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  • @Niobesnuppa
    @Niobesnuppa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    The name Pesta is actually taken from Norwegian folklore. Back during the black death plague, in Norway there were legends of a sickly old woman dressed in black who carried a broom and a rake, and would visit town after town, and if she used her rake, some would die and some would live, while if she used her broom, all would die.

  • @pranavtyagi7478
    @pranavtyagi7478 6 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    Dude when Annabelle kissed him I gagged that’s the best side quest ever!!!!!! I love the whole vibe, story and everything shit had more depth than the whole Skyrim main quest! ALSO GREAT CONTENT 👌🏽

    • @WitcherGeorge
      @WitcherGeorge  6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Very gag worthy moment aha, thank you as well Pranav!

    • @liamdoes8580
      @liamdoes8580 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yea at first I was like eeeew please don't do this and then she turned back human and it was kinda nice also I heard about this ending as I originally got the other one played through the whole quest again so I could get it

    • @gergoretvari6373
      @gergoretvari6373 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      skyrim main quests suck big time

    • @OpeKush600
      @OpeKush600 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      How do you start the side quest? I bring Annabelle’s bones back to him after the Fyke island quest and she turns, I walk back into his house and he seems dead and the plague maiden vanishes, but I don’t get any quest prompt to deal with the quest.

  • @aLostTeddyBear
    @aLostTeddyBear 6 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    This game is so amazing that even side stories have different endings wtf

    • @TheKisj
      @TheKisj 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      It's what we get when the developers go for quality over quantity

    • @thepokemontrainer6094
      @thepokemontrainer6094 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s not just the game, the series itself is so insane that even the old illustrations make it look like a real historical period.

  • @mathewpoole3589
    @mathewpoole3589 6 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    You over looked one other possible cause of the curse.
    As her lover was leaving the isle, he said something along the lines "I curse you all" if memory serves.
    A combination of her cause of death, feelings of betrayal and longing for her lover, plus his own part in cursing the island. Is what not only bound her in such a way, but is also why it can be broken with their embrace of one another.
    That was my take in it anyway :)

    • @WitcherGeorge
      @WitcherGeorge  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That is an aspect of her curse specifically, but I was referring to her becoming a pesta specifically (as opposed to other more common wraiths)!

    • @mathewpoole3589
      @mathewpoole3589 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@WitcherGeorge
      I'm aware, the only reason I bring it up, is because not only does Geralt himself take an interest in the lover's curse, but the fact that she remains a pesta unless he lifts his own side of the curse. She kills him either way so taking his life is not the cure.
      My take is that she only became a pests as apposed to a normal wraith, because of her lover's curse.
      She was doomed to become a wraith, but is was he who turned her into a pesta.

  • @LordofBroccoli
    @LordofBroccoli 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Awww, thank you for making this video :) Plague maidens became one of my favorite monsters after playing A Towerful of Mice, happy to see them covered here!

    • @WitcherGeorge
      @WitcherGeorge  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Np man! thanks for watching!

  • @firechar27
    @firechar27 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love these lore videos you do. Very informative, especially as someone who's only played Witcher 3 and just started reading the books.
    I was curious if you consider doing a lore video on trolls or rock trolls? They seem interesting because they are kinda dimwitted, yet they have the intelligence to converse and understand certain concepts (shoes, jobs, etc)

  • @geraltofrivia7448
    @geraltofrivia7448 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Happy new year witcher

  • @baconlover7747
    @baconlover7747 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Could you do a video summarizing the differences between each Witcher school in a bit of detail? Appreciate all the work you put into your videos

    • @WitcherGeorge
      @WitcherGeorge  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've done a series on the witcher schools! Thank you as well!

    • @baconlover7747
      @baconlover7747 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WitcherGeorge well damn I should look harder next time lol thanks

  • @taylorvalerygrenier5621
    @taylorvalerygrenier5621 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I'd like to see more videos on all the specter class. Maybe cover their cause or why of each type of specters?

