The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Artbook

A downtrodden village somewhere deep in the
swamps of Velen acts as the center for worship of
the Ladies of the Wood—the mysterious beings
who reign over this part of the province. When
we set about creating this strange sanctuary, we
sought to convey an unsettling and slightly unreal
atmosphere. A wall inside one of a cluster
of seemingly ordinary huts was transformed
into a sort of shrine. Lit by a thousand flickering
candles and adorned with skulls both animal and
human, the shrine comes across as bizarre and
somewhat disturbing. Its centerpiece is a tapestry
woven of human hair and depicting three
beautiful women. This is the villagers’ point of
contact with the revered and feared queens of
the swamp.
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