The Witcher: Ciri’s Origin Story Getting a Comic Adaptation

Dark Horse is adapting another The Witcher short story from author Andrzej Sapkowski into a comic book, this time focusing on how fan-favorite character Ciri came to be.

A Question of Price is the fourth short story adapted in The Last Wish collection, Dark Horse announced. The collection includes stories pulled from the first canonical The Witcher book, with this story explaining how protagonist Geralt of Rivia saved Ciri’s father from the wrath of her grandmother.

“Geralt is invited to a banquet at the Kingdom of Cintra,” the synopsis reads. “The Princess has come of age and suitors prepare to present themselves for her hand in marriage. Wary of the Queen’s invitation, Geralt attends the dinner with caution. When a mysterious uninvited guest, bearing the armor of a knight enters the hall, a bold declaration and a shocking revelation ignites the party into chaos and uproar.”

This will sound familiar to fans of The Witcher live action adaptation, as A Question of Price was adapted in Season 1 Episode 4 of the Henry Cavill-starring Netflix series.

The hardcover comic version, arriving in the same style as previous The Last Wish entries A Grain of Truth, The Lesser Evil, and The Edge of the World (which arrives January 16), releases on July 29 priced $17.99. This leaves just three short stories left to adapt from The Last Wish: Sapkowski’s debut story The Witcher; the short story on which the collection was based, also called The Last Wish, and The Voice of Reason.

The latter of these was told as an overarching story to introduce each separate short story, however, so it’s unclear if Dark Horse will also adapt this one. There are plenty more short stories to adapt beyond The Last Wish though, namely from subsequent collection The Sword of Destiny.

Dark Horse has a line of its own The Witcher stories too, which has released roughly once a year since The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was released in 2015. These are all set within the canon of CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher world, and some have even continued the story of Geralt, Yennefer, Ciri, and other beloved characters.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.