"This time, this occasion, is not good...don't mind..." Geralt said.
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Before analyzing the character of Xianna, let me first explain a concept that has something to do with her: What is the Curse of the Black Sun? The original work explains it in more detail, but here is a brief summary:
Some wizards believe that many girls born after a solar eclipse (black sun) are cursed and are monster-like existences.
Whether it is for political purposes or other reasons, wizards have adapted an ancient legend spread from the Volb people to the world - the black sun means the arrival of the witch Lilith, the enemy of the gods, and with it the end of the world. And modified it on this basis, saying "sixty maidens wearing golden crowns, filling the valley with blood", and then Lilith will be resurrected in this evil ritual.
Therefore, girls born at this time (especially girls of royal nobles) must represent the messenger of Lilith's return.
△Xiana
What are the symptoms of being cursed by the Black Sun? Naturally cruel, moody, crazy and dissolute. If they are not killed immediately, they will destroy the world later.
So the wizards captured them and locked them in a tower to study and "treat" them. They dissected the corpses of the dead girls and found that their internal organs were different from those of ordinary people, thereby informing the world of the authenticity of the Curse of the Black Sun.
△Fairy Tale World - Rapunzel's Tower
But the reason for this result is most likely that the wizards' perverted magic experiments changed their body structure, just like the nasty giant crab spiders they created in the forest.
△Cancer Spider
You can read the third chapter of the original book "The Rise of the White Wolf" to learn about the classic Curse of the Black Sun (Renfner's story). The outcome of this incident also caused Geralt to gain the notoriety of "The Butcher of Blavikan".
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A similar character corresponding to the character Syanna in "Blood and Wine" is the Red Queen in the fairy tale.
Now let’s list some of Xianna’s crimes:
- Deceiving other people’s feelings: Dettlaff and Roderick
- Murdering several knights with the help of others
- Promoting Tang Tyne’s “camp” "Operation Rescue" was full of blood
- indirectly caused the monster riots in Beauclair
- sincerely wanted to kill her own sister
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Did she have any last resort in committing these crimes? Feeling wronged? There are indeed some grievances. She was born at a time when the Black Sun Curse was at its peak, and she suffered unfair treatment due to her reputation as a child.
My sister Anna made a mistake and then lied, but she was left to bear the consequences. Little things like this made the name "Curse of the Black Sun" more solid. This then triggered a chain reaction - her parents banished her, and the knights were extremely disgusted with this unpopular princess and resorted to torture.
Her cold-blooded ruthlessness gradually evolved and fermented into a crazy and twisted hatred during the many dark moments she experienced in her childhood, and she wanted to take revenge on all those who expelled her.
△ Countess Anna Henrietta of Toussaint
Judging from the 4 different endings of the story, perhaps only the choice of letting Dettlaff kill Sienna is the most satisfying. (Unfortunately, when I played it for the first time a few years ago, I happily bought a magic ribbon with the intention of buying souvenirs at a tourist attraction. Unexpectedly, it saved her life, and she went crazy after playing it.)
Before she can let go of her grudges, she still needs Geralt to enlighten and persuade her to make her forget all kinds of hatred, so that it is possible to save the life of the Baroness in the subsequent plot. (If the Shadow Elder is found, she will kill the Baroness regardless of Geralt's persuasion or not.)
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After Geralt investigated, he found that the last person on Xianna's assassination list was the Baroness. After he told the guard captain, the Baroness found it unbelievable and chose to reconcile and embrace Xianna. At this time, Xianna did not hesitate to kill the Baroness.
△ After the death of the Baroness, Toussaint fell into a gloomy sadness.
The Curse of the Black Sun alone is not enough to explain her serious crimes.
Xianna seems to have lost her humanity, is cold-blooded and ruthless, and is so persistent in "revenge on those who expelled her" that she has gone crazy, as if she has nothing else to care about.
It is even more difficult to understand that she killed her biological sister. She wanted to vent her parents' coldness towards her on her sister. This kind of behavior is like using the sword of the previous dynasty to kill the current official, which is unreasonable.
not only did not reflect on it after making so many mistakes, but also felt that she had not completely resolved her hatred. She needed the devil hunter to persuade her and coax her to reluctantly usher in the fairy tale ending of "the sisters are reconciled as before". This is why she's my most hated person in the entire game.
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The world of The Witcher is not black and white, just like our world. I have heard this sentence too many times.
If we really want to pursue the case from the beginning, we should also blame those who believe in the curse of the black sun for subtly encouraging Xianna's "break the jar and break it" mentality - anyway, everyone thinks that I am cursed and everything I do is wrong, then I will show you my madness.
Perhaps the curse itself does not exist, but those who believe in it treat the so-called "cursed girl" differently and view all her actions through colored glasses.
As a result, her living environment became increasingly darker and more difficult, and eventually her personality mutated and her mind became twisted. Isn't this a "man-made curse" in another sense?
△The ending of the death of both sisters
Little Black Box Column: Johnny Silverhand’s Little Fat Orange
Himalayas: Geralt of Whiterun
bilibili: You see that my fat orange is not
May the game accompany us further and further~
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