  • @Witcherino
    @Witcherino 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I was gonna suggest a Christmast video the last time and you uploaded the Midinváerne/Yule video.
    Then I was gonna suggest the Catriona plague and here we are, close enough.

  • @aA-hq4km
    @aA-hq4km 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So cute how Gerald turns around to give them some privacy 😊

  • @_d.i.n.i_
    @_d.i.n.i_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    creepy quest but kinda sad 😥 watch out for that tongue lady lol Happy New Year btw have a great one guys 🙌🎉🎊 and happy b'day for me ✌

    • @thomask.9129
      @thomask.9129 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Happy birthday! :D

    • @katrailhitchens7072
      @katrailhitchens7072 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Happy birthday.

    • @eitanmikhailov3864
      @eitanmikhailov3864 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Happy bday my dude have a great one and a happy new year :D

    • @_d.i.n.i_
      @_d.i.n.i_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      thanks 😊

    • @WitcherGeorge
      @WitcherGeorge  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Scary tongue lady, happy birthday for 6 days ago as well! Sorry I'm late!

  • @joyfuldude4538
    @joyfuldude4538 6 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    HEY YOU
    YEAH YOU SCROLLIN THROUGH THE COMMENTS. HAPPY NEW YEAR

  • @jacobliu472
    @jacobliu472 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I thought i played the Witcher a lot, but whenever you make a vid I learn something new! Happy New Years my guy!

    • @WitcherGeorge
      @WitcherGeorge  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you man! I'm glad you learned something new, have a good year!

  • @lisaowens5070
    @lisaowens5070 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm kind of new to your channel, but I really enjoy your explanations of Geralt's world. Question: are there any crossroads demons types of entities? I'd love to hear about them! Thanks !

  • @elguapo3937
    @elguapo3937 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love that mission and had no idea that was an ending option

  • @Grimfaxe
    @Grimfaxe 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Holy shit that quest freaked me out!! Didn't know what to expect when I stepped into that tower. For sure one of the best quests in the game!

  • @daniellynch5881
    @daniellynch5881 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Finally the video about annabelle it was worth the wait keep up the great work 🙂

    • @WitcherGeorge
      @WitcherGeorge  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you Daniel!

    • @daniellynch5881
      @daniellynch5881 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WitcherGeorge no problem bro 👌 love your content 😊

  • @mando_dablord2646
    @mando_dablord2646 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember walking around not really knowing what to do in the tower, and I tried leaving which caused Anabelle to attack. Not knowing that actually put me on the happier ending. Plus my game was bugged and Yyrden didn't have an effect on her until I loaded...

  • @TheRhade666
    @TheRhade666 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Witcher George for the great content and happy new year!

    • @WitcherGeorge
      @WitcherGeorge  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks man, you have a good new year too!

  • @Mut11
    @Mut11 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video man .. i was wondering if you could do a video on characters named Cahir, Milva and another one that starts with an a I forgot the spelling for, I didn't find any information on them so I'd really appreciate it if you would do a video on them

    • @WitcherGeorge
      @WitcherGeorge  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good idea, the company is great!

    • @Mut11
      @Mut11 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      WitcherGeorge appreciate it man it's great that you've my seen my comment wish you a good luck

  • @Ashen_Sparrow
    @Ashen_Sparrow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i had no idea you could bring Graham to Annabelle until this moment.

  • @toryhaas9459
    @toryhaas9459 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Please do the kayran from the Witcher 2!!!!!!

  • @markusluck7280
    @markusluck7280 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can you do a video about alps or Bruxas please. Maybe you can also take some informations from the books about them. That would be nice

    • @WitcherGeorge
      @WitcherGeorge  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good idea man! I could go specifically into the species I suppose!

  • @smithy3211
    @smithy3211 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Happy new year, my witcher comrad !

  • @hydrogenone6866
    @hydrogenone6866 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    *Happy New Year George!*

    • @WitcherGeorge
      @WitcherGeorge  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you man!

