WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for The Witcher, Season 1, streaming now on Netflix.

There are a lot of things that newcomers to The Witcher might find confusing. Netflix's live-action adaptation seems to hurl a ton of fancy new lingo -- and not always in English -- at the viewer with little to no explanation. Among other things, there's talk of a White Flame, ancient Elven regions and of how the young princess Cirilla might change the world.

In the very first episode, "The End's Beginning," Ciri unleashes a superhuman scream as she's being torn away from her grandmother's side. She's clearly powerful, but if that wasn't enough, anyone paying attention through the interspersed timelines might have caught on to the general idea about her abilities. "Of Banquets, Bastards and Burials" shows how Pavetta, Ciri's mother, also possessed immense power. With the rule surrounding magic established in "Four Marks," Ciri and Pavetta's abilities become a much more curious thing. Magical power comes at a cost for mages, and yet these two seem to perform incredible feats with little to no effort.

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It's difficult to say where the Netflix series will take the Ciri's story, but for a better understanding of what and who she is, it's best to turn to the source material: Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher novels.

Royal blood is enough to place a person in the crosshairs of neighboring kingdoms and ambitious emperors, the Elder Blood is enough to turn a person into a target for everyone with an inkling of ambition. In Sapkowski's novels, Princess Cirilla possesses both. Netflix viewers might have guessed that her powers had been inherited after her connection to Pavetta -- who unleashed a whirlwind of magical energy right in the middle of a banquet hall -- had been revealed.

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According to the novels, the Elder Blood is a gene possessed by descendants of Lara Dorren, an elven sorceress, and her lover, a human mage named Cregennan of Lod. Carriers of their blood are given great powers, though this only manifests in female members of the famed bloodline and, unlike its depiction in the live-action adaptation, is virtually impossible to control.

Another curious feature about Elder Blood, and something that the series does accurately state about it, is that it causes feainnewedd -- meaning "child of the sun" in Elder Speech -- to sprout. In fact, the flowers first appeared on a hilltop where Lara Dorren perished, shortly after giving birth to her child, Riannon. The only other place the flowers occur is in Dol Blathanna, though Geralt and Jaskier make no mention of it when they pass through the valley in the Netflix series.

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What the show seems to have fabricated is the effect feainnewedd has on mages. "Four Marks" shows Istredd and Yennefer consuming the flower, which seems to allow them both to perform slightly more powerful magic, like creating portals that cannot be tracked. It might not be faithful to the novels, but it does hint at the substantial impact the Elder Blood has on the Continent, which in turn provides audiences with a clue as to why mages and kings alike would have such an interest in Ciri. She represents an immense power that could save or destroy the world.

The Witcher stars Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, Anya Chalotra as Yennefer of Vengerberg, Freya Allan as Ciri and Joey Batey as Jaskier. Season 1 is now available on Netflix.

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