
The Witcher 4 devs say that the choice of Ciri as the new RPG's protagonist was something they knew they wanted for "the longest time."
In an explainer published after The Witcher 4's reveal trailer at The Game Awards, game director Sebastian Kalemba said that being able to reveal that Ciri would be at "the heart of the story" was a great feeling. "For the longest time we knew that we wanted Ciri to be the protagonist of The Witcher 4; it just felt natural to us and we believe that Ciri deserves it."