Is the princess The Witcher 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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Is the girl in The Witcher his daughter?

While the pair are bound by destiny, Ciri is not Geralt's daughter. Geralt is a Witcher, and in the Netflix adaption, Geralt speaks of Witchers being sterile. Witchers are not born, instead, they are the subject of intense training, mental and physical conditioning and mysterious rituals.
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Who is Geralt's daughter Witcher?

Who are Ciri's parents in The Witcher? Born Princess Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon, Ciri is the sole heir to the Cintran throne as the granddaughter of Queen Calanthe and the daughter of Princess Pavetta and a knight named Duny.
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Is The Witcher The princess's father?

But is Ciri the Witcher's daughter? Geralt isn't Ciri's biological father. However, that one small technical aspect of their relationship really doesn't matter. The titular Witcher takes Ciri under his protective wing in Season 2 and becomes the father figure Ciri needs in many ways.
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Is the princess in The Witcher 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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Is Ciri Gerald'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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Is Ciri the child of surprise?

Geralt asked for "that which you already have but do not know": Pavetta and Duny's daughter Ciri. Geralt unknowingly names Ciri as his reward a second time when he saves the life of Yurga, for while the man was away, his wife took in the orphan girl. Geralt himself is a victim of the Law of Surprise.
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Is Yennefer Ciri mother?

Although Yennefer does not spend as much time with her, and even attempts to use her for her own ends, she comes to realize just how special Ciri is - and becomes another guiding force in her life. While Geralt is Ciri's main parental figure, Yennefer is just as fundamental.
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Is Ciri Geralt's wife?

“Ciri is Geralt's adoptive daughter,” that person wrote. “They never refer to each other as father and daughter directly, but they tell others. Ciri, when she is in the woods with the young girl, says she learned how to fight from her father, Geralt.
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How is Ciri a Witcher?

In all three versions of The Witcher, Ciri is born magical powers as a result of the Elder Blood within her, which allows her to access other worlds - or Spheres - which makes her the target of many powerful factions who wish to use her abilities for their own means.
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How did Geralt get Pavetta pregnant?

After assisting Duny, the knight offers Geralt a reward. Much to the shock of those in the room, Geralt claims the Law of Surprise, leading him to claim Pavetta and Duny's unborn child. Despite being invoked twice, the Netflix show never defines the Law of Surprise.
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Who is Ciri's biological father?

This moment marks the first time the character's face has appeared onscreen, and it has been hidden up until this point for a good reason: Emhyr is revealed to be Ciri's father, Duny (Bart Edwards), the former hedgehog man turned prince of Cintra who has been presumed dead for years.
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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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How is Yennefer connected to Ciri?

Yennefer steals Ciri from Geralt (Henry Cavill) to take to the Deathless Mother in exchange for her power. Still, upon realizing her love for Ciri and the significance she presents for the world, Yennefer sacrifices herself to save Ciri. She gives up the chance to gain her magic back in a selfless act of love.
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How was Ciri conceived?

After Geralt of Rivia helped lift Duny's curse, Duny asked what reward the witcher would like and Geralt invoked the Law of Surprise, as it turned out Pavetta was pregnant with Ciri, unbeknownst to Duny.
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Are Geralt and Yennefer married?

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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Does Ciri end up with Geralt?

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After a season of Geralt (Henry Cavill) ignoring his Child of Surprise, the end of Season 1 of the Netflix live-action series "The Witcher" culminates by finally uniting him and Ciri (Freya Allan).
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Is Geralt's mom a witch?

Yes, Visenna is Geralt's mom, who also happens to be a sorceress and a capable healer. In both the short story and live-action adaptation, Geralt and Visenna have a heated exchange concerning his abandonment as a child.
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Does Yennefer think of Ciri as her daughter?

Yennefer, whose most desire wish was to have a child, got it in the form of Ciri. It was her child, she called her daughter and Ciri called her mother (or even mommy). Something Ciri never said to Geralt, father. It was always Geralt, but Yennefer was a mother for her.
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Is Ciri Geralt and Yennefer child?

Geralt is a father figure to Ciri, and Yennefer is like a mother to her, as she's also unable to have children. Yennefer, like most sorceresses, is sterile and secretly sought a way of restoring her fertility.
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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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How did the witcher get a daughter?

Ciri's parents drowned in a flood, and she was raised by her grandmother, who died in the kingdom Cintra's war with Nilfgaard. Geralt will now foster Ciri and raise her in the Witcher tradition, but the full extent of this will be revealed in season two.
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Why is Geralt destined 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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Why is Ciri so powerful?

Ciri possesses Elder blood

Due to the persecution of Elves and perhaps even her own self-loathing, Calanthe kept her Elven heritage a secret, including the fact that her family line is descended from a powerful line of Elf mages and contains Elder blood.
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