Priests in the Witcher universe
Watching the recent trailer I thought about the role of priests/priestess in the witcher universe and witcher 3.
I never really understood who they are . They seem to have magic abilities but according to the books (don't remember who exactly said this) their magic is different from the one the sorcerers/sorceress are using. Is their magic really different or are they just saying this to distinguish themselves from the mages?
Another point how spread magic is between priests. Nenneke seems to have magic powers as she us much older than Geralt and no ordinary human could live that long. The priestess in Skellige also used some magic on Yennefer if I remember correctly. Other priests like the guy from act 1 witcher 1 were just ordinary humans.
So are some of the priests just regular mages, who decided to become priests or is there more to them?
This brings me to another point. There seems to be a lot of hate for sorcerers/sorceress from coming priests. We read about it in the books, heard it from the guy in the recent trailer and the priest(or preacher) in act 3 of witcher 2. Where does this come from? Was it explained in the books why they stir up hatred against mages, especially considering that some of them also have magical abilities?
And my last question. Considering the trailer, do you think the conflicts between priests and mages will play a bigger role in witcher 3?
Watching the recent trailer I thought about the role of priests/priestess in the witcher universe and witcher 3.
I never really understood who they are . They seem to have magic abilities but according to the books (don't remember who exactly said this) their magic is different from the one the sorcerers/sorceress are using. Is their magic really different or are they just saying this to distinguish themselves from the mages?
Another point how spread magic is between priests. Nenneke seems to have magic powers as she us much older than Geralt and no ordinary human could live that long. The priestess in Skellige also used some magic on Yennefer if I remember correctly. Other priests like the guy from act 1 witcher 1 were just ordinary humans.
So are some of the priests just regular mages, who decided to become priests or is there more to them?
This brings me to another point. There seems to be a lot of hate for sorcerers/sorceress from coming priests. We read about it in the books, heard it from the guy in the recent trailer and the priest(or preacher) in act 3 of witcher 2. Where does this come from? Was it explained in the books why they stir up hatred against mages, especially considering that some of them also have magical abilities?
And my last question. Considering the trailer, do you think the conflicts between priests and mages will play a bigger role in witcher 3?