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* ItsAllAboutMe: As has been seen before, one of Calanthe's core flaws is that she can't see beyond her immediate desire for power and her feelings for her family, complicated as the latter may be.
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* PapaWolf: Geralt points out that Eist used to hold the Law of Surprise as sacred. What changed? "I had a grand-daughter."
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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Geralt's meeting with Mousesack appears to play this straight at first, as they meet in a dank, dripping somewhere. However, it seems to be above ground, as there's the occasional window, though it's constructed to store giant tuns of some kind of beverage. Probably it's deep in the bowels of the fortress of Cintra.
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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Geralt's meeting with Mousesack appears to play this straight at first, as they meet in a dank, dripping somewhere. However, it seems to be above ground, as there's the occasional window, though it's constructed to store giant tuns of some kind of beverage. Probably it's deep in the bowels of the fortress of Cintra.Cintra, rendered dank and dark by the sheer thickness of the stone and gravel of the castle walls. It certainly serves the purpose of the ASS.
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* ProperlyParanoid: Geralt realizes right away that the "Ciri" he's being presented with is suspicious.
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* ForWantOfANail: Stregobor traces the current situation to Yennefer refusing the Nilfgaard assignment -- if she hadn't, he muses, Nilfgaard might still be a backwater kingdom. Stregobor is, however, to blame for that ([[SmugSnake not that he'd ever admit it]]) because he's responsible for Yennefer rebelling against the Brotherhood due to him discriminating against her for her elven blood.
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* SympathyForTheDevil: A variation: despite there being no love lost between them, Geralt is visibly saddened when he witnesses [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled Calanthe's suicide]] during the sack of Cintra.
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* SympathyForTheDevil: A variation: despite there being no love lost between them, Geralt is visibly saddened when he witnesses [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled Calanthe's suicide]] during the sack of Cintra.Cintra.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Stregobor traces the current situation to Yennefer refusing the Nilfgaard assignment -- if she hadn't, he muses, Nilfgaard might still be a backwater kingdom. Stregobor is, however, to blame for that ([[SmugSnake not that he'd ever admit it]]) because he's responsible for Yennefer rebelling against the Brotherhood due to him discriminating against her for her elven blood. All they had to do was point out that a stable kingdom like Aedirn didn't need someone clever and strong-willed, whereas the unstable Nilfgaard could use a strong guiding hand.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Stregobor traces the current situation to Yennefer refusing the Nilfgaard assignment -- if she hadn't, he muses, Nilfgaard might still be a backwater kingdom. Stregobor is, however, to blame for that ([[SmugSnake not that he'd ever admit it]]) because he's responsible for Yennefer rebelling against the Brotherhood due to him discriminating against her for her elven blood. All they had to do was point out that a stable kingdom like Aedirn didn't need someone clever and strong-willed, whereas the unstable Nilfgaard could use a strong guiding hand.
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[-Adapts the short story "The Sword of Destiny" from the anthology ''Literature/SwordOfDestiny''.-]
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-->'''Geralt''': You put too much faith in that woman.
-->'''Eist''': Well, you weren't there. After Pavetta died, Calanthe would wake up howling in the night. The Lioness, nearly broken. Someone who's able to pull themselves out of that, [[UndyingLoyalty they'll have my confidence until my final day]].
-->'''Eist''': Well, you weren't there. After Pavetta died, Calanthe would wake up howling in the night. The Lioness, nearly broken. Someone who's able to pull themselves out of that, [[UndyingLoyalty they'll have my confidence until my final day]].
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* BlatantLies: Fringilla insists Nilfgaard is going to stop with Cintra.
** Also Fringilla's claim that they are "saving" Cintra, which is narrated over shots of Nilfgaardian soldiers cutting down Cintran civilians during what will become known as the Slaughter of Cintra.
** Also Fringilla's claim that they are "saving" Cintra, which is narrated over shots of Nilfgaardian soldiers cutting down Cintran civilians during what will become known as the Slaughter of Cintra.
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* BlatantLies: Fringilla insists Nilfgaard is going to stop with Cintra.
