What Are Higher Vampires? - Witcher Lore - Witcher Mythology - Witcher 3 lore - Witcher Monster Lore

[@WitcherGeorge]

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[@quinnellbatair8434]

Could you do a video solely on Philippa Eilhart?

[@GaryIsAwesome]

in a cave underneath the sewers of novigrad theres an unmakred quest that wakes up a vampire sleeping in a tomb which may be one, also the quest in novigrad where you find the mortician is the killer and attacker of priscilla states he is a higher vampire however he turns into a katakan looking form so im not sure

[@eljay2224]

Witchergeorge, can you do a video about gwent if u havent already?

[@cendiacocri]

I don't know if you made a video on this but I' ll just ask: pls do a video Aguara (or Sheefox)!

[@Magnamaster]

Do you think that the higher vampires or even the Elder Vamp would be able to fight or beat the Gold Dragon or gaunter o'dimm

[@fredbyoutubing]

Having read the books, I really loved the fact that blood is for Vampires what alcohol or drugs are for humans. Meaning they don't need it at all but are likely to have a taste for it and crave it.

[@Wellshem]

No wonder this universe was written in eastern Europe, this check out

[@andycampbell3929]

@@Wellshemit makes sense though. If there aren’t people where they come from. How did they sustain themselves?

[@sylvercloud6631]

There is actually one other Higher Vampire that is mentioned in the Witcher 3: Khagmar. This is told during the Tesham Mutna quest because he was kept and tortured there for quite some time as punishment.

[@AngraMango]

Is he alive?

[@sylvercloud6631]

@@AngraMango unfortunately CDPR didn't write a closure for this story. We can assume that he is since only higher vampires can kill each other and that it is forbidden. But since Tesham Mutna is empty in the game, that would mean he is free and roaming, quietly. Or perhaps a higher vampire can eventually kill himself?

[@tonyaxis3063]

He could be the Elder.

[@matiasrodriguez7408]

​@@tonyaxis3063 nah, just because we've never seen Khagmar doesn't mean he and the unseen are the same

[@newreader1766]

I just started playing the Witcher last weekend and it’s addictive. At first it was overwhelming but I got the overall hang of it.

[@maxd3str0y3r]

Glad there is still new witcher fans :) its the best game out there in my opinion and there are so many different endings. Just a tip without spoiling the game but try to be a good dad to ciri and not a demanding one

[@abilawaandamari8366]

It's true about how it's a little overwhelming at first. I just started playing witcher 3 yesterday and I still haven't got used to the mechanic, other than that the game is amazing.

[@gideonhorwitz9434]

I love the Witcher universes unique take on the vampire. Vampires especially higher vampires aren’t just corrupted Humans or monsters they are in fact a different species of humanoids looking beings from another world another dimension in a way that makes them literal aliens.

[@dereinzigwahreRahl]

While I agree that the general idea of the conjunction of spheres and all these species coming from other worlds is an amazing and interesting idea, the vampires beeing aliens isn't very special. Most species in the world of the witcher are aliens. Humans are from earth, as far as we know all or at least the vast majority of monsters are from different worlds and if I remember correctly even the elves are not originally from that world.

[@imnotblindbutiloveblindfol8449]

@@dereinzigwahreRahlI thought the Elves were the only species that existed in the world of the Witcher prior to the Conjunction. Then again I remember seeing somewhere that the Elves also weren’t from that world they just arrived 1,000 years before the other races.

[@andycampbell3929]

@@imnotblindbutiloveblindfol8449there’s multiple groups of elves from different dimensions in the third game

[@Ohofana]

I've missed your content as well. I'd never played Witcher until I caught your video playlist and was addicted!

[@WitcherGeorge]

Really kind words! Thank you!

[@jamesisaacson6379]

@@WitcherGeorge am I only one that want next witcher game where you play higher vampire you know try to survive and live in daily live of one? Also could you make video about how that would work? i would love to hear your thought how it would work?

[@CynicalGrey59]

This is literally me *Right Now*

[@CrowFuu]

I recommend watching summary videos of the books or reading them yourself if you want more Witcher lore. The show on Netflix is a abomination and skips important details, or even makes stuff up. Either way im excited for The Witcher 4 when ever it releases.

[@Thealexsb1]

He did it again, welcome back king.

[@WitcherGeorge]

Thanks Alex!

