Are Emhyr and Ciri related?

In the books, we only learn Emhyr is Ciri's father at the very end of the final novel, The Lady of the Lake.

Why did Emhyr want to marry Ciri?

Because she's the heir to the throne of Cintra. Emhyr wants the land. Emhyr has the land he was married to Ciri's Mother Pavetta. Emhyr was onced cursed and Geralt broke the curse.

How is Ciri related to the emperor?

Ciri is the daughter of him and Pavetta. His father was the Emperor of Nilfgaard but was killed and Emhyr was cursed into a hedgehog but the sorcerer who did it messed up and he became this weird Were-Hedgehog-thing.

How are Duny and Emhyr related?

In The Lady of the Lake, the last part of the Witcher series, it was revealed that Duny and Emhyr var Emreis, the Imperator of Nilfgaard, were actually one and the same person.

How is Ciri related to Nilfgaard?

Ciri's real father

Ciri's birth father, Emhyr var Emreis, is the heir to the Nilfgaardian throne. This may surprise some viewers of the Netflix series, as he goes by the alias “Duny” at first. That is because, ultimately, Emhyr is laying the groundwork for his eventual conquering of Cintra.

Witcher 3: Ciri Meets Her Father (Emperor Emhyr)

Why did Ciri's dad turn evil?

He was the emperor of Nilfgaard, the most powerful nation to ever exist in the human world. After being fooled into believing a false prophecy regarding his descendants conquering the world, Emhyr attempts to marry his own daughter in order to be the parent of the son who was meant to rule the world.

Did Emhyr want to sleep with Ciri?

In the last Book where Geralt finds out that Emhyr=Duni(short before Geralt and Yennefer are told to suicide) Geralt agrees to not tell Ciri about that because it would destroy her psychologically. Remember, Emhyr wanted to marry and impregnate Ciri, his daughter.

Is the white flame really Ciri's father?

Season 2 gave viewers better looks at Ciri's parents in The Witcher. This was mostly because The Witcher season 2 had a big surprise reserved for the final scene, in which the identity of The White Flame was revealed, and it's none other than Emhyr var Emreis (also known as Duny), Ciri's father.

Was Duny always the White Flame?

The Emperor of Nilfgaard, aka the White Flame, was revealed to be Duny (Bart Edwards), Ciri's (Freya Allan) father, who was allegedly lost at sea with Ciri's mother when the princess was just a baby.

Why does Emhyr called Ciri his daughter?

The real reason he wanted Ciri is because he wanted to marry and impregnate her. Yeah… it's a lot to take in. And as with pretty much everything in the Witcher universe, Emhyr's incestual motivations go back to Ithlinne's prophecy.

What is Ciri's Elder Blood lineage?

Ciri got her Elder Blood through her genetic heritage, as she's a long-lost descendent of Lara Dorren (Niamh McCormack), a powerful Elf sorceress. Lara was supposed to marry another Elf sorcerer, so they could birth children so powerful that no other race could ever stand to Elfkind.

Did Emhyr really love Pavetta?

Emhyr married Pavetta because he believed that his curse will be lifted by a child of surprise aka Pavetta. So he never really loved her, he just acted in love. And also, in the last book, he says that Vilgefortz told him about Ithiline's prophesy and that the child of the elder blood can stop it.

Who does Ciri sleep with?

In the books, Ciri ends up sleeping with a girl names Mistle. This relationship could either be a genuine indication of Ciri's alignment or just her accepting love from wherever she may find it.

Who does Ciri love the most?

Ciri comes to love and admire Geralt for his strengths. She tells him she wants to be like him and is not content to be helpless. She is resigned to becoming a Witcher. Geralt resists this for a time but admits that she is better off being prepared for the world.

Did Ciri love anyone?

Shortly after Ciri traveled back to Skellige and at one point became extremely infatuated with one of the kingdom's famous warriors, Olaf Stigvason. However, this love was never meant to be as he was 35 years old, married, and with children older than Ciri.

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.

How did Duny become emperor?

Once cast out, Emhyr changed his name to Duny, and fell in love with Pavetta, which broke his curse. Later, after Ciri was born, Vilgefortz informed Duny about the prophecy that his child carried. This is why he returned to Nilfgaard, overthrew the Usurper and became the new ruler.

Why is Emhyr rude to Geralt?

Emhyr wanted Ciri *really* badly, and because of Geralt, he couldn't have her. Geralt had successfully hidden Ciri away in the Northern Realms for many years, which Emhyr discovered when a Nilf spy overheard a ballad by Dandelion that confirmed as much.

Can Ciri become empress if Emhyr dies?

If Nilgaard loses the war, Emhyr is overthrown, and Ciri never has a chance to succeed him. Therefore, she never has the choice to become empress.

What happened to Ciri's lover?

When Ciri heard of Bonhart's plans to kill the Rats, she returns to the village in an attempt to save them. Unfortunately she was too late and arrived only in time to watch Mistle die by Bonhart's blade, earning Ciri's ire in the process which would eventually prove lethal to him.

Why is Ciri's blood special?

What makes Ciri so special and powerful is that she processes Elder Blood and this comes from her descendant, Lara Dorren, an elven sorceress. Ciri's Elder Blood is also known as Hen Ichaer or Lara gene, an incredibly rare heritage passed down from Dorren.

Who killed Pavetta?

In fact, Vilgefortz had been consipiring with Duny to bring both Pavetta and Ciri to Nilfgaard. Pavetta ultimately figured out Duny's plans and arranged to leave Ciri behind with her grandmother, much to Duny's ire. The two then argued and she fell overboard and drowned.

Why did Deathless mother want Ciri?

She sent Yen hunting for Ciri because she knew of her power to break monoliths and teleport between realms—basically, Ciri's power was the only way she knew to get home.