** Also Fringilla'sCintra. She even goes so far as to claim that they are "saving" Cintra, which is narrated over shots of Nilfgaardian soldiers cutting down Cintran civilians during what will become known as the Slaughter of Cintra.
** Also Fringilla's
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* OhCrap: Geralt's reaction to looking down from a clifftop and seeing a massive Nilfgaardian army marching in the direction of Cintra.
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* OhCrap: Geralt's reaction to looking down from a clifftop and seeing OhCrap:
** Geralt gets two in this episode. First at the beginning, when he sees a massive Nilfgaardian army marching in the direction ofCintra.Cintra; and then toward the end, when he witnesses Calanthe's suicide and realizes that it's time to get out of Dodge.
** Anton and the rest of Ciri's old playmates have one when she goes into a trance state after they accost her.
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** Anton and the rest of Ciri's old playmates have one when she goes into a trance state after they accost her.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Geralt sees Calanthe's body and realizes that the "Lioness of Cintra" has committed suicide, he shows more shock than at any other point in the series until now.
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* OhCrap: Geralt's reaction to looking down from a clifftop and seeing a massive Nilfgaardian army marching in the direction of Cintra.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: The Nilfgaardian soldier Geralt tries to interrogate first says he's not afraid to die since his soul has already been saved, then begins murmuring a prayer after Geralt stabs him and gives him one last chance.
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: One of the girls that Yennefer pals around with in Aretuza has no magical talent at all, and only got in because her father is a rich nobleman that offered to give the Brotherhood a brace of fine horses. This lets Yennefer know just how badly the Brotherhood has fallen.
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: One of the girls that Yennefer pals around with in Aretuza has no magical talent at all, and only got in because her father is a rich nobleman that offered to give the Brotherhood a brace of fine horses.horses in return for allowing her to attend. This lets Yennefer know just how badly the Brotherhood has fallen.
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: One of the girls that Yennefer pals around with in Aretuza has no magical talent at all, and only got in because her father is a rich nobleman that offered to give the Brotherhood a brace of fine horses. This lets Yennefer know just how badly the Brotherhood has fallen.
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* ForWantOfANail: Stregobor traces the current situation to Yennefer refusing the Nilfgaard assignment -- if she hadn't, he muses, Nilfgaard might still be a backwater kingdom.
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* ForWantOfANail: Stregobor traces the current situation to Yennefer refusing the Nilfgaard assignment -- if she hadn't, he muses, Nilfgaard might still be a backwater kingdom. Stregobor is, however, to blame for that ([[SmugSnake not that he'd ever admit it]]) because he's responsible for Yennefer rebelling against the Brotherhood due to him discriminating against her for her elven blood.
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* ForegoneConclusion: The first half of Geralt's subplot. The viewer already knows that Calanthe won't give Ciri up, Cintra will fall, and Ciri will have to fend for herself -- the worst case scenario Geralt had predicted. The twist is that he actually ''was'' present during the attack on Cintra, but [[MissedHimByThatMuch left minutes before Mousesack went to get him]].
* ForWantOfANail: Stregobor traces the current situation to Yennefer refusing the Nilfgaard assignment -- if she hadn't, he muses, Nilfgaard might still be a backwater kingdom.
* ForWantOfANail: Stregobor traces the current situation to Yennefer refusing the Nilfgaard assignment -- if she hadn't, he muses, Nilfgaard might still be a backwater kingdom.
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* MissedHimByThatMuch: Geralt broke out of his cell minutes before Mousesack went to bring him to Ciri, postponing their destiny-mandated encounter.
* MushroomSamba: Yennefer mixes herbs and feeds them to Aretuza's students, resulting in a drug-induced trip.
* OldFlameFizzle: Yennefer seeks Istredd out at a dig site, but he rebuffs her.
* MushroomSamba: Yennefer mixes herbs and feeds them to Aretuza's students, resulting in a drug-induced trip.
* OldFlameFizzle: Yennefer seeks Istredd out at a dig site, but he rebuffs her.
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* OnceMoreWithClarity: We find out that Geralt was present during [[Recap/TheWitcher2019S01E01TheEndsBeginning the sacking of Cintra]], and see it again from his perspective.
