00:23,331 --> 00:00:25,290 - [sighs] - I was only at the market, Yen. 6 00:00:26,415 --> 00:00:28,956 I made more than a few pennies thanks to your garden. 7 00:00:30,665 --> 00:00:31,623 [chuckles] 8 00:00:33,956 --> 00:00:35,956 I can't wait to grow old together. 9 00:00:36,956 --> 00:00:38,373 You, me, and her. 10 00:00:39,290 --> 00:00:40,956 The family we always dreamed of. 11 00:00:41,665 --> 00:00:42,623 [gasps] 12 00:00:44,790 --> 00:00:46,123 [voice whispering] That's a… very… 13 00:00:46,206 --> 00:00:47,456 Pretty dream. 14 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:49,456 [voice fading] Pretty dream… 15 00:00:51,373 --> 00:00:53,373 [baby crying] 16 00:00:57,123 --> 00:00:58,290 [baby screaming] 17 00:00:59,165 --> 00:00:59,998 Geralt! 18 00:01:00,081 --> 00:01:01,123 [baby screaming] 19 00:01:07,706 --> 00:01:09,040 Give her to me. 20 00:01:09,123 --> 00:01:10,748 [crying] 21 00:01:10,831 --> 00:01:11,998 She's ours. 22 00:01:15,415 --> 00:01:17,248 - [horse neighing] - [wheels rumbling] 23 00:01:26,581 --> 00:01:28,040 - Fuck. - [shivering] 24 00:01:33,373 --> 00:01:35,748 [Fringilla murmurs] I don't want you… [gasping] 25 00:01:37,331 --> 00:01:38,706 [horse neighs] 26 00:01:40,998 --> 00:01:43,331 [gasping] I said don't touch me. 27 00:01:43,831 --> 00:01:45,623 - Wake up. - [yelps] 28 00:01:45,706 --> 00:01:46,831 Don't touch me! 29 00:01:46,915 --> 00:01:48,623 [gasping] 30 00:01:50,498 --> 00:01:52,123 [horse neighs] 31 00:01:55,248 --> 00:01:56,831 We're moving away from Cintra. 32 00:01:58,206 --> 00:01:59,040 Fuck. 33 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:01,873 Finally, an honest response. 34 00:02:03,956 --> 00:02:06,331 - Ow! - We're stuck here together. 35 00:02:07,706 --> 00:02:10,040 Who knows, maybe we'll be friends yet again. 36 00:02:11,540 --> 00:02:12,581 We'll be saved. 37 00:02:13,998 --> 00:02:15,123 I have faith. 38 00:02:15,206 --> 00:02:17,915 Forget faith. We've got power. 39 00:02:17,998 --> 00:02:19,623 [horse neighs] 40 00:02:20,415 --> 00:02:21,248 [wheels stop] 41 00:02:21,331 --> 00:02:22,706 [bolts rattling] 42 00:02:26,290 --> 00:02:27,290 Keep them close. 43 00:02:35,790 --> 00:02:37,206 Where are you taking us? 44 00:02:38,331 --> 00:02:40,123 I'm a citizen of Nilfgaard. 45 00:02:40,206 --> 00:02:42,456 The soldiers you killed were also Nilfgaardians. 46 00:02:42,540 --> 00:02:43,748 Istredd spoke of these. 47 00:02:46,706 --> 00:02:48,206 They look like Aretuza. 48 00:02:49,915 --> 00:02:52,165 Built by elves to honor the prophets. 49 00:02:54,248 --> 00:02:56,206 You set fire to them in the early wars. 50 00:02:56,831 --> 00:02:59,123 Better lost to history than humans. 51 00:03:06,373 --> 00:03:08,165 [Yennefer] I've never seen so many elves. 52 00:03:08,248 --> 00:03:09,790 [Filavandrel] I need to see her. 53 00:03:11,290 --> 00:03:13,040 I come bearing gifts. 54 00:03:15,123 --> 00:03:16,581 [Fringilla] What is this place? 55 00:03:16,665 --> 00:03:18,165 You keep behind me. 56 00:03:18,873 --> 00:03:20,415 You keep your mouths shut. 57 00:03:35,623 --> 00:03:36,790 [chains rattle] 58 00:03:38,790 --> 00:03:42,623 Nilfgaard's fight is with the Northern Kingdoms, not with the elves. 59 00:03:45,373 --> 00:03:46,248 Set us free, 60 00:03:47,081 --> 00:03:48,748 - and we promise to grant you s... - [whoosh] 61 00:03:56,123 --> 00:03:58,081 [in Elder] You said gifts. 62 00:03:58,706 --> 00:04:00,790 Hostages. Humans... 63 00:04:00,873 --> 00:04:04,415 You should have hung their corpses nearby. 64 00:04:04,915 --> 00:04:06,081 They can be of use. 65 00:04:07,123 --> 00:04:08,873 These are human forests. 66 00:04:08,956 --> 00:04:10,206 They're our forests. 67 00:04:11,873 --> 00:04:13,331 This one was in dimeritium? 68 00:04:13,415 --> 00:04:15,165 This one was a captive of Nilfgaard. 69 00:04:16,248 --> 00:04:17,415 I'm also an elf. 70 00:04:18,081 --> 00:04:20,248 [in Elder] Is this how you treat your own? 71 00:04:22,706 --> 00:04:24,415 Do you sing our songs? 72 00:04:25,915 --> 00:04:27,748 Do you honor our elders? 73 00:04:29,665 --> 00:04:32,165 Have you ever shed a tear over anything elven? 74 00:04:34,748 --> 00:04:36,040 You are no elf. 75 00:04:39,415 --> 00:04:42,040 - String them up. - We've been digging here for weeks. 76 00:04:42,915 --> 00:04:44,873 Every day increases the risk of being found. 77 00:04:44,956 --> 00:04:47,623 You don't lead our people any more, Filavandrel. 78 00:04:48,165 --> 00:04:50,706 Or has the White Robed One visited your dreams too? 79 00:04:54,706 --> 00:04:56,665 I'm doing everything I can to keep you safe. 80 00:05:00,540 --> 00:05:02,706 Once we find what we're looking for, 81 00:05:02,790 --> 00:05:06,331 we ship their heads back to Aretuza as a reminder of elven glory. 82 00:05:18,790 --> 00:05:20,790 [wind whistling] 83 00:05:33,415 --> 00:05:34,748 [Roach snorts] 84 00:05:34,831 --> 00:05:35,956 We're nearly there. 85 00:06:13,790 --> 00:06:15,081 [Ciri] This is your home? 86 00:06:18,456 --> 00:06:20,123 How many did you say there were? 87 00:06:20,748 --> 00:06:21,665 I didn't. 88 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:29,123 Last I checked… 89 00:06:30,540 --> 00:06:31,540 We were 20. 90 00:06:32,915 --> 00:06:33,748 Now? 91 00:06:34,415 --> 00:06:35,373 Maybe less. 92 00:06:41,915 --> 00:06:43,165 You sure we're safe here? 93 00:06:44,581 --> 00:06:45,456 [Geralt] Keep up. 94 00:06:49,748 --> 00:06:51,165 [murmur of voices] 95 00:06:52,748 --> 00:06:53,998 [laughter] 96 00:06:56,123 --> 00:06:58,206 - Lambchop. - [door slams] 97 00:06:58,290 --> 00:06:59,748 [man] Here comes trouble! 98 00:07:13,998 --> 00:07:16,123 Where the fuck have you been? 99 00:07:16,206 --> 00:07:17,915 We thought you got lost. 100 00:07:17,998 --> 00:07:18,831 Or killed. 101 00:07:19,498 --> 00:07:21,290 - Not yet. - [man chuckles] 102 00:07:21,373 --> 00:07:22,206 Sorry. 103 00:07:23,998 --> 00:07:25,373 [laughs] 104 00:07:25,456 --> 00:07:27,040 - Brother! - So! 105 00:07:27,123 --> 00:07:28,998 - He returns. - Come here! 106 00:07:29,081 --> 00:07:31,248 - Knew you'd make a fuckin' entrance. - He's back. 107 00:07:31,331 --> 00:07:32,456 - Finally, brother. - I knew it. 108 00:07:33,498 --> 00:07:35,790 Wolf. You're home. 109 00:07:36,790 --> 00:07:37,665 Finally. 110 00:07:37,748 --> 00:07:39,040 - [Geralt] Vesemir. - Huh? 111 00:07:40,081 --> 00:07:40,915 Yeah. 112 00:07:43,331 --> 00:07:44,915 I had to make a few stops. 