The noonwraith's frock and shoes suggest she once was a young girl, who venturing into the fields, joined in a spectral dance and thus entered the spirit world as a wraith. Streaks of light drift about her, and when necessary she uses these to blind her opponents. Clothed in a linen, she hovers just above the ground, her hair white from constant exposure to the sun. The noonwraith is a sun-burned old woman. In a conceptual sketch, the noonwraith wields a sickle – a symbol of the harvest and of working in the fields. We could not resist including this traditional Polish folk creature in our game, especially since a good part of the story plays out in rural areas. Our noonwraith appears in picturesque location known simply as the Fields, where not a drop of rain has fallen in a very long time. These monsters kill humans who venture into the fields at noontime, thus, farmers return home or seek shelter in the shade at this time of the day.
Alina, a young woman in Chapter IV, turns into a noonwraith, more specifically the midday bride.ĭeveloper CD Projekt's characterization of the noonwraith taken from the monsterbook, which was enclosed with the Collectors Edition of The Witcher for Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic:Ĭrops swaying in the fields on a windless day indicate that a noonwraith is nearby. The conversation will unlock Noonwraiths and their alchemies in the journal. 
Geralt can talk to a "Peasant" (stocky build, lighter hair, and clean shaven) around Murky Waters who will mention how the Noonwraiths keep them from working in the Fields. Noonwraiths stop their dance when the sun goes down, once the abducted mortal is long dead from fear and exhaustion. Those who peep are forced to dance with them. In the hot air above the fields, they gather to dance madly, creating air vortexes, but the specters dislike being watched. Journal Bestiary Entry Noonwraiths are born at high noon out of heat, sadness and the sweat of ploughmen. In the game, Geralt first meets noonwraiths in the seemingly idyllic fields surrounding the village of Murky Waters.
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