The Kikimora is an insectoid monster species that can be found in swamps. This creature very well may be a fire elemental, as The Witcher 2’s journal entry on them states, “Sorcerers proficient in the Art can create gateways to dimensions ruled by the four elements and force the creatures dwelling there to serve them.” Kikimora Lars Mikkelsen’s Stregobor returns for Season 2 and appears to conjure a woman of fire who may or may not be a monster. Without spoiling too much, Geralt meets this cursed man while looking into the deaths of a merchant and female companion near his manor.

The woman was part of Coram Agh Tera - also known as the Cult of the Lionhead Spider - and she cursed Nivellen to be a “monster in a man’s skin.” He would soon thereafter become a monster outwardly, while still staying himself. His younger days were spent as a gang member in Redania, where he was coerced into raping a young priestess while his partners robbed the temple of Gelibol.

Nivellen is a cursed man who appears in The Last Wish story and will be played by Game of Thrones’ Kristofer Hivju in the Netflix series’ second season. It has been confirmed that Agnes Bjorn will play her. In The Last Wish story, Geralt has to deal with the Bruxa Vareena at Nivellen’s Manor, which we know will be featured in this season. Bruxae appear in both The Witcher 2 and The Witcher 3’s Blood and Wine expansion. They are incredibly fast and often appear as attractive women to lure unsuspecting men to their doom so they can drink their blood. The Bruxa is a type of vampire that can take the form of both a dark-haired human and a large bat. While Geralt doesn’t run into one in the books and only hears of its legend, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s Geralt does and can find them in Velen, Reardon Manor, Downwarren, and more. The Leshy also has the ability to shapeshift and can take the forms of many things to stalk its prey. Some peasants in The Witcher’s world believe the Leshy to be a protector of the forest, but actually it appears to be a dangerous creature that hunts and surprises those walking in its home. A Leshy, or Leshen as they are also known, are forest monsters that are highly intelligent and are said to be iron-resistant.

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