@@damndanielrealass8004 What are the problems in controls in your opinions? I have encountered none. Also hack and slash games are like Skyrim, and no way in hell they have more "diverse movesets" than The Witcher 3.
Drowners are based on real-world Slavic mytholgical creatures known as wodnik, vodník, vodyanoy etc. From the stories I've heard, they are sentient, wear old tattered clothes and usually a hat. They have either green skin or green hair, have finger membranes, but otherwise look like men. Sometimes they're evil, sometimes good, sometimes just neutral. Evil ones pull people into water and drown them, so that they can harvest their souls, neutral and good ones just collect souls of people who had drowned by other means. The souls are always stored in cups in their underwater homes.
I think I know where the origin of the myth about drowners being the corpses of drowned criminals. Think about it drowner’s are necrophages, meaning they eat dead tissue. And this is a medieval society, brutal punishments for criminals such as drowning are commonplace. It’s possible that when people punished their criminals by drowning, drowners would show up later to eat the corpses and cause trouble for villagers as a result. To a villager who doesn’t know better they might see the correlation and think it equals causation.
Those would be the Vodyanoi from Witcher 1, they are fishmen that come out at night to convert humans in villages into fishmen thralls. They aren't the same thing as Drowners though. Muppet fucked up.
Water hag is water type of hag not hag type of drowner- i think that it might help (I'm Polish and get the real original names and folklore so yeah) anyways happy to help
Hydrogen One you can look around and see if there is a translation of this book available: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Ancient_Tale_(novel) That's a pretty good start.
I'm never going to get tired of Skyrim and Fallout videos, but I'd love to see more Witcher lore and videos from all the other games you three love. This also reminds me that I really need to get back to Witcher 3....
super excited Fudgemuppet is doing Witcher lore now. Don't get me wrong I love skyrim and fallout but I started getting a bit burnt out, so it's good to see this channel applying its great story/lore telling skills to other games I love. Keep up the good work!
Yes Witcher 3 is better than Skyrim, i'd say. The scenery better, actual big cities, villages, more voice actors, better voice acting, better story, better quests, your choices actually have consequences (mostly) There's no debate on the Skyrim v Witcher 3 comparison. Witcher 3 crushes Skyrim by a mile
This is really cool, I love the background videos of civilian life in witcher 3. makes me appreciate again the way almost everything sways with the wind, and townsfolk go about their lives.
THANK GOD THAT WELL-STRUCTURED AND WELL-RESEARCHED WITCHER LORE VIDEOS FINALLY EXIST. The cherry on top is that it's coming from one of my favorite rpg lore channels!
Yesss please omg this is going to give youre channel such a boost + theres just so much lore in the series looking forward to every one of the upcoming vids ;)
Love these videos. I am going to play through the witcher 3 again because of your vids. Please continue your work . Would love to see a vid on vampires (especially strong ones like Detlaff) and other parts of the Witcher Lore.
Took a break from playing Fallout 4, and started playing Witcher 3 for the first time, so it's awesome that you're doing Witcher 3 videos now. More, please! You could also do videos about builds.
I like that theory about water hags being the breeding partners. It could be a queen ant colony situation. Like the hags are the queens. They're always around them.
In Polish lore drowners were simply people who drowned themselves (or simply downed, or were drowned by drowners) and were transformed into monsters by the stron emotions connected to their deaths. There were tons of legends about people who died suddenly or by unnatural deaths truing into demons after death.
I've never played any of the Witcher games, but I've always been really interested in the game's lore. This was an awesome video, and I'm certainly looking forward to more. What a creepy creature! I love it!
It is explained that drowners and water hags coexist very very often in their nesting grounds. You even see such a water hag lair during a quest in skellige. Drowners are nekrophages, meaning they are a humanoid-like race like ghuls and waterhags, meaning they are no cursed creature and dont connect to something like a botchling who is created due to a curse. Even if both feed on human flesh and share some similarities in behavour, they are clearly categorized differently. That leads me to conclude: drowners are the male counterpart to waterhags. After the conjunction of spheres, peasants and humans needed an explanation for how these vile creatures can be so similar to them. They couldnt accept that these were simply beast-like humanoids. They had to be corrupted corpses in their opinion. Almost like the humans couldnt accept that vampires aren't monsterous, turned an cursed humans. As regis states in the books: humans cant accept the thought of vampires being superior in self regeneration, the lack of a need for a brain, organs or lungs to live and their expanded life spans, they called higher vampires monsters, turned humans. Humans in this world cant wrap their had around the idea of a creature similar to humans which appears so monsterous.
