Witcher S4: Ciri Captured, Vesemir and Istredd Dead

Netflix’s The Witcher Season 4 follows Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri separated — Liam Hemsworth debuts as Geralt — while Ciri, now calling herself Falka, joins the outlaw Rats. She forms a complicated, sexual relationship with fellow Rat Mistle, a storyline Freya Allan says was intentionally complex and that has provoked debate; author Andrzej Sapkowski has said he intended the same-sex relationship in his books and readers often interpret Ciri as bisexual, though translations and past publishers sometimes downplayed those elements. The finale ends darkly: bounty hunter Leo Bonhart brutally kills the Rats and captures Ciri while Geralt and his allies defeat Vilgefortz but suffer major losses, including Vesemir and Istredd. Geralt is later knighted, and Emperor Emhyr’s plot to marry a fake Ciri is exposed as he dispatches a monster after Geralt. Those book-faithful beats set up a likely final season that follows the canon—Ciri’s escape to Tor Zireael and her growing ability to traverse worlds and time as the “Lady of the Worlds” are positioned as central future arcs.