What Are Druids? - Witcher Lore - Witcher Mythology - Witcher 3 Lore
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- čas přidán 27. 02. 2020
- In today's Witcher Lore video I will be discussing Druids. Druids appear in the witcher 3, witcher 2, witcher 1 and witcher books, so today I hope to tell you all about this very important witcher faction. Druids are some of the most prominent magic users in the witcher but what type of magic do druids use? What are the druids origins? How do you become a druid? How powerful are druids? I will discuss all of these questions, famous druids like Ermion/Mousesack and more in today's witcher lore video!
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Geralt of Rivia, is a witcher, or monster hunter for hire, a white-haired and cat-eyed legend in his own time. Trained from early childhood and mutated to gain superhuman skills, strength and reflexes, witchers like Geralt are a natural consequence of and counterbalance to the monster-infested world in which they live. As Geralt, you’ll embark on an epic journey in a war-ravaged world that will inevitably lead you to confront a foe darker than anything humanity has faced so far-the Wild Hunt.
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Would a Leshen attack a Druid? Or would they be friendly to them? Because Leshen primarily protect their forests. So could a Leshen and a druid co-exist?
Keep asking this question mate. Because now i need a answer
Leshen's primarily protect their own nest and feeding ground. I don't think that they "genually" protect the forests they inhabit?
I do think a Druid would be smart enough to know how to avoid Leshens in the sense that they "could" co-exist. The druids are smart enough to know what to not do around a Leshen, i suppose.
Good question 🤔
If I remember correctly there is an ealdorman/druid-like gentleman in skellige who tries to get you to make an offering to the local leshen and wants to “return to the old ways” of hunting and living, rather than to continue to scour the forests and upset (ultimately kill) the leshen. If you choose this path and offer wolf hearts to the leshen it accepts them and stops harassing the villagers. I wouldn’t be surprised if a leshen would watch from afar and let the druids go, they seem to at least want to coexist
I thought this said lesbian and I was so confused 😂
Wish druids played a bigger role against the hunt.
There's a mill that suspects the druids are sabotaging them but it turns out to be a leshen lol
Wait what? Where?
I believe MouseSack is at least on par with the most powerful of mages not through sheer magic power but experience and abilities.
In one quest in Skellege you help a regular druid bring rain to the crops in afew seconds while you defend him. He also has a wolf companion.
MouseSack is not a natch for vilgafrotz
Moussack is mentioned by witcher 1 Druid in chapter 3
another druid who is important in Geralt's life is Visenna (she is from a short story, Andrzej Sapkowski wrote in 1988) and he has said that she is Geralt's mother
I’m in the mood to play Witcher for the 4th time now.
6th
@@daniellevinte1999 Same.
I'm on 5th and it is still as awesome as the first
3rd lol
Same
8:42 Dramatic shot ruined by very confused dear
Quantic A.I. i guess he has “no eye deer” where he wanted to go
@@AwesomeRara get out
I think Druids being all about perserving and maintaining balance, they tend not to be too focus on offensive magics so that may be why compared to Ermion someone like Yen and Triss appear stronger. However I do believe should they be backed into a corner a Druid can more than hold himself in a battle againts sorceresses. It's kinda like the whole Jedi vs Sith thing except in this case the whole celibacy thing seems to have been reversed.
I mean Flaminica does basically control a Lesheen .... that's terrifying.
You are correct about the mistletoe btw, its still thought of and used to represent semen in rituals today. It's a fertility symbol and was sacred.i cant remember off the top of my head the connection from mistletoe and semen to the tradition of kissing under it.
I'm no expert on Celtic traditions, or traditions related to it, but in other cultures that place such a high value on fertility, couples seeking a pregnancy would try to conceive using fertility symbols. Mistletoe may have been collected, offered or used in some ritual practice to bless the couple with increased chances of pregnancy
Like a lot of modern just because weird traditions we have it a: comes from several sources and b: is an intentionally watered down symbolic homage to an old full on ritual.
With regards to druids they conflated fertility not only with human reproduction but also just growth in general and especially with agricultural harvest. There was a tradition that was both a yearly thing for crops in general but also a part of a wedding cermony that involved sacrificing a bull wreathed in mistletoe.
