What is the law surprise?

Ciri (Marta Bitner), a famous surprise child, in The Hexer TV series. 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 Law of surprise a real Law?

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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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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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 Ciri bound to Geralt?

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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The Witcher: The Law Of Surprise Explained



What's so special about Ciri?

Ciri will, in addition to being magically powerful, become one of the most powerful individuals in the world as a result of this. Though Geralt will normally only make a little difference in people's lives, Ciri has the power to transform the world with a single word or stroke of a pen.
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Is the Law of surprise always a child?

Here's how The Witcher wiki describes the 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.
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Will Yennefer have a baby?

With Ciri's family now dead, Geralt is the only parent figure she has, and given that he's a witcher, Ciri is the closest to a daughter that he can ever have, as he – as well as Yennefer – can't have children.
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Why is Ciri a child of surprise?

Involving Geralt of Rivia

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. It was because of the Law of Surprise that Geralt was taken in as 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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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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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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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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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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Is Duny Ciri's 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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Who did Yennefer sleep with?

12 GERALT'S ATROCITY: Sleeping With Yennefer Without Making Any Commitments. During the event in Kaer Trolde where the room starts filling up with gas, Geralt has the option to get into Yennefer's quarters and sleep with her. The scene that ensues is easily one of the most iconic moments in gaming history.
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Who is Ciri's love interest?

Season three of The Witcher is set to introduce Mistle, a love interest for Ciri from the original series of novels. Mistle will be portrayed by Christelle Elwin, a relative newcomer best known for her roles in Bloods and the upcoming Netflix drama Half Bad, based on the young-adult novels by Sally Green.
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Did Yennefer get her uterus removed?

For it to work, Yennefer has to have her womb removed, meaning she will never bear children. *This is were we see Foltest and Adda as CHILDREN, confirming that we're most definitely in the past. This barbaric procedure is intercut with Geralt's fight with the Striga.
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Does Yennefer ever become pregnant?

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 Ciri infertile?

Since Ciri never underwent the witcher mutations, she's very much fertile and can bear children. After all, Emhyr var Emreis wouldn't have made Ciri Empress of Nilfgaard if she were sterile.
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How old is Ciri?

This means that Ciri is meant to be in her mid to late teens during the live-action series, as she was meant to be roughly 13 or 14 at the end of season 1. Freya Allan, the actor who plays Ciri, is a little older as she just turned 20 this year.
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