113 00:07:45,790 --> 00:07:46,790 Hmm. 114 00:07:50,331 --> 00:07:51,206 [man] He's home! 115 00:07:52,373 --> 00:07:53,373 Brother! 116 00:07:53,956 --> 00:07:56,040 - [laughter] - There's the man! 117 00:07:59,915 --> 00:08:05,915 So, there I am, freezing my bollocks off in the middle of a grain field 118 00:08:05,998 --> 00:08:07,415 for the second straight night, 119 00:08:07,998 --> 00:08:13,206 when the farmer's wife comes sneaking out to tell me that I'm wasting my time. 120 00:08:14,248 --> 00:08:18,081 It wasn't a mora her husband saw leaving that room. 121 00:08:18,873 --> 00:08:19,706 No. 122 00:08:20,956 --> 00:08:22,915 It was the fucking field hand! 123 00:08:22,998 --> 00:08:24,998 [laughter] 124 00:08:25,665 --> 00:08:28,456 Oh, and now she's wailing, "Oh, what are we gonna do?" 125 00:08:28,540 --> 00:08:32,165 "My husband won't pay you if you don't deliver a mora head!" 126 00:08:32,248 --> 00:08:33,706 [chuckles] 127 00:08:33,790 --> 00:08:35,998 So I pulled out my sword and I said… 128 00:08:37,915 --> 00:08:40,915 "Bet he'll pay double for the field hand's." 129 00:08:40,998 --> 00:08:41,915 [laughter] 130 00:08:42,790 --> 00:08:43,998 Good old Lambchop. 131 00:08:44,081 --> 00:08:46,915 She returned with two horses and a fur rug. 132 00:08:46,998 --> 00:08:49,498 Best job I had all year. [chuckles] 133 00:08:49,581 --> 00:08:52,540 Each of your faces is cause enough for celebration. 134 00:08:54,623 --> 00:08:58,040 You're safe. You made it back. You made it home. 135 00:08:58,123 --> 00:08:59,498 - Aye. - Hear, hear! 136 00:09:00,665 --> 00:09:02,748 Here's to another winter, together. 137 00:09:02,831 --> 00:09:03,665 Yeah. 138 00:09:03,748 --> 00:09:04,915 - Well said. - Aye. 139 00:09:04,998 --> 00:09:06,373 To breath in our lungs. 140 00:09:06,456 --> 00:09:07,331 Hear, hear! 141 00:09:07,415 --> 00:09:08,456 To the brothers. 142 00:09:08,540 --> 00:09:09,415 [men] The brothers. 143 00:09:09,498 --> 00:09:11,706 To forgetting the fucking Path! 144 00:09:12,540 --> 00:09:15,081 For one fucking night. 145 00:09:16,248 --> 00:09:17,998 - Who's ready? - [all] Eskel! 146 00:09:18,081 --> 00:09:19,790 - [laughter] - Eskel's back! 147 00:09:20,498 --> 00:09:23,165 Are you all right? You look like day-old shit. 148 00:09:26,206 --> 00:09:27,915 You should see the other guy. 149 00:09:28,498 --> 00:09:29,415 Hmm. 150 00:09:31,373 --> 00:09:33,331 The bout lasted six hours. 151 00:09:34,748 --> 00:09:36,415 I'd have got the fucker, too, 152 00:09:37,498 --> 00:09:38,915 if hadn't lost my elixirs. 153 00:09:38,998 --> 00:09:40,331 [scattered laughter] 154 00:09:40,415 --> 00:09:41,665 Took her hand, though. 155 00:09:42,248 --> 00:09:43,831 - What's that? - Is that a leshy? 156 00:09:43,915 --> 00:09:45,040 Is that a leshy? 157 00:09:45,123 --> 00:09:46,623 - What is it? - [Eskel] Walked like one. 158 00:09:48,123 --> 00:09:49,123 Talked like one. 159 00:09:50,998 --> 00:09:51,831 Sort of. 160 00:09:52,456 --> 00:09:53,290 Sort of? 161 00:09:54,373 --> 00:09:56,623 I haven't crossed a leshy in a while. 162 00:09:56,706 --> 00:09:59,456 - Not in Kaedwen. - [Eskel] Well, count yourselves lucky. 163 00:10:00,498 --> 00:10:03,665 Unless you're aching for the sting of one of their fucking roots. 164 00:10:03,748 --> 00:10:05,581 [men murmuring] 165 00:10:05,665 --> 00:10:09,373 Fire through the heart is the only thing that puts one down. 166 00:10:10,665 --> 00:10:13,956 - Six hours in, that didn't occur to you? - [scattered laughter] 167 00:10:15,790 --> 00:10:16,623 [chuckles] 168 00:10:16,706 --> 00:10:17,915 [Ciri laughs] 169 00:10:35,165 --> 00:10:36,415 Who the hell are you? 170 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:39,081 [swallows] 171 00:10:44,165 --> 00:10:45,790 Princess Cirilla of Cintra. 172 00:10:47,165 --> 00:10:48,331 Pleasure to meet you. 173 00:11:13,831 --> 00:11:15,331 [wind whistling] 174 00:11:20,873 --> 00:11:22,873 [wood creaking] 175 00:11:31,623 --> 00:11:32,956 [grunts] 176 00:11:35,998 --> 00:11:36,873 [grunts] 177 00:11:36,956 --> 00:11:39,498 When you told me you called the Law of Surprise... 178 00:11:39,581 --> 00:11:41,915 - [sighs] - …I told you, "Big mistake." 179 00:11:41,998 --> 00:11:43,165 [horse neighs] 180 00:11:43,248 --> 00:11:46,540 You said you promised you wouldn't claim the child. 181 00:11:47,373 --> 00:11:50,248 I said, "Good. Still a big mistake." 182 00:11:52,415 --> 00:11:54,581 - I had to save her. - I know. 183 00:11:55,331 --> 00:11:57,498 And you knew I would call you out on it. 184 00:11:58,706 --> 00:11:59,540 Yeah. 185 00:11:59,623 --> 00:12:01,040 You brought her here anyway. 186 00:12:03,206 --> 00:12:04,456 [sighs] 187 00:12:06,290 --> 00:12:08,081 [squeaking] 188 00:12:15,748 --> 00:12:16,831 [rattling] 189 00:12:24,081 --> 00:12:24,998 [door creaking] 190 00:12:25,081 --> 00:12:26,456 [wind whistling] 191 00:12:28,498 --> 00:12:31,206 [Vesemir] So you're telling me she escaped Nilfgaard. 192 00:12:32,206 --> 00:12:34,998 Survived the wholesale slaughter of her kingdom. 193 00:12:36,498 --> 00:12:37,373 How? 194 00:12:38,123 --> 00:12:38,956 I asked. 195 00:12:40,373 --> 00:12:41,831 - She lied. - Hmm. 196 00:12:41,915 --> 00:12:43,581 It's not like you to let it go. 197 00:12:44,081 --> 00:12:45,748 Witchers watch for answers. 198 00:12:47,373 --> 00:12:50,790 - I think you might've said that one. - Oh, what was I thinking? 199 00:12:50,873 --> 00:12:51,998 [both chuckle] 200 00:12:54,873 --> 00:12:56,540 I brought her here so she'd be safe. 201 00:12:57,373 --> 00:12:59,790 It's easier for me to protect her within these walls. 202 00:12:59,873 --> 00:13:03,790 - Long enough to watch for answers? - Exactly. Learn who she is. What she is. 203 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:07,456 And how I can help her. 204 00:13:07,956 --> 00:13:08,831 You say that… 205 00:13:09,915 --> 00:13:11,790 But remember what happened the last time 206 00:13:11,873 --> 00:13:15,540 witchers shoved their noses into the dramas of courts and kingdoms. 207 00:13:17,290 --> 00:13:20,748 [sighs] What if your princess is more than you bargained for? 208 00:13:21,665 --> 00:13:22,956 I know that already. 209 00:13:30,790 --> 00:13:32,290 - [Eskel] Princess. - [gasps] 210 00:13:32,956 --> 00:13:33,790 Eskel. 211 00:13:36,331 --> 00:13:39,748 I'm just exploring. Told Geralt I'd find a good room. 212 00:13:39,831 --> 00:13:40,998 [chuckles] 213 00:13:43,248 --> 00:13:44,206 Well, this… 214 00:13:45,165 --> 00:13:47,915 Isn't a castle, Your Highness. 