Why was Yennefer not turned into an eel?

While many of the Aretuza girls who were turned into eels had already hit the ceiling of their respective potencies, Tissaia rightfully noticed Yennefer's burgeoning abilities, which ensured she did not fit the criteria of being transformed.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on screenrant.com


Why were the other witches turned into eels?

They get turned into eels to be "conduits" for the magic of Aretuza.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on syfy.com


What does conduit for Aretuza mean?

The eels play a very important role at Aretuza. They work as conduits from which power can be drawn, helping those at the school use and control their power out of chaos.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on screenrant.com


Why did Yennefer have her uterus removed?

The enchantment that follows is essentially a form of torture, a brutal surgical procedure that comes at a significant cost. For it to work, Yennefer has to have her womb removed, meaning she will never bear children.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on tvinsider.com


Does Yennefer fix her deformity?

Though she had a difficult time adjusting to such a prestigious and elite institution, she quickly became its best pupil. By the end of her first year at Aretuza, Yennefer's spinal column had been fixed, removing her hunchback.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on thegamer.com


The Witcher - Truth of Aretuza Revealed



Can 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.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on screenrant.com


Why does Yennefer look so different in season 2?

Yennefer's story after the Battle of Sodden Hill happened very differently in the books and The Witcher season 2. In the source material, Yennefer was blinded during the battle by Fringilla (played in the TV series by Mimî M. Khayisa) and was cured with magic some time later.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on screenrant.com


Was Yennefer ever 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.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on digitalspy.com


Does Yennefer get womb back?

He revealed that Yennefer would never regain her womb, and Geralt would lose Yennefer.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on witcher.fandom.com


Why is Geralt obsessed with Yennefer?

Fans on Reddit believe Geralt found a kindred spirit in Yennefer before the events of the djinn. “Geralt sees this woman that can easily be independent without him, but at the same time care deeply about something which he does as well (a.k.a. Ciri's well being), so he is drawn to these characteristics,” said one fan.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on cheatsheet.com


Why did Tissaia turn the girls into slugs?

Why Tissaia Turned The Aretuza Girls Into Eels. The apprentices actually serve a purpose as eels, as cruel as this transformation (and the whole “ascend” trick) is. By turning them into eels, Tissaia is taking away their control, but not their power, thus serving as a conduit for Aretuza.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on screenrant.com


Why do the witcher's eyes turn black?

The black eyes are his pupils completely dilated, allowing him to see better in the dark, which fits with the scenario in the opening scene of the series. Potions can also enhance speed, endurance, healing, and more, depending on what they need to fight each monster.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on screenrant.com


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.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on screenrant.com


Who is the girl Yennefer sees in the cabin?

In the 7th episode, the so-called "Cabin Witch" is revealed to be Voleth Meir, also known as The Deathless Mother, who feeds off of pain and suffering.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on looper.com


Why is Yennefer cursed?

In the Netflix adaptation, Yennefer has a biological father who was half-elf. Her hunchback is blamed on her elfin blood, and, in a cruel twist of fate, that deformity is the reason her half-elf father doesn't accept her as his child.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on looper.com


How did Tissaia save Yennefer?

Tissaia heals Yennefer after she slit her wrists. Yennefer, however, wishes she had died, claiming that at least she would've had control over that. Tissaia retorts that Yennefer wasn't taking control, she was losing it.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on witcher.fandom.com


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.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on thegamer.com


How did they make Yennefer's face look deformed?

Anya had to wear prosthetics to create her crooked posture, which placed a strain on her back. “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,” she revealed. Fortunately, she was able to channel the pain into her acting.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on thesun.co.uk


Is Geralt sterile?

Geralt of Rivia, may have found a way to reverse his sterility, albeit inadvertently. It's a known fact that a witcher's mutations render them unable to reproduce. However, the famous white wolf, Geralt of Rivia, may have found a way to reverse his sterility, albeit inadvertently.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on thegamer.com


Who is the pregnant elf in The Witcher Season 2?

Francesca Findabair (Netflix series)
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on witcher.fandom.com


Are all Witchers sterile?

While it makes them powerful, the mutations also leave Witchers sterile and unable to have children which is why their most common way of recruiting trainees is through “the law of surprise,” a tradition they invoke when payment cannot be made, claiming something the person in their debt doesn't know they have.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on polygon.com


Is Tissaia Geralt's mom?

The Witcher: Is Visenna Geralt's Mother? Photo courtesy of Netflix. 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.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on ign.com


Why are Ciri's eyebrows dark?

The Witcher actor even compares people gazing at her like she was from Mars. In the end, Ciri's new eyebrows were a logical choice made by Allan. For The Witcher Season 2, Allan kept her natural eyebrows for her on-screen character.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on cheatsheet.com


Why does Ciri have ashen hair?

Ciri has Ashen hair because she was born like that. Ciri's ashen-flaxen hair is genetics into play. Is a trait in her bloodline same as her green emerald eyes. Geralt's white hair is because he was subjected to experimental mutations which made him loose his natural hair pigmentation.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on steamcommunity.com


Who made Yennefer beautiful?

Sold to the sorceress Tissaia de Vries for a paltry four marks by her neglectful father, Yennefer fought her way through the ranks of students at Tissaia's school and was ultimately transformed into a beautiful and ageless woman who looked a whole lot more like Anya Chalotra, purple eyes aside.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on cinemablend.com