The Witcher (in Polish, Wiedźmin) is a fantasy drama television series created by Lauren Schmidt Hissrich for Netflix. It is based on the series of books of the same name by Andrzej Sapkowski. Geralt of Rivia (Cavill), a lone monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people are often more evil than beasts. But when fate takes him to the powerful sorceress Yennefer of Vengerberg (Anya Chalotra) and the young princess Cirilla (Freya Allan) with a dangerous secret, the three must learn to travel together across the growing and volatile Continent.