History Literature / LadyOfTheLakeSapkowski

* BecauseDestinySaysSo: this works to bring all necessary actors to the VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon, mixed with StableTimeLoop in one case.
* BigBadassBattleSequence: the battle of Brenna. Which in itself has nothing to do with the plot, but is immensely important InUniverse.
** LowerDeckEpisode: the battle is shown through the eyes of a minor and unimportant character from ''Literature/BloodOfElves'', who now receives the spotlight.
* BreatherEpisode: the hanse's stay at Beauclaire.
* ChekhovsSkill: five books of wait, but Ciri's training on the Pendulum now pays off.

* ExactEavesdropping: and so Geralt knows now what to do, purely by accident... or destiny.

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:Geralt and Yen die... and they are on island of Avalon at the same time? Or is it the afterlife? ''[[TheMistsOfAvalon Avalon]]?'' And Ciri leaves for [[KingArthur Camelot, with Galahad]]?]] The author clearly decided to TorchTheFranchiseAndRun.

* TheMultiverse
* PartyScattering: The sequel games suggest that [[spoiler:Geralt and Yennefer end up NotQuiteDead on opposing ends of the known world and Ciri is TrappedInAnotherWorld altogether]]. However, since their canonicity is unclear, [[spoiler:Geralt and Yennefer only really end up on the isle of Avallach, where they live (?) HappilyEverAfter, if you go by the books alone]]. And as for Ciri, [[spoiler:only Sapkowski knows if she's actually ''trapped'' as such]].

* StableTimeLoop: while Ciri travels [[spoiler:TheMultiverse in search of her home,]] she receives unexpected help from two sorceresses [[spoiler:from her future]] - they realize that [[spoiler:being lost between times and spaces, she is, in practice, everywhere]]. Thus, she may as well appear to them. So by some effort on their side they summon her, and show her the way to her destiny - [[spoiler:the VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon]].
* StormingTheCastle: The final battle.
* TwoGirlsToATeam: Geralt's hanse after Angouleme joins him.

* TheWildHunt: [[spoiler:It's Aen Elle, elves from another world, who travel between the dimensions to kidnap humans for later enslavement.]]

The seventh and final book in TheWitcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski, originally in Polish (original title: ''Pani Jeziora'').

* PartyScattering: The sequel games suggest that [[spoiler:Geralt and Yennefer end up NotQuiteDead on opposing ends of the known world and Ciri is TrappedInAnotherWorld altogether]]. However, since their canonicity is unclear, [[spoiler:Geralt and Yennefer only really end up on the isle of Avallach, where they live (?) HappilyEverAfter.]] And as for Ciri, [[spoiler:only Sapkowski knows if she's actually ''trapped'' as such]].

* PartyScattering: At the end, [[spoiler:Geralt and Yennefer end up NotQuiteDead on opposing ends of the known world and Ciri is TrappedInAnotherWorld altogether]].
** Not really. Since the games aren't really canon, [[spoiler:Geralt and Yennefer only really end up on the isle of Avallach, where they live (?) HappilyEverAfter.]] As for Ciri, [[spoiler:only Sapkowski knows if she's actually ''trapped'' as such.]]

* EverybodysDeadDave: Preceded by a DwindlingParty.

* LostInTranslation: InUniverse example: During their last conversation, Emperor Emhyr bids Ciri farewell in the Elder Speech, addressing her as "luned". Ciri understands this word literally as "young girl". [[spoiler:Its second meaning in the Elder Speech, however, is "daughter", which is what her biological father really meant.]]

* ChekhovsGun: five books of wait, but Ciri's training on the Pendulum now pays off.

* StableTimeLoop: while Ciri travels [[spoiler:TheMultiverse in search of her home,]] she receives unexpected help from two sorceresses [[spoiler:from her future]] - they realize that [[spoiler:being lost between times and spaces,]] she may as well appear to them, so they summon her and show her the way [[spoiler:to the VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon]].

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:Geralt and Yen die... and they are on island of Avalon at the same time? Or is it the afterlife? ''[[TheMistsOfAvalon Avalon]]?'' And Ciri leaves for [[KingArthur Camelot, with Galahad]]?]]

* ExactEavesdropping: and so purely by accident, Geralt knows now what to do.

* BreatherEpisode: the hanse's stay at Beuclaire.

* LeaveYourQuestTest: Beuclaire for the heroes, but especially for Geralt. [[spoiler:Dandelion stays.]]

* StableTimeLoop: while Ciri [[spoiler:travels TheMultiverse in search of her home]], she receives unexpected help from two sorceresses from her future - they realize that being lost between times and spaces, she may as well appear to them, so they [[spoiler:summon her and show her the way to the VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon]].

* BigBadassBattleSequence: the battle of Brenna. Which in itself has nothing to do with the plot, but is immensely important InUniverse.

* LostInTranslation: InUniverse example: During their last conversation, Emperor Emhyr bids Ciri farewell in the Elder Speech, addressing her as "luned". Ciri understands it literally, as "young girl". [[spoiler:Its second meaning in the Elder Speech, however, is daughter, which is what her biological father really meant.]]

* GainaxEnding

* LifeWillKillYou: [[spoiler:Geralt battles monsters, omnipotent sorcerers, led an army to victory, survived a SuicideMission... and is killed with a pitchfork by an angry mob. Just a moment later, Yennefer (who also duked it out with aforementioned omnipotent sorcerers and stood up to an entire coven of witches) dies from magical overexertion while trying to heal him.]]

* FiveManBand: Geralt's original troupe from ''Literature/BaptismOfFire'' is expanded with TheSixthRanger-slash-TheChick Angouleme, [[spoiler:Dandelion leaves the gang, and Regis gets briefly promoted to TheLancer, when he starts feeding on humans again and Kahyr suffers a bad case of dead]].

* FiveManBand: Geralt's original troupe from ''Literature/BaptismOfFire'' is expanded by TheSixthRanger Angouleme and [[spoiler:Regis gets briefly promoted to TheLancer, when he starts feeding on humans again and Kahyr suffers a bad case of dead]].

* ThePromise: [[spoiler:Yennefer makes Emhyr promise to never make "her daughter" cry, as she and Geralt are about to commit suicide and Ciri, taken away to marry the Emperor. Guess what Ciri does the moment she is told that she has to part with Geralt and Yennefer ''again''. It actually makes Emhyr to abort all his plans for Ciri, turn around, and leave.]]

* [[spoiler:TotalPartyKill]]