She then came face-to-face with Geralt of Rivia for the first time in 12 years.
She berated Ciri's nanny when she found out the woman had been telling the young girl she was destined to the witcher Geralt and she was also to become one, and forbade Mousesack from revealing anything, even the gender, to the witcher. Calanthe, initially angry at both Eist and her nephew, Crach, for letting Pavetta and Duny sail off and leading to their disappearance, banned Ciri from returning to Skellige. Cintra is also under As night falls, the Nilfgaardians breach the castle gates. Mousesack watched on silently. Geralt came to protect Ciri, who Calanthe raised on her own. However, Pavetta had left Ciri behind with Calanthe and so the grandmother took to raising her only grandchild. Days later, Calanthe led her men to war with Nilfgaard, where Eist was killed by Cahir. The city is taken, Calanthe commits suicide and Ciri is forced to go on the run. He knew no woman could accept him as he is. He never intended to meet Pavetta, only to watch from afar, but destiny intervened and they fell in love. When Calanthe tried to buy Geralt off, Mousesack interjected that money couldn't undo the Law of Surprise. This is when most fans realized that Geralt's story was not in sync with Ciri's as Queen Calanthe, and Pavetta (who was long dead before the first episode's Ciri scenes), was still alive. Calanthe Fiona Riannon of Cintra, known also as "Ard Rhena" (in Elder Speech meaning "High Queen"), the "Lioness of Cintra", was a queen of Cintra, the mother of Pavetta and grandmother of Ciri.Her nephew, Crach an Craite called her "Modron".She was known for her bravery and beauty. Should they fall, Ciri will rise to throne. Eist recommends that Queen Calanthe honor the tradition, because Destiny has determined the surprise be Pavetta. However, because whoever her daughter married would automatically become king of Cintra due to the kingdom's customs, she wanted to ensure an alliance with Skellige and knew her daughter was secretly seeing someone she didn't want interfering with her plans. Calanthe refused to lose Ciri the same way she lost Pavetta and ordered Eist to get Geralt out of her kingdom. Surprisingly, it was rather difficult for Calanthe to find a husband: she initially didn't want to get married and when she finally decided to do so for convenience, rumors had been spreading about her from everything from incest to affairs to even suggesting the queen and her distant cousin After Roegner died, Calanthe was then proposed to by several other kings, including When Pavetta turned 15, Calanthe threw a celebration where a number of eligible suitors were invited along with some of their men, including Eist Tuirseach, who came with his nephew, Crach an Craite. Pavetta and Duny float above the room until Geralt knocks them down. By tradition, he chose the Law of Surprise as payment. Unbeknownst to Geralt, Calanthe had no intentions on giving her up, and instead, disguised someone else's child as Ciri and in preparation to hand her over to Geralt. Furthermore, Queen Calanthe herself has agreed to marry Eist; there will be two vows tonight. Queen Calanthe, Renfri explains, has just won her first battle in Cintra. Afterward, they host a celebratory feast, where Queen Calanthe, King Eist, and Mousesack discuss the encroachment of Nilfgaard. So he waited until the twelfth bell when the curse breaks. King's who've tried to outbid destiny ended up on pikes. Thus, she invited the After learning that her daughter and Duny had been seeing each other for a year and with everything that happened during the feast, she finally agreed to let the couple get married, unintentionally breaking Duny's curse. Calanthe insisted that Ciri was safe with her until the day came that she would take over the throne. Calanthe sends Ciri off with Once Ciri makes it out of the castle safely, Queen Calanthe jumps out a window to her death.When Geralt of Rivia arrives, Queen Calanthe inquires about his encounter with the Calanthe questions what brought Geralt to her daughter's wedding feast. He also makes mention of his "potent seed," which would guarantee the strongest of male heirs. He advises Calanthe to give the child over to him if she had any doubt in her mind that Ciri wasn't safe in Cintra. This time, she'd hidden Ciri among a group of similar aged boys and told Geralt that if destiny was as strong as it was, he should be able to pick out the correct child, though even if that weren't the case, he'd still gain a child to try and make a witcher. However, Geralt immediately knew the reason she was doing this: the child was her only living descendant and therefore she wanted to protect the child from almost certain death from the When the Nilfgaardian Army marched to Cintra, they Her body was never recovered so she was given a cenotaph instead in two locations: Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page.Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page.Spoilers from the books and/or adaptations to follow!Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat.