but isn't he just a commander and not a really a "king" or did he become king in the books?
@Lieste are there any practical armors that look like they came from another world? (I mean I wouldn't want to see every race just wear plate armor with different designs on it) some examples of those would be nice.
What so daft about his armor anyway? aside from the horns and spikes. I don't know much about that sorta thing other than you can pull on his helmet
Eredin is known to the humans as King of the Wild Hunt. Whatever his office in the world of the Aen Elle, he is called King of the Wild Hunt in this world.
The former King of the Aen Elle, Auberon, is dead. Eredin and Avallac'h were and presumably still are the real holders of power anyway.
Armor has to protect against thrusts. A peasant with a farm implement could take down a knight with gaps in his armor.
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That's, if I'm not mistaken, Gustav Vasa's armor. Kings don't come much bigger or more kingly than Gustav Vasa.
did intend to be called a king? did he intentionally wear that armor to look like one? If he didn't then he doesn't really have to look like a proper king just a spooky general.
He didn't come to Geralt's world to look kingly he came to pursue Ciri, he doesn't need to look kingly to do that.
Yes, Gustav Vasa.
The 'bulk' at the knees and over the torso is to absorb and nullify penetrating or crushing blows, resulting in no (or greatly reduced) injuries. They also provide the best shapes for protection (most impacts will not find purchase and will slide aside) for a seated cavalryman. The same form is suitable for both women and men, and you would not be able to tell based on harness which you were facing.
The 'bulk' at the knees and over the torso is to absorb and nullify penetrating or crushing blows, resulting in no (or greatly reduced) injuries. They also provide the best shapes for protection (most impacts will not find purchase and will slide aside) for a seated cavalryman. The same form is suitable for both women and men, and you would not be able to tell based on harness which you were facing.
You gotta be kidding me.
Eredin is an Aen Elle elf from another world who leads a horde of ghastly riders known as the wild hunt across the sky, and he used to possess the ability to control space and time.
Do you think a character of such caliber should wear an armor that humans wore in the medieval or something similar to it ?
So you want the KING of the Wild hunt to be wearing a boring and unimaginative armor that regular humans historically wore ?
No way. He should look distinguished from humans. Eredin would wear the most provocative and intimidating armor to show off that he is the ONE and to make his prey believe that "they cannot defy the cold of his and his army's steel".
And how do you know this? Eredin is certainly a badass, but not a show-off. I think intimidation and fear should come from his character, not from some ridiculous armor set.
Well, peasants are easy to intimidate...They are already affraid of almost everything and everyone: monsters, soldiers, bandits, non-humans...
Eredin does not need a bucket on his head to instill extra fear in them...Cavalry of spectral riders thatt travel across the sky is terrifying enough
Who else should be scared? Geralt?
I don't think he is easily impressed or intimidated
Eredin does not need a bucket on his head to instill extra fear in them...Cavalry of spectral riders thatt travel across the sky is terrifying enough
Who else should be scared? Geralt?
I don't think he is easily impressed or intimidated
And where are you getting this "he's not a show-off" idea? He and the rest of the Wild Hunt ride skeleton horses and wear rusty skeleton armor. That sounds purposefully intimidating.
Because I read the books, it was his personality that made him intimidating, not his look.
Wild Hunt wear skeleton armors to hide their true nature, to make people think that they are ghosts, things that cant be physically harmed, because if people found out that Wild Hunt is just bunch of marauding elves, it would be their end.
Making themselves look like ghosts with skeleton armor is intimidating, not just deceitful.
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I feel like I should bring this up. We haven't seen Triss in-game since the Sword of Destiny trailer, if memory serves. We have, however, seen several renders of her. While in the Sword of Destiny trailer Triss looks much like her Witcher 2 self, the recent renders we've seen look off. Her nose is really narrow, while her jaw looks really wide and kind of manly.
Sword of Destiny Triss (+ that hidden image in the cosplay guide, looks like a gameplay model to me)
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Weird render Triss
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Also of note is the steelbook with Triss on the back, where she resembles the Sword of Destiny version to me.
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So here's hoping that Triss still looks like the Sword of Destiny version in-game and that the renders are just a fluke.
Sword of Destiny Triss (+ that hidden image in the cosplay guide, looks like a gameplay model to me)
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Weird render Triss
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Also of note is the steelbook with Triss on the back, where she resembles the Sword of Destiny version to me.
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So here's hoping that Triss still looks like the Sword of Destiny version in-game and that the renders are just a fluke.
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I feel your pain and concern.
My favourite model so far has been the SOD one but its been quite confusing with her different models and not seeing her in any of the trailers since then also a bit dissapointing.
Hoping her in game model is the same as the SOD one.