215 00:13:50,540 --> 00:13:52,498 They're all shitholes. 216 00:14:09,748 --> 00:14:10,956 [sighs] 217 00:14:36,831 --> 00:14:38,831 [lute playing] 218 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:45,248 ♪ Think, where was our bent knee ♪ 219 00:14:45,956 --> 00:14:51,081 ♪ Let man-blood flood our fields ♪ 220 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:54,831 Tissaia said elven mages were dead. 221 00:14:55,748 --> 00:14:57,540 She was wrong. Or lied. 222 00:14:57,623 --> 00:14:58,831 - Hmm. - Neither's a shock. 223 00:15:01,081 --> 00:15:03,956 - You had a nightmare earlier. - Night terrors are common after battle. 224 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:05,706 - You've had them... - What was yours about? 225 00:15:05,790 --> 00:15:08,915 - Is now the time to share stories... - Do you really think I'm asking 226 00:15:08,998 --> 00:15:10,748 because I personally give a shit? 227 00:15:11,873 --> 00:15:13,581 Did you dream of someone hidden in a robe? 228 00:15:15,081 --> 00:15:17,290 A black robe. How did you know that? 229 00:15:18,790 --> 00:15:20,373 I've dreamt of one in red. 230 00:15:21,956 --> 00:15:24,165 And our elven mage dreams of one in white. 231 00:15:25,665 --> 00:15:27,665 Shared dreams are a powerful omen. 232 00:15:27,748 --> 00:15:30,498 Yes, well, I'm topped off on magical mystery at the moment. 233 00:15:31,331 --> 00:15:33,706 What matters is, we can use this to our advantage. 234 00:15:33,790 --> 00:15:35,748 - [Fringilla] We need to talk to Francesca. - [sings] 235 00:15:35,831 --> 00:15:37,373 [Yennefer] She's no reason to trust us. 236 00:15:38,248 --> 00:15:41,040 - We need to gain favor first. - Shocking. 237 00:15:41,915 --> 00:15:43,623 We have to do it Yen's way again. 238 00:15:44,290 --> 00:15:45,456 More shocking this time 239 00:15:45,540 --> 00:15:47,665 - is you finally stand to benefit. - [scoffs] 240 00:15:48,456 --> 00:15:50,540 This really all the hunters could find? 241 00:15:52,540 --> 00:15:55,290 - These woods are scarce of life. - [fire hisses] 242 00:15:56,081 --> 00:15:58,665 Perhaps the others in Temeria or Redania are having more luck. 243 00:15:58,748 --> 00:16:00,623 They lick the boots of humans. 244 00:16:00,706 --> 00:16:03,373 The same boots that will eventually crush their necks. 245 00:16:04,165 --> 00:16:05,623 You deserve better, brother. 246 00:16:06,331 --> 00:16:07,165 All of us do. 247 00:16:08,248 --> 00:16:12,581 You promised us Dol Blathanna. How much longer must we search in vain? 248 00:16:12,665 --> 00:16:15,040 Each sun sets on fewer elves. 249 00:16:15,123 --> 00:16:17,665 Our land is stained, our elders dead. 250 00:16:17,748 --> 00:16:20,206 Even our caves at the edge of the world have fallen to monsters. 251 00:16:20,790 --> 00:16:23,998 But we mustn't lose faith in a bright elven future. 252 00:16:24,790 --> 00:16:26,748 What has been need not always be. 253 00:16:29,165 --> 00:16:31,873 - I know these ruins will bear answers. - [lute plays] 254 00:16:31,956 --> 00:16:34,665 The visions I've had since entering these woods give faith. 255 00:16:35,540 --> 00:16:36,498 [ringing sound] 256 00:16:36,581 --> 00:16:38,581 [speaking Elder] 257 00:16:39,248 --> 00:16:41,081 The white robe hides her face, 258 00:16:41,165 --> 00:16:44,040 but I know it's Ithlinne, our most sacred prophet, 259 00:16:44,123 --> 00:16:46,081 guiding us to safe havens. 260 00:16:46,581 --> 00:16:47,915 We will rebuild. 261 00:16:48,581 --> 00:16:50,206 Not meat, but it'll dull your hunger. 262 00:16:51,290 --> 00:16:52,706 I will not let us down. 263 00:16:53,956 --> 00:16:55,790 What has been need not always be. 264 00:17:00,790 --> 00:17:02,040 [sighs] 265 00:17:13,498 --> 00:17:15,331 I've never heard it sung with words. 266 00:17:21,706 --> 00:17:23,748 The heimlon you were playing. 267 00:17:23,831 --> 00:17:26,956 A man I knew, he said it was to guide lost elves home. 268 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:29,456 Those I've lost, yes. Dead elves and orphaned elves. 269 00:17:30,540 --> 00:17:31,998 The lyrics change often. 270 00:17:33,998 --> 00:17:37,290 The White Flame wants to punish the very people who oppress yours. 271 00:17:39,665 --> 00:17:42,331 Thieving a thief merely makes you the latest thief. 272 00:17:42,956 --> 00:17:46,248 Or tell me, does the White Flame intend to hand Xintrea back 273 00:17:46,331 --> 00:17:48,581 when he's done dancing on Calanthe's grave? 274 00:17:48,665 --> 00:17:51,540 - Xintrea? - Cintra's elven name before it was stolen. 275 00:17:55,123 --> 00:17:57,706 Are you the Filavandrel of the songs? 276 00:17:58,790 --> 00:18:02,956 The edge of the world? The leader who rose against the lioness? 277 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:04,790 The lying bard and his tunes. 278 00:18:07,873 --> 00:18:11,748 If I remember right, the bard's songs claim that you were king of the elves. 279 00:18:13,831 --> 00:18:16,290 My people turned to Francesca after I failed to beat Calanthe. 280 00:18:16,373 --> 00:18:17,331 They needed faith. 281 00:18:17,998 --> 00:18:20,831 Faith's a simple medicine for desperate souls. 282 00:18:22,206 --> 00:18:23,873 Faith sustains us all in dark times. 283 00:18:26,373 --> 00:18:27,998 Your… seduction, 284 00:18:28,081 --> 00:18:31,665 whilst charming, it lacks the cunning of your father's blood. 285 00:18:31,748 --> 00:18:33,665 Yes, well, he was half elf. 286 00:18:35,165 --> 00:18:37,748 I heard there hasn't been a pure-blooded elf born in decades. 287 00:18:40,873 --> 00:18:42,748 We've dreamt of robed figures too. 288 00:18:43,956 --> 00:18:44,831 Guiding us. 289 00:18:45,331 --> 00:18:47,040 Hers is red. Mine is black. 290 00:18:50,915 --> 00:18:54,623 If you free us, perhaps we can work together. Figure out their meaning. 291 00:18:58,165 --> 00:19:00,415 You've been digging here for how long? 292 00:19:01,415 --> 00:19:02,748 Perhaps we're the key. 293 00:19:03,706 --> 00:19:05,040 [elf shouts in Elder] 294 00:19:05,956 --> 00:19:07,998 - We've found something! - [gasps] 295 00:19:08,956 --> 00:19:09,915 Close. 296 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:12,081 Very close. 297 00:19:25,248 --> 00:19:26,540 It hides in forests? 298 00:19:27,873 --> 00:19:29,873 - There are others like it? - A few. 299 00:19:30,915 --> 00:19:33,623 Dying out, though, because they can't reproduce. 