Wild Hunt

The Wild Hunt is a group of specters, led by the King of the Wild Hunt, which is considered to be an omen of misfortune and death. It is said to appear mainly, but not exclusively during the winter. The Wild Hunt can appear in the sky as a harbinger of war and other misfortunes; some believe it to be simply a magical phenomenon and not a horde of specters; elven sources refer to it as the Red Riders.

Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri have all come into close contact with the King and his specters, either directly or through dreams. Geralt was a member of the hunt for a time, after he gave the King his soul in exchange for Yennefer's. While he would escape eventually, he lost his memory in the process. In The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the Wild Hunt returns in an attempt to find and capture Ciri.

The King of the Wild Hunt and his specters appear to Geralt over the course of The Witcher, taunting and twisting his memories.

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"The Wild Hunt is a horde of specters that roams the sky during storms and is an omen of disaster. The appearance of the Wild Hunt foreshadows war and woe, much as a comet does. The spectral Wild Hunt sometimes appears in nightmares of the cursed or those touched by Destiny."

Location

 * Outskirts
 * Fields
 * Ice Plains

Source

 * Specters, Wraiths, and the Damned

A book can be purchased on the topic of the Wild Hunt. Reading the volume adds to the journal entry.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The Wild Hunt returns as the main antagonists of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, they hunt for Ciri who has returned to the Continent.

They first appear in Geralt's dream when he trained a young Ciri in Kaer Morhen and later the Hunt intercepts Geralt and Yennefer during their travel to Vizima.

Members

 * Eredin - King of the Wild Hunt


 * Imlerith - Commander of the Hunt


 * Caranthir - Navigator of the Hunt


 * Nithral
 * Geralt (formerly)

Trivia

 * The Wild Hunt originates from European folklore and possibly myth. There are many legends of the Hunt, but notable among them is that the cavalcade is led by the god Odin.
 * The medieval German hero Dietrich von Bern is said to have been carried off by the Hunt at the end of his life.
 * To look upon the riders is perilous. It is also considered an omen of death, as the riders are the souls of the dead themselves.
 * One of the earliest references to the Hunt appears in the writings of the 12th-century British writer Walter Map, who names the king as Herla.
 * The appearance of the Wild Hunt is also an omen of war, and signifies the coming of war or tragedy.
 * The abductions or disappearances affiliated with the Wild Hunt are most common during or before times of war.

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