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THEujhthsKASSASSINSofKINGSARTBOOK2011
4 WORLD MAP6 PROLOGUE261 ACT I461 ACT II701 ACT III82 PLACEABLES921CHARACTERS148 MONSTERS1741 FLASHBACKS1881 COVER ARTS
WORLD
PROLOGUE
LA VALETTE CASTLE
PROLOGUE THE BEGINNING
PROLOGUE SIEGE MACHINERIES10
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PROLOGUE I LA VALETTE CASTLE12
PROLOGUE FORTIFICATIONS14
PROLOGUE FORTIFICATIONS
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PROLOGUE 1 THE TEMPLE20
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PROLOGUE THE HERMITAGE
PROLOGUE I DUNGEONS
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ACT I FLOTSAM AND LOBINDEN
ACT I THE INNP
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ACT I THE CRANEWW
ACT I THE BARGEr
ACT I THE FORESTAND ITS SURROUNDINGS
ACT I THE FORESTAND ITS SURROUNDINGS
MENTAL HOSPITAL
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ACT II
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ACT II HENSELT'S CAMP
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ACT II VERGEN
ACT II I VERGEN
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The illustration depicts a Vergen interior - a type of an ante chamber connecting several corridors. The chamber has a highceiling and is well lit due to the wide windows. Though it's nota representational building, the tall walls are richly ornamented- the floor, frames and even stone ledges of the supporting struc ture are adorned with distinctive wicker-work. We assumed thatdwarves build things be huge in scope, but they still don't neglectaesthetic qualities. Their style is heavily geometric, as seen inboth architecture and ornamentation, and presented on the illus trations in this chapter.591
ACT II VERGEN
ACT II VERGEN
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ACT II NO-MAN'S LAND66
ACT II THE GHASTLY BATTLEFIELD
ACT III
ACT III THE CITY OF LOC MUINNE72
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ACT III THE CAMPS
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4* ACT III I THE ARCHITECTURE78
ACT III THE ARCHITECTURE180
PLACEABLES
PROLOGUE
VPLACEABLES PROLOGUE
VPLACEABLES ACT I
VPLACEABLES ACT II
VPLACEABLES ACT III
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CHARACTERS
94 THE WITCHER108 MAIN CHARACTERS122 ARISTOCRACY124 COMMONERS126 PRIESTS128 COURTESANS130 SORCERERS AND SORCERESSES134 NONHUMANS140 FRACTIONS
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CHARACTERS COURTESANS
CHARACTERS SORCERERS AND SORCERESSES- In my day - said Yarpen Zigrin - warlocks sat in their towers reading learnedtomes and stirring the contents ofmelting pots with ladles. They didn't loafabout warriors, they didn't interfere withour business. And they didn't bump andgrind before men's eyes.- The bumping and grinding, truth betold, is done with quite an arse -saidDandelion while tuning his lute.Andrzej Sapkowski, The Limit ofPossibilitySorcerers and sorceresses are an inher ent element of most fantasy worlds. Theyplay a special part in the Witcher universe,as they're a powerful faction that influ ences the politics and status quo of theNorthern Kingdoms. We wanted to makeprominent, distinctive sorcerer perso nas. They were supposed to look a biteccentric, but also to command respect.Bands, trimming and scrolls covered inmagical symbols signify their status andprofession.Sorceresses are more eager to usetheir powers and abilities in order to slowdown the aging process and to emphasizetheir beauty, so most look no older thanthirty-something. Their clothes, whichare a variant of courtly attire, are bothfashionable and provocative at the sametime. We can see some versions on theneighboring page. Sorcerers wear armorelements, such as epaulettes or gloves,mainly as decoration. These still serve tounderline the aggressive and destructiveaspects of the powers they wield, just asmundane weapons do.1130
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% MONSTERS OTHERSNekkerClaws scratched on the beams to the left and another monster suddenly jumped from beneath the bridgeThe others ran forth in amazing leaps The stranger turned in place, his sword, unsheathed gods know when,flashed The head of the creature climbing the bridge was catapulted two yards into the air, trailing bloodThe white haired man jumped into the midst of the other creatures, swirled, hacking swiftly left and rightThe monsters, flailing their arms and howling, lunged at him from all sides, not caring for the luminous bladecutting them like a razorAndrzej Sapkowski, Something more1166
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% MONSTERS OTHERSRotfiend- Ceralr pointed out the last hanged man. who. though dangled high, had bloody stumps gashed with clawsand with visible bones - Look It’s the work of ghouls- Wraiths? - Zoltan Chivay stepped back and spat- Necrophages?Andrzej Sapkowski. Baptism of FireRotfiends are the distant relatives of ghouls,- creatures feeding on human and animal corpses.When making this creature, our graphic artists hada lot of leeway to give it as disgusting a presence aspossible. They achieved it by combining an ana tomically nearly human appearance with disgustingdeformities.The rotfiend's head draws attention immediately.Its eyes disappear in folds of white, dough-like flesh.Its maw is a gaping hole filled with crooked yellowteeth. The back of its skull, covered with outgrowths,is swollen with the gases gathering inside. The creait has in common with any living creature. The rotfiend's body is almost skinless, revealing knots of1170
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