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FREE SWORD OF DESTINY PDF Andrzej Sapkowski | 400 pages | 01 Dec 2015 | Orbit | 9780316389709 | English | United States Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny - Wikipedia Sword of Destiny Polish : Miecz przeznaczenia is the second in its fictional chronology; first in Polish print of the two collections of short stories the other being The Last Wishboth preceding the main Witcher Saga. The stories were written by Polish fantasy author Andrzej Sapkowski. The first Polish edition was published in ; [1] the English edition was published in the UK by Gollancz in The anthology consists of several stories, loosely linked in a chronology. The short stories in this collection take place before the events of the novels and introduce characters that become major players in the novels. Sword of Destiny titular story, The Sword of Destinyis the first to introduce the character of Ciri. The following story, Something Morewhich also features Ciri, is a direct prequel to the Witcher Saga, describing events that take place shortly before those in the Saga such as the fall of the Kingdom of Cintra. Geralt of Rivia meets with the traveling knight Borch "Three Jackdaws" and his Zerrikanian bodyguards Tea Sword of Destiny Veawho are on an adventure to see a green dragon. Although Geralt is a Witcher a professional monster slayerhe explains Sword of Destiny he does not kill dragons because they are not technically "monsters", since they do not prey on humans rather, Sword of Destiny reverse is true. The party joins with a much larger party hunting the dragon that includes Geralt's bard friend Dandelion; a group of dwarves Sword of Destiny by Yarpen Zigrin; a mercenary group known as the Crinfrid Reavers, and another led by Boholto; chivalry -obsessed paladin Eyck of Denesle; a company of men-at-arms led by the underaged King Niedamir; and the sorcerers Dorregaray and Geralt's ex-lover Yennefer. After a series of mishaps, including one in which Geralt and Yennefer nearly fall to their deaths off a broken bridge after a landslide, the party encounters a golden dragon, Villentretenmerthwho offers a fair battle, without magic or fire-breathing, to anyone who wishes to challenge him. Eyck of Denesle is the first to accept the challenge and is quickly disabled, which weakens the party's resolve and causes King Niedamir's cadre to leave. Boholt, the dwarves, and the Reavers elect to attack the dragon together and split the treasure while Geralt, Dorregaray, and Dandelion disagree, for which they are paralyzed by Yennefer and tied to a cart. Yennefer quickly joins them after she attempts to disable the dwarves and Reavers so she can have the dragon for herself, because the dragon's viscera will supposedly cure her infertility. Villentretenmerth, bored of waiting, enters the struggle and dispatches the Reavers and dwarves, before leaving a fledgling green dragon with the remaining party members and Sword of Destiny the oncoming militia from a nearby village. Tea and Vea appear and assist the golden dragon, revealing that Borch was actually Villentretenmerth in human form. Yennefer provides extra magical assistance before rejoining the party. Reassuming his human form, Villentretenmerth explains that the green dragon, Myrgtabrakke, called him for assistance and left him her "treasure" her hatchlingas payment for his assistance and protection. Geralt Sword of Destiny Villentretenmerth why, if golden dragons can assume any form they wish, he would choose a human disguise. Villentretenmerth admits that, unlike the rest of dragonkind, he actually finds humans likable. He also regretfully says that Yennefer's infertility is irreversible, but she refuses to give Sword of Destiny hope of Sword of Destiny a cure somewhere. Villentretenmerth returns to his dragon form and flies away, and Geralt says Vea was right: of all the dragon species, the golden one is the most beautiful. Geralt hunts and kills a zeugl living in a garbage heap outside of Aedd Gynvael. He returns to Yennefer at their inn and complains that the town's atmosphere feels "wrong" and is making him confused and short-tempered. Yennefer insists that they stay because she likes the town and its history which includes a myth based on The Snow Queen for which the town is namedand because she is visiting her sorcerer friend Istredd. The two then make love. The next morning, Geralt meets the pompous warrior Ivo Mirce a. Herbolth also mentions that Yennefer has been in Aedd Sword of Destiny many times before to visit Istredd. As Geralt leaves, Cicada harasses the Witcher about his reputation and insists on asking which of them is likely to win a fight to the death. Geralt meets with Istredd, who confides that he loves Yennefer and proposed