[@eljay2224]

Indeed! Keep it up george

[@nathangardner6423]

There's definitely a class system within the Vampires, between those who existed before the conjunction and those that came after, makes sense that those who can pull it off would describe themselves as a higher vampire as only actual higher vampires could disprove that.

[@X_x_ShadowGaming_x_X]

I love how they're basically Demi Gods. Detlaff basically overthrew Toussaint overnight, and that was only after toying with their most esteemed Knights.

[@Dragonhearth1461]

I like it how in the witcher they put their own thing in vampire lore but still makes vampire feel like vampires by keeping some of the classical stuff in the story of blood and wine that are typicaly assosiated to vampires like dungeons and cemiterys. I have seen other series that has changes vampires so much that they don't feel like vampires.

[@DarkSpells87]

On the other hand it makes you think what unique abilities Unseen Elder possesses or even worse, does he also have another monstrous form.

[@oohlalalal]

The only reason CDPR introduced the only a higher vampire can permanently kill another higher vampire is to bring back Regis which is pretty cool since he was melted completely.

[@alexdeithwen9146]

I understand not including the two Novigrad vampires as higher vampires because they turn into Katakans and you can kill them quite easily. But Orianna was immune to Detlaff's kickstarter campaign to boycott Beauclair, and since he has the power to control all vampires beneath him, doesn't that confirm she's higher despite what the trailer where she lullabies her woes might suggest?

[@Mrllama-ui5ke]

He only has control over the “lesser” category of vampires. He can’t control the non-animalistic ones

[@fabapapa9926]

You can kill her. So she’s not a higher vampire

[@louisalmeida45]

@@fabapapa9926 ?

[@alqamenesh7433]

The only logical solution is that the writers kept retconning and overwriting things and as a result vampire lore is completely illogical and full of contradictions.

[@fador1337]

We're missing another category of vampires, just 'higher' and 'lesser' isn't enough to describe all of them, as Bruxa's and Katakan's clearly posses human intelligence and the ability to shapeshift into humans but aren't completely immortal or as powerful like true higher vampires, so in a sense of the word they're 'middle' vampires, a clear bridge between lesser and higher.

[@rekoken2911]

Theory: Higher vampires are only immortal in the world of Aen Seidhe and also invincible if they aren't killed by another vampire(although having something coated in dalvinite would also be able to kill them permanently imo). That's why they feel so uncomfortable, they can't die and are in such small numbers, they have no relief at all, no peace.

[@rekoken2911]

@ZerkGrimWolf9782 Yeah, this is their limbo. Unable to die and age except through two methods until their portal finally opens up and they can return to their normal mortal lives

[@cendiacocri]

I missed the lore videos! Thank you for coming back with them! The music and your voice make a ethereal, sumber combination and I love that!

[@afngary]

It isn't often that I think witcher lore to be way too ridiculous. The idea that higher vampires can be kill only by their kind is difficult to believe. I mean you chop one up, burn the pieces, dump their ashes in boiling silver and make a sword/statue/toilet stool/etc.

[@ostrichlord9097]

Only just got this video in my feed. Its great to hear your voice again man. Hope you're doing well and doing what you want. Another great video😁 I'd love to watch you playthrough another game

[@shinigamisecret]

I really enjoyed the intro. The first minute 20 seconds were so well done it felt like you were reading a note straight from the game

[@joenobody5913]

Nice to see you back! Feel spoiled this week with nate that does skyrim lore coming back after a super long lay off and now you. Really enjoy your content, though I understand there's only so much lore between 3 games and a handful of books.

[@rooroo4543]

Hey George, are there alot of easer eggs in Witcher 3 that you wont know unless you read the books? a vid on that would be cool. You've read them all, and know all the lil plans/plots other people have done, but didnt quite make the cut to be in Witcher 3. but they show you through environmental queues that ONLY a book reader of the series would spot... just my two cents, and would be interesting to me IMO

[@VamosViverFora]

I don’t know. When you go to Tesham Mutna and read the books there, it seems like maybe they use cities as cattle farms. For example, the bruxa who fought Geralt on Corvo Bianco, she was supposedly the tavern’s daughter. There’s something going on, at least in Toussaint. Another interesting point, usually vampires uses old elves structures to wait for another conjunction of spheres. Vampires is a really good subject to be develop on this Witcher’s world.

