Who Dies in The Witcher Season 3?

Published: Jun 30, 2023, 6:04 am Updated: Jul 28, 2023, 8:20 pm

There have been numerous character deaths in the world of The Witcher, and Season 3 is no exception. So, who dies in The Witcher Season 3?

In The Witcher Season 3, Geralt and Yennefer take Ciri into hiding "as monarchs, mages, and beasts of the Continent compete to capture her."

The three of them stay together until they’re forced to part ways due to never-ending threats. Yennefer decides to take Ciri to Aretuza so that she could learn how to use her powers, while Geralt tracks down a villain.

There are several characters who don’t survive in the third season of The Witcher. Here's who dies in The Witcher Season 3.

Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Witcher Season 3. Read at your own risk!

Tissaia

Tissaia kills herself in The Witcher Season 3 Part 2. Tissaia was Yennefer’s mentor and mother figure, as it was Tissaia who took Yennefer in.

Because she was romantically involved with the traitor Vilgefortz, Tissaia feels responsible for the deaths of her fellow mages and the destruction at Aretuza.

Yennefer gives Tissaia a pep talk, telling her that she’s the strongest force she has ever known. Yennefer encourages Tissaia to remember her strength as she is their mother and they need her.

However, the guilt is too heavy for Tissaia to the point where she decides to commit suicide. She writes a goodbye letter to Yennefer and kills herself. Yennefer finds Tissaia’s body and grieves.

Rience

Rience, the fire mage, is killed by Geralt in The Witcher Season 3 Part 2. After chasing Ciri for so long, Rience dies in the third season.

Amidst the attack on Aretuza, Rience finds Yennefer and Ciri. Rience appears to be winning until Yennefer throws her sword behind Rience.

Geralt quickly catches the sword and cuts Rience’s head off. So, no more trouble coming from Rience in the next season of The Witcher.

Filavandrel

Filavandrel is killed by Tissaia during the Thanedd coup. Sadly, for Francesca, after losing her baby in Season 2 and her brother Gage in Season 3’s premiere, she now lost her husband.

As Tissaia attacks the elves with her magic and aims at Francesca, Filavandrel gets in the way. Filavandrel’s body explodes, and Francesca screams and falls to the ground.

Artorius

Artorius is killed by his niece, Fringilla. As Francesca is in pain after just witnessing her husband’s death, Artorius tries to grab the opportunity to kill her.

However, Fringilla uses her powers and stabs her uncle. Fringilla then says, “Goodbye, Uncle” as Artorius falls to the ground.

King Vizimir

After his wife’s death in The Witcher Season 3 Part 1, King Vizimir dies in Part 2. It’s clear that Philippa is behind King Vizimir’s assassination.

This comes after Vizimir scolds Dijkstra for their failed plans. Vizimir says that “examples must be made.” He then apologizes and says that he knows Dijkstra likes Philippa, “but someone’s got to pay.”

Later on, Philippa reveals to Dijkstra that she made plans to protect them both. We then see King Vizimir murdered.

Radovid becomes King of Redania. Philippa quickly crowns Radovid, which shows that she has more plans ahead.

Gallatin

Gallatin dies in The Witcher Season 3. Gallatin was an elf who led an army of guerilla Scoia’tael fighting on behalf of Nilfgaard. He was unafraid to speak his truth, which led him in conflict with the ruler of the elves, Francesca.

It was revealed in Episode 2 that Gallatin and Cahir were old friends. Gallatin asks for Cahir’s help in overthrowing Francesca because he doesn’t believe in her cause.

They continue to diss each other in a joking manner, which shows that they’ve known each other for quite some time. However, their bromance doesn’t last long because Cahir is forced to kill his friend.

Cahir kills Gallatin to prove his loyalty to Emperor Emhyr. When Cahir introduces Gallatin to Emhyr, Gallatin tells the emperor that Francesca has been “siphoning off our best fighters and resources” because she’s not fighting to soften the North, but to search for a girl (Ciri).

The emperor realizes that his interests are aligned with Francesca's. When Gallatin leaves, Emhyr tells Cahir that division among the elves would only hurt their cause on both fronts.

The emperor sees Gallatin as a problem, which is why he decides to get rid of him. So, Emhyr tells Cahir to prove that he’s ready to come home.