300 00:19:36,373 --> 00:19:39,415 Any you come across will have been around since the Conjunction. 301 00:19:42,290 --> 00:19:44,873 So, is that what we'll be doing here, then? 302 00:19:47,081 --> 00:19:48,206 Studying monsters. 303 00:19:48,290 --> 00:19:49,415 [grunts] 304 00:19:49,998 --> 00:19:50,831 Yeah. 305 00:19:55,081 --> 00:19:57,456 Collecting supplies for those potions you take? 306 00:19:58,331 --> 00:19:59,165 Sure. 307 00:20:04,290 --> 00:20:05,123 Training? 308 00:20:05,790 --> 00:20:06,706 Training… 309 00:20:07,498 --> 00:20:08,706 Is dangerous. 310 00:20:13,165 --> 00:20:15,081 So's the man with the black-winged helmet. 311 00:20:20,706 --> 00:20:22,206 And you want to kill him? 312 00:20:23,081 --> 00:20:23,915 Yes. 313 00:20:24,540 --> 00:20:25,373 Why? 314 00:20:28,206 --> 00:20:29,206 I hate him. 315 00:20:34,915 --> 00:20:36,206 [sighs] 316 00:20:39,790 --> 00:20:40,790 [sighs] 317 00:20:41,456 --> 00:20:42,706 This is important. 318 00:20:44,456 --> 00:20:46,081 We don't kill out of fear. 319 00:20:48,123 --> 00:20:49,665 We kill to save lives. 320 00:20:51,456 --> 00:20:52,623 Do you understand? 321 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:57,040 Hmm. 322 00:20:57,873 --> 00:21:01,290 Well, how did you spend your days when you first came here? 323 00:21:01,373 --> 00:21:02,873 I was beaten and starved. 324 00:21:04,498 --> 00:21:05,456 How's your room? 325 00:21:05,540 --> 00:21:07,498 - It has rats. - That's a good sign. 326 00:21:07,581 --> 00:21:08,748 - [crack] - [grunts] 327 00:21:09,248 --> 00:21:11,206 Means it's one of the warm ones. 328 00:21:14,206 --> 00:21:15,040 [door opens] 329 00:21:15,123 --> 00:21:16,831 [men cheering outside] 330 00:21:18,456 --> 00:21:19,456 What's that? 331 00:21:21,123 --> 00:21:22,165 Stay here. 332 00:21:22,665 --> 00:21:25,415 - You know, in Cintra, I went to parties... - Cirilla. 333 00:21:28,706 --> 00:21:29,956 [opens door] 334 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:31,290 [door slams] 335 00:21:39,831 --> 00:21:41,790 [folk music playing] 336 00:21:41,873 --> 00:21:43,873 [cheering and laughter] 337 00:21:52,415 --> 00:21:55,081 [woman] Here's a good one! Step over that bugle… 338 00:21:57,040 --> 00:22:00,915 So this is where witchers are hatched. 339 00:22:01,665 --> 00:22:04,790 I hope there's a plaque to commemorate your greatness. 340 00:22:07,706 --> 00:22:09,915 Tavern outside Dorian, handful of years ago. 341 00:22:10,540 --> 00:22:13,248 I bathed basilisk blood from your hair. 342 00:22:13,831 --> 00:22:15,040 [sighs] 343 00:22:16,540 --> 00:22:17,831 It was wyvern blood. 344 00:22:18,373 --> 00:22:19,706 You shouldn't be here. 345 00:22:19,790 --> 00:22:22,581 I hear that you have a daughter now. 346 00:22:23,748 --> 00:22:26,748 And I thought the softest thing about you was that you paid. 347 00:22:27,415 --> 00:22:28,748 She's not my daughter. 348 00:22:29,415 --> 00:22:32,456 Oh. Well, in that case, I could take her in. 349 00:22:32,540 --> 00:22:35,831 She'd have the boys eating out of her hand... Ooh! [giggles] 350 00:22:39,248 --> 00:22:41,165 And he says he's not a father. 351 00:22:46,123 --> 00:22:47,748 [loud cheering] 352 00:22:55,165 --> 00:22:56,290 [chuckling] 353 00:22:57,540 --> 00:22:58,373 What is this? 354 00:23:00,206 --> 00:23:02,873 [Vesemir] Eskel found some friends down the mountain. 355 00:23:03,956 --> 00:23:06,873 They shouldn't be here. And they should know better. 356 00:23:07,956 --> 00:23:10,373 He drank too much stramonium for that sting, I reckon. 357 00:23:10,456 --> 00:23:11,831 - Here! - [Vesemir] They all did. 358 00:23:11,915 --> 00:23:13,540 Get me another drink! 359 00:23:13,623 --> 00:23:16,123 [Vesemir] They won't remember anything by tomorrow. 360 00:23:16,998 --> 00:23:18,373 Certainly not how they got here. 361 00:23:21,248 --> 00:23:22,831 [man] Wrong destination! 362 00:23:22,915 --> 00:23:24,331 [laughter and cheering] 363 00:23:32,331 --> 00:23:35,081 So one of my regular clients, a druid, 364 00:23:35,831 --> 00:23:38,956 he was telling me leshies are giant talking trees. 365 00:23:39,540 --> 00:23:41,623 - [sighs] - They're beautiful, too. 366 00:23:41,706 --> 00:23:42,540 [grunts] 367 00:23:43,165 --> 00:23:44,790 - We don't pay for talk. - All right. 368 00:23:45,831 --> 00:23:46,748 Okay. 369 00:23:51,373 --> 00:23:52,998 Eskel, what are you doing? 370 00:23:54,665 --> 00:23:57,081 Are you takin' a break from tuckin' in your girl? 371 00:23:58,373 --> 00:24:00,331 I understand that you're in pain, 372 00:24:00,831 --> 00:24:03,415 and you can drown that pain with whomever you want. 373 00:24:04,415 --> 00:24:05,540 Just not here. 374 00:24:06,998 --> 00:24:08,123 [snorts] 375 00:24:08,206 --> 00:24:09,956 Aah, it's funny, you know. 376 00:24:10,456 --> 00:24:13,915 Me and the boys, we come back here, all banged up. 377 00:24:14,706 --> 00:24:16,623 Rock troll bust Lambert's eye. 378 00:24:16,706 --> 00:24:19,873 A werewolf took a chunk out of Coen's arse. Eh? 379 00:24:19,956 --> 00:24:21,540 And what do you come back with? 380 00:24:23,581 --> 00:24:24,623 All I say is, 381 00:24:25,373 --> 00:24:26,748 when I find a princess… 382 00:24:27,623 --> 00:24:28,623 [laughs] 383 00:24:28,706 --> 00:24:30,831 …the last thing I'm gonna do is… 384 00:24:31,581 --> 00:24:32,665 Play knight. 385 00:24:35,331 --> 00:24:36,540 [grunts] 386 00:24:46,790 --> 00:24:47,623 Eskel. 387 00:24:48,956 --> 00:24:49,956 Go to bed. 388 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:52,040 Hmm? 389 00:24:54,165 --> 00:24:55,206 [panting] 390 00:25:05,748 --> 00:25:07,081 [bird screeches] 391 00:25:08,331 --> 00:25:09,581 We need a plan. 392 00:25:09,665 --> 00:25:11,831 - What is wrong with you? - I feel off. 393 00:25:12,748 --> 00:25:13,998 The dimeritium. 394 00:25:14,081 --> 00:25:15,790 [elf] On your feet. Up! 395 00:25:16,290 --> 00:25:17,498 [sighs] 396 00:25:20,165 --> 00:25:21,290 Where are you taking us? 397 00:25:21,373 --> 00:25:24,665 You kill me, the White Flame will hold no mercy hunting you down. 398 00:25:25,331 --> 00:25:28,040 Do you humans ever stop talking? 399 00:25:38,290 --> 00:25:42,248 - [Fringilla] What is this? - [Yennefer] Runes of some sort. Linked by… 400 00:25:42,998 --> 00:25:43,831 Chaos? 401 00:25:45,873 --> 00:25:49,456 [Fringilla] This one's different. The arrival of monsters. 