Im a bit foggy on the details but some things do stand out. The yearly sacrifcice required a white cow. The wedding ceremony required the cow come fron the grooms family as part of the dowry. You then spread the blood over the grounds you were trying to bless.
What you did with the mistletoe and the rest of the cow I dont remember much at all, other than that it had to be white mistletoe and not red if you were doing the sacrifice for fertility reasons, and red not white for driving off poxes and curses.
Also only for sure applies as ive tried to explain it in Connaught.
In the birthplace of my great great grandmother (northren Germany) it was used as a charm for fertility, or at least that was what my grandmother told me on the stories about my family, and sometimes now it's still used like that, not as usual as in the old days but, you know, it's used time to time.
You need golden sickle to cut it!
@@richardides2035 yup and only male druids can harvest it, theres very specifics around it they believe. Though due to there not being alot of written language back then or alot undiscovered or deteriorated theres So much information lost... though they did discover the "tree language" runes so some information has been found from that.
Would love to see your ranking of the Witcher books with ur opinions on each one
If I were to live in the witcher universe, I would love to be a witcher (obviously lmao), or a druid/mage. Witchers while being generally hated, are badass. And on the other hand for druids, living in the woods, being well respected, can do magic, and know a bunch of cool shit. Mages kinda the same with magic and cool shit.
Great narration and even epic shots of Continent world
So basically, Druids are “Greenies” with magic powers? lol 😂 Great video, mate. 👍🏼
ozzievamp real world “greenies” already have magic powers. have you seen a dog reject one before?
Greenies?
Yay! A new video. Question: when does Keira appear with Margarita (it is one of the screen shots in the video). I’ve seen it as part of a meme but never in the game.
Great video, great content, keep making more of those videos. The witcher is like a piece of art that never gets old
Nice work George!
Depends on of you just including books or events from the game as well. Either way I would say mousesack is pretty sam powerful. At least close to a great sorceress power. But if you include things like breaking the storm caused by the mask....I would say hes gotta be on par.
Great video, George, as usual. Allways wonderd how the Druids have worked.
Thanks again for being the biggest reason for getting me into The Witcher.
The druid school seems much better than the sorcery schools if you want to learn magic. Since the primary things mages mention about wielding magic is talent and concentration I would expect most druids to be more skilled than most mages.
i think druids could be as powerful as a mage but they dont really care about that
That's the point, they go with the flow of life itself, not the wims of their ego.
the strongest human being in wither universe was druid
@@bosenbosen9496 Interesting. Who is that?
Vilgefortz from Roggeveen
@@bosenbosen9496 Thanks
They can also kick ass I was surprised to see. Only Geralt and Ciri fight fiercer in the whole game. Buddy cleared out a whole castle before I could even finish looting empty bottles and goat pelts.
Love your vids man
One constant of both the books and game is that one should not measure another's decisions, traditions, and/or beliefs purely from the perspective of an outsider. I mention this because this video repeatedly judges the morality of the Druid's beliefs from the perspective of the presenter.
At the core of druidic beliefs and practices is the preservation of life. Thus, it makes sense that creatures who are only able to take lives (i.e. vampires and witchers) would be in opposition to those beliefs. Though it's obvious that extinguishing one life can improve or elongate another. These are unintended consequences for a witcher. In the books, Geralt repeatedly considers that his sole reason for being is the eradication of monsters. Once their are no more monsters to kill, he will have no purpose.
One might also consider that monsters serve as an equalizer to the ever-growing race of humanity. No other race in the Witcher universe breeds and expands at rate humans do. Without monsters to quell their numbers, how long could one expect the non-human races to survive (not to mention the flora and fauna cultivated in their lands)?
Hi, Loved the video dropping a Like !!
Ermion is probably not as powerful as mages. Mages can conjure portals to travel entire continents as well as just teleport themselves much further without conjuring portals. They can develop polymorphic abilities. They can make use of any of the elements to draw the Power whereas Ermion must locate gas deposits. Mages can throw people into portals against their will and create portals for them to enter willingly. Mages also have significant ranged abilities Ermion does not have. Mages can enchant items to make them weapons or to make needles to repair torn clothing. Finally, mages can cast curses on purpose as opposed to speaking one on the hopes that it will stick. Ermion cannot do any of these things. I still love him and think he’s badass, though.
