Are The Wild Hunt Undead? Why They Look Like Skeletons

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The finale of The Witcher season 2 introduced the Wild Hunt, a group of specters who are now going after Ciri too, but what are they and why do they look like skeletons? One of the most extensive and rich universes in the fantasy genre is that of The Witcher, created by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, which started as a series of short stories and novels and became widely known thanks to its video game adaptations. The Witcher’s popularity is now growing thanks to its TV adaptation on Netflix, which is raising a lot of questions about some of the books and video games’ biggest characters.

Netflix’s The Witcher follows Geralt of Rivia (Henry Cavill), Yennefer of Vengerberg (Anya Chalotra), and Ciri (Freya Allan), whose paths converged towards the end of season 1 after following them through different places and points in time. The Witcher season 2 finally saw Geralt and Ciri together as they traveled to Kaer Morhen, where Ciri was trained, while Yennefer struggled on her own and eventually joined the witcher and the princess. The Witcher season 2 ended with a huge reveal, as it introduced the Wild Hunt, and even though they were briefly shown, it was enough to make an impact on the audience thanks to their spectral appearance.

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The Wild Hunt are a group of specters galloping in the sky and described by common folk as a cavalcade of wraiths on undead horses flying across the sky and serving as an omen of war. Although the Wild Hunt have a spectral look and look like skeletons giving the idea of them being undead, they are not specters and are definitely not undead. The Wild Hunt are actually Aen Elle elves from Tir ná Lia, and the skeletons are part of their look