Declan De Barra opens up about his limited series, set 1,200 years before the events of The Witcher.
Hundreds of years before the events of Netflix’sThe Witcher, the Continent was home to a thriving elven empire.
He then points to the originalWitchernovels, written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.
Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia and Mecia Simson as elf Francesa in ‘The Witcher’ season 2.Jay Maidment/Netflix; Kevin Baker/Netflix
“He reinterprets folktales and history,” De Barra mentions of Sapkowski’s works.
That’s what we’re going to explore here."
Blood Origintakes place 1,200 years before the events ofThe Witcher.
Henry Cavill dons new armor as Geralt of Rivia in ‘The Witcher’ season 2.Jay Maidment/Netflix
“We have obviously heard in theWitchershow that humans brought civilization to the elves.
They’re the ones who showed them what it was like to be civilized.
“The world was much more of a Golden Age than what we see inThe Witcheryears later.”
The concept ofBlood Originstemmed from a season 2 meeting of the writers room.
They reached an impasse in the story.
“It’s very vague in the books as to what happened.
I got out a whiteboard and sketched out this plan of what I thought.”
These days, he’s dealing with the challenges of actually making it a reality.
And now we’re on stages.
We built these crazy stages.
Every time I see them, I just can’t believe they’re real.”
