The Witcher Season 3: Emperor Emhyr and the Coup at Aretuza (The Witcher) 💃

As soon as filming for Season 2 of The Witcher ended, Netflix gave the green light to implement Season 3. Recently, the series cretor Lauren Schmidt Hissrich revealed that the scripting work for Season 3 has been completed in early December 2021, and the script will be based on Book 2 of the “The Witcher” saga by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski, - The Time of Contempt.

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Coup in Aretuza

This book focuses on the coup d'etat at Aretuza Magic Academy by some mage accomplices to Emperor Emhyr of Nilfgaard. This coup paved the way for Nilfgaardians to sweep north and annex many of independent kingdoms.

Season 2 of the series revealed the love relationship between Tissaia and Vilgefortz. This would prove to be a weakness of Tissaia, which led to blunders, and subsequently the destruction of Aretuza and the fall of the North.

At the time of the coup, the trio Yennefer, Ciri and Geralt were present at Aretuza. They suffered many injuries and had to be separated after the coup, especially Geralt fell into a critical condition.

Ciri once again escaped from Nilfgaardians' hand, but she became alone on her way to survival, without Geralt by her side.

Emperor Emhyr (Duny, Urcheon of Erlenwald)

The one who knew all about Ciri's Ancestral Elder bloodline and begins to hunt her down even before Ciri even knows of her powers, is Emperor Emhyr (Bart Edwards) - the biological father of Ciri.

The character appeared in Season 1 at the Banquet for Princess Pavetta hosted by Queen Calenthe. At this point, he was still in his half-human, half-hedgehog appearance, and thanks to Geralt's support and protection, he was able to escape Calenthe's assassination blade and lift the curse to return to his human form.

At the age of 13, Emhyr's father Fergus var Emreis, emperor of Nilfgaard at the time, was overthrown, imprisoned, and tortured by a nobleman named Usurper. Emhyr was turned into a hedgehog by the a witch and chased into the woods.

From Nilfgaard, Emhyr traveled to the North i.e Cintra and used the nickname "Duny, Urcheon of Erlenwald" to find a way to break the curse. In 1237, while prowling the wooded area of Cintra, he encountered the badly wounded King Roegner (Calenthe's husband) and saved his life. Emhyr was rewarded with the Law of Surprise - being entitled to King Roegner's firstborn child.

The curse on Emhyr was still far from complete: every night Emhyr regained his human form – handsome and charming. This helped him approach and get to know Princess Pavetta (King Roegner's daughter) and the two fell in love before Calenthe held the said Banquet, even Pavetta was pregnant with Ciri.

After Ciri's birth, Emhyr (who had yet to reveal his identity as the deposed prince of Nilfgaard) sought to bring Pavette and Ciri back to their homeland to prepare for revenge. However, under Queen Calenthe's close supervision, Emhyr wanted to pretend that the entire family had perished in a shipwreck; but unfortunately Pavette drowned, Ciri survived and was raised by Calenthe, and Emhyr alone returned to Nilfgaard.

In Nilfgaard, Emhyr gathered loyalists to his father and waged a revolution against Usurper, regaining the throne.

In Season 1 of The Witcher, Emhyr was the mastermind of Nilfgaard's attack on Cintra, which was followed by an assault to the North before being stopped at Sodden Hill; however, Emhyr did not show up. In Season 2, Emhyr only appears in the final minutes of the series when he arrives in Cintra himself.

In The Witcher Season 3, perhaps Emperor Emhyr will be among the main characters, engaging directly in the key developments of the series, including the coup at Aretuza.