Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf’s Trailer Tosses a Coin Vesemir’s Way

In order for The Witcher’s Geralt of Rivia to turn out to be one of many final hopes for the world, and nicely, a witcher, he not solely needed to endure the grueling strategy of bodily transformation—he needed to acquire fairly a little bit of his data from his mentor, one other witcher by the identify of Vesemir. Though Vesemir’s set to function largely in the upcoming second season of Netflix’s live-action collection, the elder witcher’s additionally getting a correct likelihood within the highlight in Nightmare of the Wolf, an animated prequel collection produced by Studio Mir.

Set lengthy earlier than the occasions of The Witcher, Netflix’s Nightmare of the Wolf
follows Vesemir (Theo James) from his youth as he goes from being an unusual younger boy to embracing his new life as a strong witcher, each blessed and cursed with talents that make him a revered determine all through the land. Much like his one-day mentee, Vesemir takes to the arduous lifetime of being a witcher understanding that whereas he renders a useful service to humanity by slaying demons, individuals additionally see him as a sort of monster who must be stored a wholesome arm’s distance.

The cash Vesemir makes from his demon looking is greater than sufficient to furnish a lifetime of average consolation within the new trailer, however when a gig escorting the witch Tetra (Lara Pulver) arises, he leaves his modest luxuries behind as a way to do what he does finest: kill the harmful beings that, like he and Teta, wield magic.

While there’s solely however a lot to be gleaned about Nightmare of the Wolf’s premise from the trailer, there are a couple of pictures of different witchers from the earlier age, suggesting that the collection might delve a bit extra into the tradition and lives of different witchers than The Witcher’s first season did. Because characters like Vesemir are set to look in live-action in The Witcher’s second season, there’s additionally a stable likelihood that Nightmare of the Wolf’s story will issue into the franchise’s close to future, that means that the present’s in all probability going to be one thing followers need to take a look at when it hits Netflix August 23.

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