    • @hydrogenone6866
      @hydrogenone6866 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      WitcherGeorge, May it be prosperous year for ya.

  • @UnimpressedGoose
    @UnimpressedGoose 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was one of my favourite missions. Finding out that girl got eaten alive by rats was hardcore lol btw happy New Year WitcherGeorge

    • @WitcherGeorge
      @WitcherGeorge  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Happy new year as well and it is very creepy!

    • @AdminAbuse
      @AdminAbuse 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The random lol wad needed

  • @Fourth_horseman23
    @Fourth_horseman23 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey George I was thinking about a lore video on the different sea monsters or Lilith the demon God of the witcher universe

  • @MjollTheLioness-o4y
    @MjollTheLioness-o4y 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Once the guy told me to leave him alone in his house I left. I thought the quest was over. I then heard him scream from outside and went back in to realize I'd released her on Velen. Oops.

  • @The.Mr.JBiggs
    @The.Mr.JBiggs 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have you ever done a video on Rock Trolls? I would like to know more about them

  • @djblue056
    @djblue056 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey Witcher George! Dunno if you did him yet but if you could do a video on foltest that would be great.

    • @WitcherGeorge
      @WitcherGeorge  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      That sounds like a good idea man!

  • @Puppy_Puppington
    @Puppy_Puppington 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    lol, they have poppy extract IVs in the witcher universe ?! badass

  • @evapospisilova1386
    @evapospisilova1386 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Happy new year!

  • @JAIMEGARCIA-gw9re
    @JAIMEGARCIA-gw9re 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the best side quest

  • @aaronjabari6895
    @aaronjabari6895 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    that ALOT of "perhaps" the most sensical one would be the one you didn't mention....perhaps....they appear in an areas that has been plagued AND they have alot of hatred

  • @muhammedtahir786
    @muhammedtahir786 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    good to know there is another way to do this mission i'll do it in my new game ++

  • @OminousKnightXIX
    @OminousKnightXIX 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Plague Maidens and Penitants are the coolest wraiths in The Witcher by far in my opinion

  • @anonymousk4694
    @anonymousk4694 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you please make a video on the 3 wars b/w nilfgaard and the northern realms and what was the result cause I have no idea about the wars.(using the Witcher world maps) Also pls explain why the wars occurred if not for territorial expansion.
    Pls explain why vesemir supports the northern realms.

  • @anthonycanela7832
    @anthonycanela7832 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Happy new year

  • @UltraManager
    @UltraManager 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This game had alot of thoughs into it.

  • @alphacentauri3069
    @alphacentauri3069 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Toss a coin to your Witcher every time he says maybe or perhaps

  • @rinokumura7371
    @rinokumura7371 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Happy New Year!

  • @salahezio2208
    @salahezio2208 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Could you make a video on penitent spectre

  • @garbagereviews3236
    @garbagereviews3236 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have a great new year

  • @tech_cookie4445
    @tech_cookie4445 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:31 in the witch unviverse?? Do some goddamn research chuma or plague maiden is a slavic folklore monster/goddess i think it originated from my country Bulgaria

  • @fantasticfail1796
    @fantasticfail1796 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I felt bad for the both of them, but I love a tragic love story.

    • @WitcherGeorge
      @WitcherGeorge  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It definitely adds so much to the game!

  • @dominikdembicky8686
    @dominikdembicky8686 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    gud shit happy new year

  • @adithyar697
    @adithyar697 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice video george
    How about a making a video on milva?

  • @thomask.9129
    @thomask.9129 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Happy New Year everyone!!

  • @TheBeastr
    @TheBeastr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Literally finished my university course on folklore, basically monster class; I was able to pick the Pesta as my subject for a term long paper. Pretty intriguing creature and the symbolism it uses to represent a inversion of the common fertility symbols used in the daily life of commoners a d nobles alike

    • @WitcherGeorge
      @WitcherGeorge  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      That is very interesting! Good info, I hope you did well on your course!

