Yennefer

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Yennefer of Vengerberg (born on Belleteyn of the year 1173) - a sorceress who lived in the capital city of Aedirn - Vengerberg. She was the youngest member of the Council of Sorcerers and later the Lodge of Sorceresses. She was the love of witcher Geralt of Rivia and a mother figure for Ciri. The lady of Vengerberg was famous for her beauty, even though during the events of The Swallow's Tower she was 94 years old. She always dressed in black and white clothing. She used elderberry and gooseberry perfumes. She had purple eyes and raven black hair. She was a quadroon (meaning she had ¼ of elven blood).

During the Battle of Sodden Hill she was blinded by Fringilla Vigo, a Nilfgaardian sorceress. Her sight was magically restored.

As most sorceresses, she was sterile. She secretly and vainly sought a way of restoring her fertility. She gave her motherly love to Ciri - the child destined for Geralt by the Law of Surprise.

She used to counsel king Demawend of Aedirn and was a friend of Triss Merigold.

Yennefer first appeared in the short story "The Last Wish" (found in The Last Wish short story collection. She also appears in short stories Granica możliwości, Okruch lodu and Coś więcej (not translated into English yet), as well as all of the novels in the Witcher Saga.

[edit] The Hexer movie and series

In The Hexer movie and TV series, Yennefer was portrayed by Grażyna Wolszczak.

[edit] Episodes

• 4: "Smok" (The Dragon)
• 5: "Okruch lodu" (A Shard of Ice)

[edit] In The Witcher computer game

The creators of the game snuck in numerous references to Yennefer.

• In the Inn in the Outskirts of Vizima, Geralt can talk to a bard, who tells him about Dandelion, and about the ballads of the White Wolf Dandelion's sung. Among them the tale of how "Geralt married a sorceress and they live somewhere on the happy isles."
• At the very beginning of Act III, Triss tells Geralt that "the last time (she) felt this way, (Geralt) and a sorceress were playing with a genie."
• In Act IV, the innkeeper of the Country Inn at Murky Waters can tell a tale about Ciri. Near the end of it, he says that the sorceress the witcher loved tried to revive him, but died in the process.
• If Geralt chose Triss as Alvin's guardian in Act III, and if he answers king Foltest when questioned about their relationship that he really loves Triss, the update on the Identity-quest says, among other things: "My amnesia prevents me from remembering our relations in the past, but I have the impression I once loved a sorceress, deeply..."