marriage to her, but she asked for time to think about it. Since Istredd believes that Geralt's presence makes it harder for her to decide, Istredd wishes Geralt to leave and never see her again. Istredd insists that he's a better mate for her than Geralt, who, as a Witcher, does not actually feel emotions, he can only mimic them. Geralt insists that Yennefer loves him, as evidenced by the fact that she slept with him the night before. Istredd smugly replies that Sword of Destiny also slept with him that morning. Yennefer returns home that night, and she and Geralt discuss their natures. Yennefer creates a black kestrel with her magic and asks it what the truth is, to which the bird replies that "the truth is a shard of ice. Herbolth intervenes and says the Sword of Destiny needs Istredd's services, and Geralt is not allowed to kill him. Tired and affected by the town's nature and the previous day's conversation, Geralt walks into a dark alley without his weapons and is attacked Sword of Destiny two thieves, who quickly leave him after realizing he is a witcher, with one thief telling him to not involve others if he wishes to commit suicide. That evening, he receives a message from one of Yennefer's black kestrels. The next morning, Geralt beats Cicada and his men in a brief fight before moving onto Istredd. Sword of Destiny has received another one of Yennefer's black kestrels with a note wishing him farewell. Istredd does not accept this and still wishes to fight Geralt, but Geralt echoes the thieves' words to him and leaves. Geralt meets with Dandelion in the capital metropolis of Novigrad after the latter is kicked out by his incensed lover Vespula. The pair head to a Sword of Destiny inn where Dandelion has an outstanding unpaid tab. Dandelion plans to ask his friend, the halfling merchant Dainty Biberveldtto pay his tab and buy them dinner. Dainty expresses uncharacteristic fear of Geralt and the trio makes small talk before they are interrupted by a dirtier, beaten Dainty Biberveldt. The Dainty whom Geralt and Dandelion were talking to is revealed to be a mimic--also known as Sword of Destiny vexling, or as he calls himself, a doppler --a creature that can transform into others and perfectly mimic their nature and mentality. The doppler introduces himself as Tellico Lunngrevink Letortecalled Dudu by his friends. Tellico attacked Dainty in the forests outside of Novigrad and took Sword of Destiny horses and caravan. He reveals that he sold off the horses and used most of the money to buy seemingly worthless goods in Dainty's name, leaving Dainty destitute and his reputation as a savvy merchant sullied. Geralt refuses to kill Tellico because he is an intelligent being. Tellico escapes and Dainty is stopped by Schwann, a city official who intends to collect a tax on the profits made by Tellico, with the total adding up to a massive Sword of Destiny that Dainty does not have. He gives Dainty until the next day at noon to pay the tax. The trio are accosted by Chappellethe royal minister of security affairs and head of the city's ruthless secret police. Chappelle explains Sword of Destiny the stories of a doppler in the city must stop spreading because the city is protected by the Eternal Fire, which burns across the city and brings the people assurances of protection from monsters and similar ilk - a doppler in the city is therefore theologically "impossible". Muskrat, a Sword of Destiny merchant and the merchant guild's treasurer, arrives and tells Dainty Sword of Destiny his sale of cochineal, one Sword of Destiny the 'useless' goods bought by Dudu, has been massively successful due to a recent coup in Poviss and a need for rebranding. Vimme Vivaldi, a banker friend of Dainty's, explains that Tellico has used Vivaldi Sword of Destiny Dainty's friendship to make his various purchases and sales go through without issue. Tellico's seemingly worthless purchases were actually a cover for two legitimate ones that have now resold for exorbitant prices due to their political importance which Dandelion warns will make Chappelle angry since Sword of Destiny apparently knew about a political maneuver before Chappelle did. Due to the success of Tellico's work under Dainty's name, Dainty is now hailed as a savvy merchant again and has made back his fortune, with the taxes paid in Sword of Destiny. However, Tellico the doppler is still at large wearing Dainty's face and continuing to make seemingly random purchases and sales. Geralt, Dandelion, and Dainty locate Tellico and give chase. Tellico transforms into Geralt but quickly realizes that he cannot win a fight against him because Tellico is a coward who cannot bring himself to kill. Tellico explains that he simply wishes to assimilate and survive in the city like all the other non-human races.