[@Rakshiir]

I always thought they are awesome in the games - as with most things actually... they did a great job. They are intimidating even if they don`t really act aggressive. And they know it, thats the most dangerous thing of all, I think. If you know your power and limit, it kinda makes you more dangerous than just strong monsters.

[@notSoAverageGuineaPigEnjoyer]

I would LOVE a series showcasing major choices as if you chose differently.

[@visionartedits3390]

Hello from California! I’ve been up all night absolutely loving your page, I’ve been looking for Witcher content like lore dives of the kind that you do since I started my Witcher journey in 2017/18, amazing work honestly 👏

[@empire-classfirenationbatt2691]

My favourite KZbin Witcher is here again with juicy content for us :)

[@Mufireael]

such a well made video, love it, excited for more! how about covering the ethereal perhaps?

[@sagebuchanan9725]

You don't know how long I've been waiting for this

[@triton2397]

they’re like the kryptonians of the Witcher, mortal in their world but demigods in ours

[@santipi1888]

I really like your work never quit it

[@FOBxAddict]

I've missed these videos so much! Great job!

[@gator9966]

Great video, glad u r back

[@olivia6876]

Gosh darn it... Father George posts another video right when im about to start studying?!... well there go my study plans and here come another 4h+ of a Witcher binge... So what if I dont pass my Chem exam, I can stun my teachers with my exquisite knowledge of mutagen/potion based Alchemy!! Surely thats deserving of an A+ right!?

[@nephilimragnarok1739]

Pharmacist doing quite the same thing here XD Hope u passed ur exam

[@thecakeisalie652]

Nice video! I like to add some theories based on some clues in the games: I thin the Queen of the Night, Regis' ex, is to mention as well. It was not entirely clear, that she is a bruxa. Another one is "The Humanist". And the other 2 tribes: Tdet, Ammurun next to Regis' and Dettlaffs tribe Gharasham. I think CDPR contradicts its vampirelore as much as Sapowski does, so we have a freedom to interpret it? In the book, Regis ability is to hypnotize a group of people, maybe this is connected to his ability to speak with ravens, he is immune to fire but got melted by Vilgerfortz. I also think that Dettlaffs monsterform is his batform. And if you enter the cave of the unseen, you can see som pictures of him with two wings and claws. You also find the symbol of the unseen as shrines where humans pray, enlight candles and lay down flowers. As if this is a cult for humans. It reminds me of the book you find in Tesham Mutna. Toussaint seems to be a whole free-ranged blood farm for the vampires, they (maybe) abandoned long ago (to didn't)? Maybe they established the cult long ago as a way to bind the "sheep" to its sheppard and justify a ritual involved to bloodletting.

[@adrianjaskot3645]

About the Vilgefortz fire, remember that magic fire was different from the normal one. Triss once said that she cannot extinguish magical flames. Maybe thats the reason why Vampires lose their immunity when it comes to face a magician?

[@typicalswine7779]

The king is back with more content!!!

[@watts_up2006]

Missed your videos so it's been really nice to watch this and the new videos on your Witcher George channel. Great video I really love higher vampires, so this was very interesting.

[@WitcherGeorge]

Thank you! They are such an amazing monster

[@Nobody00061]

Saw new video and came running. :)

[@samadhoosen6014]

He's back. Another great video 📹

[@demonickiller6315]

I've missed this channel so much. glad to see your return.

[@Lightwish01]

*@Witcher George- Fantastic channel, I love all your lore videos and the Vampire videos are some of your best! I realize you have done a few videos on the vampires and the different types; however, I would love to see yet another one based on each vampire class from Catacan to Bruxa to Higher Vampires and all the ones in between! Exploring the bottom vampire tier up to the next tier the one after that all up to the Higher Vampires!* Now you could explore estimates related to the number of Higher Vampires on the continent and their relationships to those beneath them. Speculation on the dimension that the Higher Vampires come from and what kind of insane world it must be where these HV’s live their lives is crazy to imagine! Are they the top of the food chain in their realm, or is there another race more powerful and strong than the HV’s that keep their numbers in check? With so many different clans of HV’s that may be the case where they band together to strengthen their positions against what or who? Speculation on the true relationship between the HV’s and those that are lower down the totem pole…are they related to one another somehow beyond their thirst for blood? If so what is the true source of this crazy vampirism affliction? Is there a vampire god? So much to explore, and if put into another great vampire video by yourself then I am confident it will be explored in detail between the books and games! Please consider doing this!