402 00:25:50,790 --> 00:25:52,206 The Conjunction of the Spheres. 403 00:25:55,998 --> 00:25:58,248 The heavens roared and the realms collided. 404 00:26:01,290 --> 00:26:02,331 Its survivors… 405 00:26:03,873 --> 00:26:06,165 lost and forsaken in a new world. 406 00:26:06,248 --> 00:26:07,456 New to you. 407 00:26:08,290 --> 00:26:09,415 It was ours. 408 00:26:11,331 --> 00:26:13,456 Your dreams. Tell me. 409 00:26:13,998 --> 00:26:16,915 Show us yours first. This works both ways now. 410 00:26:20,206 --> 00:26:23,956 In my vision, I'm lost in a maze of dead bodies, 411 00:26:24,498 --> 00:26:27,040 elves stacked so high they shade the sun. 412 00:26:29,331 --> 00:26:31,290 Ithlinne guides me clear the labyrinth, 413 00:26:31,373 --> 00:26:34,040 where I see the sun rise on a new elven kingdom. 414 00:26:36,081 --> 00:26:38,623 My guide's not Ithlinne. It's Emhyr. 415 00:26:40,956 --> 00:26:42,706 I can't see him. He's hooded. 416 00:26:43,498 --> 00:26:46,498 He just returned to Nilfgaard. He killed the Usurper. 417 00:26:47,581 --> 00:26:48,790 He saved me. 418 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:50,873 And yours? 419 00:27:02,081 --> 00:27:03,040 What are you doing? 420 00:27:06,248 --> 00:27:07,915 [Yennefer blowing] 421 00:27:13,998 --> 00:27:16,415 It's Elder speech, but primitive. 422 00:27:17,665 --> 00:27:19,248 "Behold the mother of forests, 423 00:27:19,331 --> 00:27:22,206 the deathless mother, nesting in dreams." 424 00:27:24,456 --> 00:27:25,915 The rest is gibberish. 425 00:27:25,998 --> 00:27:28,081 No. It's an incantation. 426 00:27:28,581 --> 00:27:30,456 About a hut, with no doors. 427 00:27:31,206 --> 00:27:33,998 My father, he used to scare us with stories 428 00:27:34,081 --> 00:27:35,790 about the witch in the woods, 429 00:27:36,748 --> 00:27:39,623 her home perched on basilisk legs. 430 00:27:40,123 --> 00:27:43,248 She would lure the children in to be boiled and eaten. 431 00:27:43,331 --> 00:27:47,415 Wouldn't be the first time mankind cried "witch" at the sight of elven power. 432 00:27:47,498 --> 00:27:48,790 My brother's right. 433 00:27:48,873 --> 00:27:52,040 These are our ancestors, kneeling, worshiping. 434 00:27:52,623 --> 00:27:55,248 Perhaps this deathless mother's one of the old gods. 435 00:27:56,415 --> 00:27:59,081 First you say it's Ithlinne, then it's one of the old gods. 436 00:27:59,165 --> 00:28:01,373 What designs would either have with two humans? 437 00:28:01,456 --> 00:28:03,165 [rumbling and cracking] 438 00:28:15,123 --> 00:28:17,623 [echoing whisper] Turn your back to the forest. 439 00:28:18,456 --> 00:28:19,581 She's calling us. 440 00:28:19,665 --> 00:28:21,873 [distorted voices whispering] 441 00:28:21,956 --> 00:28:23,623 Stand guard until we've returned. 442 00:28:23,706 --> 00:28:24,790 - Francesca. - No. 443 00:28:24,873 --> 00:28:28,290 Gage, I swore I'd take care of you since we were children. 444 00:28:28,915 --> 00:28:30,540 Now let me take care of us all. 445 00:28:32,331 --> 00:28:33,373 [sighs] 446 00:28:36,248 --> 00:28:37,290 Do she and I get a vote 447 00:28:37,373 --> 00:28:39,790 - on joining your prayer circle? - What do you think? 448 00:28:52,956 --> 00:28:54,956 [laughter and music from hall] 449 00:28:55,665 --> 00:28:56,790 [loud cheering] 450 00:29:15,415 --> 00:29:18,623 Newcomers always struggle sleeping their first nights. 451 00:29:20,540 --> 00:29:21,790 It's the chill. 452 00:29:25,206 --> 00:29:27,581 Klef here was one of the first witchers. 453 00:29:28,915 --> 00:29:30,040 Before my time. 454 00:29:31,665 --> 00:29:32,915 What happened to him? 455 00:29:33,415 --> 00:29:35,540 One of the oldest monsters. A demon. 456 00:29:36,123 --> 00:29:37,290 Long extinct. 457 00:29:38,581 --> 00:29:43,415 She wreaked havoc until the witchers bound her deep in the forest. 458 00:29:45,248 --> 00:29:47,206 That's what she used to kill him. 459 00:29:49,081 --> 00:29:52,498 Some say she still calls to the unfortunate souls 460 00:29:52,581 --> 00:29:54,331 unlucky enough to cross her woods. 461 00:29:54,998 --> 00:29:56,915 Lures them in to devour them. 462 00:29:58,831 --> 00:30:01,123 Scary stories don't really work on me. 463 00:30:05,790 --> 00:30:07,498 And this one, Deglan, 464 00:30:07,581 --> 00:30:10,081 was killed by men right in these halls. 465 00:30:12,248 --> 00:30:14,081 He taught me everything I know. 466 00:30:14,790 --> 00:30:15,748 Made me a witcher. 467 00:30:17,540 --> 00:30:20,581 He was like a father to you, wasn't he? As you're Geralt's. 468 00:30:21,790 --> 00:30:22,998 Something like that. 469 00:30:24,623 --> 00:30:26,415 It is easier when they're young. 470 00:30:26,498 --> 00:30:29,665 Wait for them to finish crying for Ma and feed them, 471 00:30:29,748 --> 00:30:33,915 train them, send them out into the world, and see who comes back alive. 472 00:30:39,206 --> 00:30:40,456 You don't frighten easily. 473 00:30:42,623 --> 00:30:45,498 There's times to stand still, and there's times to keep moving. 474 00:30:45,581 --> 00:30:47,706 Did that mantra help you escape Cintra? 475 00:30:49,831 --> 00:30:51,498 Geralt said I'd be protected here. 476 00:30:51,581 --> 00:30:54,165 It's hard to do when I don't know who I'm protecting. 477 00:30:54,665 --> 00:30:56,581 Or what I'm protecting her from. 478 00:31:01,456 --> 00:31:02,498 [woman gasps] 479 00:31:09,248 --> 00:31:11,290 You took on that wooden beast. 480 00:31:11,998 --> 00:31:13,581 Let me take on yours! 481 00:31:13,665 --> 00:31:14,748 Oh! 482 00:31:23,456 --> 00:31:25,206 [creaking] 483 00:31:26,373 --> 00:31:27,831 [woman moaning] 484 00:31:29,665 --> 00:31:31,331 [wind whistling] 485 00:31:36,123 --> 00:31:37,790 Come on. Keep moving. 486 00:31:43,290 --> 00:31:44,831 If you dreamt of Emhyr, 487 00:31:45,873 --> 00:31:47,873 why were you so terrified when you woke? 488 00:31:50,540 --> 00:31:51,415 Tell me. 489 00:31:55,581 --> 00:31:56,623 I'm in the dark. 490 00:31:57,915 --> 00:31:59,498 There are people over me… 491 00:32:00,331 --> 00:32:01,373 Touching me. 492 00:32:02,206 --> 00:32:03,581 Just gentle taps. 493 00:32:04,790 --> 00:32:07,206 I can't see them. I can't stop them. So… 494 00:32:09,373 --> 00:32:11,040 I just lay there and let them. 495 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:16,873 After the Usurper executed Fergus, 496 00:32:17,831 --> 00:32:19,998 he had all of the mages moved to a prison. 497 00:32:22,956 --> 00:32:23,998 Uh… 498 00:32:24,623 --> 00:32:25,581 A playhouse. 