“The Witcher: Blood Origin” is a folk tale, but it’s not just any folk tale set in “The Witcher” world.
It’s a story a mysterious entity tells to everyone’s favorite bard, Jaskier (Joey Batey), and it’s a tale about events that took place 1,200 years before Henry Cavill’s Geralt sardonically lazed about in hot tubs.It’s also a yarn that will have ramifications for the third season of “The Witcher”, but don’t let that bother you too much.
It’s best to take the limited series’ four episodes as they are, and imagine yourself more than a little bit tipsy in one of the Continent’s taverns, a full flagon of grog in your hands as Jaskier recounts the story about seven warriors forming an unlikely alliance (and channeling some strong “Seven Samurai” vibes) to stop a certain set of spheres from converging.Without getting into specifics, the plot of “Blood Origin” isn’t all that surprising,
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