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* [[Anachronic Order]]: Parts of the story are told in retrospect, in alternating narrations of Ciri herself, Dandelion's diaries, and an eyewitness account at a Nilfgaard tribunal.
* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: Generally averted in the series but most notably, in this book, Ciri ends up with an extremely messy scar after catching Stefan Skellen's orion/shuriken with her face. Said scar plagues her well-being for the rest of the series, and she starts wearing [[Peek
* [[Because Destiny Says So]]: Esterhazy the sword-merchant, who parted with the best sword in his shop, for free, because he realised something bigger is going on.
* [[Bury Your Gays]]: {{spoiler|Mistle is disfigured and killed by Bonhart, slowly expires in front of Ciri, and then Bonhart saws off her head while Ciri is forced to watch.}}
* [[Cool Sword]]: the Gnomish gwyhyr. Original gwyhyr blade -- the best sword in the world, sharp as a razor and perforated to lower the weight, not produced anymore -- given the traditional decoration and carving, and an anti-slippery handle of ray's skin.
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* [[Fantastic Drug]]: Fisstech (effectively, cocaine) is first introduced in this book and then [[Retcon|retroactively]] spread across the world.
* [[Fingore]]: Whatever Rience and Vilgefortz do to {{spoiler|Yennefer's}} fingers, Ciri later describes her hands as a formless mass of clotted blood. She can use them again in book seven but only thanks to her sheer stubbornness.
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* [[Geo Effects]]: only natural if you fight your battle on a frozen lake.
* [[Hermit Guru]]: Vysogota of Corvo, [[The Philosopher|a philosopher]] who was exiled for his views and had to settle down incognito on a swamp.
* [[I Cannot Self
* [[Implacable Man]]: Leo Bonhart.
* [[New Powers As the Plot Demands]]: if you are a descendant of long line of Elven eugenic experiments, it's only natural.
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: Boreas Mun, the tracker, who is a pretty decent guy hired by not-so-decent guys.
* [[Skilled but Naive]]: Ciri, kinda. Not so much naive as weak-willed, which Bonhart exploits: {{spoiler|since the Witchers have drilled all their killing techniques into her, she kills others on pure reflex; however, when she has a chance of killing herself, she just can't. As Bonhart explains, killing oneself requires zero technique and a whole lot of willpower... which Ciri never had a reason to foster ''because'' she was already a perfect killing machine, [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|thanks a bunch, Witchers]]}}.
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