  • @_zombie_queen_
    @_zombie_queen_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you bring her remains to the town doesn't everyone catch the plague.

  • @sanduandreirabidscorn3224
    @sanduandreirabidscorn3224 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Are there other plague maidens other then this one?

    • @skyhawkslcb18
      @skyhawkslcb18 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      there's at least one other in the world, i know that much

  • @JJJJspam
    @JJJJspam 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cockitrace or botchling. Gargoyle or golem

  • @DARKSHATOW
    @DARKSHATOW 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You should do some summary videos on the witcher books and what transpires throughout each.

  • @seraph9969
    @seraph9969 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Enjoy 2019 you beautiful bastards

  • @owensowers6314
    @owensowers6314 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    when will you upload a new witcher 3 part?

  • @Lohengrin88
    @Lohengrin88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember seeing this the first time, Scared the living shyte out of me I had to pause and breathe for a while.

  • @IliterateFoo
    @IliterateFoo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn I did this quest wrong 😂🤣 I brought her bones to him and left then she killed him lol just heard him scream and I came back in and he was dead

  • @tylerkremer5639
    @tylerkremer5639 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wait im confused i thought he died he did in my play through i brought him her bones and then i went back into his house not a minute later and that wraith was standing over his dead body what did i do wrong

  • @aakk3619
    @aakk3619 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Who else took her bones to the guy and got him killed

  • @itsmeaubree
    @itsmeaubree 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I regretted helping Annabelle so much that when I completed the game I started over so I could go back and kill her.

  • @dimitris701
    @dimitris701 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ηappy new year!!

  • @GobblinTeacups
    @GobblinTeacups 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Its not called Eredin. its YURDEN

  • @tylerbaldwin3269
    @tylerbaldwin3269 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I felt so bad when I realized what the woman actually was. A little codex thing popped up saying that she might have caused a big plague appear, and seeing as I thought this was the only outcome to the mission, I was hesitant to repeat it on my second playthrough.

    • @WitcherGeorge
      @WitcherGeorge  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's a creepy mission, I fell so bad for her!

  • @aA-hq4km
    @aA-hq4km 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    BTW pest is the German word for plauge

  • @RadagonTheRed
    @RadagonTheRed 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Get in there, it’s festering, find the place they call the putrid grove. What’s that smell? Shat himself like a novice.

  • @eitanmikhailov3864
    @eitanmikhailov3864 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    What I do wonder is what happens when annabelle is appeased as the plague did start before her since its not really covered as a whole.

    • @WitcherGeorge
      @WitcherGeorge  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I believe that there is a possibility Keira can find a cure!

  • @les8947
    @les8947 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    graham actually kissed her dude holy shit.

  • @corocsat8469
    @corocsat8469 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    To dark to see anything

  • @lefthandcigg4253
    @lefthandcigg4253 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wa t does jolly rancher font have to do with the Witcher?

  • @katrailhitchens7072
    @katrailhitchens7072 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Talk about tongue action am I right? No? Just me? Ok.

  • @thugli4328
    @thugli4328 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Maybe a video on why Relict oil works on all the relicts. Relicts are generally monsters that can't really be classified in any of the other categories of the bestiary. They are very different ranging from fiends to the Crones. I just It doesn't really make sense for relict oil to work on all of them

  • @OpticalArxenal
    @OpticalArxenal 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Inb4 plague is caused by pesta's themselves, rats being their minions. Pesta's could be caused women dying while they feel a lot of hatred, need for vengeance, for example over being abandoned.
    That kiss was so gag-worthy though, I cringed and had to look away.

  • @hydrogenone6866
    @hydrogenone6866 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What horrible way to go.

  • @pearsnake1994
    @pearsnake1994 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    *Pestas

  • @JohnWick14388
    @JohnWick14388 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm suggest..... your mom.