Rare Species

Rare Species is the sixth episode of season one of. It was written by Haily Hall and released 2019-12-20. Contains story parts of the short story "The Bounds of Reason".

Summary

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Cast

 * Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia
 * Anya Chalotra as Yennefer
 * Freya Allan as Ciri
 * Joey Batey as Dandelion
 * Eamon Farren as Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach
 * Mimi Ndiweni as Fringilla
 * Wilson Radjou-Pujalte as Dara
 * Adam Levy as Mousesack
 * Adele Oni as Téa
 * Colette Dalal Tchantcho as Véa
 * Jordan Renzo as Eyck of Denesle
 * Steve Wall as Boholt
 * Jeremy Crawford as Yarpen Zigrin
 * Máté Haumann as Field Marshall
 * Ron Cook as Borch Three Jackdaws

Differences

 * The Bounds of Reason story part: In the short story, Dandelion appears much later when Geralt got more familiar with Borch and his two weapons. In the Episode Rare Species, Dandelion is waiting right outside the monster's den. In the Netflix-Adaptation, the characters of Dorregaray, Sheepbagger, Gyllenstiern, the young King Niedamir and others were not considered and don't appear in the show.


 * Borch in the short story is a younger man.


 * Eyck von Denesle died in the TV episode, but in the short story, the dragon only severely wounded the knight. Geralt, Dandelion and Dorregaray were put in bonds when the dragon hunters started to argue about who should own the killed beast. Yennefer then decided to take it all for herself, which lead to further trouble. Yarpen Zigrin hit the sorceress with a steel ball in the face and the Crinfrid Reavers bound her to a wheel. It was now impossible for her to move her hands to use magic. The Barefield vigilante group stormed the place and Geralt could help Yennefer to free herself. She then enchanted the wild bunch.


 * In the show, Yennefer actively fights with a sword.


 * In the show, the showdown with the dragon is in a hidden cave in the mountains, which is cumbersome to reach. In the short story, the area seems to be more a plain in the mountains, which somehow still can be reached by horse and a cart.


 * Ciri's story: Cahir didn't send a Doppler with the likeness of Moussack after Ciri. It is never mentioned that Nilfgaardian mages would use "black or forbidden magic" like shown in the show - only that Emhyr hates magic users and tries to keep them under control. Dopplers appear in the short story Eternal Flame, but the creature there was more or less a harmless trickster, with the appearance of soft, shapeless dough when it didn't copy another person.


 * Moussack died in the show, but his fate in the novels is rather unknown. He might have been among the Druids, who helped the war orphans who came from Cintra.