#Geralt Is Best Dad In A Darkly Rich And Ever-Expanding World

Season 1 ended after the monumental Battle of Sodden, where the north fought against Nilfgaard, the kingdom to the south ruled by the mysterious White Flame. Tens of thousands died, and the north was only given reprieve after Yennefer (Anya Chalotra) taps into forbidden fire magic that burns the enemy to a crisp.

We start season 2 in the aftermath of this battle, with Tissaia (MyAnna Buring) magically reliving the very violent and graphic deaths of soldiers from that fight in an effort to find out what happened to her dear Yen. Geralt (Henry Cavill) — who is still brooding and who still has arms so muscular they can’t seem to rest against his body — is now firmly united with his Law of Surprise with mysterious powers, Princess Ciri of Cintra (Freya Allan).

The story moves on from there and stays more or less on one timeline, which will likely be a welcome change for many a season 1 viewer. We follow Geralt and Ciri as they get to know each other and head to the place where young Witchers trained (a place we’ve already seen in animated form in “The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf,” by the way), and Yennefer finds herself on a journey of her own as she tries to recover from the Battle of Sodden.

This season also gives us a lot more details about The Continent — we get more information about the conjunction of the spheres, a hundreds-years-old event where the worlds of elf, man, and monsters collided. And we also spend more time with the elves and their plight through the eyes of Francesca (Mecia Simson) as she fights to save her people. The world of “The Witcher” is expanding, and our characters are caught in the thick of it.