Why did Geralt keep Renfri brooch?

Henry Cavill, who portrays Geralt, tweeted a short video about his sword soon after the initial release of The Witcher's first season, and gave his two cents about the brooch's place in Geralt's mind: "The addition of Renfri's brooch on the hilt signifies Geralt's reinforcement of his beliefs that he shouldn't get ...
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What was special about Renfri?

Notes. 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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What did Geralt take from Renfri?

However, the Netflix series gave her a deeper connection with Geralt, aside from warning him about his Child of Surprise: Geralt took her cloak brooch and mounted it onto the hilt of his sword, as a reminder that he “shouldn't get involved in the affairs of men” because they always lead to his own pain (in the book, ...
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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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Did Geralt sleep with Renfri?

Geralt and Renfri sleep together but in the morning he awakes to find the princess gone. Following her back to Blaviken, she demands the head of Stregabor before ending up in a fight with Renfri, which results in her death.
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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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Is Renfri Snow White?

Renfri, known to fans of Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher novels as Shrike, is the show's version of Snow White — if the Disney princess was a highly-skilled fighter with a penchant for impaling her victims and a massive appetite for revenge.
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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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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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Why does Geralt care about Renfri?

Renfri died as her own answer to their shared question — that being the choice to abandon any pretense of humanity by hunting Stregobor to literal death — but in his own way, Geralt is honoring and remembering who he thinks she was and ought to have been given a chance to be.
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Was Renfri a princess?

Renfri was a princess and the daughter of Fredefalk, the duke of Creyden, and the stepdaughter of Aridea. She is depicted as a more brutal version of Snow White.
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Is Renfri evil in The Witcher?

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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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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Can Renfri see the future?

Regardless of what you think about this, Renfri does have the ability to see into the future so it is accurate lore wise.
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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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How old is Renfri in The 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 woman in the hut in The Witcher?

Voleth Meir, aka the Deathless Mother, is a demon that was pulled into the Continent with the conjunction. The first Witchers trapped her in her hut beneath an elven ruin in the north, but she's managed to reach out to others in dreams.
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Why did Geralt save the Striga?

Cursed as a Striga

She was only cured after Triss Merigold sought out the help of renowned witcher Geralt of Rivia, who would need to keep her from her crypt until the morning.
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Why does Geralt's sword have a smiley face?

The smiley sword is an example of pareidolia—a psychological phenomenon Merriam-Webster defines as “the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern.” Humans are particularly good at picking out faces and expressions where there are none; this is why we sometimes see ...
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Why does Geralt have white hair?

What is this? Geralt exhibited great tolerance to mutagens that grant Witchers their abilities, especially in the Trial of the Grasses. As a result, he was put through further experiments that caused him to lose all pigmentation in his body, turning his skin and hair pale white.
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How is a Striga made?

A striga (Polish: strzyga, gomb or vampiress in early English translations) is a woman transformed into a monster by a curse. She is filled with hatred towards all living beings, devouring them without a second thought.
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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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Who is older Geralt or Yennefer?

Yennefer of Vengerberg is almost a century old. The Netflix show depicts Yennefer as 71 while in the books and games she is closer to 94. At times, hints are dropped that Yennefer is a couple of years older than Geralt.
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How did they make Yennefer look deformed?

And while prosthetics helped, Chalotra revealed to The Sun that they took a physical toll on her. “I had a trapped nerve in my back that I had to get massaged out after playing her for so long! It was very uncomfortable.” In addition, heat generated by the prosthetics under her costume added to the discomfort.
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Was Ciri born during an eclipse?

Yeah, that's the thing: she is almost certainly not cursed (though she was born during an eclipse). Yet, because her parents were so convinced she was and treated her badly, that drove her to resemble the personality of someone who did have it, which made her parents even more convinced, and so goes the vicious circle.
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