[@s.s.raswanth6828]

Hey man keep putting out these videos really love them just finished witcher 1 with your guide

[@ibib2449]

Missed your content George, glad you are back! :333

[@whyonthefall5373]

In the books, I think higher vampires are presented as unique, a class in their own, or nigh undefinable. In the games, I think that they are presented as a species: (the term "higher vampire" is used to refer to more powerful vampires eg, bruxae, katakan etc, as well as the species "higher vampire", which Regis, Dettlaff and the Elder are a part of) because "higher vampires" like Regis, Dettlaff etc have a very specific set of characteristics and powers, eg: feral form, fog form, beast/bat form, human form etc, that differentiate them from the classification "higher vampire" that bruxae etc are a part of. Basically, "higher vampire" means two things, a classification of vampires, as well as a specific species. (This is made clear in the video), so this comment is basically pointless

[@Nutterbutter123]

It’s like saying Orianna’s (however you spell it) species is bruxae. But she can be labeled as a higher vampire since she’s above the primitive vampiric beasts While Detlaff and Regis species is higher vampire, The Higher Vampire. And then the Ancient dude… is Super Sayain 3 Vampire

[@thugli4328]

Can't have been that few. Regis describes being with vampire friends in the books (recently started reading them). I'm guessing somewhere between 1-400. Enough for them form the tribes discussed in the game spread out across the world, but still remain exceedingly rare. Also seeing as a majority of them seem to feel uncomfortable in this world it would be reasonable to assume that they would simply hide out in a cave, not unlike the one we find The Elder in, and wait for an opportunity to return Ps: good to see you back. been missing these videos

[@RANDYORTONbest1]

Glad you're back with the Witcher content

[@Engine33Truck]

Witcher vampires are my favorite monsters, next to leshens. Thanks for this video!!

[@elbacano97]

Glad to see you're back!

[@Mortenen]

Cool video. I do think that the Golden Dragon is an example of a monster at least on the level of, if not higher than that of vampires.

[@wr5488]

Dragons, higher vampires and 'Crones' are the strongest 'common' (not that theyre common, just not like an individual thing like Viy or Gaunter O'Dimm) things on the continent I think.

[@lordtremor393]

Hey, could you do a video on Dimeritium? How it works, how it stops magic, ways to counter it and such? Thanks in advance!

[@dub4sam95]

Great to see you again my friend!

[@sheevpalpatine4676]

Oh man I was just about to go to sleep

[@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319]

YOU'RE BACK!

[@soulreaver2727]

Very cool Witcher video. I love lore about the Higher Vampires. I'm a huge fan or Lord of the Rings and Elder scrolls. I will be subscribing. I'm looking forward to seeing more videos.

[@jetfrostgaming]

Thank you so much, I really enjoy your videos every time. It's really nice seeing you upload.

[@Nobody00061]

Are you making a video about vesemir's movie , the nightmare of the wolf ? Pleasee. I liked it a lot compare to the live action show.

[@crypto869]

Can you make a video about the rotfiend's or the ghouls pls

[@seraphim2525]

Sweet man, thanks for the video😊👍🏾🧛🏾‍♂️

[@DeathGodRiku]

I was watching some of your older videos yesterday lol

[@victordewitte1371]

I rlly enjoy ur content :)

[@WitcherGeorge]

Thank you!

[@jackbelmont4389]

My theory on vampires is that they start as the animalistic vampire. The longer they live, they adapt, learn and, in theory, their bodies create inmunity to silver or even death.

[@sudstahgaming]

Wrong

[@lars7747]

why do you have a theory for this, its not a mystery. Everything already is explained

[@damesayo4656]

They had never problems with silver. Regis even jokes about it in the book.

[@NgaBalkan]

Love this! Thank you for your uploads!

[@Nathan_Coley]

New Witcher George content!

[@Ningnomaningnong]

Dettlaff

[@dragonstien1987]

Glad You are Back Master Witcher

[@adamjaro3307]

Finaly welcome back

[@AStormOfStories]

Great video! Nice recap for S2 and beyond

[@Owen-sx4jj]

Higher vampires are epic. Their base form is enough to deal with witchers, humans and a whole city but then you have their final form. You can feel the amount of power in every wing flap.