Geralt's mother Visenna is a druid too!!
If druids could possibly figure out where people were, would it have been possible for Geralt to take Ciri's clothing from Crow's Perch and bring them to MouseSack instead of using the Sunstone or trying to find Avallach? Just a thought.
George I love you
1:31 that was nice
Mousesack was one of my favorite characters in the show.
That's why it sucks when they killed on Netflix adaptation..why a powerful Druid got butchered that way, right? Pathetic Director...
Really digging deep into those fricatives, aren't we... >.
I remember in Thronebreaker in Angren we meet brown robed druids
In thronebreaker, the druids in angern(swamp map) had white on and they moved a boulder, and the druid that spoke to you was female.
i keep getting surprised by how big the game is
Which city background music is this from Witcher 3?
Timestamp?
My impression is that druids' focus lies less on the sort of overt displays of magic that you'd see Sorcerers use (although they obviously still a´do a bit of that) and more on stuff like divination and being sensitive to the fluctuations of nature and magic and that sort of thing. So, less powerful, more sensitive,
Epic
So this world to has Druids
I might just visit these lands
Did the voices say you should?
@@maxlamee5149 Yes and no
@@RestlessRebel sounds about right. You have my axe if you do visit those lands
"protects nature itself"
Oh you mean like irl druids
The moral of the video: don't mess with druid's wood
Wait, so every time I provide material support to someone who needs it, I see them as beneath me???
A video about Offier/the Offieri People?
Who are they?
@@puckbradley3760 They're a kind of Middle-Eastern styled people, you meet some of them in the Hearts of Stone DLC
I had never seen that witcher's medallion before. What school do you belong to?
The Leshen brother...It's like taking the
strength of the Bears mixing in the training of Griffins and Wolves then adding in the outright insanity of the Cats...Then x10 that you'll get a fucking abomination known as a sorceress-fucking School of the Leshen Witcher!
@@flamesofchaos13 interesting
New content!!!! CONSUME!
Sooooo did mousesack somehow survive cuz dude died in the Netflix (sorry I'm broke can't buy the books right now) is it at all explained how he gets skellige cuz I didn't realize he was the same guy in w3
He just didn't die in the books and must like Skelligers or Skellige so decided to stay. Remember Ciri's Step-Grandfather was the Skelliger King's Brother so he must of met and befriended a bunch of them in Cintra.
The show is simply following an alternate timeline. Also technically the games are non-canon to the books. But the books events are canon to the games (They're official unofficial fan-fiction sequels). So essentially the Witcher is divided into three media representations with three different timelines. Think of it like a Witcher Multiverse akin to Marvel's or DC's.
@@flamesofchaos13 ah thanks for the clarification that sucks in the show though since the show is a little different they might bring him back and send him to skellige somehow
@@phantom_thief_jk9859 Well there's always necromancy but I hear that's painful and pretty damned eco-unfriendly.
Defile the sacred oak in Toussaint and the druids of Caed Myrkvid will give you your rumor.
Story about Toussaint pleaase
He's gotta do it while drinking wine too
@@banebeard Sangreal or White Wolf.... hmmm
I mean, Sangreal every time but getting Anna Henrietta to part with some might take some doing XD
@@banebeard that's half the fun though 😉😉
Druids know that you are your environment. Not your ego.. if that makes any sense to you..
The good guys on games
I beat The Witcher 3 but milk guard is still ruled by the redanians even though I got the emperor ending with Siri seriously empress
So what do druids eat?
So they are the human Witcher world version of the springen
shouldn't death be considered part of the balance , it is odd that they believe in nature yet disregard the fact that death is one of its inescapable pillars , and arguably part of the balance , hunt and be hunted is a normal cycle in nature , they sound righteous and full of shit tbh , also isn't using powers to influence nature (weather etc) upset the balance?
