Changes: Nightwraith

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When the sun sets, the fields become the domain of midnight demons who draw their power from moonlight. Dark as the night itself and filled with grief, they roam the fields lit by silver light. Woe to those who are spotted by a nightwraith.

The Witcher

Journal Bestiary Entry

Nightwraiths are born of moonlight, wind and the earth cooling after the heat of the day. They rise above the ground and whirl in a mad dance, which should not be seen by any mortal. If caught peeping, the mortal is blinded by moonlight, then taken into the circle and forced to dance until he expires, at times becoming a nightwraith himself.

Location

Fields

Source

Specters, Wraiths, and the Damned
Geralt can talk to an "Old peasant" around Murky Waters who will mention terrible dreams about Nightwraiths. The conversation will not result in a bestiary entry for these monsters though.

Notes

Celina, a girl in Chapter IV, turns into a nightwraith.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

A Bestiary entry will be added for nightwraith, if you read Of Sweat and Blood.

Bestiary Entry

Nightwraiths exude this immense sadness, this helpless wraith... I fear them, same as anyone. But most of all I feel sorry for them.
– Aelline Altsparr, elven trobairitz.

Compared to other creatures of the night – katakans, nekurats and werewolves, for example – nightwraiths (and their rarer cousins, duskwraiths) might not seem all that dangerous. After all, one might ask, how much harm could a pale, withered woman in a tattered dress do? The answer: quite a bit. Instead of finding this out the hard way, avoid crossing fields and meadows at night at all costs.

Like noonwraiths, nightwraiths are only found in rural areas. Travelers fall victim to them most often, but if legends are to be believed they also sneak into huts at times and murder peasants in their sleep.

When they attack nightwraiths remain immaterial for most of the time, meaning physical blows pass right through them. They only take on more tangible form for the brief moments in which they strike. When weakened, they will create several projections of themselves which cannot attack directly but act as transmitters of sorts through which the nightwraith can sap her victim's vital energy.

Nightwraiths can turn immaterial and are at such times very difficult to wound. In order to force one to take on corporeal form, trap it with the Yrden Sign or hit it with the blast of a Moon Dust bomb.

Do not believe the old wife tales and think yourself completely safe from nightwraiths during the day. They appear under the light of the sun as well - but are much weaker then than after dusk.

Combat Tactics

Nightwraiths favor the dark. If you seek to claim a bounty on a nightwraith, you have to meditate until the moon hangs in the sky. Unfortunately, this is also when the nightwraith is at its strongest. If you are patient, you can find a nightwraith during the day, when it is at its weakest. Mostly incorporeal, a nightwraith must be made corporeal, either through Yrden, or Moon Dust bombs. When forced to become corporeal, silver swords can be employed to finish the wraith off. They are susceptible to Specter Oil.

When weakened, a nightwraith can split into three copies of itself. Destroy these with all haste, during this state the nightwraith saps vital energy from nearby sources. Bombs and crossbow bolts can destroy nightwraith doppelgangers. Upon entering a cloud released by a Dimeritium Bomb, they will immediately dissolve. Destroying the copies forces the real nightwraith to reveal itself.

