We’re heading to Shaerrawedd!
EW can exclusively reveal a script page forThe Witcherseason 3, episode 1.
The title is one lovers of author Andrzej Sapkowski’s fantasy world will immediately recognize: “Shaerrawedd.”
A script page from ‘The Witcher’ season 3 premiere, titled “Shaerrawedd.".Netflix
“This set is one of the biggest we ever built,” showrunner Lauren Hissrich tells EW.
“It was an interior-exterior set.
Every shot is visual effects.
Yennefer (Anya Chalotra), Ciri (Freya Allan), and Geralt (Henry Cavill) in a scene from ‘The Witcher’ season 2.Susan Allnutt/Netflix
Obviously there’s a fight happening, but more than that, it is this big, open space.
There are blue screens everywhere, so we are just now putting the final touches on it.
Episode 1’s been done for ages, but it’s taken that long to get this setting right.
I think it’s really important for the story.”
“We knew we couldn’t let go of it,” she says.
Shaerrawedd will now hold a slightly different significance in the story compared to the source material.
“We’re gonna start to understand that everybody has a different version of historical events.”
The demon Voleth Meir had manipulated Yennefer to make it possess the princess and wreak havoc.
It was an event that made Geralt realize he couldn’t keep Ciri hidden away in Kaer Morhen forever.
“What we leaned into is, how do we start this path to forgiveness?
Because it’s not gonna come fast,” Hissrich remarks.
The show’s writers haven’t forgotten about a core detail of the Shaerrawedd scenes from the book.
It’s the place where Geralt has a formative conversation with Ciri about neutrality.
“Geralt’s was him relinquishing his neutrality by the end of the season.”
Shaerrawedd became the start of that.