Yeah this opposition to death and deformity clearly shows their negativity and bullshit. But my guess is not every Druid believes these things otherwise why would Mousesack ever of befriended Geralt an Albino killing machine.
Do a video on who's the supreme witcher geralt or George or vasimer
Vaseline
Though i think he already made a video about vesemir.
@@phoenix4267 Witcher Vaseline XD
Phoenix when i saw imlerith push vaseline again the wall I was so angry, and then I cried when Vaseline slid down the wall when he died ;_; gotta make a trip to CVS
Define Powerful.
Able to exert great influence and force with the especific pressure they apply into reality itself.
@@visionofsolace8961 Druids have more political power in the Skellige Isles, Sorceresses have more political power on the Continent. Druids have access to extremely powerful artifacts but Sorceresses can always gain them too with a little work. Sorceresses have more devastating abilities that leave their impact years and years down the line like in Vergen, But Druids Circles can last for years as well leaving their mark on a community for decades. Neither created Witchers that was Sorcerers and given the influence that brings to the world that's a pretty damned powerful statement/legacy. Also various Sorcerers/Sorceresses created many of the monsters that plague humanity and others throughout the world...I'd say that shows a great deal of influence and power albeit in a negative way. Then shouldn't Witchers themselves count they're in fact magic users just simple ones but ones none the less...And their impact on the world is innumerable and unmeasureable. Then there's the influence these factions had on Ciri. Sorceresses show that they're not limited by what considered ethical magic either they're willing to use forbidden and "evil" magics to get their goals done. Druids refuse to but their affect on and connection to nature is extremely powerful...What could be done if any animal could be calmed and tamed? If you could manipulate heat and cold in an entire biome? If you can cause a flood or drought? Etc.
I'd say no matter what they're all powerful just in different ways. In comparison though either the Sorcerers that created the Witchers and/or the Lodge of Sorceresses are the ones that have caused the most amount of influence in the world. They literally caused all of the events in the series to take place.
@@flamesofchaos13 Well, Druids are supposed to be the less drastical and more naturalistic and harmonious version of a magic user, they have various powers but use them in a more reasonable way than most Sorcerers.It's about how you use this power that you may have is in what the series tends to focus so much plot on.
@@visionofsolace8961 And that's 100% the correct way to see power it ain't good or evil or orderly or chaotic or beneficial or malevolent until you choose to use it in such ways if you even decide to. By itself it's simply nothing but energy.
@@flamesofchaos13 it's the way they construct the plot and how magic is in itself being both the source of many troubles and the non-magical seem to seek either it's end or it's banishment from the world or how some choose to live in harmony with it is, or simply use it as tool to whatever ends they wish to meet why I find this universe so interesting.
so hippi mages
How the hell can we repeat this game over and over again? How can we not be bored restart and start things again
Hes actually called mousesack in polish version of the game
1st nerds
Greaaaaat* /s
Who is that attractive female on this video's thumbnail???
Found it. Flaminicas (the title of the highest ranking female druids).
It’s been too long
Isnt there a religon that believes that nature is important and that harming it would be a mistake and we should be more Connected to it?
You mean Wicca?
After I beat The Witcher 3 dandelion disappeared he's no longer at his tavern
So basically.. Druid’s = throat baby’s.
Mousesack isnt Ermion. Why do you stick with this? Mousesack is in the books...as mousesack. In the same role as he played in the show.
Yea but his name is ermion in the game
Ain't a gamer, are you?lol
Magic vegans??
Did you have to be "careful with your wording" because the berries of the mistletoe are white when unripe and that you are scared of being called a racist?! If so I don't understand the correlation.
I think he meant to be careful in the wording because of the connection with "god" he mentioned as he may not be entirely sure what the connection itself implies
Hippies
Man you really need to let people know when you’re about to just drop a spoiler I’ve noticed you do it a lot in your video's with no warning at all it’s really annoying. I’ve already completed the quest thankfully but you just come out and say that the coroner is a higher vampire which is such a spoiler for an amazing quest
You videos are brilliant tho don’t get me wrong just spoiler warning please 😂I’m new to the Witcher world and your videos are a great help to understand the lore