Before a Fall

Before a Fall is the seventh episode of season one. It was written by Mike Ostrowski and released 2019-12-20.

Summary
Geralt returns before Cintra's Fall and demands to bring Ciri to safety. Calanthe agrees and tries to swap the princess with a commoner girl. Geralt is locked up in the gatehouse. Nilfgaard attacks. Yennefer is asked by Tissaia to return to Aretuza and joins a meeting of the mages. The fate of the Northern Kingdoms is discussed.

Cast

 * Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia
 * Anya Chalotra as Yennefer
 * Freya Allan as Ciri
 * MyAnna Buring as Tissaia de Vries
 * Royce Pierreson as Istredd
 * Mahesh Jadu as Vilgefortz
 * Mimi Ndiweni as Fringilla
 * Anna Shaffer as Triss Merigold
 * Lars Mikkelsen as Stregobor
 * Jodhi May as Queen Calanthe
 * Adam Levy as Mousesack
 * Björn Hlynur Haraldsson as Eist Tuirseach
 * Maciej Musial as Sir Lazlo
 * Ella-Rae Smith as Fola
 * Anna Burnett as Glacella

Differences

 * The "Fake Ciri" was introduced much later in the novels and definitely NOT by Queen Calanthe, but by Codringher and Fenn. Although, in a flashback of Geralt in the short story "Something More", Calanthe tried to talk Geralt into taking just a child from the ten children she presented to him. After an emotional talk with the Queen, the Witcher leaves Cintra without even knowing the name or the looks of his child of surprise.


 * One main difference in the TV-Show: Geralt was in Cintra when Nilfgaard attacked. In the short story "Something More", he is just riding to Cintra, but the city already had fallen. Also in this short story, he hears about the terrible end of Cintra by his friend Dandelion, who is among the war refugees.