PLAYER INFO

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Player Name: Ellie
• Player Contact: nereids
• Player Age: Haggard old lady (31)
• Permissions: Here.


CHARACTER INFO

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• Character Name: Yennefer of Vengerberg.
• Character Age: In her 70s, appears to be around 20.
• Character Canon: Netflix's The Witcher.
• Canon Point: Season 3, episode three.

• Character History: Wiki.

• Character Personality:

— DETERMINED At her very essence, Yennefer is defined by her determination and the resourcefulness, resilience, and clever thinking it takes to achieve her goals. This has roots in her training at Aretuza, most notably; as a student, Yennefer showed no great prowess. It was through drive and persistence that she began to harness her magic and gain the knowledeg she needed, even when faced with constant disappointments, to the point where she felt it necessary to take her own destiny into her hands. There is much she's given up in this pursuit — namely Istredd and any chance of happiness they had had, as the two of them mutually used one another to prove their loyalties to their respective teachers, and her womb.

Her transformation might be the most physical embodiment of this trait; though there are no herbs left to dull the immense pain, she goes through the process of having her womb removed and her body magically enchanted. She travels through dangerous mountains on her trek to confront a dragon to regain her fertility; even without magic, she is a force to be reckoned with, and spits alcohol on Rience's face to light him ablaze. She's quick-thinking and shrewd where she needs to be — all hallmarks of the fact that she's a survivor who has constantly endured life's disappointments and trials, and has the resilience to show for it. Once her mind is set, there is very little that can sway her.

This is especially true in regard to her bonds with Tissaia, Yennefer, and Geralt. Even in the face of harrowing danger, she is committed to defending them, standing against powerful enemies in order to reunite with those she considers family. When Ciri is endangered, Yennefer places all of her self-preserving habits aside and throws herself into the fray to sacrifice herself for the girl. If there is something Yennefer wants, whether it be the safety of those around her or a goal that benefits her, she will undoubtedly take great risks and pay steep costs to achieve it.

— EMPATHETIC: For all that Yennefer has a selfish and manipulative streak, she is not without empathy. Though she sometimes struggles to offer it, it's clear she has a weak spot in her heart for the downtrodden misfits and vulnerable individuals in society. In Jaskier's case, the two have a friendship that errs more on the bitter side — but Yennefer finds herself coming to his aid more than once, even when stripped of her powers, to rescue him. In Ciri's case, she takes the girl in and recognizes that there's something special inside of her that Yennefer actively tries to nurture, trying to teach her to control her powers — not because Yennefer stands to gain from them, but because Ciri does. She stands against Nilfgaard at the Battle of Sodden, despite it appearing to be a lost cause, and rescues a queen and her child when assassins are sent for them. Yennefer isn't your idealistic, noble idea of a hero — but she does have a compassionate streak inside of her.

— INDEPENDENT: There is very little else Yennefer dislikes as much as being controlled. She actively spurns the idea of destiny at first, and rejects that it must be destiny that keeps herself and Geralt together when she learns the deal he's made with a djinn. During her teachings at Aretuza, she constantly challenges authority figures, including Stregobor and his attempts to infiltrate her mind — and, most notably, the mentor figure she's found in Tissaia. She is unafraid to point out plans and ideals she disagrees with, and will often refuse to go along with them.

In one such case, she openly refuses to kill Cahir to prove she's innocent of conspiring with Nilfgaard, as the Brotherhood demands of her. She knows that would only be used against her, regardless, to paint her as a murderer — and so she frees both herself and Cahir to escape. In Yennefer's eyes, she always has a choice, and refuses to be shaped and controlled by anyone else. Even her elven eyes and scars are proof that she is still committed to who she is; though she knows that some will shun her for an obvious sign of her elven blood, she chooses to remain true to herself rather than conform to another's standards, refusing to be shamed by their opinions of her.

— CYNICAL: Much of Yennefer's past is steeped in cruelty. As a child with quarter-elf blood, she was shunned by her family and society alike, due to the physical deformities it caused her; her stepfather kept her in a pen with the pigs, and her mother only meekly protested when she was sold off to Aretuza to become a sorceress. Aretuza, Yennefer learned, was not much better — the girls who did not exhibit enough magical potential were inevitably turned into eels and used as a magical battery for Aretuza. Essentially, she was cast from one ruthless environment into another, and forced to stand on her own two feet in a setting where mages are both shrewd and under-handed.

