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Cirilla and Morvran

My favorite ship: The Heirs of Nilfgaard

There stands a house near the end of the world, on a rocky shore where the North Sea becomes the Gulf of Praxeda and the south wind somehow blows colder than the north, shielded as land is by the Dragon Mountains. [...] The door is thrown open and the rider comes out of the darkness, snow blowing in before the door is jammed shut. The Witcher unwinds the face-covering scarf with a customary lack of care, dragging the fur cape down to reveal pale skin scared along the cheek, eyes green as emerald and white hair sticking out rebelliously from a thick braid broken by wind. ”I should have started earlier,” says Ciri as she shakes the snow out of clothes and hair. Morvran says nothing. He closes his book carefully, stands up from his armchair and walks the five steps across the floor with the ceremony of a man walking up a temple nave beneath the eyes of the gods. He makes obeisance, one knee sinking into the rugs as the Emperor of most of the known world bows to a Witcher vagabond from the hills. He’ll serve no master but her.

Theoretically, the concept of carrying Cirilla's heir had been... daunting.

ᴡɪᴛʜɪɴ ᴀ ꜰᴏʀᴇꜱᴛ ᴅᴀʀᴋ

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ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴀʀʏ / ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ʜᴇʀ ᴠɪᴄᴛᴏʀʏ ᴀɢᴀɪɴꜱᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡʜɪᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏꜱᴛ, ᴄɪʀɪ ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴠᴇʟᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛɪᴇ ᴜᴘ ʟᴏᴏꜱᴇ ᴇɴᴅꜱ: ꜱʟᴀʏɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀꜱᴛ ᴄʀᴏɴᴇ, ꜱᴀᴠɪɴɢ ᴀ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀɴꜱᴡᴇʀɪɴɢ ᴀɴ ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ.

Cirilla x Morvran

The Heirs of Nilfgaard

Until know they are still my favorite fictional ship.

I watched this 2+ hour video about the changes to The Witcher 3 Wild hunt; the 2012 original story, 2013 altered, and the final product we are playing. Though a lot were rightfully cut and changed :The Yennefer we have now is loads better than what she was going to be. Cerys in the 2012 was supposed to be The False Ciri Becca, into the 2013 Cerys half-sister of Ciri, other daughter of Emhyr. The removal of Isengrim as a member of the Big Five (now Big Four) and the criminal removal of Iorveth from TW3.

And much more!

But what I lamented is the reduction of Morvran's role in the entire game. The cut content enriches his role, and even expounded on the type of man he is. And in the vid explaining the cut content, he fell inlove with Ciri the first time he saw her, he kissed her.... and she punched him! There's definitely a lot of interaction between the empire's heir apparent and heir presumptive.

Doting as she is during Morvans "times of indisposition", Ciri remains a little shit.