Everything You Need to Know Before Witcher Season 2 | Game Rant
The Witcher's second season may be a long way off, but as far as fans are concerned, it can't come soon enough. Plenty of people are already speculating away as to what might come with the next part of the story. Some information has been released thus far about the show's future installments, including a release window and a couple of hints as to what the show's main characters will get up to when season 2 of the Witcher rolls around.
Season 1, of course, followed the origin stories of Geralt, Ciri, and Yennefer, with the three arcs (and their respective timelines) rarely converging until the last couple episodes. But season 2 is already promising to be quite different, starting with the fact that The Witcher's timelines have more or less caught up with one another, and now the show's main characters are all set to move forward together.
Thankfully, The Witcher's showrunner, Lauren S. Hissrich, is more open with fans of the show than most others in her position, and as a result, fans are learning little things about the show's future season each week. So far, it's been revealed that The Witcher season 2 is coming in 2021--Netflix renewed the show for a second season before the first had even debuted. And while a 2021 release date may seem like an excessively long time to wait, Hissrich and the rest of the Witcher team have their reasons. Besides, fans can at least take some comfort knowing that pre-production for season 2 has already begun.
But what about the plot for season 2? While The Witcher's production team isn't saying much about that (and likely won't for quite a while, considering the second season's far-off release date), the show's source material can offer a pretty decent idea of what fans are likely to see. Season 1's plot adapted elements from only the first two books in the long literary Witcher series, and both of those are books filled with short stories. There's plenty of remaining source material in both those books and future installments to fuel the show for the foreseeable future. Not only that, but season 2's timelines are going to be much less confusing, and its storytelling will be much more focused, according to Hissrich. She's already established that season 2 is going to be the long, satisfying payoff for all the setup done during season 1, especially when it comes to the relationships between main characters.
And in the case of season 2's plot, there's one thing that fans can be sure of: Ciri's development is going to be the driving force behind its entirety. Hissrich has already said this as well, and it's not surprising to those who have already read the books. Despite them mainly being written from Geralt's perspective, Ciri is at the epicenter of every book beginning with Blood of Elves. Considering that the beginning of Blood of Elves was covered in the Netflix show with the fall of Cintra, there's a good chance the remainder of the book will play out in its next season.
If so, that means season 2 will give a better idea of what life under the thumb of Nilfgaard is like and the aftermath of Cintra's razing. It also means that fans may finally get a look at Geralt's home, Kaer Morhen, the stronghold of the Witchers. Assuming that season 2 follows in The Witcher books' footsteps, a new pursuer will also emerge, a powerful sorcerer determined to capture Ciri and exploit her unique abilities; it's likely that the next season will have a good amount of war, prophecy, and dark magic to offer in its main plot as well. One short story has already been confirmed for season 2: A Grain of Truth, in which Geralt meets a man cursed into the form of a beast.
Beyond that, season 2 might very well introduce a few more of the book series' beloved side characters: Vesemir, for one, was name-dropped a couple of times in season 1, and Geralt's destination in episode 8 before he found Ciri was Kaer Morhen--so it's a safe bet that Vesemir will make an appearance. Funny enough, Geralt is Vesemir's Child of Surprise just as Ciri is his, which will be an interesting dynamic to watch unfold.
But perhaps best of all, season 2 is likely to show the deepening relationships between The Witcher's three main characters, and a good few side characters as well. In the books, Geralt brings Ciri to Kaer Morhen to both protect and train her, and it's where they develop their father-daughter relationship that endures throughout the novels (and presumably, throughout the show). Not shown yet in the show, but very much present in the books, is the relationship between Yennefer and Ciri as well: they're not directly connected by destiny, but Yen becomes as much a mother to Ciri as Geralt becomes her adoptive father.
Ultimately, so long as Netflix keeps the green light on, The Witcher could continue on for an entire seven seasons' worth of content. Hissrich has already confirmed that she and her team have outlined that much, and there's definitely enough in the books to do that. However much Geralt, Ciri, and Yennefer develop their relationships in season 2 remains to be seen, but they'll undoubtedly have further to go even by its end. Ciri is the center of a prophecy that'll take some time to unfold, and in that time, all three of the main characters undergo quite a bit. Geralt even becomes separated from Yen and Ciri at one point, and his endeavors to reunite with them could introduce even more popular side characters--the vampire Regis or the dwarf Zoltan, for instance.
Luckily, it doesn't look like The Witcher fans have to worry about their new favorite show being cut off early, at least for the time being. Netflix's renewal of the show for season 2 before season 1 of the Witcher even released is a sign that the company liked what it saw, and is prepared to invest further in its coming to fruition.So long as The Witcher's momentum continues into season 2 and beyond, the show seems poised to stick around for each and every one of the seasons that Hissrich has planned.
The Witcher is available now on Netflix.
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