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 When the sun sets, the fields become the domain of midnight [[Demon|demons]] who draw their power from moonlight. Dark as the night itself and filled with grief, they roam the fields lit by silver light. Woe to those who are spotted by a '''nightwraith'''.
-From the original Polish, it is unclear if these creatures ("[[:pl:Północnica|Północnica]]") are the same as the "[[:pl:Nocnica|nocnica]]" which are described as creatures who appear on the eve of [[Saovine]] as seemingly friendly women, possibly even midwives, but they curse pregnant women causing them to give birth to [[striga]]s.
 =={{tw1}}==
 {{Infobox Bestiary1
-|name = Nightwraith
+|Name = Nightwraith
+|Image = Bestiary_Nightwraith.png
-|image = File:Bestiary_Nightwraith_full.png
-|class = [[Specter]]
+|Class = [[Specter]]
-|occurrence = Nightwraiths appear on fields and meadows; they can be found after dark, when the moon is high; they are [[Ghost|specters]] but at the same time they maintain a strong connection with the natural world, they see the living but cannot understand them, because the dead cannot hear the living
+|Occurrence = Nightwraiths appear on fields and meadows; they can be found after dark, when the moon is high; they are [[Ghost|specters]] but at the same time they maintain a strong connection with the natural world, they see the living but cannot understand them, because the dead cannot hear the living
-|immunity = Immune to [[blinding]], [[poison]], [[pain]] and [[bleeding]] attempt; they are [[fear]]less
+|Immunity = Immune to [[blinding]], [[poison]], [[pain]] and [[bleeding]] attempt; they are [[fear]]less
-|susceptibility = [[Sensitive to silver]] and [[Specter Oil]]
+|Susceptibility = [[Sensitive to silver]] and [[Specter Oil]]
-|tactics = They are able to grasp the moonlight and blind their enemies with it
+|Tactics = They are able to grasp the moonlight and blind their enemies with it
-|alchemy = [[Death Dust]]<br>[[Shadow Dust]]<br>[[Ectoplasm]]
+|Alchemy = [[Death Dust]]<br>[[Shadow Dust]]<br>[[Ectoplasm]]
 }}
-=== {{Bestiary}} ===
+=== [[The Witcher journal|Journal]] [[The Witcher bestiary|Bestiary]] Entry ===
-: ''"Nightwraiths are born of moonlight, wind and the earth cooling after the heat of the day. They rise above the ground and whirl in a mad dance, which should not be seen by any mortal. If caught peeping, the mortal is blinded by moonlight, then taken into the circle and forced to dance until he expires, at times becoming a nightwraith himself."''
+: ''Nightwraiths are born of moonlight, wind and the earth cooling after the heat of the day. They rise above the ground and whirl in a mad dance, which should not be seen by any mortal. If caught peeping, the mortal is blinded by moonlight, then taken into the circle and forced to dance until he expires, at times becoming a nightwraith himself.''
 === Location ===
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 === Source ===
 * [[Specters, Wraiths, and the Damned]]
-* [[Geralt of Rivia|Geralt]] can talk to an [[:File:People_Old_Peasant1.png|"Old peasant"]] around [[Murky Waters]] who will mention terrible dreams about Nightwraiths. The conversation will not result in a bestiary entry for these monsters though.
+* [[Geralt of Rivia|Geralt]] can talk to an "Old peasant" around [[Murky Waters]] who will mention terrible dreams about Nightwraiths. The conversation will not result in a bestiary entry for these monsters though.
 === Notes ===
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 == {{tw3}} ==
 {{Infobox Bestiary2
-|name = Nightwraith
+|Name = Nightwraith
-|image = Tw3_journal_nightwraith.png
+|Image = Tw3_journal_nightwraith.png
-|variations = [[Jenny o' the Woods]]
+|Class = [[Ghost|Specter]]
+|Variations = [[Jenny o' the Woods]]<br>Cursed Mother
-|class = [[Ghost#The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt|Specter]]
+|Occurrence = [[Velen]]
-|occurrence = No man's land has been the site of many battles, many unjest deaths. The growing presence of nightwraiths surprises no man or women.
+|Susceptibility = [[Moon dust]]<br>[[Specter oil]]<br>[[Yrden]]
-|immunity =
+|Tactics = Turning into immaterial form, and turning material when attacking
-|susceptibility = [[Moon dust]]<br>[[Specter oil]]<br>[[Yrden Sign|Yrden]]
+|Loot = [[Nightwraith mutagen]]<br>[[Specter dust]]<br>[[Nightwraith hair]]<br>[[Infused dust]]<br>[[Dark essence]]<br>[[Lunar shards]]
-|tactics =Turning into immaterial form, and turning material when attacking
