When Geralt shows up to investigate, the miners are skeptical another witcher has already come through, collected a bag of money, and left without even attempting to solve the problem.Īll that turns out to be a lie, of course. The miners suspect the creature is a vukodlak, which is basically a werewolf that gestates in the womb of a woman who dies when she’s pregnant. But as Geralt attempts to figure out what exactly has been killing the people of Temeria, the kingdom turns out to be a pretty intriguing place.
There has been a lot of talk about different kingdoms and rulers, but it has felt more like background detail than anything we’re actually supposed to understand or care about. So far, The Witcher has mostly been content to tell extremely simple stories in an extremely complicated world. “Betrayer Moon” is a nutty, genre-bending blend of fantasy and mystery: Geralt of Rivia’s latest gig takes him to the icy kingdom of Temeria to hunt a monster that has been slaughtering the commoners, who have consequently planned a rebellion against their seemingly indifferent king. But if I’m really being honest, this is what I was hoping to see all along. The first two episodes of The Witcher had plenty of stuff I liked and plenty of stuff I didn’t.
