Lara Dorren
The elf whose blood bridged worlds and defined destiny.
Lara Dorren is the elven ancestor of Ciri in The Witcher. In the Netflix series, where she is played by Niamh McCormack, she is a powerful, ancient elven sorceress who fell in love with a human mage, and is also called a legendary elven warrior.
Quick Facts
- Notable descendant
- Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon
- Significance
- Source of the Elder Blood
Lore & Background
Ciri is a descendant of Lara Dorren and possesses Elder blood, which grants her the ability to access powers that allow her to cross space and time. In the Netflix series, Istredd discovers the connection between Ciri and Lara Dorren.
Reader's Guide
In The Lady of the Lake, the sage Avallac'h tells Ciri that, as Lara Dorren's last descendant, she carries an Elven-designed engineered gene that will make her child the most powerful magic-user in history, able to save the world from a prophesied cataclysm.
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