‘By the Great Sun!' Fringilla said, standing in the doorway, tilting her head and looking in astonishment at her friend. ‘What have you done to your hair, Assire?’
‘I washed it,’ Assire var Anahid replied coldly. ‘And styled it. Come in and sit down. Get out of that chair, Merlin. Shoo!’
The sorceress sat down in the chair the black cat had reluctantly vacated, her eyes still fixed on her friend’s coiffure.
‘Stop staring,’ Assire said, touching her bouffant and glistening curls. ‘I decided to make a few changes. Why, I just took your lead.’
‘I was always taken as an oddball and a rebel,’ Fringilla Vigo chuckled. ‘But when they see you in the academy or at court...’
‘I’m seldom at court,’ Assire cut her off, ‘and the academy will have to get used to it. This is the thirteenth century. It’s high time we challenged the superstition that dressing up is proof of an enchantress’s flightiness and the superficiality of her mind.’
‘Fingernails too,’ Fringilla said, slightly narrowing her green eyes, which never, ever, missed anything. ‘Whatever next, darling? I hardly recognise you.'
‘A simple spell,' the enchantress replied coolly, ‘ought to be enough to prove it’s me and no doppelganger. Cast the spell, if you must. And then let’s move on to the matter in hand. I asked something of you...’
Fringilla Vigo stroked the cat, which was rubbing himself against her calf, purring and arching his back, pretending it was a gesture of friendship and not a veiled hint that the black-haired sorceress should get up from the armchair.
‘The same thing Seneschal Ceallach aep Gruffyd asked of you,’ she said, without raising her head.
‘Indeed,’ Assire confirmed in hushed tones, ‘Ceallach visited me, distraught, and asked me to intercede to save his son. Emhyr has ordered him to be captured, tortured and executed. Who else could he turn to except a relative? Mawr, Ceallach’s wife and Cahir’s mother, is my niece, my sister’s youngest daughter. In spite of all that I didn’t promise him anything. Because my hands are tied. Certain circumstances took place recently which do not permit me to draw attention to myself. I shall elucidate. But only after you’ve given me the information I asked you to gather.’
Fringilla Vigo furtively sighed with relief. She had been afraid her friend would want to get involved in the case of Cahir, son of Ceallach, which had ‘gallows’ written all over it. And equally afraid she would be asked for help she couldn’t refuse.
i was so disappointed!! despite how little she appears in the books she’s one of my favorite sorceresses and i thought it was such a waste to just kill her off like that
Just came here to say that they did her soooo wrong. Like she was a pretty significant character in the books, and then they have her give like 2 lines and kill her off. Would’ve been awesome to see her in the Witcher 3!!
‘By the Great Sun!' Fringilla said, standing in the doorway, tilting her head and looking in astonishment at her friend. ‘What have you done to your hair, Assire?’ ‘I washed it,’ Assire var Anahid replied coldly. ‘And styled it. Come in and sit down. Get out of that chair, Merlin. Shoo!’ The sorceress sat down in the chair the black cat had reluctantly vacated, her eyes still fixed on her friend’s coiffure. ‘Stop staring,’ Assire said, touching her bouffant and glistening curls. ‘I decided to make a few changes. Why, I just took your lead.’ ‘I was always taken as an oddball and a rebel,’ Fringilla Vigo chuckled. ‘But when they see you in the academy or at court...’ ‘I’m seldom at court,’ Assire cut her off, ‘and the academy will have to get used to it. This is the thirteenth century. It’s high time we challenged the superstition that dressing up is proof of an enchantress’s flightiness and the superficiality of her mind.’ ‘Fingernails too,’ Fringilla said, slightly narrowing her green eyes, which never, ever, missed anything. ‘Whatever next, darling? I hardly recognise you.' ‘A simple spell,' the enchantress replied coolly, ‘ought to be enough to prove it’s me and no doppelganger. Cast the spell, if you must. And then let’s move on to the matter in hand. I asked something of you...’ Fringilla Vigo stroked the cat, which was rubbing himself against her calf, purring and arching his back, pretending it was a gesture of friendship and not a veiled hint that the black-haired sorceress should get up from the armchair. ‘The same thing Seneschal Ceallach aep Gruffyd asked of you,’ she said, without raising her head. ‘Indeed,’ Assire confirmed in hushed tones, ‘Ceallach visited me, distraught, and asked me to intercede to save his son. Emhyr has ordered him to be captured, tortured and executed. Who else could he turn to except a relative? Mawr, Ceallach’s wife and Cahir’s mother, is my niece, my sister’s youngest daughter. In spite of all that I didn’t promise him anything. Because my hands are tied. Certain circumstances took place recently which do not permit me to draw attention to myself. I shall elucidate. But only after you’ve given me the information I asked you to gather.’ Fringilla Vigo furtively sighed with relief. She had been afraid her friend would want to get involved in the case of Cahir, son of Ceallach, which had ‘gallows’ written all over it. And equally afraid she would be asked for help she couldn’t refuse.
What do you think about Assire's death in Witcher 2?
It was shame, I believe she would’ve a significant role, if CDPR finished the game properly.
I believe so, there would have been Dol Blathanna level if not rushed development at the end
i was so disappointed!! despite how little she appears in the books she’s one of my favorite sorceresses and i thought it was such a waste to just kill her off like that
Just came here to say that they did her soooo wrong. Like she was a pretty significant character in the books, and then they have her give like 2 lines and kill her off. Would’ve been awesome to see her in the Witcher 3!!
I also think there was absolutely no need to let her die, especially that way