Triss Merigold

Triss Merigold is a sorceress of the Brotherhood, first seen amid the chaos of Cintra's fall, using her magic to save fleeing civilians rather than fight for glory. Warm, pragmatic, and quietly rebellious against the political games of her order, she keeps a foothold in ordinary human suffering that most mages have long since abandoned.

Anna Shaffer plays her with a groundedness that cuts through the show's pageantry—Triss notices the cost of magic in a way her peers don't, and that moral attentiveness gives her scenes weight even when she's on the margins. It's a performance built on care rather than command, and it makes her instantly trustworthy.