Ciri Officially Confirmed as the Protagonist of The Witcher 4

It’s been speculated for a long time and now it’s official. The Witcher 4 has officially been announced at The Game Awards 2024 with a lengthy cinematic trailer and the reveal of the protagonist: Cirilla.

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Ciri is all grown up in the new Witcher saga

We now have our very first look at The Witcher 4 which centers around Ciri, who has chosen the witcher path. She is somewhat older than when we last saw her in The Witcher 3. We see Ciri in a small village that is about to sacrifice a young woman to a monster. The witcheress intervenes, naturally.

Game director Sebastian Kalemba commented to IGN: “There was an intention behind this choice. It was far from roulette. It wasn’t random. I remember we had discussions nine years ago, we were talking about who’s next? The very, very instant answer was Ciri. There are many reasons behind that. We’ve already mentioned a few. But she really deserves a stage and we want players to really experience her story because she has so much to tell, so much to prove. The amount of challenges that are in front of her give us so much amazing energy and fuel to create an epic saga that we had no choice but to go with it. We all felt that this is the way. I believe this is the super right choice.”

But how does that fit into The Witcher 3 endings? Franchise and lore designer Cian Maher of CDPR commented: “The one complication is probably the idea that there is an ending in which Ciri can die in The Witcher 3. There are hints in that ending that highlight the fact that she probably does not die.”

No release date has been given, obviously, but recently CDPR commented that the game should be released 1-2 years after a full reveal. Assuming the full reveal is today, one or two years from now we’ll be playing the new Witcher game if all goes well.

The voice actress for Ciri is also new, but the name hasn’t been revealed yet at this time.

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It’ll be a long wait, so stay tuned for more news about The Witcher 4!