499 00:32:27,498 --> 00:32:30,540 I was there for years. Then Emhyr found me. 500 00:32:32,290 --> 00:32:33,915 [voice hissing] 501 00:32:38,415 --> 00:32:40,290 [whispering voice] I could go walking… 502 00:32:41,665 --> 00:32:44,748 - [wind whistling] - …if you were alive… 503 00:32:45,581 --> 00:32:46,831 A hut with no doors. 504 00:32:47,581 --> 00:32:49,123 - The inscription. - [Yennefer] Wait. 505 00:32:50,623 --> 00:32:54,081 If you're wrong, if the dreams don't mean what you think... 506 00:32:54,165 --> 00:32:58,040 Behold the mother of forests, the deathless mother, nesting in dreams. 507 00:32:58,706 --> 00:33:01,665 - Turn your back to the forest, hut, hut. - [rumbling] 508 00:33:02,498 --> 00:33:03,873 Turn your front to me, 509 00:33:04,540 --> 00:33:06,206 hut, hut. 510 00:33:11,165 --> 00:33:12,998 [echoing roar] 511 00:33:21,956 --> 00:33:23,540 [laughter] 512 00:33:23,623 --> 00:33:25,248 - Have you seen Cirilla? - Yeah. 513 00:33:25,331 --> 00:33:28,081 I saw her pounding White Gull and dancing on the table. 514 00:33:28,956 --> 00:33:29,998 - Funny. - Mmm. 515 00:33:31,290 --> 00:33:32,540 I caught her spying. 516 00:33:36,623 --> 00:33:40,248 Geralt, it's her first night here. What did you expect? 517 00:33:40,956 --> 00:33:42,831 I was hoping she'd do as I say. 518 00:33:42,915 --> 00:33:44,665 Kids never do what you say. 519 00:33:44,748 --> 00:33:45,748 Hmm. 520 00:33:45,831 --> 00:33:48,331 We had a chat, and then I sent her to bed. 521 00:33:50,081 --> 00:33:51,623 Are you sure you're ready for this? 522 00:33:56,415 --> 00:33:59,998 I was in a cell beneath the city when Cintra was sacked. 523 00:34:00,623 --> 00:34:01,706 I heard it all. 524 00:34:02,873 --> 00:34:04,998 Fire, screams, and death. 525 00:34:06,540 --> 00:34:09,040 The same sounds that I heard here as a boy, 526 00:34:09,956 --> 00:34:11,331 hiding in the cellar, 527 00:34:12,165 --> 00:34:14,415 waiting for the humans to come for us. 528 00:34:16,623 --> 00:34:20,165 You were the last surviving witcher after Kaer Morhen fell. 529 00:34:21,456 --> 00:34:23,831 You and a batch of mutated orphans 530 00:34:24,831 --> 00:34:26,248 with nowhere else to go. 531 00:34:28,873 --> 00:34:29,706 Were you ready? 532 00:34:30,456 --> 00:34:31,373 No. 533 00:34:31,456 --> 00:34:33,165 But you protected us anyway. 534 00:34:33,248 --> 00:34:34,165 No. 535 00:34:34,956 --> 00:34:37,123 I taught you how to fend for yourselves. 536 00:34:39,456 --> 00:34:40,665 [chuckles] 537 00:34:41,165 --> 00:34:42,998 - [ringing] - [chains rattling] 538 00:34:43,873 --> 00:34:45,956 [sighing sound echoes] 539 00:34:47,790 --> 00:34:49,206 [women gasping] 540 00:34:49,290 --> 00:34:50,165 - No! - Hey! 541 00:34:50,998 --> 00:34:52,706 [high-pitched buzzing] 542 00:34:53,373 --> 00:34:54,665 [creaking] 543 00:34:55,456 --> 00:34:57,456 [skittering and rumbling] 544 00:34:58,623 --> 00:35:00,206 [heavy creaking] 545 00:35:00,290 --> 00:35:02,165 [pattering] 546 00:35:02,248 --> 00:35:04,165 Maybe Eskel's leshy wants its hand back. 547 00:35:04,248 --> 00:35:06,248 [pattering and creaking continue] 548 00:35:09,248 --> 00:35:10,706 Wield your wits, boys. 549 00:35:11,456 --> 00:35:13,206 - I'll secure the guests. - I'll check the wing. 550 00:35:13,290 --> 00:35:16,665 - We'll check the perimeter. - Follow me! Get a move on! 551 00:35:16,748 --> 00:35:18,081 - Let's go! - [Lambert] Move it! 552 00:35:18,165 --> 00:35:19,873 - I'll find Cirilla. - [Vesemir] No. 553 00:35:20,540 --> 00:35:21,956 Do what you do best. 554 00:35:22,998 --> 00:35:23,915 Stay and fight. 555 00:35:29,915 --> 00:35:31,290 [loud banging] 556 00:35:31,373 --> 00:35:33,415 - [gasps] - Look alive, girl! We've got company. 557 00:35:33,498 --> 00:35:35,331 - What are you doing? Stay back. - Hey! 558 00:35:35,831 --> 00:35:39,290 Don't barge into a girl's room waving about a sword, you moron! 559 00:35:39,373 --> 00:35:42,581 - [gasping] - Stand guard outside. 560 00:35:43,623 --> 00:35:45,456 I was following fucking orders. 561 00:35:46,123 --> 00:35:48,123 Come on, let's go! Move it! 562 00:35:51,998 --> 00:35:53,915 [water dripping] 563 00:35:54,415 --> 00:35:56,123 [creaking] 564 00:36:03,081 --> 00:36:04,373 [thump] 565 00:36:05,706 --> 00:36:07,373 [rumbling] 566 00:36:07,456 --> 00:36:08,915 [creaking] 567 00:36:17,456 --> 00:36:18,956 [creaking continues] 568 00:36:25,415 --> 00:36:26,873 Where are you? 569 00:36:30,123 --> 00:36:31,581 - [crashing] - [screaming] 570 00:36:31,665 --> 00:36:32,998 [gasping] 571 00:36:33,081 --> 00:36:34,498 - [squeaking] - [woman sobbing] 572 00:36:36,790 --> 00:36:38,790 [chittering and squelching] 573 00:36:41,998 --> 00:36:43,581 [rumbling] 574 00:36:54,165 --> 00:36:56,165 [whispering voices] 575 00:36:57,165 --> 00:36:58,956 - [wind whistling] - [groans softly] 576 00:37:05,206 --> 00:37:07,123 [whispering voices overlapping] 577 00:37:21,081 --> 00:37:22,040 What are you? 578 00:37:23,581 --> 00:37:24,540 Hello. 579 00:37:27,706 --> 00:37:29,123 Don't be scared. 580 00:37:29,206 --> 00:37:30,706 I'm here to help you. 581 00:37:31,540 --> 00:37:32,373 Ithlinne? 582 00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:35,873 I knew it. 583 00:37:37,623 --> 00:37:38,831 You're not him. 584 00:37:40,290 --> 00:37:41,290 I know what you are. 585 00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:43,831 [Emhyr] An old wives' tale for children. 586 00:37:46,623 --> 00:37:48,290 Are you a child, Fringilla? 587 00:37:49,248 --> 00:37:52,373 Did I save you from the playhouse to be a child? 588 00:37:54,331 --> 00:37:55,373 I'm not scared. 589 00:37:56,165 --> 00:37:57,540 And I don't do help. 590 00:37:57,623 --> 00:37:59,873 Yes, you don't need anyone. 591 00:38:01,331 --> 00:38:02,790 You have nothing to hide here. 592 00:38:02,873 --> 00:38:03,790 I know. 593 00:38:04,290 --> 00:38:06,248 It's just… the path has been hard. 594 00:38:06,331 --> 00:38:09,123 And the path forward will be harder still. 595 00:38:09,206 --> 00:38:10,956 [echoing] But I can help you. 596 00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:12,623 [voices hissing] 597 00:38:14,873 --> 00:38:15,706 And yet… 598 00:38:16,748 --> 00:38:18,581 You've stayed for decades. 599 00:38:20,248 --> 00:38:21,081 Why? 600 00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:23,040 Is it love? 601 00:38:23,998 --> 00:38:25,415 Legacy, you say? 602 00:38:28,123 --> 00:38:28,956 Power! 