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"The sun rocks the earth, grain falls from the stalk. Come away with me, wanderer, come away with the noonwraith."

Noonwraith — These monsters appear in fields when the sun is at its highest. Swaying grains on a windless day announce their arrival. They dance in circles in the light of day and draw farmers in to join them. Since they are ghosts, no one who joins them leaves the circle alive.

See also:

Στο παιχνίδι The Witcher[]

Noonwraith
Bestiary Noonwraith full
Περιγραφή
Class
Specter
Occurrence
Noonwraiths haunt cultivated fields and meadows; they always appear when the sun is high; they are specters but at the same time they maintain a strong connection to 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 fearless
Susceptibility
Sensitive to silver and Specter oil
Tactics
They are able to grasp sunrays and blind their enemies with them
Alchemy
Death dust
Shimmering Dust
ectoplasm

In the game, Γκέραλτ first meets noonwraiths in the seemingly idyllic fields surrounding the village of Θολά Νερά.

καταχώρηση στο ημερολόγιο[]

"Noonwraiths are born at high noon out of heat, sadness and the sweat of ploughmen. In the hot air above the fields, they gather to dance madly, creating air vortexes, but the specters dislike being watched. Those who peep are forced to dance with them.
Noonwraiths stop their dance when the sun goes down, once the abducted mortal is long dead from fear and exhaustion."

Location[]

Πηγή[]

  • Specters, Wraiths, and the Damned
  • Γκέραλτ can talk to a "Peasant" (stocky build, lighter hair, and clean shaven) around Θολά Νερά who will mention how the Noonwraiths keep them from working in the Fields. The conversation will unlock Noonwraiths and their alchemies in the journal.

Notes[]

  • Alina, a young woman in Chapter IV, turns into a noonwraith, more specifically the midday bride.

Monsterbook[]

Developer CD Projekt's characterization of the noonwraith taken from the monsterbook, which was enclosed with the Collectors Edition of the computer game The Witcher for Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic:

Crops swaying in the fields on a windless day indicate that a noonwraith is nearby. These monsters kill humans who venture into the fields at noontime, thus, farmers return home or seek shelter in the shade at this time of the day.

Our noonwraith appears in picturesque location known simply as the Fields, where not a drop of rain has fallen in a very long time. We could not resist including this traditional Polish folk creature in our game, especially since a good part of the story plays out in rural areas. In a conceptual sketch, the noonwraith wields a sickle — a symbol of the harvest and of working in the fields.

The noonwraith is a sun-burned old woman. Clothed in a linen, she hovers just above the ground, her hair white from constant exposure to the sun. Streaks of light drift about her, and when necessary she uses these to blind her opponents. The noonwraith's frock and shoes suggest she once was a young girl, who venturing into the fields, joined in a spectral dance and thus entered the spirit world as a wraith.

The final illustration depicts a nightwraith, a creature that haunts the fields after dusk. The nightwraith resembles the noonwraith in many respects: she rules the Fields after dark and is associated with the moon. This creature is a dark reflection of the noonwraith, which is emphasized by colors chosen for the illustration.

"They crossed a bridge over a canal lush with water-lilies and duckweed, and passed a strip of cut meadows. Cultivated fields stretched as far as the eye could see.

"It's hard to believe this should be Η Άκρη του Κόσμου, the edge of civilization," said Dandilion. "Just look, Γκέραλτ. Rye like gold — and a mounted peasant could hide in that corn! Or that oilseed, look, how enormous."

"Know about agriculture?"

"We poets have to know about everything," said Dandilion haughtily. "Otherwise we'd compromise our work. One has to learn, my dear fellow, learn. The fate of the world depends on agriculture, so it's good to know about it. Agriculture feeds, clothes, protects from the cold, provides entertainment and supports art."

— pg. 169, "Η Άκρη του Κόσμου", in the collection Η Τελευταία Ευχή (UK edition)


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