Throughout the decades, she's witnessed the callousness humanity can display and the hardships that life can bring. As such, Yennefer would label herself a realist. In reality, she is marked by cynicism, jaded in a world where she has had a first-row seat to what self-serving acts others will commit in order to achieve their goals. She's come to anticipate and plan for betrayals, as well as scrutinize others' motivations and ambitions — a distrust that has only been reinforced by the Brotherhood's scheming and her time dabbling in courtly politics.

Accordingly, Yennefer isn't what anyone would call a vulnerable person. While she does show empathy and develops a greater ability to connect with the people around her throughout the series, much of her exterior is dressed up in resilience and sarcasm, making her prickly and — at times — unlikable, like a cactus preventing anyone from attacking her. Experience has shown her just how exploitable and naive a person can be if they let the wrong person too close; Yennefer guards herself discerningly.

This is particularly true of her romantic relationships, as well. She informs Istredd early in the series that love is a fairy tale, refusing to let herself fall into the role of a lovesick girl who may have her heart broken again. With Geralt, her initial reaction to his attempt to save her life is met with skepticism, and she spurns him once she begins to doubt that their connection is real. After all, Yennefer's happiness in life has been tragically fleeting, and she is constantly dubious that it can ever truly last.


— COVETOUS: With such a lack of love and fulfillment in her life, Yennefer constantly searches for what may fill the void and satisfy her. This has oftentimes led to acts of selfishness, desperation, and a degree of (sometimes unapologetic) manipulation on her part. Nothing is ever quite enough for her; she fights for a place of ascension amongst her fellow mages, only to be dissatisfied that they plan to send her to a post in Nilfgaard rather than Aedirn. When she gains beauty and uses it to sway the king of Vengerberg away from Fringilla she secures the post at Aedirn that she had wanted, despite knowing he will cast Fringilla aside. This, too, isn't sufficient in Yennefer's eyes — she laments "doing fuck all for decades, defending the crowns of murderers and rapists" and scorns her position.

Knowledge, power, influence, beauty — she's lusted after every single one, coveting what she lacks in the belief that it must be what's missing from her life. None have ever made a difference; Yennefer herself even admits that trying to sacrifice Ciri to regain her own magic was a terrible choice, and does all she can to rectify it. She grieves giving up her ability to have children at the expense of beauty, and finds herself going to the great lengths of summoning a djinn to regain her fertility, no matter the havoc it mgiht unleash.

In the end, Yennefer begins to realize that what she longs for is emotional connection, the family she was never meant to have, and personal happiness beyond what power can grant her — all of which she has found in Geralt and Ciri, and will now safeguard at the cost of anything else.

— EMOTIONAL: While Yennefer hides her empathy, there are other aspects of her that are more prone to emotional outbursts that quickly lend themselves to impulsive decisions.

It's Tissaia that best describes the two types of sorceresses — those who control their emotions, and those who let their emotions control them. Yennefer is, and has always been the latter. As a budding sorceress, she exhibited many signs of this, growing frustrated with her (seeming lack of) potential and lashing out at Tissaia with lightning. However, Sodden Hill is the greatest example of how magic can be fueled with powerful emotion; in a last act of desperation, Yennefer taps into fire magic and decimates an entire army, despite the act being forbidden. In turn, this leads to the loss of her magic, and her pitiable scramble to regain it at any cost — even if that means striking a deal with a witch in turn.

Beyond this, Yennefer has a distinct tendency to lash out and later regret it. She challenges Tissaia constantly, despite how she admits she cares for her in the manner of a daughter loving a mother; she speaks so harshly to Ciri, at one point, that the girl runs away from her. Yennefer has rough edges that she struggles to keep in check, and a temper that burns too fiercely to ever be fully restrained.



• Character Skills:
• SWORDPLAY — knowledge of swordplay and basic combat.
• HERBOLOGY — ability to create potions and tinctures, distinguish between plant life, etc.

• Character Inventory:— SMALL DAGGER
—PURPLE CLOAK
—HER NECKLACE

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