This article was originally published on winteriscoming.net as Netflix secretly releases The Witcher spinoff we thought was canceled.

Whatever your thoughts on The Witcher might be, fans and detractors alike usually agree that Henry Cavill has been pivotal to the show's success. Whether he was drawing his sword or drawing a bath, Cavill's take on Geralt felt intrinsic to the story being told. It's as if he was born to play The Witcher.

As we saw at the end of season 3, Ciri has spent all of her time in The Witcher season 4 with The Rats. However, she's struggled to settle into a routine with them, with both The Rats and Ciri just as distrusting as the other.

Season 4 of The Witcher drops on October 30th. There will be a fifth and final season down the road, but honestly this show basically died after Season 1. Speaking of which, here’s the Season 1 trailer so you can get a sense of just how much of a tonal shift there’s been since then:

Picking up after the devastating (and Continent-altering) events of the Thanedd Coup, season 4 sees Geralt (Hemsworth), Yennefer (Anya Chalotra), and Ciri (Freya Allan) once again scattered across the war-ravaged Continent.

The new season of The Witcher is one of the most intriguing streaming launches of this year, if you're asking me – it's a huge swing for Netflix to try to keep the show going after the departure of its lead star Henry Cavill, with the main role now given to Liam Hemsworth amid all the drama.

Lauren Schmidt Hissrich , the creative force behind The Witcher series, is opening up about the fan backlash surrounding Netflix’s hit fantasy series and the ongoing debate over how closely it should stick to the source material.