Solryth in The Witcher Blood Origin was the warrior who established the time of elves and their rule over the dwarves. Merwyn idolizes her as an inspiration.
The story of Solryth has yet to be featured in The Witcher universe, Andrzej Sapkowsk’s book, and the video games. However, The Witcher: Blood Origin tells some stories regarding the character who does not live in the original work.
The creator, Decal de Barra, explained Solryth as a source of inspiration for the princess of Xin’trea Merwyn instead of fully exploring the character.
Does Solryth Appear In The Witcher Blood Origin?
Solryth in The Witcher universe was an Elven Empress who was responsible for the golden age of the elves. She is from another potential timeline in The Witcher Blood Origin.
She never emerged in Blood Origin, as the story belongs to another timeline. Elven Empress Solryth is known for guiding in the Golden Age of the elves on the continent.
The elven empresses came before her time around 1500 years ago and wiped out dwarves for years. She pushed the status of the next thousand years elves when humans took over. Before the era of the elves, the kingdom had ruled under the dwarves.
They were known for developing creative and unique things, including Monoliths which ultimately became the instrument in The Witcher and Blood Origin.
After the conflict in her lands, Solryth discovered her way to the continent, where sky twin comets became her compass to lead her to a new place. After she arrived in the new kingdom, they were titled Solryth’s Eyes.
One time the elven warriors and her troops forced dwarves out of their hands. They brushed out a generation of dwarves. Due to her brutality, dwarves are rare in the events of Blood Origin. As a result, the new elven rule began in place.
Solryth brought elves art and culture by destroying the dwarven established culture in her new kingdom. Nonetheless, things took a turn under Solryth’s rule after her demise. As they lacked capable successors, the continent separated into three kingdoms.
The war brought poverty and hunger to the kingdoms. Nevertheless, her brother tries to end the war in Blood Origin brother tries to end the war by forging new relations with the other kingdoms.
Relationship Between Solryth and Merwyn
Merwyn repeats Solryth’s story in The Witcher: Blood Origin. The princess of Xin’trea has an ideology that stems from the eleven warrior story, where a new king of the kingdom, her brother, tried to unite the three kingdoms hoping to end the thousand-year war.
In the first sequence of The Witcher: Blood Origin, she seems to be reading the old book when her brother enters the chambers. She was reading Solryth Sagas.
Meanwhile, she explained that the history books in the room repeat themselves and told Solryth’s story related to scripture carved into Xin’tera walls. The princess believed she could restore eleven power to the past glory.
In the first episode, the princess talked about the two blazing comets which remain in Solryth’s eyes which led her to the continent. She described the elven warrior position in elven history as she adored the stories of the elves who arrived in the kingdom.
She encouraged the Solryth as she conquered the dwarfs and brought their culture and art to the continent. The character motive in The Witcher: Blood Origin is to push Merwyn to break free and become a new ruler of the elven race.
Also, the empress desired to defeat the new world like Solryth and bring back the former elven history.