Is Renfri in The Witcher Evil?

In the show, Renfri is a cursed former princess who is hunted by a wizard named Stregobor, as he believes that she is inherently evil due to the circumstances of her birth. When Renfri tries to kill Stregobor in retaliation, Geralt and Renfri fight, and Geralt fatally wounds her.
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What is the point of Renfri in The Witcher?

Renfri's brooch serves as a helpful compass point

This was entirely intentional as part of underlining the theme of fate drawing Geralt, Ciri, and Yennefer together through time, irrelevant of conflict or personal circumstance.
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Was Renfri the lesser evil?

Geralt choses to fight Renfri and her men because it is the lesser evil to the slaughter of innocents.
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What did Renfri do to Geralt in the woods?

Renfri then releases Marilka and attacks Geralt, cutting him several times before Geralt manages to disarm her, leaving her with only a dagger to combat him with.
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Are Renfri and Yennefer the same?

8 WHY YENNEFER: YENNEFER IS THE LESSER "EVIL"

Renfri, on the other hand, may or may not be cursed. She might have become who she is as a product of the people around her or it could be the other way around-- the chicken or egg conundrum.
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What REALLY happened to Renfri? (The Witcher)



Does The Witcher love Renfri?

He carries her broche or whatever it was through every episode. He gave it Foltest before going on the suicide mission to free Adda's daughter, and he constantly remembers her - especially right before the "moment" when he decides to go into the woods where Ciri actually is.
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Why did Geralt go after Renfri?

Soon, Geralt found himself in the middle of a conflict between Renfri and sorcerer Stregobor (Lars Mikkelsen), as they wanted Geralt to help them kill the other. In an attempt to stop her from killing Stregobor, Geralt killed her men and fought Renfri, fatally wounding her.
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Is Renfri a monster in The Witcher?

Renfri was born just after a much prophesied eclipse known as the Black Sun. Girls born during the eclipse were said to be afflicted by a curse which turned them into vicious monsters, and this worried her stepmother, who contacted the Council of Wizards.
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Is Renfri a succubus?

The next day, Geralt wakes up alone, after a weird dream that sort of implies Renfri is actually a succubus who has ensnared Geralt with her feminine charms.
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Is Ciri like Renfri?

Like Renfri, Ciri is a princess whose life is thrown into chaos and violence. For Ciri, though, it's because her kingdom fell, and she has to run.
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What mutation is Renfri?

Stregobor claims after turning her into the crystal slab, Renfri had become resistant to magic and he believed this was a result of her "mutations". Renfri told Geralt she once had long hair past her hips, but when she got lice she had to cut it all off and it never grew back right.
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Is Renfri in The Witcher 3?

Renfri was such a memorable character that the Blood and Wine expansion for The Witcher 3 made a nod to her in the form of Syanna. Both of them are amoral raven-haired rogues that are out for revenge after the world wronged them.
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Is Renfri the girl in the woods?

Hissrich was referring to the death of Renfri, a character who tells Geralt he'll meet a "girl in the woods" whom he'll try to outrun but will not be able to. "She is your destiny," Renfri prophesies before Geralt eventually kills her.
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What was Renfri's curse?

Streggobor explains to Geralt that 60 girls were born under a total eclipse and were cursed to bring the fall of mankind so he does what anyone would do and captures all them to kill them or lock them in towers etc.
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Is Ciri Geralt's daughter?

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 Yennefer deformed?

She was abused as a child and had a hunchback, this led her to depression and isolation. While she was a student at Aretuza, Yennefer tried to kill herself by cutting her forearms. She managed to do a great deal of damage to her tendons but did not die.
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Is Geralt's story in the past?

The “present” time is always Ciri's storyline, which begins just before the invasion of Cintra by Nilfgaard. Geralt of Rivia's stories, which take place in the fairly recent past, all lead up to his meeting with Ciri. Meanwhile, about 30 years before Geralt's adventures as depicted in season 1.
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How old is Renfri in Witcher?

According to Netflix, Stregobor was born in 786, which makes him 445 during the hunt for Renfri in Blaviken in 1231. Renfri at the time was 18, born in 1213, and died at that age at Geralt's hands. In the books, Stregorbor has a much smaller appearance.
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Who is the crooked girl in witcher?

Anya Chalotra (born 1994 or 1995) is a British actress primarily known for her role as Yennefer of Vengerberg in the Netflix original series The Witcher.
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Why did Geralt leave Yennefer in Vengerberg?

Eventually she meets Geralt, setting off a few years of on-again-off-again romance. But Yennefer leaves him after finding out their devotion may have been caused by a wish Geralt made on a djinn.
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Is Ciri a banshee?

In The Witcher season 1, episode 1," The End's Beginning," Ciri flees the burning Cintra, and in her grief, she unleashes a power locked deep within her. Ciri's banshee-like scream and "magical pulse" make her a force to be reckoned with.
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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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Who is the girl The Witcher kills in episode 1?

Geralt kills Renfri

She demands to know where the sorcerer is hiding so she can have her vengeance. Geralt refuses to get involved and goes to the forest.
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Does The Witcher love Yennefer?

Yennefer is said to be Geralt's true love, so it would suggest their feelings are genuine. Saying this, their romance will be a tumultuous one throughout The Witcher stories.
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