Villentretenmerth returns to his dragon form and flies away. He says that Yennefer's infertility is irreversible, but she refuses to give up on finding a cure. Villentretenmerth admits that, unlike the rest of dragonkind, he likes humans. Geralt asks Villentretenmerth why he chooses a human disguise. Reassuming his human form, Villentretenmerth explains that the green dragon, Myrgtabrakke, called him for assistance and left him her 'treasure' (her hatchling) as payment.

Tea and Vea appear and assist the golden dragon, revealing that Borch was actually Villentretenmerth in human form. He leaves a fledgling green dragon with the remaining party members and attacks an oncoming militia from a nearby village. Villentretenmerth, bored of waiting, enters the struggle and dispatches the Reavers and dwarves. Yennefer attempts to disable the dwarves and Reavers so she can kill the dragon herself, as its viscera will supposedly cure her infertility, but is disabled instead. Geralt, Dorregaray, and Dandelion disagree, for which they are paralyzed by Yennefer and tied to a cart. Eyck of Denesle accepts and is defeated, which weakens the party's resolve and causes King Niedamir's cadre to leave.īoholt, the dwarves, and the Reavers elect to attack the dragon together and split the treasure. The party eventually encounters a golden dragon, Villentretenmerth, who offers a fair battle to anyone who wishes to challenge him. They join a larger party hunting the dragon, including Geralt's friend Dandelion a group of dwarves led by Yarpen Zigrin a mercenary group known as the Crinfrid Reavers, and another led by Boholt 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. Although Geralt is a Witcher, a professional monster slayer, he explains that he does not kill dragons, because they do not prey on humans. Geralt of Rivia meets the traveling knight Borch 'Three Jackdaws' and his Zerrikanian bodyguards Tea and Vea, who seek a green dragon.

The following story, 'Something More', is a direct prequel to the novels. The titular story, 'The Sword of Destiny', introduces the character of Ciri. They introduce characters that become major players in the later novels, which began with 1994's Blood of Elves and are known as The Witcher Saga. The anthology consists of six stories, loosely linked in chronology. Sword of Destiny was first published in English in the UK by Gollancz in 2015.

Although published in 1992, it is officially considered the second entry in the series, behind The Last Wish, which was published the following year. Sword of Destiny ( Polish: Miecz przeznaczenia) is the second published short story collection in Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher series.

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