Original prequel series gets its first trailer

This is a really nice Christmas for fans of The Witcher. Because Netflix presents you not only the second season of The Witcher, but also the first teaser trailer for the prequel series Blood Origin, the takes place in the fairy world 1200 years before the events of the main series.

Spherical conjunction and the first sorcerer

Netflix released the second season of The Witcher with Henry Cavill as Geralt von Rivia a few days ago. A surprise awaits you in the credits of the last episode: The first teaser trailer for the prequel series The Witcher: Blood Origin. This will appear next year and tell a previously unknown story about how the worlds of monsters, humans and elves have merged. Blood Origin is supposed to be about the latter, as the series takes place in the elven world 1200 years ago.

Here you can see the almost one-minute trailer for The Witcher: Blood Origin:

But the series is still called “The Witcher” and therefore a sorcerer should not be missing. But it will be different from the main series not about Geralt of Rivia, but about the first witcher.

More information on Blood Origin

The plot revolves around a group of elves – played by Vikings actor Laurence O’Fuarain, Star Trek actress Michelle Yeoh and other actors – at the time when the so-called spherical conjunction occurred. This is not explained in detail even in the books, but it was the reason that threatening beasts now hunt people. Finally, the creation of the witchers became necessary to protect mankind.

In the mini-series Blood Origin, the six episodes should include, the makers want to shed light on just that. Since the first sorcerer was only created after the conjunction of the spheres, it is possible that again with leaps in time is worked, similar to that in season 1 of The Witcher.

The filming of the prequel series was already completed on November 21, 2021. The Witcher: Blood Origin is expected to be released on Netflix in 2022. The second season of The Witcher has been available for streaming on Netflix since December 17th.