The Witcher S3 Vol. 1 Episode Titles Revealed, Here's What They Mean
Amid excitement for the new season, The Witcher's officially dropped the names of its first five episodes and enticed the fans to guess what would happen in them.
The third season of The Witcher is coming up fast, and the audience is getting ready for more than one reason.
Some people are sad that S3 will feature Henry Cavill 's Geralt of Rivia for the last time; others are curious to see if the show really bought clothes for the characters in H&M or not; and some people are genuinely interested.
To hype the audience up before the release of S3's Vol. 1 (the season will come out in two volumes with Vol. 1 consisting of five episodes), the official Twitter account of the show dropped the titles of its five episodes and suggested the fans tried to guess what those episodes would be about. Since we're kind of fans ourselves…
Here's a breakdown of what we could deduct from the titles.
Episode 301: Shaerrawedd
Shaerrawedd is the name of one of the elven ruins; Geralt and Ciri visited it during the events of the Blood of Elves novel.
Despite this part of Sapkowski's saga being the basis of S2, the showrunner didn't find the opportunity to find enough time for Shaerrawedd in the previous season. Clearly, The Witcher and his protege will go there in episode 301.
Episode 302: Unbound
While the title itself is of little help, the symbol of episode 302 looks like a helmet or a mask.
Based on what we know about the events of S3, this could mean one of two things: either the Wild Hunt makes its first appearance or the Beltane festival happens in episode 302.
Or, maybe, these two events will happen at once, who knows?
Episode 303: Reunion
There are one too many reunions that could potentially happen this season: the title could refer to Jaskier for all we know. Perhaps, this is when the Beltane festival would occur leading to Geralt and Yennefer's reunion.
But since the symbol of episode 303 is a wolf's head, we'd go with the guess that Geralt and Ciri will encounter some other Witcher from Kaer Morhen.
Episode 304: The Invitation
The very fact that there's an article included in the name implies something serious and dramatic, and combined with the episode's symbol, this leads us to believe that this is when Geralt and Yennefer will receive their invitations to the Aretuza Summit.
Since the Summit is the major event in Time of Contempt, the source novel of S3, we're convinced that our guess is 100% correct.
Episode 305: The Art of Illusion
It's only logical to assume that in episode 305, the Aretuza Summit will take place.
Both the name of episode 305 and its symbol are clearly indications of the deviousness of the power players involved in the process: the Continent's biggest politicians and most powerful wizards.
Finishing Vol. 1 of S3, this episode will likely only show the "civil" part of the Summit, though… If you've never read the books, just know that it's after the Aretuza Summit when things really start hitting the fan.
Based on the assumption that Vol. 1 of S3 will end with the Summit's orderly part, we can tell you that Vol. 2 is going to be a shocker.
Source: The Witcher