I don't think anyone saw it coming, but thanks to The Game Awards last night, we've been given our first look at The Witcher 4, and eagle-eyed fans have already spotted a clue that appears to canonize a certain Witcher 3 ending.
In The Witcher 4 (which is actually called that, despite developer CD Projekt Red previously being rather noncommittal about the name), Ciri is the star of the show, and story director Tomasz Marchewka says that "from the very beginning we knew it had to be" her. As has been highlighted by fan @LastKnownMeal on Twitter, it appears that her story follows on from the ending to the third game that sees her become a witcher herself, after Geralt bestows the silver sword, Zireael, upon her. Lo and behold, she's a witcher in this trailer, and on top of that, we can also see that she appears to be carrying that very same sword. You can see its distinctive hilt with a ring shape at the top in the screenshot below.
