Geralt has seen your end-of-days scenarios before, and he is not impressed. (“They’re all horseshit.”) But I’m impressed with this season-two trailer, which makes it look like The Witcher‘s second season has leveled up in just about every way: Bigger enemies! Bigger swords! Bigger Geralt! How is that last one even possible?
“Destiny is a beast,” says the trailer, which begins with Geralt wading in a leaf-strewn pool—an image I am fully convinced is meant to remind us of Henry Cavill’s somewhat infamous bathtub scene from the first season.
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“None of us will have any peace until there are no monsters left in the world,” Geralt insists. He is, shall we say, underwhelmed by the Continent. But it’s Cirilla’s home. “My fight,” she says.
Season two is expected to focus on the training—magical and physical—of Princess Cirilla (Freya Allan), whose story finally intersected with Geralt’s at the end of last season. The official summary says:
Convinced Yennefer’s life was lost at the Battle of Sodden, Geralt of Rivia brings Princess Cirilla to the safest place he knows, his childhood home of Kaer Morhen. While the Continent’s kings, elves, humans and demons strive for supremacy outside its walls, he must protect the girl from something far more dangerous: the mysterious power she possesses inside.
But Yennefer (Anya Chalotra) is here, of course, along with a lot of other familiar faces, including Fringilla (Mimi Ndiweni). Showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich has noted that season two will explore Fringilla’s past, give us a better look at the Nilfgaardians, and—maybe most importantly—be more linear than the slightly baffling first season. It’s already been renewed for a third season, so presumably everything will just keep getting bigger.
The Witcher returns to Netflix on December 17th. While you wait, Rachel Ashcroft has a look at what we want to see this season!
