The difficulty with connecting Hiftu Quasem’s seemingly disparate roles across the two “Witcher” properties is that only one of them appears in the source material written by Andrzej Sapkowski. The Light and most of “The Witcher: Blood Origin” are entirely fabricated for Netflix’s adaptation of Sapkowski’s work. But if we compare what we know about Netflix’s story to Sapkwoski’s story, then it becomes immediately clear that, unless Falka is a reincarnation of the celestial voice, Quasem’s two “Witcher” roles are wholly unrelated. On “Blood Origin,” the kingdom of Redania has yet to be founded. Falka, on the other hand, is the daughter of a Redanian king. Simply put, the math ain’t mathin’.
Rather, it’s far more likely that the creative team behind “The Witcher” just enjoys working with Quasem. Maybe she’s got an incredible work ethic, or maybe she’s a genuinely good person. It makes more sense than trying to connect the nonexistent dots between the Light on “Blood Origin” and Falka on “The Witcher.” Besides, she wouldn’t be the first actor who played multiple roles on the same TV show. Even blockbuster franchises are recycling their talents. In recent memory alone, Linda Cardellini returned to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Lylla, a new voice role, in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” after appearing in multiple MCU projects as Laura Barton, an on-screen role.
For now, though, having two roles in the same story seems to be the generally agreed-upon limit. And considering Netflix’s decision to link Ciri and Falka together, it’s possible that she will stick around for quite some time, especially since Ciri is now using her name as an alias, which is a connection pulled directly from the source material.
