Renalt

"This isn’t my first time trying to save a princess who others see as a monster..."

- Geralt about Renfri.

Renalt is the het ship between Geralt of Rivia and Renfri from the The Witcher fandom.

Canon
Geralt and Renfri first met when she crosses paths with him after he had killed a monster. When he enters a Blaviken tavern, She calls her guards off and buys him a drink. She cheekily questions what brings him to Blaviken and remarks that he's in need of some new clothes.

Later, Renfri tracks Geralt down outside Blaviken and demands to know where to find Stregobor so that she may kill him for the injustices she suffered, saying that Stregobor's man raped her and robbed her before letting her go. Stregobor had invited Geralt over and attempted to persuade Geralt into killing her because it was "the lesser evil" but Geralt turned down the offer, just as he turns down Renfri's to kill Stregobor, unless, she'll slaughter the entire town. After talking, Geralt manages to persuade Renfri into realizing that she wouldn't truly become the monster he claims her to be so long as she does not kill him (Stregobor), and he advises Renfri to leave Blaviken and finally live her life in peace.

When Renfri follows Geralt back to his camp, that was the day he realized that humanity didn't need him because he was and would always be seen as a "monster" in their eyes. Renfri asks Geralt what he believes in, destiny or the lesser evil, Geralt answers that he believes in none, and he just simply kills monsters. Geralt tells Renfri that there are no sides and after a moment, Renfri claims that she'll leave blaviken for good tomorrow. The two gaze at each other intimately and Renfri makes the move to kiss Geralt, and they spent the night together. The day after, Geralt has a hallucination of Renfri telling him about his destiny and "the girl in the woods". Geralt wakes up saying her name before running to Blaviken.

Despite her claim of leaving Blaviken, Renfri was there in the town to slaughter every civilian until she found Stregobor, the two end up having a battle. Upon pinning Renfri down, she tells Geralt that they're both seen as monsters and they are the same. Later, Renfri takes Marilka hostage and holds a blade to her throat, upon being threatened, Geralt displays magic in order to warn Renfri to not hurt Marilka. However Renfri tells him that magic has no effect on her, only silver works (which is what is used to kill monsters). Renfri then releases Marilka and attacks Geralt, cutting him several times before Geralt manages to disarm her which leaves with only her dagger to combat him with. Geralt lowers her sword, presenting her with an opportunity to attack, however, he evades her attack and stabs her in the throat with her own dagger. Geralt holds Renfri and gently lowers her down on the ground, as Renfri bleeds out in Geralt's arms, she tells him that "the girl in the woods" is his destiny, and she will be with him always.

When Renfri dies, Stregobor approaches her body and calls Marilka to take her to the tower for an autopsy, but Geralt appears behind him, covered in blood he furiously threatens his life, displaying a threatening aura as he holds Renfri's sword at his neck. Geralt shielded and defend Renfri's body before he was stoned and exiled out of the town. He holds Renfri's brooch in his other hand as he leaves.

Geralt later mutters Renfri's name over and over again when Triss Merigold helps him after he fell unconscious, when he wakes up, Triss notes that he was muttering the name "Renfri" over and over again in his sleep, and that she seemed like someone important. Another time he hallucinated Renfri was when his mother was healing him, Renfri appears first and she gently touches his face for him to wake up.

Throughout the series, Geralt carried Renfri's sword but later lost it during the battle with Striga, the only thing he had left then was Renfri's brooch. At the finale, he removes the little knife in the middle and sticks the brooch onto his own sword to remember her.

Fanon
While Renalt is a popular ship within The Witcher fandom, it is rivaled by Yenralt and Geraskier which are much more popular ships in the fandom. Renalt has a big fanbase on Tumblr, Twitter and AO3; it is Geralt's third most popular ship and Renfri's most popular ship in the fandom.

The ship is also popular for Renfri and Geralt's fight scene, as told by the viewers, it is the most exciting and amazing battle scene in the Netflix Series.

Songs

 * Renfri's Theme | Netflix's The Witcher
 * The official theme that plays when Renfri and Geralt make love.

Behind The Scenes
"Henry Cavill Confirms Connection Between Geralt’s Sword & Renfri."

In interview regarding Geralt's fight with Renfri he says that whilst fighting her there was a different side of him when he was with her, compared to how he was fighting everyone else.

During an explanation of The Witcher's sword, Henry Cavill says that Renfri's brooch on the hilt of his sword is a reinforcement of Geralt's beliefs and a reminder that he shouldn't get involved in the matters of men because it will always lead to his personal pain (Renfri's death). He adds that when Geralt draws his sword, Renfri's brooch is a reminder that despite how much he may try to achieve good, evil will be somewhere in the corner regardless.

The Witcher showrunner, Lauren Schmidt, says that she didn't know if it was a choice for Geralt to kill Renfri, and her importance is what she leaves with him. She adds that Renfri was the only one to understand the humanity in Geralt that others saw as a mutant.

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Trivia

 * Screenrant wrote an article about why Renfri could've been better for Geralt rather than Yennefer.
 * Renfri and Geralt are on the list of the article "The Witcher: 10 Couples That Would Have Made A Lot Of Sense."