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False Ciri
A noble girl from Cintria with an unknown name who loses everything after the war and is kidnapped to pretend to be Princess Cirilla Fionna Elen Rianon.
- All Girls Like Ponies:
- She has always dreamed of having a horse, and when Stella gets her at first she's a bit nervous but when she gets more confident one of her favorite activities is riding her horse Nildrohain.
- Even when she has a wet dream she imagines Emhyr as a black stallion whom she rides.
- Elegant Classical Musician: she is an excellent pianist coming to compose her own melody.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: She has blonde hair and her heart is so gentle despite going through a lot of shit.
- I Just Want to Be Loved: Neglected all her life by her mother and losing her brother to the war, False Ciri only wants to be loved by someone, eventually achieving her wish by being loved by her surrogate mother Stella Congreve and by Emhyr.
- Light Is Good: she wears light colors, she has blonde hair and is the kindest and sweetest girl you can find. She doesn't even hold a grudge against Emhyr for being the cause of her misery or Nila for stealing her gold chain the last memory of her home.
- No Name Given: Her name is never revealed in all of history like the canon, the only thing we know is that it is insipid and is the same as her mother.
- Nice Girl: she is a kind girl who just wants to be loved and live with Stella whom she has come to love like a mother. She genuinely falls in love with Emhyr regardless of her title or her privileges of being empress and she bears no grudge against him for causing the circumstances in which her family died and she ended up replacing the real Ciri.
- Tragic Keepsake: she At first she keeps a gold chain as the last memory of her past but it is stolen by Nila a young dwarf possibly to get food.
- True Blue Femininity: The dress she wears when she is presented at Nifgaard's court is blue, as is her riding clothes.
- Riches to Rags: False Ciri is at first a minor noble from Cintria, she can afford an intituress, maid and servants, and her mother's parties are famous although they are rarely invited to court and dances, the war comes and she ends up as a refugee working measuring fabrics in Brugge.
- Rags to Royalty: False Ciri is a Cinderella type: A minor noblewoman who, due to circumstances, ends up measuring fabrics for a half dwarf, until she is kidnapped to pretend to be Princess Cirilla and although the emperor realizes the deception he falls in love with her for her virtues making her his empress and queen of Cintria.
- Proper Lady: False Ciri unlike ours Ciri, she is an elegant lady who plays the piano, is polite, courteous, quiet and calm, and wears beautiful dresses as she corresponds to a princess.
Emhyr
The emperor of Nilfgaard, Emhyr seeks to conquer the northern kingdoms and find the real princess Cirilla to marry.
- Abusive Dad: He wants to marry his own daughter and have an heir with it, to fulfill this he has started a war with Cintra that takes the life of Ciri's grandmother and other loved ones of her, and once he manages to kidnap her he was willing to kill his surrogate father and mother. Everything that he does not care until almost the end of his feelings about it or the pain it is causing him.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Emhyr despite all his pragmatism cannot throw away his basic decency, he can cause a war that devastates thousands of people but he cannot kill his wife even though he does not love her, he knows the truth about him and putIn jeopardizing his plans by taking Ciri away, he does not try to get rid of false Ciri when he meets the real one but instead feels sorry for her and offers her anything she wants and in the end he is not able to use Ciri in his plans for love of her.False Ciri: I’m going to die, am I not, Lady Stella? Her voice drowns in tears. I’m going to die.Stella: Absolutely not. He’ll let you live, away from the imperial court, from everyone and everything. He’ll not have you killed. I know it.False Ciri: How do you know, Lady Stella?Stella: Because the Emperor is many things, cruel to some, determined, ambitious to others - but he is not a monster.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Despite everything, he loves his daughter Ciri and that love motivates him to abandon his plans and let her go with her surrogate family. He also comes to love false Ciri in a more romantic way.
- Has a Type: He seems to have a liking for women with ash blonde hair or blonde with green eyes whether it's voluntary or fate. His wife Pavetta had ash blonde hair and green eyes just like his daughter Cirilla whom he wanted to make his second wife, his lover Dervla is famous for her golden hair and green eyes, and False Ciri is blonde and her eyes are red. green color.
- Parental Incest: As in canon Emhyr wishes to marry his daughter Cirilla both to legally unite Cintria to Nifgaard and to have a son who has the power to save the world.
- Parental Neglect: He himself admits not being close to his daughter so much because Pavetta took her away from him and then he was too busy planning his revenge, his return to Nilfgaard and his impending glory as the savior of this world to worry about little else. . In short, Ciri was at the end of her priority and only became important when he needed her for her plans.
- May–December Romance: He gets married and later falls in love with false Ciri who is barely two years older than his daughter.
