Cerys an Craite

Crach an Craite’s bold and clever daughter, nicknamed Sparrowhawk, who stakes her own claim to the throne of Skellige.

Cerys an Craite, called Sparrowhawk by her friends, is the daughter of Crach an Craite and the younger sister of Hjalmar. She has her father’s courage and every bit of his stubbornness, and she never misses a chance to prove she can do anything a man can, starting with her brother, with whom she keeps up a constant but good-natured rivalry. Where Hjalmar charges in, though, Cerys stops to think. She was created especially for The Witcher 3.

Cerys an Craite in The Witcher 3
At the feast in Kaer Trolde after King Bran’s death, Cerys shocks the gathered jarls by throwing down her weapon to claim the throne. To earn the fame she needs, she sails to Spikeroog to cure Jarl Udalryk of a mysterious affliction, and Crach asks Geralt to follow her in Possession. Cerys suspects the ghost of Udalryk’s drowned brother, but Geralt realises the jarl is haunted by a hym. You can either fight it the witcher’s way or trust Cerys’s daring plan to trick the creature, with the help of the druid Hjort.

In King’s Gambit, a massacre at Crach’s feast leaves the an Craite name in disgrace. If Geralt helps Cerys, the two of them investigate methodically: spiked mead, a cellar fire meant to kill them, and a trail of clues leading to Arnvald. The investigation exposes a plot by Birna, one of King Bran’s wives, to put her son Svanrige on the throne.

What happens to Cerys an Craite?
Her fate is decided in King’s Gambit. If you side with her, she is crowned queen at the sacred oak in Coronation, and under her rule Skellige grows prosperous and far more peaceful. When Geralt asks for help against the Wild Hunt in Brothers in Arms: Skellige, she stays behind but sends Hjalmar to the Battle of Kaer Morhen. If you side with Hjalmar, Cerys accepts defeat with dignity and pledges her full support to her brother. If you help neither sibling, Svanrige becomes king, and Cerys dies beside Hjalmar in a failed attack on the Nilfgaardian fleet. Our Witcher 3 endings guide explains how the Skellige ruler fits into the rest of the epilogue.