The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Artbook

chapter viii
Monsters
From the dreary swamps and depopulated wastes of Velen to the bustling alleys and canals of Novigrad
and the windswept hills and dales of Skellige, monsters are an omnipresent element of this
world, a very real threat that every one of its inhabitants must face. It is the existence of these
creatures, brought to this world in the Conjunction of the Spheres, that gave rise to the witcher
profession. Such professionals were needed because even the best-disciplined, best-trained soldiers
stood little chance in a direct fight against some of the larger, more aggressive, or more treacherous
beasts inhabiting this brutal and dangerous world. On the following pages we present some of these
creatures, a sampling taken from the much larger bestiary of the witcher universe.