- Modest Royalty: Unlike the other men of his court, Emhyr's clothes are unadorned and not extravagant, which according to Ciri makes him look more dignified.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Emhyr wants to marry and father a son with Cirilla his own daughter but with the purpose of giving birth to the hero who will save the world from an ice age.
Stella Congreve
Estella vel Stella Congreve, the Countess of Liddertal, a noble from Nifgaard who is entrusted with the task of caring for the lost and found Princess of Cintra and reintroducing her into courtly manners.Parental surrogate
- Parental Substitute: She takes care of false Ciri, teaches her manners, motivates her interests with the piano, encourages her when she's wrong or sad, comforts her when she thinks Emhyr is going to kill her, and she admits to seeing her as her own daughter.
- Proper Lady: Lady Stella is an elegant and educated lady, always dresses in fashion, never extravagant. The Emperor calls her a model of feminine grace and wit.
- Good with Numbers: she is good at math to the point of doing business and she is fond of geometry, in fact when they go to Darn Rowan one of the first things she thinks to do is take up her work in trigonometry .
- Statuesque Stunner: Stella is a tall and dignified woman, although she was never considered a beauty.
- Daddy's Girl: her father adored her and her sister and showered them with affection and gifts. When Stella showed a talent for mathematics, her father hired tutors to foster her affinity. He taught her the intricacies of various real estate deals, encouraging her to take an interest in family investments in forestry and mining.
- Foil: To the mother of false Ciri, both women are widows but the mother of false Ciri became alcoholic because of the pain and never tried to invest the money she obtained from the death of her husband and only dedicated herself to having lovers and making parties unlike Stella who invested her husband's inheritance in her father's mining and forestry companies and is one of Emhyr's most trusted advisers. False Ciri's mother has two of her marriage but is negligent and abusive towards them, Stella has no children but sees false Ciri as one of her and is always loving and attentive to her.
- May–December Romance: She was sixteen when she secured her marriage to her husband, the old Count Liddertal. Still her marriage was harmonious and Stella came to love him.
- Dark Is Not Evil: She usually wears the ceremonial blacks of Nifgaard but she is a kind and witty woman who treats false Ciri as her own daughter even if she knows that she is not the real Cirilla.
- Iron Lady: Lady Stella is one of Emhyr's most trusted advisers, often seeking her advice on matters related to the Empire.
- Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: Stella has dark hair and brown eyes and a fair complexion.
- Nice to the Waiter: She has a reputation for being nice to her staff but she will not discuss the Emperor's affairs with a waitress
False Ciri's mother
False Ciri's mother and her brother Arnand, a minor noblewoman from Cintra.
- Abusive Mom: Slaps her eldest son when trying to stop him from drinking port, tells her youngest daughter that he doesn't love her when she gets drunk and when she makes a mistake touching the fortepiano due to panic, she hurts his arm and reprimands her for embarrassing her.
- Alcoholic Mom: She's an Abusive Mom who drinks plenty of port and came to deal with the death of her husband and the abandonment of her lovers.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: When false Ciri makes a mistake when touching the fortepiano she hides her anger in front of her guests and congratulates her on her but she is barely away from her gaze, she reprimands her and hurts her arm. her.
- Evil Is Petty: Constantly fires governesses only because they are kind and loving to her children unlike her own mother.
- Foil:
- A lady Stella, both women are widows but the mother of false Ciri became alcoholic because of the pain and never tried to invest the money she obtained from the death of her husband and only dedicated herself to having lovers and making parties unlike Stella who invested her husband's inheritance in her father's mining and forestry companies and is one of Emhyr's most trusted advisers. False Ciri's mother has two of her de ella marriage de ella but is negligent and abusive towards them, Stella has no children but sees false Ciri as one of her de ella and is always loving and attentive to her.
- Her daughter go through great losses (her husband for her, her family for false Ciri) but while she allows her suffering to take hold of her becoming alcoholic and abusive with her children, her daughter instead despite being in worse condition than she is never bitter and tries to live the best she can and is kind to everyone she meets, even the colors they wear are opposite green and blue for false Ciri, purple and pink for her.
- Parental Neglect: she usually sends her children to her relatives' houses in the city for long periods of time.
- Graceful Ladies Like Purple: She is fond of wearing a delicate purple taffeta dress but completely avoids the elegant side.
- Pink Means Feminine: On one of her evenings, she wears a silky pink dress that makes her
- Trademark Favorite Drink: she likes to drink a lot of port, she hurts that it makes her neglect her children and be more jerkass with her daughter.
- Really Gets Around: She has had numerous lovers.
- Uncertain Doom: she Possibly died in Nilfgaard's attack, as and when she is not clarified.
- No Name Given: Like her daughter, her name is never revealed. We only know that they both share it and it is tasteless.
- When She Smiles: false Ciri describes her laughter with pearly, she hurts that she only sounds in the presence of her lovers.