603 00:38:29,665 --> 00:38:30,956 That's what you live for. 604 00:38:31,623 --> 00:38:33,873 [laughing] That's your play? It's rather desperate. 605 00:38:33,956 --> 00:38:36,081 You're the desperate one, Yennefer. 606 00:38:36,581 --> 00:38:37,665 [distorted] The most. 607 00:38:44,665 --> 00:38:45,790 You are not the new sun. 608 00:38:46,956 --> 00:38:49,748 - You are not him. - Oh, he'll never tell you what I will. 609 00:38:50,623 --> 00:38:54,331 The path to true strength lies not in humble faith, 610 00:38:55,706 --> 00:38:57,331 but in believing in oneself… 611 00:38:57,415 --> 00:38:59,873 [Ithlinne, echoing] …and seizing one's destiny. 612 00:39:02,456 --> 00:39:07,873 The world will die in frost and be reborn with a new sun. 613 00:39:08,915 --> 00:39:12,248 But first, the earth will flow with the blood of elves. 614 00:39:13,706 --> 00:39:15,123 How do I save them? 615 00:39:15,206 --> 00:39:16,623 Remove those robes. 616 00:39:17,873 --> 00:39:21,373 Or what if I told you that you could have power? 617 00:39:22,206 --> 00:39:24,040 And not of a meek sycophant, 618 00:39:24,123 --> 00:39:25,790 but as your own woman. 619 00:39:25,873 --> 00:39:26,956 This isn't real. 620 00:39:28,998 --> 00:39:30,873 [Ithlinne] Well, imagine if it were. 621 00:39:31,456 --> 00:39:34,915 [Emhyr and Ithlinne] Imagine that you are the emperor, right now. 622 00:39:36,915 --> 00:39:40,206 [girl] The others' dreams were obvious. 623 00:39:41,123 --> 00:39:42,956 You thought you were special. 624 00:39:43,456 --> 00:39:44,290 But no. 625 00:39:44,998 --> 00:39:46,206 Yours was obvious too. 626 00:39:47,290 --> 00:39:48,331 Then make your ask. 627 00:39:49,290 --> 00:39:50,915 I would rebuild our forces. 628 00:39:51,956 --> 00:39:53,331 Strengthen our numbers. 629 00:39:54,206 --> 00:39:58,206 We are an empire, but the North… the North is a league of many kingdoms. 630 00:39:58,290 --> 00:40:00,956 [Emhyr and Ithlinne] And a large and unpredictable land. 631 00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:04,623 [echoing] Even with numbers, you'd be lost. You need friends. 632 00:40:06,123 --> 00:40:08,540 Allies that know this land as if it were their own. 633 00:40:08,623 --> 00:40:10,790 No Northern Kingdom would ally itself with us. 634 00:40:11,373 --> 00:40:12,956 - [whisper] No… - No kingdom of men. 635 00:40:16,248 --> 00:40:17,790 Do you want salvation? 636 00:40:18,665 --> 00:40:22,873 [whispering] Then you're bringing back the wrong elf. 637 00:40:26,790 --> 00:40:29,790 The first pure elf for years. 638 00:40:31,748 --> 00:40:34,040 A new hope for a brighter future. 639 00:40:34,123 --> 00:40:35,873 I've been with child before. 640 00:40:36,456 --> 00:40:37,540 None have come to term. 641 00:40:37,623 --> 00:40:38,706 But if it could? 642 00:40:39,206 --> 00:40:40,415 If I could help you? 643 00:40:41,081 --> 00:40:43,081 All you need to do is ask. 644 00:40:45,540 --> 00:40:47,040 You're not Ithlinne, are you? 645 00:40:47,123 --> 00:40:49,873 [distorted] Your ancestors' faith was better than yours. 646 00:40:49,956 --> 00:40:51,915 [whispering echo] Better than yours. 647 00:40:51,998 --> 00:40:53,290 Then make your ask. 648 00:40:55,498 --> 00:40:56,415 What must I do? 649 00:40:58,081 --> 00:40:59,998 To see your child live, 650 00:41:00,790 --> 00:41:02,290 you must live first 651 00:41:02,873 --> 00:41:03,790 amongst men. 652 00:41:03,873 --> 00:41:05,706 [distorted ringing] 653 00:41:06,206 --> 00:41:07,331 Xintrea! 654 00:41:10,873 --> 00:41:12,248 [girl] You're no longer bound. 655 00:41:13,665 --> 00:41:15,956 Why haven't you thought to portal yourself free? 656 00:41:19,081 --> 00:41:20,790 You've felt it since Sodden, 657 00:41:21,581 --> 00:41:22,456 haven't you? 658 00:41:23,915 --> 00:41:25,623 - [distorted] Or rather… - [wind whistles] 659 00:41:25,706 --> 00:41:27,498 [girl and Ithlinne] …haven't felt it. 660 00:41:30,498 --> 00:41:33,623 But you'd rather be blind than see the truth. 661 00:41:35,081 --> 00:41:37,081 Remember this lesson, Piglet? 662 00:41:39,248 --> 00:41:41,248 [wind gusting] 663 00:41:42,623 --> 00:41:43,956 [bird screeches] 664 00:41:44,790 --> 00:41:46,248 [distant crashing sounds] 665 00:41:50,915 --> 00:41:51,748 Zeilil eip. 666 00:41:54,248 --> 00:41:55,165 Zeilil eip. 667 00:41:57,915 --> 00:41:58,831 Zeilil eip. 668 00:42:00,331 --> 00:42:01,165 Zeilil eip. 669 00:42:01,248 --> 00:42:02,665 You blew it at Sodden. 670 00:42:04,248 --> 00:42:06,540 Fire is dangerous magic. 671 00:42:07,248 --> 00:42:08,456 Farewell, Chaos! 672 00:42:08,540 --> 00:42:10,331 What will she live for now? 673 00:42:11,831 --> 00:42:14,290 Zeilil eip. Zeilil eip. 674 00:42:15,831 --> 00:42:17,123 Move, damn it! 675 00:42:17,665 --> 00:42:19,081 Fucking parlor tricks! 676 00:42:19,165 --> 00:42:20,956 Yes, denial! 677 00:42:21,456 --> 00:42:23,665 [girl and Ithlinne] A tasty garnish. 678 00:42:35,540 --> 00:42:38,998 - I'm going to let you bake some more. - [whispering echo] 679 00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:43,123 I want your desperation crisp. 680 00:42:45,623 --> 00:42:49,206 You will beg me to take it from you. 681 00:42:50,248 --> 00:42:52,998 And I will. 682 00:42:58,831 --> 00:43:00,831 [creaking] 683 00:43:04,123 --> 00:43:05,665 [liquid running] 684 00:43:13,581 --> 00:43:15,373 [soft creaking] 685 00:43:26,248 --> 00:43:27,165 [sighs] 686 00:43:27,248 --> 00:43:28,873 [creaking and rumbling] 687 00:43:36,331 --> 00:43:37,623 [sounds fade] 688 00:43:38,331 --> 00:43:39,665 [grunting] 689 00:43:41,165 --> 00:43:42,456 [snorts] 690 00:43:42,540 --> 00:43:44,290 [creaking and shuffling] 691 00:43:44,373 --> 00:43:46,123 [skittering] 692 00:43:49,915 --> 00:43:50,873 [sounds fade] 693 00:43:56,790 --> 00:43:58,456 [grunts] 694 00:44:01,248 --> 00:44:02,706 [groans] 695 00:44:13,331 --> 00:44:14,915 [Geralt straining] 696 00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:20,790 [screeching] 697 00:44:24,248 --> 00:44:26,123 [roaring] 698 00:44:27,665 --> 00:44:29,665 [gasping] 699 00:44:30,498 --> 00:44:31,831 [growls] 700 00:44:32,790 --> 00:44:33,706 Eskel? 701 00:44:33,790 --> 00:44:35,831 [panting] Geralt. 702 00:44:39,748 --> 00:44:41,456 [Eskel grunting] 703 00:44:45,165 --> 00:44:46,623 [groans] 704 00:44:50,248 --> 00:44:51,498 [growls] 705 00:44:52,415 --> 00:44:53,956 [yells] 706 00:44:58,748 --> 00:45:00,748 [roars] 707 00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:16,873 Eskel! 