These fuckers are fast and enemies do attack in groups in TW3, but nothing is more awesome than hearing the "Silver For Monsters" track start while dancing around a group of Drowners, chopping them to pieces or reducing them to cinders with Igni. I've never, ever used the lock-on mechanic for that very reason. I want to keep the entire group of enemies in my sight, not just focus on one while being ganked from behind and from the sides.
Geralt, at the beginning of The Witcher 3, after a quest he tells people to bury the bodies of the village "deep underground", so the Drowners don't reach them... I guess that's how they reproduce...
I always thought that they were that amphibian creature that geralt finds when investigating the dead pearl divers, the story with the mermaid in either sword of destiny or the last wish. The Duke even calls them drowners. Though they have metal spears and armor and have an underwater city.
Drowners - Polish: Utopce - are actually a distinct slavic demons, although they were sometimes associated with wodnik. Much like a second type of water demons - topielec, which was sometimes associated with utopiec.
This is one of those enemies that really taught new players that this ain't no hack and slash game lol
More like dodge and slash... but i get your point. Large group of drowners are annoying.
DwightSmith whirl and severence. That is the best way
Didn't it ever! But once i started thinking dark souls and not god of war i did alright!
Bwuh different controls, yes, but the Witcher 3 isn’t a hack and slash game, so it’s controls aren’t for a hack and slash.
@@damndanielrealass8004 What are the problems in controls in your opinions? I have encountered none. Also hack and slash games are like Skyrim, and no way in hell they have more "diverse movesets" than The Witcher 3.
Great now I want to play the Witcher 3 again...
I am actually on my first playthrough so seeing the start of a new witcher series is awesome.
And I literally just uninstalled
Ragnar Lothbrok _ we all do...
Leaf what?!
Ragnar Lothbrok _ me too
Drowners are based on real-world Slavic mytholgical creatures known as wodnik, vodník, vodyanoy etc. From the stories I've heard, they are sentient, wear old tattered clothes and usually a hat. They have either green skin or green hair, have finger membranes, but otherwise look like men. Sometimes they're evil, sometimes good, sometimes just neutral. Evil ones pull people into water and drown them, so that they can harvest their souls, neutral and good ones just collect souls of people who had drowned by other means. The souls are always stored in cups in their underwater homes.
Slavic kappas?
Drowners are based on drowners, lol. Wodnik is a totally different creature although they were sometimes confused.
What are you talking about?
I'm saying that drowners are NOT based on wodniks because they are two distinct creatures.
You're stil not making any sense. There are no drowners outside of the Witcherverse.
OOO a Witcher video! Haven't seen these in a while!
+Anomaly Get keen 😁😁
I miss them honestly. Shit I miss the game. Maybe I’ll replay it
You are doing Witcher stuff now? Sweet.
He started his own channel which focuses on Witcher Lore. Google "Drewston"
I will look into it, thank you.
@@porridgepatrol1907 that lasted long
So excited you guys are doing the Witcher !!!
+Wayne Brookover Super glad to hear it ❤
Me to i Love it
many women before you have said this.
I dont know but they certainly aren't argonians.......
I think I know where the origin of the myth about drowners being the corpses of drowned criminals. Think about it drowner’s are necrophages, meaning they eat dead tissue. And this is a medieval society, brutal punishments for criminals such as drowning are commonplace. It’s possible that when people punished their criminals by drowning, drowners would show up later to eat the corpses and cause trouble for villagers as a result. To a villager who doesn’t know better they might see the correlation and think it equals causation.
Agreed
Wew! I’m like 80 hours into a new play through so this seems rather timely to come out. Very awesome stuff, keep it coming.
the drowner curse sounds more realistic than water hags and em breeding lol
I love you guys for posting The Witcher 3, I can't wait for more ;)
+Fifteenfirefox Games And Vlogs We love you too. Thanks so much for supporting it ❤
This is just what this channel needs
Holy shit, a Witcher 3 video?
I am reminded of the Deep Ones from Lovecraft.
Those would be the Vodyanoi from Witcher 1, they are fishmen that come out at night to convert humans in villages into fishmen thralls. They aren't the same thing as Drowners though. Muppet fucked up.
What about the Water Hag?
Water hag is water type of hag not hag type of drowner- i think that it might help (I'm Polish and get the real original names and folklore so yeah) anyways happy to help
One of the baron's men said that hags are originally women cursed because of their bad behaviours & actions
Adam II, Know any good folklore/ stories it would be interesting to hear.
Hydrogen One you can look around and see if there is a translation of this book available: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Ancient_Tale_(novel) That's a pretty good start.
leave my mom out of this!
I'm never going to get tired of Skyrim and Fallout videos, but I'd love to see more Witcher lore and videos from all the other games you three love. This also reminds me that I really need to get back to Witcher 3....