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* OnceMoreWithClarity: We find out that Geralt was present during [[Recap/TheWitcher2019S01E01TheEndsBeginning the sacking of Cintra]], Cintra]]--giving context for Calanthe and Mousesack's CrypticConversation--and see it again from his perspective.
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* OnceMoreWithClarity: We find out that Geralt was present during [[Recap/TheWitcher2019S01E01TheEndsBeginning the sacking of Cintra]], and see it again from his perspective.
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* HeroicBSOD: Mentioned by Eist, when he tells Geralt Pavetta's death left Calanthe in one of these for months.
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* HeroicBSOD: Mentioned by Eist, when he tells Geralt Pavetta's death left Calanthe in one of these for months.months, only pulling herself out of it thanks to HeroicWillpower.
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* ShutUpHannibal: After Stregobor gets too mouthy about denouncing Cintra, Tissaia shuts him up by pointing out that, given his life's work involved "torturing girls born under the sign of an eclipse", he's in no position to judge the mistakes of others.
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* ShutUpHannibal: After Stregobor gets too mouthy about denouncing Cintra, Tissaia shuts him up by pointing out that, given his life's work involved "torturing girls born under the sign of an eclipse", he's in no position to judge the mistakes of others.others.
* SympathyForTheDevil: A variation: despite there being no love lost between them, Geralt is visibly saddened when he witnesses [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled Calanthe's suicide]] during the sack of Cintra.
* SympathyForTheDevil: A variation: despite there being no love lost between them, Geralt is visibly saddened when he witnesses [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled Calanthe's suicide]] during the sack of Cintra.
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: After the Brotherhood of Sorcerers votes against intervening in Nilfgaard's conquest of Cintra, Tissia, Vilgefortz, Sabrina, Triss and a handful of other mages choose to defy the vote and assist the Northern Kingdoms in resisting the invasion. After a plea from Tissia, Yennefer joins them.
* ShutUpHannibal: After Stregobor gets too mouthy about denouncing Cintra, Tissia shuts him up by pointing out that, given his life's work involved "torturing girls born under the sign of an eclipse", he's in no position to judge the mistakes of others.
* ShutUpHannibal: After Stregobor gets too mouthy about denouncing Cintra, Tissia shuts him up by pointing out that, given his life's work involved "torturing girls born under the sign of an eclipse", he's in no position to judge the mistakes of others.
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: After the Brotherhood of Sorcerers votes against intervening in Nilfgaard's conquest of Cintra, Tissia, Tissaia, Vilgefortz, Sabrina, Triss and a handful of other mages choose to defy the vote and assist the Northern Kingdoms in resisting the invasion. After a plea from Tissia, Tissaia, Yennefer joins them.
* ShutUpHannibal: After Stregobor gets too mouthy about denouncing Cintra,Tissia Tissaia shuts him up by pointing out that, given his life's work involved "torturing girls born under the sign of an eclipse", he's in no position to judge the mistakes of others.
* ShutUpHannibal: After Stregobor gets too mouthy about denouncing Cintra,
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* MedievalStasis: Fringilla accuses the Brotherhood of enforcing this on the study and practice of magic, claiming Nilfgaard has lifted such restrictions on its mages. Triss argues back that the restrictions the Brotherhood placed on branches of magic like demonology and necromancy [[TheseAreThingsWasNotMeantToKnow were imposed for good reason]].
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* MedievalStasis: Fringilla accuses the Brotherhood of enforcing this on the study and practice of magic, claiming Nilfgaard has lifted such restrictions on its mages. Triss argues back that the restrictions the Brotherhood placed on branches of magic like demonology and necromancy [[TheseAreThingsWasNotMeantToKnow [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow were imposed for good reason]].
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Calanthe told Geralt never to come back (and tried to kill him), but throws in his face that he hasn't come back as a reason why she shouldn't honor the Law of Surprise. Justified, as one of Calanthe's [[FatalFlaw flaws]] has always been that she gets irrational and controlling when she's worried about losing someone she loves.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Calanthe told Geralt never to come back (and tried to kill him), but throws in his face that he hasn't come back as a reason why she shouldn't honor the Law of Surprise. Justified, as one of Calanthe's [[FatalFlaw flaws]] has always been that she gets irrational and controlling when she's worried about losing someone she loves.loves.
