Ciri Scar - Lore Accurate - Lore Friendly - Book Inspired

Ciri Scar - Lore Accurate - Lore Friendly - Book Inspired

NEXT-GEN COMPATIBILITY - This mod works on both Next-Gen and 1. 32.

Andrzej Sapkowski describes Ciri's wound in quite precise detail. This mod is designed to get the scar as close to the book description as possible, while also taking into account that the scar has had time to heal and:

Evidence from the book and me being pretentious:

The Tower of Swallows - David French translation

Ch1: Vysogota diagnosing the injury:

"Diagnosis: vulnus incisivum, an open wound, dealt with great force using an unidentified sharp instrument, probably a curved blade. It encompasses the left part of the face, beginning in the infraorbital region, running across the cheek and extending as far as the parotid plexus and masseter muscle. The wound is deepest–reaching the periosteum–in the initial part beneath the orbit on the zygomatic bone."

Ch10: Skellen inflicting the injury.

"The girl spurred her mare, fleeing from Silifant and Mun. Skellen came up stealthily and wolf-like from the left, and swung an arm."

"From the bandolier slung across his chest he took out another orion, the same kind of steel star he had wounded the girl’s face with a moment earlier."

So Vysogota was wrong that the wound was caused by a curved blade - at least not a curved sword or dagger. Rather, it was caused by a throwing star. This star is later described as having six points.

Since Ciri was riding a horse when she was hit and since Skellen was on the ground and threw from her left, the trajectory of the orion would likely be diagonally left (when facing Ciri) and upwards. The throwing star would have entered in the parotid-masseteric region, slicing through the zygomatic region before exiting through the infraorbital region. It could be that much of the wound in the infraorbital region is due to tearing. I suggest this because if the star had been cutting far through the infraorbital region it seems likely it would have gone on to slice the bridge of the nose, but Ciri does not sustain an injury to her nose. It makes sense that the wound is deepest beneath the zygomatic bone as this is the area that protrudes the most and therefore most exposed along the trajectory of the throwing star.

All this indicates that the CDPR version of the scar does not adhere to the book description. CDPR's scar doesn't end in the infraorbital region, instead ending in the orbital region. It is also a curved scar. But a throwing star is unlikely to create a curved wound like this as it slices along a fairly straight trajectory. If anything it would curve in the opposite direction, though only slightly. Perhaps an upward curve could occur if Ciri moved her head abruptly as she was hit. But even s