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What information have you found about the Wild Hunt during your adventures?

Anyone found anything more than i did(information is in the pictures)? If you did, from where did you get the information?
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Post edited June 05, 2011 by callofstalker
I've read the books so I know a lot about the Wild Hunt. It's also easy to figure out what they want from Yennefer and Geralt but I don't want to ruin the fun for those who haven't read the series. So let me now divide the information for gamers who don't want book-spoiler and those who do:

Only very tiny spoilers: In the first chapter during the quest in the burned mental hospital, there are files of the patients. One of them mentions a man who claimed to have been kidnapped by the Wild Hunt and taken to "a world where genocide happened and unicorns walk on the human corpses". This is the parallel universe of the elves from the Hunt. The elves from Geralt's world are Aen Seidhe, they on the other hand are Aen Elle.

Why unicorns? In the witcher's world unicorns are sentient beings who have the power to travel between the worlds. It makes them the best ally of the elves. However, unicorns are also pacifists who despise cruelty and murder. Aen Elle murdered the whole human population in their world, leaving only a few beutiful young maidens as their slaves. The unicorns were so disgusted by this, that they turned against the elves.

The leader of the Wild Hunt is called Eredin. He isn't the real king of Aen Elle. The king and the queen are dead. Their bloodline was the only one capable of opening the gates to other worlds. Without it, Aen Elle are only able to to send their specters to other world, which is not enough for them. Eredin desires power that would enable his army to physically appear in Geralt's world.





HUGE SPOILER FROM THE BOOKS AND SPECULATION ABOUT W3 PLOT

LikeIsaidEredinwantsthepowertoopenthegatestofotheruniversesandthebloodlineallowingitgotlost.There'sonlyonepers onofthatbloodlineleftalive-GeraltandYennefer'sadopteddaughter,Ciri.AttheendoftheseriesCiriescapesEredinandhesw earstofindheronedaysoit'smytheorythatEredinnowwantsttouseGeraltnadYennefertolureCiritohim.

END OF THE SPOILERY-SPECULATION.
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chicra: Aen Elle are only able to to send their specters to other world, which is not enough for them. Eredin desires power that would enable his army to physically appear in Geralt's world.
Err... but in the game Geralt says Crimson blood flowed from the riders when the Witchers fought with them at the hanged man's tree and he also says that they can come themselves for special missions. Because i only read the first two books(as gollancz is really easy-going about translating the books) and played the games i can only tell this much. Oh by the way can you send a picture of your information on wild hunt? I think i did all the side quests and travelled everywhere but one can never be sure.
I reread the last book and I think I understand why it's so: The Wild Hunt can travel to the place between the world, the so-called "Spiral". Some special magical places like the hanged man's tree are connected with the Spiral, so althouth the Hunt can't appear in Geralt's world, Geralt could enter the Spiral from that place and fight the Hunt. There are also very rare elves (only one in books, called Avallac'h) who can physically cross the barrier, but usually in just one, highly magical place.
On Iorveth side:

IIRC you get more info in your journal after speaking with Eilhart apprentice (forgot her name, but I still see her getting spanked... lol).
Not sure after what point in main plot but I do remember I had sorcerer notes from catacombs (that part which starts with "According to the notes of a sorcerer[...]")

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I loaded old save and it doesn't seem to be much but well, it still something for those who didn't have a chance to read books.
Edit2: image was too big so i had to crop it :(
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Post edited June 06, 2011 by mbieda