#c: philippa

[hanzajesthanza]

young radovid through philippa’s tutelage learning of his family history and primogeniture, redania’s like of succession, thinking to ask her, if there were kings before his father, who were the sorcereresses before her?

and the pleasant, coy smile she gives him being answer enough, that there has been none but philippa eilhart for a long, long time

[hanzajesthanza]

‘No one’s going to shout ‘Long live Radovid’, thought the prince (…) ‘No one’s even going to look at me. No one will raise a cry in honour of my mother. Nor mention my father; they won’t shout his glory. Today, on the day of triumph, on the day of reconciliation, of the alliance to which my father, after all, contributed. Which was why he was murdered.

He felt someone’s eyes on the nape of his neck. As delicate as something he didn’t know–or did, but only from his dreams. Something like the soft, hot caress of a woman’s lips. He turned his head. He saw the dark, bottomless eyes of Philippa Eilhart fixed on him.

Just you wait, thought the prince, looking away. Just you wait.

No one could have predicted then or guessed that this thirteen-year-old boy–now a person without any significance in a country ruled by the Regency Council and Dijkstra–would grow into a king. A king, who–after paying back all the insults borne by himself and his mother–would pass into history as Radovid V the Stern.

Lady of the Lake, Chapter 10.

[hanzajesthanza]

#witcherweekly aug. 19

the second meeting of the lodge of sorceresses

aug. 19, night — baptism of fire, ch. 6 — the lodge convenes for the second time on montecalvo (now, all in person, with additional members!)

the meeting minutes are as such: they first begin to discuss the war, and determine the purpose of the lodge is to serve magic. they then determine the appointment of ciri to status of pawn lodge member that they can control for their interests.

yennefer is asked to give a statement about ciri and recount her life

francesca recounts the geneology of the elder blood using helpful fruit visuals

assire clarifies that ciri is not in nilfgaard — and yennefer immediately makes up her mind about whether she will be a part of the lodge

they thankfully take a break. but yennefer cannot leave, for she is trapped in a room of loyalists… thankfully, an enemy helps her escape :)

[hanzajesthanza]

#witcherweekly: aug. 5

dandelion arrives in brokilon

august 5th — time of contempt, ch. 5 — dandelion undergoes a harrowing ride to brokilon to see geralt and inform him of political developments since his injury on thanedd

* note of translation: “I’m glad you’re here, you whoreson.” — „Cieszę się przyjechałeś, sukinsynu.” “I’m glad that you’ve come, you son of a bitch.”

(note: aug. 5th date is extrapolated from the date of the beginning of the expedition; date is not explicitly stated but this is the day before the expedition from brokilon begins :) exciting)

the first lodge convenes

also august 5th — baptism of fire, ch. 1 — the first meeting of the lodge of sorceresses, with philippa, margarita, triss, keira, sabrina, sheala, francesca, and assire in attendance. (assire gets bullied by the northern sorceresses during the zoom call teleprojective spell 😢)