The reason that Eskel reacted to aggressively to Ciri is because years before (when Geralt was not there he was with some bard or some sorceress it doesn’t fucking matter because Geralt was not there) Eskel had a girl he took in. She had been cursed by the Black Sun and hunted within an inch of her life. He took her to Kaer Morhen and he played knight. Eskel tried to reach her how to be a Witcher but she wasn’t —- she wasn’t strong enough and one day her magic lashed out and scarred Eskel and she died from overwork and overuse. Because Eskel decided to play knight she died. So when he saw Ciri there —- all he could think of was Deidre. And another Witcher leading a girl to her death.
#if y’all want me to turn this into a proper drabble let me know!#I feel like the Deidre and Eskel relationship is never talked about 😭#like it was a GOOD quest okay and Eskel legit never talks about it again#like ur daughter dying would HAUNT you but whatever Game Eskel 🙄#I’m taking out the Deidre angst on Netflix Eskel instead#twn#the witcher#Eskel#Deidre#the Witcher games#drabble#myposts