This was a great video with very nice elements, keep it up!
+that one guy you kinda know but not really cheers!!
Theoretical that drowners and water hags bread grouse thanks for nurning that image into my head
I just started another play through of the witcher 3. Love the deep lore in the either universe and this could totally expand your page more.
A bit off topic but I just REALLY liked the footage you got for this video, it's taken very well and I'm glad you got all the drowner varieties !!!
Your videos on the witcher lore and its background in real mythologies is what i was looking for ever since i played the game...keep up the good work
super excited Fudgemuppet is doing Witcher lore now. Don't get me wrong I love skyrim and fallout but I started getting a bit burnt out, so it's good to see this channel applying its great story/lore telling skills to other games I love. Keep up the good work!
Yes Witcher 3 is better than Skyrim, i'd say. The scenery better, actual big cities, villages, more voice actors, better voice acting, better story, better quests, your choices actually have consequences (mostly)
There's no debate on the Skyrim v Witcher 3 comparison. Witcher 3 crushes Skyrim by a mile
You're right, this isn't a debate. But Skyrim was ps3
Skyrim was also made several years before the witcher. Both are very impressive games.
OK n'wah
This is really cool, I love the background videos of civilian life in witcher 3. makes me appreciate again the way almost everything sways with the wind, and townsfolk go about their lives.
Glad you decided to do Witcher lore videos. Hope to see more of them in the future.
THANK GOD THAT WELL-STRUCTURED AND WELL-RESEARCHED WITCHER LORE VIDEOS FINALLY EXIST. The cherry on top is that it's coming from one of my favorite rpg lore channels!
I'd love to see a lot video on the Witches of Crookback Bog. That was the first big quest I did, and it really stuck with me.
Thank you for covering the lore of my favorite books/games.
This channel is all about my 3 favorite game franchises of all time. Subscribed!
This is cool spicing things up :)
I BEG OF YOU, CONTINUE THIS SERIES!!! The creatures of The Witcher universe are the best part!!
Awesome! You really did the Witcher lore justice here. Can't wait for part 2
The thought of Drowners and Water hags smashing is horrifying... Thanks for that
Yesss please omg this is going to give youre channel such a boost + theres just so much lore in the series looking forward to every one of the upcoming vids ;)
Love the Witcher, the world, the lore, Geralt, keep these vids coming Fudgemuppet
Absolutely love the Witcher Lore starting up!! Favorite series right there. Keep up the great work Drew!
I just started playing the WITCHER for the first time now this fudgemuppet is the best man
CAN WE PLEASE HAVE MOOOOOORRRRREEEEE!
You managed to pull off the cinematic quality of your Skyrim videos on The Witcher... I'm impressed
Nice to see that you guys are doing some witcher videos
I am playing the witcher 3 at the moment for the first time :)
First video of yours I’ve run across. Excellent writing. Really enjoyed this.
Love these videos. I am going to play through the witcher 3 again because of your vids. Please continue your work . Would love to see a vid on vampires (especially strong ones like Detlaff) and other parts of the Witcher Lore.
Please do more of these. Witcher lore from Fudgemuppet. It is combination made in heaven.
Soooo happy to see this vid! Definitely want more Witcher lore!! Keep up the great work!
If you are starting with common nuisances how about Ghouls, Harpies or those bug/spider things? (Echenda?)
Endregas
I really hope u keep doing witcher lore because it has so much but not many people talk about it
I love that you made a Witcher 3 lore video! Please make more!
This is a great world to mine for lore and to have you guys do it will be a real treat. Hope you's keep it up. :)
Pleasr more witcher related video 😁
im built like a drowner
Took a break from playing Fallout 4, and started playing Witcher 3 for the first time, so it's awesome that you're doing Witcher 3 videos now. More, please! You could also do videos about builds.
Subbed and liked, man I love these subjects that adds so much imagination.
I loved this and would love more! Especially an in depth explanation of the Conjunction
I like that theory about water hags being the breeding partners. It could be a queen ant colony situation. Like the hags are the queens. They're always around them.
For some reason, there aren't many videos on the lore of the Witcher, even though it's great, I hope you do more.
I feel so much more immersed while playing, cuz I know the story behind the creature that I will fight, like a true witcher :D
I'm playing Witcher 3 at the moment, so greatly appreciate and look forward to this series. Wicked video, thanks alot :)
As long as the channel still churns out Fallout and Skyrim content at a breakneck rate, I'm happy to see more Witcher lore.
Yes! Witcher video's! more please :D
+Kevin Verzee Glad you like it!!
Such a great video. Keen for this series. Been loving the Witcher lately. Just finished the first novel and its great!