* MedievalStasis: Fringilla accuses the Brotherhood of enforcing this on the study and practice of magic, claiming Nilfgaard has lifted such restrictions on its mages. Triss argues back that the restrictions the Brotherhood placed on branches of magic like demonology and necromancy [[TheseAreThingsWasNotMeantToKnow were imposed for good reason]].
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: After the Brotherhood of Sorcerers votes against intervening in Nilfgaard's conquest of Cintra, Tissia, Vilgefortz, Sabrina, Triss and a handful of other mages choose to defy the vote and assist the Northern Kingdoms in resisting the invasion. After a plea from Tissia, Yennefer joins them.
* ShutUpHannibal: After Stregobor gets too mouthy about denouncing Cintra, Tissia shuts him up by pointing out that, given his life's work involved "torturing girls born under the sign of an eclipse", he's in no position to judge the mistakes of others.
* MedievalStasis: Fringilla accuses the Brotherhood of enforcing this on the study and practice of magic, claiming Nilfgaard has lifted such restrictions on its mages. Triss argues back that the restrictions the Brotherhood placed on branches of magic like demonology and necromancy [[TheseAreThingsWasNotMeantToKnow were imposed for good reason]].
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: After the Brotherhood of Sorcerers votes against intervening in Nilfgaard's conquest of Cintra, Tissia, Vilgefortz, Sabrina, Triss and a handful of other mages choose to defy the vote and assist the Northern Kingdoms in resisting the invasion. After a plea from Tissia, Yennefer joins them.
* ShutUpHannibal: After Stregobor gets too mouthy about denouncing Cintra, Tissia shuts him up by pointing out that, given his life's work involved "torturing girls born under the sign of an eclipse", he's in no position to judge the mistakes of others.
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* HeroicBSOD: Mentioned by Eist, when he tells Geralt Pavetta's death left Calanthe in one of these for months.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Calanthe told Geralt never to come back (and tried to kill him), but throws in his face that he hasn't come back as a reason why she shouldn't honor the Law of Surprise. Justified, as one of Calanthe's flaws has always been that she gets irrational and controlling when she's worried about losing someone she loves.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Calanthe told Geralt never to come back (and tried to kill him), but throws in his face that he hasn't come back as a reason why she shouldn't honor the Law of Surprise. Justified, as one of Calanthe's flaws [[FatalFlaw flaws]] has always been that she gets irrational and controlling when she's worried about losing someone she loves.
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* BecauseDestinySaysSo: When Calanthe tries to pass off a blonde girl of the right age as Ciri, destiny is not having it. The door to a passage to the square opens at just the right moment for Geralt to walk through and see False Ciri accidentally blow her cover.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Calanthe told Geralt never to come back, back (and tried to kill him), but throws in his face that he hasn't come back as a reason why she shouldn't honor the Law of Surprise. Justified, as one of Calanthe's flaws has always been that she gets irrational and controlling when she's worried about losing someone she loves.
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* BlatantLies: Fringilla insists Nilfgaard is going to stop with Cintra.
* DoubleMeaning: When Tissaia says that Cintra is proud, stubborn, and rash, but also frightened, and that the Brotherhood also bears responsibility for the estrangement because they stopped trying, she's also talking about Yennefer. It's an oblique way of offering an olive branch and asking Yennefer to work with her again, as well as an attempt to convince the conclave to vote her way.
* DoubleMeaning: When Tissaia says that Cintra is proud, stubborn, and rash, but also frightened, and that the Brotherhood also bears responsibility for the estrangement because they stopped trying, she's also talking about Yennefer. It's an oblique way of offering an olive branch and asking Yennefer to work with her again, as well as an attempt to convince the conclave to vote her way.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Calanthe told Geralt never to come back, but throws in his face that he hasn't come back as a reason why she shouldn't honor the Law of Surprise. Justified, as one of Calanthe's flaws has always been that she gets irrational and controlling when she's worried about losing someone she loves.
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With the Continent at risk from Nilfgaard's rising power, Yennefer revisits her past, while Geralt reconsiders his obligation to the Law of Surprise.
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