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: A powerful sorceress whose journey begins with a traumatic childhood and leads to her transformation at Aretuza.

The first season of , which premiered on Netflix in December 2019, adapts the short stories from Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny . Narrative Structure The Witcher (S01)

: Many viewers found the non-linear structure "unnecessarily convoluted". : A powerful sorceress whose journey begins with

: A solitary monster hunter struggling to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts. The Witcher (S01)

The season received a polarizing response from fans and critics:

: While it honored certain elements, some "book purists" felt it deviated too far from the original folklore.