

While this takes the mystery out, it allows the audience the connect better with her. Why is she so ruthlessly ambitious? Why is she so thirsty for power? What makes her so dangerous? One by one, all of these layers are added to her character, as opposed to the peeling off of them that takes place in the books. You get to know the things that make her tick. Yennefer’s character is laid bare for the audience in the second episode of ‘The Witcher’. In the meantime, Ciri continues to escape the clutches of the Nilfgaardian soldiers and finds refuge with the citizens of Citra who are not so amicable towards Queen Calanthe and her wars. When Geralt comes face to face with the monster, he discovers that the creature is a part of a much bigger scheme. They are told that a devil has been stirring trouble in the village. Jaskier, the bard, finds him in a tavern and decides to make him the muse for his next song. Meanwhile, Geralt continues his search for a monster to slay and get paid for it. Unwilling to go, Yennefer discovers that her father, or rather, step-father, has traded her for just four crowns.

It comes to her attention that she possesses magical abilities, and soon, a woman comes to take her to the place where sorcerers are trained in the art of magic. Due to her disfigured physique, she has been at the receiving end of violence and bullying, and it is in one of those moments that she accidentally teleports herself to an unknown place. Yennefer of Vengerberg makes an entrance in ‘Four Marks’ and we get to witness her story, beginning from the time when she was still a hunchback.