[@vkdeen7570]

basically elder vampires and dragons are the top tier monsters on the witcher continent

[@Kensen_Ackles]

My theory is that true Higher Vampires are superorganisms, made up of a collection of billions of single celled organisms held together by a single consciousness. Their mist form is when they lose cohesiveness, and it would allow them to easily change shape and endure injuries that would be fatal. Because they aren't injuries of a bodily sense, just change in the structure they chose. They also do not require food, liquid, or air, and can survive being a pile of mush and can absorb the consciousness of life force keeping that Higher Vampire alive. That may also explain why they feel uncomfortable in the Aen Seidhe world is off to them, their structures attending differently to it.

[@francescofenu3855]

very fascinating species

[@glitchgoblin1338]

I need to return to Witcher 3 and play through Blood and Wine. I downloaded it but never got around to playing it, but I really want to encounter a high vampire

[@Chill_Goat18]

I was wondering George did you make a vid abaut the vrans and if you didnt please do even if it is short one

[@imed122]

start playing again today after i put the witcher 2 save game in the witcher 3 let the fun start

[@davidhaas3111]

I can’t help it, I thought of it once and now every time I hear “higher vampire” I can’t help but imagine a bruxa smoking a joint.

[@1myfriendjohn]

Hey man, missed your content! How about some speculation videos for the new Witcher game? It is years off so could ber fun to guess now and go back to it once it is out. I will go first with the prediction: It is going to be in Ofir and will cover another Witcher school (School of the Manticore)

[@Kinro-y]

Oh it’s good to see new videos!!!!

[@tiburonpereze]

you missed the higher vampire below novigrad, we know he is a higher vampire cause the entry for higher vampires is him

[@victorfan7399]

Welcome back!

[@tjp353]

The end choices of Blood and Wine didn't make much sense to me. After being introduced to Tesham Mutna and it's vampire proof cage, why didn't Regis simply take his defeated friend there to cool off for a century or two. It's an obvious solution that avoids all of the problems associated with the other endings. I understand the 'no perfect ending' idea, but this solution in so obvious, it makes Geralt and Regis look like morons for not thinking of it. Also, after earlier learning that Dettlaff can only be killed by one of his own, Anna Henrietta never seems curious about how he's actually killed.

[@nerdoutreachprogram5358]

Missed you bro! Edit) I also just got a PC from my brother, he built it for me and now I can play Witcher 3 at 100fps and mod the game if I want! It’s great!

[@The7Reaper]

The king hath returned.

[@horen2136]

Little correct. Every higher vampire have the ability to turn into huge bat like creature not only dettlaff. Its seen in the last chapter of the books when they attacked vilgefort's keep "stygga". Regis for the first time joined to battle and turned into bat slaughtering people like rats.

[@sueggr3ase431]

Maybe you can do a video on specific relicts

[@florianshkreli1715]

Do you know how higher vampires are created? Love your content!

[@jasonzaragoza9413]

they are born like humans

[@notSoAverageGuineaPigEnjoyer]

We’ve missed you!

[@deysvlogsandstorytelling835]

hey i know this is late but could you maybe look into the Oxfurt drunk Vampier. i'm wondering if the medic involved in the quest is the Vampier in human form. why? because he vanishes after you kill geal. i know he might not be a true "Higher vampire" but i'd like to know what you might think about it

[@reymagea1]

interesting -- TY

[@darthnut7089]

Can you do a lore video on the school of the Snail?

[@nicolaezenoaga9756]

Thank you! How are the Witchers or the world as a whole in the latest book?

[@jasonzaragoza9413]

the latest book was a prequel, and witchers remain a dying caste

[@nicolaezenoaga9756]

@@jasonzaragoza9413 Thank you!

[@Joshua-bh7iu]

Nice

[@eklezia2829]

Missed your videos.

[@africancoast]

Cheers George. Legend

[@lockskelington314]

I did NOT realize that it was just Regis, Detlaff and the Unseen Elder that are higher vampires.

[@merog6200]

Notification squad wya ?

[@PeppyCrazy]

Can you do a video on tris?

[@Exuberantwonderboy]

Welcome back, Witcher!

[@matthewsheridan3346]

Witcher George is back!!!

[@BallyBoy95]

He's back!!

[@samadhoosen6014]

Emiel Regis Rohellec Terzieff-Godefroy

[@Magnamaster]

Unseen Elder versus The Golden Dragon vs gaunter o'dimm who wins and why

[@xar9499]

He's back!!!

[@babaracus9583]

He's back