To prove himself to Emhyr, Cahir kills Gallatin. He grieves and apologizes about things having to be that way. Cahir then looks at the mirror and sees himself full of regret, then breaks the mirror.

Codringher and Fenn

Codringher and Fenn die in The Witcher Season 3. They were a detective duo who gave information for a price.

In Episode 2, Geralt pays them a visit in the hopes of getting more information about Rience. The duo tells Geralt that they don’t know who Rience’s employer is, but they do know where he works.

They discourage Geralt from pursuing him because the mage is “very dangerous.” Instead, they encourage Geralt to just find another girl with ashen hair and green eyes and have her killed so that the world would think the real Ciri is dead.

Geralt refuses and leaves. Later on, Rience visits Codringher and Fenn and asks them what Geralt’s plans are. The duo doesn’t say anything, and Rience threatens to kill their cat.

Fenn begs him not to, and the next thing we see is Rience leaving a house on fire, notably bringing the cat with him.

Later on, Geralt receives condolences, which confirms that Codringher and Fenn did indeed die in the fire.

Visenna

Visenna, Geralt’s mother, dies in The Witcher Season 3. We do not know much about Geralt’s past, only that his mother abandoned him when he was young and Vesemir took him in.

Visenna also appeared briefly in The Witcher Season 1. In Season 3, Geralt finds out through Anika (a healer and Visenna’s friend) that his mother was beaten to death after being mistaken for an elf.

Anika asks if that makes Geralt feel better or worse, and Geralt responds that he never wanted her to hurt; he only wanted her to know what she did.

Anika says that Visenna knew, and Geralt recalls bits of their life together. Anika says that Visenna loved him the best she could, and “to save you, she had to let you go.”

The Professor

The first death in the season is The Professor's. In fact, the opening scene of The Witcher Season 3 is Geralt’s fight with The Professor and his men.

In The Witcher books, The Professor/Ralf Blunden was a well-known murderer who worked with Heimo Kantor and Little Yaxa.

All three were said to be handy with a sword and better than the Michelets (the mercenary brothers that Geralt killed in the Temple of Melitele in Season 2).

In Time of Contempt, The Professor and his companions were tracking down Yennefer and Ciri. They were looking for a woman who was “black-haired and exceedingly fair” and another who was “younger, fair-haired and green-eyed”.

In The Witcher Season 3, The Professor was hired by Rience to track down Ciri and Geralt, or a girl with “ashen hair and patrician countenance” and a witcher who’s “a mannerless, blanched brute.”

The Professor and his men meet Geralt outside the inn to their demise. Geralt finishes his men off, and the last thing we see in this scene is The Professor’s headless body on the ground.

Gage

Gage, Francesca’s brother, dies in The Witcher Season 3. He was killed during the battle at Shaerrawedd. Francesca screams as he’s killed, and Filavandrel stops her from running to her brother.

After the battle, Francesca sings while holding Gage in her arms. Filavandrel tells Gallatin to let Francesca grieve because she lost her brother.

However, Gallatin emphasizes that Francesca lied to them and that all their loss happened for one girl – Ciri.

Aplegatt

Aplegatt, a messenger who worked for Dijkstra, dies in The Witcher Season 3. He gets hit by an arrow to the neck, just like in Ciri’s vision.

Aplegatt fails to deliver the message he was carrying, which involved a navy of reinforcements. While riding a horse, Aplegatt repeats the words “reinforcements are required at Aretuza at first dawn” before he gets hit by an arrow.

Queen Hedwig

Queen Hedwig, King Vizimir’s wife, dies in The Witcher Season 3. Dijkstra and Philippa plotted her death and then had her head sent to the king so that the latter would turn against Nilfgaard.

It was Dijkstra, Philippa, and Radovid’s plan to capture Ciri so that the king could marry her and take over Cintra. However, King Vizimir made a deal with Nilfgaard, and Dijkstra and Philippa concluded that Queen Hedwig also had something to do with it.

So, they decided that they had to get rid of the Queen. A box was sent to King Vizimir with a note claiming that it was a gift from Niflgaard. Upon seeing the head of his late wife, the king cries and plans to avenge his queen’s death.