Everything has fallen into place as episode seven fills us in on hidden moments from episode one as the timelines all become one.
During the previous episode, Yennefer and Geralt’s paths cross once again in the hunt for a dragon, while Ciri is captured and escapes on her own and now without Dara.
Returning To Cintra
Geralt (Henry Cavill) overlooks a valley and watches the Nilfgaard army marching. He returns to Cintra and meets with Mousesack (Adam Levy), who assumes he is there for his Child of Surprise. Geralt learns the child is a she, but he merely came as he saw an army in Amell Pass. He then sees a shadow and follows it, but the soldiers keep disappearing so he holds a blade to Mousesack’s throat, who portals them away from Calanthe’s soldiers.
He takes Geralt to Calanthe (Jodhi May) and she asks him to not take Ciri and will pay him whatever he wants. Geralt says he will protect her and bring her back, and so announces that the Law of Surprise has been called.
Geralt walks into a room with Calanthe and Mousesack, who introduce him to Ciri, however, they use an impostor. When he exits, he spies a door and follows it to the outside where he sees the impostor curtsy to Ciri while she plays knucklebones, which we saw in the first episode. Naturally Geralt is not happy, but Calanthe does not care. Eist (Björn Hlynur Haraldsson) has returned and escorts Geralt out. He no longer stands up for the Law of Surprise, but rather by his Queen and traps Geralt in the gatekeep.
Nilfgaard breach the gates and Geralt escapes, but he’s gone before Mousesack gets there as we see the completed scenes from episode one of Calanthe asking to bring “him”. Now outside, Geralt hears Calanthe fall so he returns to the castle to search for Ciri, which leads to many deaths.
A Journey To Nazair
Yennefer (Anya Chalotra) arrives in Nazair and Istredd (Royce Pierreson) greets her. He tells her of the runes that described a magnalith, which he found and that is why the so many are digging. Yennefer wonders if what they talked about in the cave before their initiation could still happen and they kiss, despite Istredd’s initial hesitancy. He tells her he came up with so many excuses to be closer to her, but she shot them all down and Stregobor helped Istredd focus.
Vilgefortz (Mahesh Jadu), who is a fellow mage, approaches Yennefer as Nilfgaard is conscripting mages into service and he says they should go to Aretuza. He tells her Tissaia asked for her as Yennefer is the best student she ever taught.
Returning To Aretuza
When they arrive at Aretuza, she learns Tissaia has no idea she’s there, but Vilgefortz wanted her help with Nilfgaard and how they need allies from the Northern Kingdoms.
As she walks around Aretuza, Yennefer recalls all the things Tissaia said to her and returns to her old room. It is there she finds three students and she decides to show them what herbs are really used for. She gives the girls drug-like herbs and she learns their families paid the Chapter to be in Aretuza. Yennefer then takes the girls to Aretuza’s pool and tells them of the sacrifices when you become a mage and eventually Tissaia (MyAnna Buring) arrives.
The mages are in a flurry and Yennefer sees Triss (Anna Shaffer) and learns an emergency conclave of the Northern Mages has been called as Nilfgaard will be taking Cintra. Stregobor (Lars Mikkelsen) doesn’t care want happens to Cintra and dismisses Vilgefortz’s words as for being more soldier than mage
Fringilla (Mimi Ndiweni) then arrives saying Nilfgaard’s fight is with Cintra and under their leader, Emperor Emhyr, they’ve changed by strengthening trade and funding research. She continues on to say they’ve modified what they learned and been guided by the White Flame. However, they have also forced mages into servitude and forbidden magic. Yennefer is blamed for everything as she chose to not go to Nilfgaard. Tissaia believes they should try to save Cintra, but when Stregobor calls a vote, it is decided Cintra must defend themselves.
Tissaia, Vilgefortz, and other mages are going to fight, and Tissaia asks Yennefer to join them.
To Skellige
Ciri (Freya Allan) plans to head for Skellige and when she tries to take some gloves, she gives her mother’s ring as payment. A woman wants to know what’s so important about Skellige and offers to look after her, but instead Ciri steals her horse.
At night, Ciri lights a fire while talking to her horse,when she hears a noise and sees men approaching her and recognises them as Cintrans, including those who she played knucklebones with. The four men grab her causing her to fall to the ground with her head falls back, a different voice to Ciri’s says: “Verily, I say unto you, the era of the sword and the ax is night, the era of the Wolf’s Blizzard. The Time of the White Chill and the White Light is nigh. The Time of Madness and the Time of Contempt.”
