What is Geralt's Law of surprise?

Law of Surprise, a custom as old as humanity itself, is the price a man who saves another can demand. It is a request for something which neither the saviour nor the saved knows the nature of, until the saved man returns home.
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Is Ciri Geralts daughter by Law of surprise?

First of all, Ciri is obviously not Geralt's biological daughter but in legal terms, he is technically her father or guardian. This all stems from the Law of Surprise, which Geralt invoked after saving the life of Ciri's actual father, a knight named Duny, not knowing what it would entail at the time.
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Why is Geralt bound to Ciri?

Ciri was bound to Geralt by the “law of surprise” promise her father Duny (Bart Edwards) made to the witcher for saving his life.
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What is the meaning of Law of surprise?

The Law of Surprise is a custom as old as humanity itself. The Law dictates that a man saved by another is expected to offer to his savior a boon whose nature is unknown to one or both parties. In most cases, the boon takes the form of the saved man's firstborn child, conceived or born without the father's knowledge.
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What does the child surprise mean?

A Child of Surprise is a person chosen by destiny itself, and in The Witcher's lore such Children of Surprise are special and rare.
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The Witcher: The Law Of Surprise Explained



Why did witcher claim Law of surprise?

Law of Surprise, a custom as old as humanity itself, is the price a man who saves another can demand. It is a request for something which neither the saviour nor the saved knows the nature of, until the saved man returns home.
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Did Geralt get Pavetta pregnant?

As thanks, Duny asks what he could offer Geralt for saving his life and Geralt responded "that which you already have but do not know", revealing to the group that Pavetta was in fact pregnant. This child turned out to be Ciri.
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Why is Ciri so important?

By having children with Ciri, the Wild Hunt and their subset race of elves can breed Elder Blood and the ability to open up portals between worlds back into their race.
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Why does the child belong to Geralt?

Because Geralt evoked the law, it means their baby, Ciri, is now owed to him as a “child of surprise.” While Geralt refuses to claim Ciri as his payment, the law ultimately ties their fates together.
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What was Geralt's last wish?

Geralt wished to die alongside Yennefer. Since a djinn can't kill its own master, this wish would provide a nice loophole that would save Yennefer's life and also ensure that Geralt and Yennefer's lives are bound together until their very ends.
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Does Ciri marry Geralt?

Ciri, when she is in the woods with the young girl, says she learned how to fight from her father, Geralt. Geralt, in turn, views Ciri as his daughter, as does Yennefer. … [Geralt and Ciri] are not lovers, nor are they in love with each other.”
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Can Ciri have a child?

Since Ciri never underwent the witcher mutations, she's very much fertile and can bear children.
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Does Geralt have a child with Yennefer?

In fact, in the novels (and in the show) both Yennefer and Geralt are incapable of having biological children. For Geralt, the show affords him a wide landscape of emotions — his story isn't pegged to his ability to father children.
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Is Geralt Cirilla's father?

We also learned officially who Ciri's dad is — it's not Geralt — and why that's important for the future of the series. Remember, The Witcher season 3 is already in the work.
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Does Geralt marry Yennefer?

Ciri says that she doesn't want the story to end like that, and says the tale ends with Yennefer and Geralt getting married, and that a celebration ensued between all the different dead and living characters of the saga and they live happily ever after. Ciri starts crying when finishing her story like a fairy tale.
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Why is Ciri called a child surprise?

As a result, the law sometimes results in an unborn child being served up as payment, because the father didn't know his wife/lover/mistress was pregnant — this is a child surprise, like Ciri.
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Is Ciri a Witcher?

Ciri does undergo intense training to become a Witcher herself. She doesn't become a full-fledged Witcher during the events of Season 2. However, if Season 3 follows Ciri's fate in the books, she does eventually become a Witcher.
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Why was Duny cursed?

Duny had been cursed at the age of 13 by a mage hired by a usurper of the Nilfgaardian throne. Duny's real father, Fergus var Emreis, had refused to cooperate with the plot and so was tortured but this did not break him, so the usurpers decided to get at the emperor through his son. This is where the curse came in.
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Why are monsters drawn to Ciri?

Ultimately, it was revealed that she wanted Ciri because the princess was the only one who could return her home to her own sphere. After all, we learned that Ciri had the power to pull monsters and creatures into the world from monoliths that were linked to a network of these spheres.
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Who is more powerful Yennefer or Ciri?

Ciri. Ciri is the de facto strongest character in the Witcher. Even though you might think the book is mostly about Geralt, or maybe even Yennefer, in reality the whole story is about Ciri.
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Is Cirilla part elf?

She's learned that Ciri is part elf, the child of Elder Blood foretold in an ancient elven curse meant to bring vengeance upon the humans. She believes finding Ciri is the key to helping her people.
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Why did the princess puke in The Witcher?

The queen was not horrified when Duny transformed, just surprised. Pavetta vomited because she is pregnant.
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Does Ciri love Geralt?

Both characters are connected through Geralt

But once Geralt officially meets Ciri, the two are bonded for life. Ciri loves Geralt like a father. She trusts him implicitly and knows that he will do anything he can to protect her. This affection for the Witcher is something that Triss also shares.
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Who does Ciri end up with?

Shortly after, Calanthe arranged Ciri's third official engagement: this time to the 9 year old Radovid V of Redania.
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