The Witcher 4 with Ciri as protagonist will help in exploring the Witcher world's sexism, said CD Projekt.
Ciri already played a few points in The Witcher 3 and CD Projekt want to see what more they can do with her as the lead character.
Ciri is repeatedly described as a Witcher in the original Witcher books from Andrzej Sapkowski, thus disagreeing with her protagonism on the basis that it disagrees with the source material is not valid.
Ciri isn't quite a witcher, but she has room to grow where grizzly Geralt had already nailed down his outsider persona.
Ciri is still at the beginning of her journey as a witcher; hence players will have the opportunity to define her path.
The broadly misogynistic world of The Witcher will get a fresh perspective with Ciri as the protagonist.
It will address unusual state of a woman as a witcher in the world and tackle many different themes like racism.
CD Projekt don't have anything to share for the moment on Ciri's various supernatural capabilities and how they might disrupt the quest design and combat of The Witcher 4.
The Witcher 4 is the first of several new Witcher experiences, previously codenamed Polaris.