Why did Ciri's dad turn evil?

He was the emperor of Nilfgaard, the most powerful nation to ever exist in the human world. After being fooled into believing a false prophecy regarding his descendants conquering the world, Emhyr attempts to marry his own daughter in order to be the parent of the son who was meant to rule the world.
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Why was Ciri's father cursed?

Duny's real father, Fergus var Emreis, had refused to cooperate with the plot and so was tortured but this did not break him, so the usurpers decided to get at the emperor through his son. This is where the curse came in. The wizard was told to transform Duny into a monster.
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Why does Ciri's dad want her?

For instance, book Ciri isn't really the chosen one. She's still special, but it's her child who is prophesied to stop the White Frost and rule most of the world. Naturally, that sort of power is intriguing to a man like Emhyr. So, he intends to impregnate his own daughter.
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How did Ciri's father become the White Flame?

Because of this, Emhyr decided to return to Nilfgaard, where he overthrew the Usurper and took the throne. Emhyr had his dead political enemies disinterred and used their gravestones to pave his ballroom, so he became known as "The White Flame Dancing on the Barrows of his Enemies", or simply "The White Flame".
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What happened with Ciri's father?

In the Season 2 finale, we finally see the face of the oft-mentioned Emhyr. Initially, he's shot from behind as he explains the pain of losing a child. Then, as Emhyr turns around, we see he and Duny are the same man. Ciri's father has been the White Flame all along.
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Why does Emhyr hate Geralt?

The premise of the question is false. Emhyr both likes and respects Geralt. He did intend to make him and Yenefer take their own lives, to cover up their knowledge of Ciri's true identity as his daughter, but in the end, did not go through with it.
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Why is Emhyr evil?

After being fooled into believing a false prophecy regarding his descendants conquering the world, Emhyr attempts to marry his own daughter in order to be the parent of the son who was meant to rule the world.
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Who killed Pavetta?

In fact, Vilgefortz had been conspiring with Duny to bring both Pavetta and Ciri to Nilfgaard. Pavetta ultimately figured out Duny's plans and arranged to leave Ciri behind with her grandmother, much to Duny's ire. The two then argued and she fell overboard and drowned.
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Why did Pavetta float?

As her previously dormant powers emerged, creating a whirlwind around the pair, Pavetta began to speak in Elder Speech to Duny and they float up into the air, oblivious to the increasing destruction the whirlwind was causing outside their protective bubble.
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How did Pavetta get pregnant?

For example, Duny was ignorant that he had impregnated Pavetta with his child until Geralt invoked the Law of Surprise, which is key to Geralt's right to the child. Had Duny been informed by Pavetta prior to that interaction, he'd still be in custody of the child.
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Why did Emir let Ciri go?

Emhyr did let Ciri go because he allowed his human side to win — he realized he doesn't really need to control everything and everyone, and treating someone as a person, not a tool, gave him this strange nice feeling he wasn't accustomed to.
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Who is the White Flames' daughter?

By the end of season 2, it's revealed that the White Flame is none other than Emhyr var Emreis, also known as Duny (Bart Edwards). What makes the revelation so shocking is that he's actually Ciri's father, who had first been introduced through flashbacks in season 1.
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Why is Nilfgaard evil?

The imperialistic nature of the empire establishes their need to consistently expand and invade their neighboring regions and communities. That is why Nilfgaard is one of the main antagonists in The Witcher franchise.
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Why did Emhyr burn the pictures?

In season three we also watch Emhyr take time to reflect on his history. He burns all the old portraits of him and his family with the exception of one of Ciri as a baby, erasing any trace of his life as Duny. In 302 he also shares with a smith how he came to defeat the Usurper.
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How old was Pavetta when she had Ciri?

Unlike her mother, Pavetta had considerable magical powers, and Ciri inherited them from her. Pavetta was born in 1237 - when her mother was only 15 years old. She married the formerly cursed Duny and gave birth to Ciri when she was only about 16 years old or so. Pavetta and her husband then died during a shipwreck.
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How did Emhyr break the curse?

After a discussion with Calanthe, who finally gave her approval for Duny and Pavetta to be married, Emhyr's curse was lifted. After thanking Geralt, he and his future wife were surprised with the news that Pavetta was pregnant, and Duny was soon to be a father.
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Did Emrys love Pavetta?

Though Emhyr never truly loved Pavetta in the books — he married her because he rightfully believed their union would break his curse — he was content with his new life in Cintra for many years.
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Why was Pavetta so powerful?

However, a couple of generations later, two people with these less impressive genes had a child together. The result was Calanthe, aka Ciri's grandmother, who had the main version of the Elder Blood running through her veins. She then passed it down to her daughter Pavetta, who gave it to Ciri.
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Did Geralt know Pavetta was pregnant?

In the books, Geralt knew that Ciri's mother Pavetta was pregnant and deliberately invoked the Law of Surprise in order to gain custody of Pavetta's child because he wanted to train the child as a new Witcher. In fairly typical fantasy fashion, he wanted an adopted child to carry on his own line of work.
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Are Pavetta and Ciri sisters?

Ciri is the daughter of Pavetta and Emhyr var Emreis, commonly known as Duny, the Urcheon of Erlenwald. Dunny, heir to the throne of Nilfgaard, traveled to Cintra under an alias as a young man, where he married Pavetta.
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What did Duny do to Pavetta?

Duny intended to reclaim his birthright as the Emperor of Nilfgaard. Because he knew that Calanthe would interfere, he tried to fake his, Pavetta, and Ciri's deaths. Pavetta found out about his plans, and smuggled Cirilla back to Cintra. When Duny discovered what Pavetta had done, he murdered her.
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Why does Pavetta vomit?

Pressed into making a decision Geralt claims the law of surprise and Pavetta vomits. She's pregnant, but Geralt does not want to have a bond with that child.
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Why is Radovid bad?

Once Radovid finally became King of Redania, he became known as “The Stern” and became one of the biggest villains in The Witcher books, with a fierce hatred for mages due to his father being killed under Philippa's orders.
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What happens to the vilgefortz face?

Vilgefortz only let Geralt live because he wanted to catch upt to Ciri and told Geralt to see it as a lecture. Vilgefortz then went to the Tor Lara but when Ciri used the portal inside the tower blew up, the resulting blast disfigures Vilgefortz' face and costs him an eye.
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Who did Yennefer set free?

Suspecting a trap, Yennefer frees Cahir and the two of them escape together, though she makes it clear to him that she's doing it for herself, not for him.
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