Though Tissaia initially wanted to send her to Aedirn, she’s relegated to Nilfgaard, a country ruled by a foolish king that treats his mages as mere sex objects. Prejudice against elves in the Continent, especially in Cintra, prevents those with elvish blood from reaching positions of power, and Yennefer’s parentage is used against her when the time comes to choose her posting. What an elven lineage doesn’t give you a head start on is politics.
Yennefer is reluctant to be taken away and tries to kill herself by slitting her wrists on her first night at Aretuza, but she soon realizes there might be more to her than she was led to believe. Tissaia offers to buy her from her stepfather, and the man promptly accepts, giving the young girl away for four marks - less than he would charge for one of his pigs. The mage is impressed by her abilities and warns Yennefer that someone will come for her.īack at home, Yennefer receives a visit from Tissaia de Vries ( MyAnna Buring), the rectress of Aretuza. The nightmare ends when she’s magically transported to Aretuza’s Tower of the Gull, where she meets Istredd ( Royce Pierreson). After being caught spying on a young couple, dreaming of love and tenderness she believes she’ll never have, she’s attacked, beaten, and insulted. Born with a hunchback and a crooked jaw, Yennefer was frequently abused by her stepfather and the people of her hometown. She first arrives there in a moment of distress. Yennefer of Vengerberg trained in one of the Continent’s many schools for mages, a former elven fortress known as Aretuza.
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