Yay! So glad you're doing Witcher videos! My fav ♥️
Finally a good channel with Witcher lore, keep it up!
+Max Schreurs Thank you so much Max 😃
Please do more Witcher lore videos!
+The Digital Plude We probably will try to have one every week or so 👍👍👍
Drowners or how I call them "easy xp farmers"
In Polish lore drowners were simply people who drowned themselves (or simply downed, or were drowned by drowners) and were transformed into monsters by the stron emotions connected to their deaths. There were tons of legends about people who died suddenly or by unnatural deaths truing into demons after death.
Good job continue with this series I love the Wither one of my all time favorite games ever
The Witcher content on FudgeMuppet? Sweet!
I am so glad your doing witcher lore it's somthing I've wanted for some time
Been subscribed for a while and this video series reminds me why!
OH MY GOD! Im so excited you're doing Witcher lore! 😄 love love love this!
+hayley Mather Thank you!!
FudgeMuppet you're welcome :) listening to Drews dulcet tones as we speak haha
YES! FUDGEMUPPET + WITCHER = AMAZING!!! DO MORE!
Watched all your Witcher lore videos and would love to see more!
This channel is fckin great, I binged all the witcher videos
I'm very happy to see the Witcher 3 on here. I hope you will continue with it
I just started playing the witcher series from the beginning and just faced my first vodyanoi :D
Keep em' coming :D
The conjunction of spheres brought a lot of monsters over... and humans.
This was great to watch I would love to watch more of these in the future.
Please make more Witcher lore videos, I thoroughly enjoyed this video :)
Nice video, man. Just made me want to read the books again.
Gopnik water monsters.
What dosent this game series have?
Wow nice video I can not wait for the Next part of the series !!!
I've never played any of the Witcher games, but I've always been really interested in the game's lore.
This was an awesome video, and I'm certainly looking forward to more. What a creepy creature! I love it!
Should definitely keep keep doing this witcher lore videos
Awesome! This gets to see more people! Are the rest of Drews Witcher videos going up here?
It is explained that drowners and water hags coexist very very often in their nesting grounds. You even see such a water hag lair during a quest in skellige. Drowners are nekrophages, meaning they are a humanoid-like race like ghuls and waterhags, meaning they are no cursed creature and dont connect to something like a botchling who is created due to a curse. Even if both feed on human flesh and share some similarities in behavour, they are clearly categorized differently. That leads me to conclude: drowners are the male counterpart to waterhags. After the conjunction of spheres, peasants and humans needed an explanation for how these vile creatures can be so similar to them. They couldnt accept that these were simply beast-like humanoids. They had to be corrupted corpses in their opinion. Almost like the humans couldnt accept that vampires aren't monsterous, turned an cursed humans. As regis states in the books: humans cant accept the thought of vampires being superior in self regeneration, the lack of a need for a brain, organs or lungs to live and their expanded life spans, they called higher vampires monsters, turned humans. Humans in this world cant wrap their had around the idea of a creature similar to humans which appears so monsterous.
Bet this series is starting to blow up now with the influx of new players
On land: Die to 100 crossbow shots
In water: Die to 2
Feels like watching a paranormal channel but for Witcher. Nice!
These fuckers are fast and enemies do attack in groups in TW3, but nothing is more awesome than hearing the "Silver For Monsters" track start while dancing around a group of Drowners, chopping them to pieces or reducing them to cinders with Igni.
I've never, ever used the lock-on mechanic for that very reason. I want to keep the entire group of enemies in my sight, not just focus on one while being ganked from behind and from the sides.
In the Witcher 3 you see the Butcher’s wife become a Water Hag through a curse.
Ooooohhh boiii, branching out to the Witcher Lore, i love it. Keep up these vids
Nice video! Keep up the good work!
I'm so glad this exists!! I just started playing the game myself! So excited to learn more about this awesome game~
Geralt, at the beginning of The Witcher 3, after a quest he tells people to bury the bodies of the village "deep underground", so the Drowners don't reach them... I guess that's how they reproduce...
Yes fucking yes !!!!! The second I heard ur voice ..insta subbed ... Good presentation man ..crisp vids ..keep it coming !! Good job!!
Keep these series up boi
Awesome video! need more of these videos!
I always thought that they were that amphibian creature that geralt finds when investigating the dead pearl divers, the story with the mermaid in either sword of destiny or the last wish. The Duke even calls them drowners. Though they have metal spears and armor and have an underwater city.
Awesome narration man, you should do audiobooks.
Drowners - Polish: Utopce - are actually a distinct slavic demons, although they were sometimes associated with wodnik. Much like a second type of water demons - topielec, which was sometimes associated with utopiec.