Blood of Elves

Cintra has fallen, Calanthe is dead, and everyone wants Ciri: Nilfgaard to marry her, the Northern kings to take her off the board. Geralt hides her at Kaer Morhen, where the witchers train her. Vesemir calls in the sorceress Triss Merigold, who realizes Ciri is a Source who can't control her power. Triss recommends Yennefer. On the road to the temple at Ellander, the group travels with a dwarven caravan that's ambushed by the Scoia'tael. The mage Rience tortures Dandelion (Jaskier) for leads on Ciri; Yennefer saves him and leaves Rience scarred. Geralt chases Rience, but his master opens a portal to pull him out. At the temple, Yennefer starts teaching Ciri, and the two become almost mother and daughter.

1. ChangeEskel lives

   In the book, Eskel is one of the few witchers at Kaer Morhen and is kind to Ciri. In S2 he turns hostile, gets infected by a leshen and dies at Geralt's hand.

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2. ChangeA fuller Kaer Morhen

   In the book, Ciri finds just four Wolf School witchers, plus Coën of the Griffin School. The show fills the keep with nearly a dozen.

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3. ChangeYennefer keeps her magic

   In S2, Nilfgaard captures Yennefer and she loses her powers after using forbidden fire at Sodden. In the book, she never loses her magic and arrives to teach Ciri.

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4. ChangeVoleth Meir is show-only

   The Deathless Mother, Voleth Meir, who manipulates Yennefer and possesses Ciri at the end of S2, was created for the show. She isn't in the books.

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