708 00:45:25,665 --> 00:45:27,706 I came… back here. 709 00:45:29,873 --> 00:45:31,415 I knew something… 710 00:45:32,123 --> 00:45:32,956 Was wrong. 711 00:45:33,706 --> 00:45:35,956 - I don't know what happened. - [groans] 712 00:45:37,540 --> 00:45:38,790 But I thought… 713 00:45:39,290 --> 00:45:40,956 I thought I could fight it. 714 00:45:42,456 --> 00:45:43,956 [groans] 715 00:45:45,206 --> 00:45:46,165 I thought… 716 00:45:46,956 --> 00:45:48,248 You could… 717 00:45:49,415 --> 00:45:50,456 Help… 718 00:45:51,331 --> 00:45:52,373 Me. 719 00:45:56,415 --> 00:45:57,831 [screeches] 720 00:45:58,415 --> 00:45:59,415 Vesemir. 721 00:46:05,373 --> 00:46:08,331 Should've known better than to bring my whores to a witcher den. 722 00:46:08,415 --> 00:46:09,373 Danica, you fool. 723 00:46:10,331 --> 00:46:12,373 Stay here. Take cover. 724 00:46:12,956 --> 00:46:13,873 - [door slams] - No. 725 00:46:14,415 --> 00:46:15,790 No, no, no. Lambert! 726 00:46:16,581 --> 00:46:19,956 Fuck this. I'm not dying here. What's the quickest way out, girl? 727 00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:23,790 There's stairs to the north of the hall, a turret to the south… I don't know. 728 00:46:23,873 --> 00:46:25,748 - All right, come on. - No. 729 00:46:25,831 --> 00:46:28,706 - We have to stay. Geralt... - Geralt may be dead already! 730 00:46:30,331 --> 00:46:32,956 - Look, witchers fight. We run. - [rumbling] 731 00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:34,873 - [crashing] - [gasping and screaming] 732 00:46:34,956 --> 00:46:36,331 Go. Go! 733 00:46:39,206 --> 00:46:41,040 - Go. - [women crying] 734 00:46:45,915 --> 00:46:47,998 - [rumbling] - What is this? 735 00:46:48,081 --> 00:46:49,081 It's Eskel. 736 00:46:49,706 --> 00:46:51,206 The leshy's infected him. 737 00:46:52,706 --> 00:46:53,915 That's not possible. 738 00:46:58,331 --> 00:46:59,498 - [creaking] - [growls] 739 00:47:00,623 --> 00:47:01,915 [skittering] 740 00:47:03,998 --> 00:47:05,290 [clattering] 741 00:47:10,123 --> 00:47:11,248 [Geralt growls] 742 00:47:11,915 --> 00:47:12,790 [Eskel snarling] 743 00:47:15,415 --> 00:47:16,331 [Vesemir] The door! Go! 744 00:47:25,873 --> 00:47:26,956 [yells] 745 00:47:34,373 --> 00:47:35,581 [roaring] 746 00:47:42,748 --> 00:47:43,873 [screeches] 747 00:47:50,040 --> 00:47:50,873 Eskel. 748 00:47:51,581 --> 00:47:52,623 We need time. 749 00:47:53,373 --> 00:47:54,331 We can save you. 750 00:48:03,706 --> 00:48:04,956 [strained] Eskel… 751 00:48:07,790 --> 00:48:09,873 Please… stop… 752 00:48:09,956 --> 00:48:11,456 - [snarling] - [whimpers] 753 00:48:19,665 --> 00:48:21,040 [Eskel screeches] 754 00:48:21,873 --> 00:48:22,956 [screams] 755 00:48:24,165 --> 00:48:25,665 [roaring] 756 00:48:29,873 --> 00:48:31,456 [gasping] 757 00:48:45,790 --> 00:48:47,623 [Vesemir sighs] 758 00:48:50,165 --> 00:48:51,373 [sighs] 759 00:48:54,873 --> 00:48:56,498 You did what you had to do. 760 00:48:59,706 --> 00:49:00,915 [sighs] 761 00:49:11,498 --> 00:49:12,998 [whimpering] 762 00:49:16,915 --> 00:49:18,415 [voices calling] 763 00:49:30,665 --> 00:49:31,623 There you are. 764 00:49:32,581 --> 00:49:33,498 It's all right. 765 00:49:36,665 --> 00:49:37,540 You saw her too. 766 00:49:38,415 --> 00:49:39,706 Don't worry. You're free. 767 00:49:42,498 --> 00:49:43,415 You're going with them. 768 00:49:44,206 --> 00:49:47,456 Francesca claims the old gods want an alliance between elves and Nilfgaard. 769 00:49:47,540 --> 00:49:50,081 - I agreed. - Then you're both fools. 770 00:49:51,206 --> 00:49:52,998 You know that evil witch is no god. 771 00:49:53,081 --> 00:49:55,248 I know my faith brought me this far. 772 00:49:55,331 --> 00:49:58,665 - I'll see how much further it can take me. - That sounded like ambition. 773 00:49:58,748 --> 00:50:01,498 - Impossible. - Not as impossible as you finding meaning. 774 00:50:02,206 --> 00:50:04,456 - What did you ask for? - [horse neighs] 775 00:50:04,540 --> 00:50:06,831 - An end to this nonsense. - Oh, glib as ever. 776 00:50:06,915 --> 00:50:07,831 Uh... 777 00:50:08,623 --> 00:50:09,915 If she really is that evil, 778 00:50:10,748 --> 00:50:12,248 why did she let you go? 779 00:50:13,373 --> 00:50:14,831 [elves shouting] 780 00:50:18,498 --> 00:50:20,498 [thunder crashing] 781 00:50:21,748 --> 00:50:23,123 [sobs] 782 00:50:30,581 --> 00:50:31,748 [rats squeaking] 783 00:50:37,373 --> 00:50:38,248 [door opens] 784 00:50:46,831 --> 00:50:48,123 [Geralt groans] 785 00:50:52,415 --> 00:50:53,415 Is it over? 786 00:50:54,998 --> 00:50:55,831 We're safe now? 787 00:51:03,165 --> 00:51:04,415 Are you okay? 788 00:51:06,290 --> 00:51:07,123 I'm all right. 789 00:51:10,456 --> 00:51:11,456 Come with me. 790 00:51:29,331 --> 00:51:31,540 When I first came to Kaer Morhen, 791 00:51:33,623 --> 00:51:36,998 Vesemir said to me that the world outside these walls 792 00:51:38,165 --> 00:51:39,665 is a dangerous place. 793 00:51:42,456 --> 00:51:44,456 [thunderclap] 794 00:51:49,915 --> 00:51:51,748 [Geralt] But times are changing, 795 00:51:53,415 --> 00:51:54,248 even here. 796 00:51:56,123 --> 00:51:57,831 [high-pitched ringing] 797 00:51:58,665 --> 00:51:59,873 Nowhere's safe now. 798 00:51:59,956 --> 00:52:01,206 [shouting in Elder] 799 00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:02,873 [yelps] 800 00:52:02,956 --> 00:52:04,998 [Geralt] You can't run from the world. 801 00:52:06,415 --> 00:52:07,956 You can't hide from it. 802 00:52:09,248 --> 00:52:10,123 Eskel. 803 00:52:10,665 --> 00:52:12,248 - Eskel. - For the brothers. 804 00:52:13,331 --> 00:52:15,831 But you can find power 805 00:52:16,540 --> 00:52:17,998 and purpose. 806 00:52:24,748 --> 00:52:27,248 A chance to survive the horror. 807 00:52:27,915 --> 00:52:29,498 [thunder crashing] 808 00:52:29,581 --> 00:52:31,331 [gasping and shouting in Elder] 809 00:52:34,456 --> 00:52:35,665 [gasps] 810 00:52:44,081 --> 00:52:45,456 [shouts in Elder] 811 00:52:47,040 --> 00:52:48,331 [gasps] 812 00:52:53,123 --> 00:52:54,706 [sobbing] 813 00:53:00,081 --> 00:53:01,790 [screaming] 814 00:53:07,956 --> 00:53:09,206 [sobbing] 815 00:53:12,165 --> 00:53:13,831 [Geralt] This Continent… 816 00:53:14,540 --> 00:53:15,915 Was meant for no one. 817 00:53:17,873 --> 00:53:19,540 All you have to do, Ciri, 818 00:53:20,456 --> 00:53:22,206 is keep your sword close 819 00:53:22,748 --> 00:53:23,706 and keep moving.