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WARNING: This article contains spoilers from The Witcher season 4 and the novels by Andrzej Sapkowski The fourth series of The Witcher recently dropped on Netflix , with fans eagerly devouring all eight new episodes , reports the Mirror . Liam Hemsworth steps into the role of Geralt of Rivia in this series, taking over from Henry Cavill who left after the first three series, alongside other fresh faces in the cast. In this series, we see Geralt (Hemsworth) and Yennefer of Vengerberg (portrayed by Anya Chalotra) frantically searching for Ciri (Freya Allan). Interestingly, this series employs a narrative device where the stories of Yennefer, Ciri and Geralt are recounted to a group of children a century later. Among these children is a girl named Nimue (Eve Ridley), who is captivated by the tale and yearns to discover more. By the series finale, an older Nimue (Sha Dessi) believes her fate is intertwined with Ciri's, even indicating a picture of herself standing next to her in one of the books. Furthermore, Nimue declares she will be heading to Aretuza to delve deeper into the mages and Ciri. Just like in the television adaptation, Nimue grows up hearing about the lives of Ciri, Geralt and Yennefer a hundred years prior and becomes enamoured with them. She trains to become a mage and finishes her education by the time she's 18, gaining further knowledge about Ciri and the others. In Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher novels, Nimue aids Ciri in reaching Strygga Castle, where Vilgefortz (Mahesh Jadu) has Yenn imprisoned. Ciri discovers her ability to time travel and traverse different worlds, but she struggles to control this power. At one point, Ciri inadvertently encounters Nimue by a lake after a time-travel mishap. However, before the two women can converse, Ciri disappears when she unintentionally interrupts Nimue during a private moment. Following this fleeting encounter, Nimue realises that Ciri cannot master her power on her own. Under Nimue's guidance, Ciri finally arrives at Strygga Castle, where both Yenn and Geralt are engaged in combat with Vilgefortz. For those curious about the character's name, Nimue shares it with the Lady of the Lake from Arthurian legend. Sapkowski has previously expressed his fondness for incorporating elements of myths and fairy tales into his work. In the original material, the framing device is only introduced in the final novel, The Lady of the Lake, but it appears the showrunners have decided to introduce it earlier in the series. Given that the fourth and fifth seasons were filmed consecutively, they are expected to transition smoothly from one to the other. Discussing the fourth season's framing technique and Geralt's recasting, The Witcher's showrunner Lauren Hissrich explained to TV Line: "We wanted to play with the idea, which is a huge theme in The Witcher, of how stories change depending on who is telling them. "So obviously that opening sequence is played and there's a device, and you sense that, oh, maybe everything that we've seen over the last three seasons has been through someone's POV. Maybe that's not actually how it happened." Hissrich continued: "We constantly love to be playing with the idea of narrative with our audience." The Witcher season 4 is streaming on Netflix now