+}}A Bestiary entry will be added for nightwraith, if you read [[Of Sweat and Blood]].
-|loot =[[Nightwraith mutagen]]<br>[[Specter dust]]<br>[[Nightwraith hair]]<br>[[Infused dust]]<br>[[Dark essence]]<br>[[Lunar shards]]}}
-A Bestiary entry will be added for nightwraith, if you read [[Of Sweat and Blood]].
-=== Bestiary entry ===
-: ''Nightwraiths exude this immense sadness, this helpless wraith... I fear them, same as anyone. But most of all I feel sorry for them.''
-: ''— Aelline Altsparr, [[elven]] [[Bard|trobairitz]].''
-: ''Compared to other creatures of the night — [[Katakan|katakans]], nekurats and [[werewolf|werewolves]], for example — nightwraiths (and their rarer cousins, duskwraiths) might not seem all that dangerous. After all, one might ask, how much harm could a pale, withered woman in a tattered dress do? The answer: quite a bit. Instead of finding this out the hard way, avoid crossing fields and meadows at night at all costs.''
+=== Bestiary Entry ===
+: ''Nightwraiths exude this immense sadness, this helpless wraith... I fear them, same as anyone. But most of all I feel sorry for them.<br>– Aelline Altsparr, [[Elf|elven]] [[Bard|trobairitz]].''
+: ''Compared to other creatures of the night – [[katakan]]s, [[Nekurat|nekurats]] and [[werewolf|werewolves]], for example – nightwraiths (and their rarer cousins, duskwraiths) might not seem all that dangerous. After all, one might ask, how much harm could a pale, withered woman in a tattered dress do? The answer: quite a bit. Instead of finding this out the hard way, avoid crossing fields and meadows at night at all costs.''
 : ''Like [[Noonwraith|noonwraiths]], nightwraiths are only found in rural areas. Travelers fall victim to them most often, but if legends are to be believed they also sneak into huts at times and murder peasants in their sleep.''
 : ''When they attack nightwraiths remain immaterial for most of the time, meaning physical blows pass right through them. They only take on more tangible form for the brief moments in which they strike. When weakened, they will create several projections of themselves which cannot attack directly but act as transmitters of sorts through which the nightwraith can sap her victim's vital energy.''
+: ''Nightwraiths can turn immaterial and are at such times very difficult to wound. In order to force one to take on corporeal form, trap it with the [[Yrden]] Sign or hit it with the blast of a [[Moon Dust]] bomb.''
-: ''Nightwraiths can turn immaterial and are at such times very difficult to wound. In order to force one to take on corporeal form, trap it with the [[Yrden Sign]] or hit it with the blast of a [[Moon Dust]] bomb.''
 : ''Do not believe the old wife tales and think yourself completely safe from nightwraiths during the day. They appear under the light of the sun as well - but are much weaker then than after dusk.''
-=== Combat tactics ===
+=== Combat Tactics ===
 Nightwraiths favor the dark. If you seek to claim a bounty on a nightwraith, you have to meditate until the moon hangs in the sky. Unfortunately, this is also when the nightwraith is at its strongest. If you are patient, you can find a nightwraith during the day, when it is at its weakest. Mostly incorporeal, a nightwraith must be made corporeal, either through Yrden, or Moon Dust bombs. When forced to become corporeal, [[Silver sword|silver swords]] can be employed to finish the wraith off. They are susceptible to [[Specter Oil]].
-Bombs and crossbow bolts can destroy nightwraith doppelgangers. When weakened, a nightwraith can split into three copies of itself. Destroy these with all haste, during this state the nightwraith saps vital energy from nearby sources. Destroying the copies forces the real nightwraith to reveal itself.
+When weakened, a nightwraith can split into three copies of itself. Destroy these with all haste, during this state the nightwraith saps vital energy from nearby sources. Bombs and crossbow bolts can destroy nightwraith doppelgangers. Upon entering a cloud released by a Dimeritium Bomb, they will immediately dissolve. Destroying the copies forces the real nightwraith to reveal itself.
 == Gallery ==
 <gallery>
+Bestiary_Nightwraith_full.png
-Bestiary_Nightwraith.png|Journal image
 Nightwraith2.jpg|The nightwraith is a "dark reflection" of the [[noonwraith]]
 Tw3 conceptual artwork Nightwraith.jpg|The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Concept art
-Nightwraith_Gwent_card_art.png|Gwent card art
+Gwent cardart monsters nightwraith.png|Gwent card art
 </gallery>
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