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kayla ♡ asked this question about The Tower of Swallows (The Witcher, #4):
Can someone tell me how old Ciri is supposed to be? I had assumed in this story she was around 15 or so, but when Yennifer is speaking with Crach an Craite he says the following of his son and Ciri: 'How old were they then?' 'He fifteen, she almost fifteen.' When referring to a time before the sacking of Cintra... would this put her at around 18 or 19 at the time of this part of the story?
Anna In my version of the book, in that scene Crach says that Ciri was 'almost thirteen', so I presume that Ciri is 13 during the sacking of Cintra (as it …moreIn my version of the book, in that scene Crach says that Ciri was 'almost thirteen', so I presume that Ciri is 13 during the sacking of Cintra (as it happened shortly after the events described by Crach), around 14 during 'Blood of Elves' and around 15 during 'The Time of Contempt', 'Baptism of Fire' and 'The Tower of Swallows' (at one point it's mentioned that several months passed since the events on Thanned; the coup happened in summer and the events of 'The Tower of Swallows' span through September to November).(less)
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The Tower of Swallows
by Andrzej Sapkowski
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