One of the lead developers behind The Witcher 4 says the team has known Ciri would be the protagonist for over 10 years.
In an interview featured in PC Gamer issue 410, the team behind The Witcher 3 reveals that plans to place Ciri at the forefront of the next saga were in motion as early as 2014. “It was pretty early on we realised that [Blood & Wine] is where it ends, and also pretty early on, we knew that we wanted to work with Ciri later on…even like 2014, it was already an idea floating around the studio that she’s next. In Witcher 3, Geralt is just helping out…he is there for her. So it was pretty clear we want her as the next main person, main character.”
