The Witcher Nightmare of the Wolf ending explained
Spoilers for 'The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf'
The much-awaited animated movie ‘The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf’ has finally been released on Netflix and it is undoubtedly one of the best movies of the year so far. The movie revolves around a young boy named Vesemir (voiced by Theo James) and his journey of becoming a Witcher.
‘Nightmare of the Wolf’ is not just any other animated movie but serves as a much-needed tie-in movie that gives a glimpse into the life of Vesemir who will be seen in Season 2 of ‘The Witcher’ series. The anime is filled with action sequences and treacherous monsters that might take your sleep away. The Netflix project also introduces us to a fictional character named Degnal (Graham McTavish), who is shown as the mentor of Vesemir. The original novel series doesn’t talk about Degnal and he is introduced in the project as someone who leads Vesemir to Kaer Morhen.
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‘Nightmare of the Wolf’ revolves around Vesemir trying to fight his inner demons while embarking on a journey to hunt a monster that has been affecting the lives of people living in a kingdom. However, one of the members of the kingdom, Tetra (Lara Pulver), wants to kill Witchers so that there’ll be no more monsters. But Tetra is not as good as you expect her to be and is not pure.
So, what happens when Vesemir and Tetra embark on a journey to kill a monster? Does Tetra support Vesemir? Or she betrays him? Let’s find out how the movie concluded.
‘The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf’ Ending Explained
During the final moments of the movie, Lady Zerbst (Mary McDonnell), whose real name is Illyana and was Vesemir’s love interest before he left to be a Witcher, sending him and Tetra to kill a demon called Kitsu. After an epic fight sequence, Kitsu managed to evade them as Veremis and Tetra reach a dungeon where they see the skeletons of Elves that have been killed by Kitsu. Vesemir finds his friend Filavandrel (Tom Canton) tied up inside the dungeon and it is later found that Kitsu is a breed of two species, created by the mages of Kaer Morhen.
Veremis doesn’t believe a word coming from Tetra’s mouth and they suddenly discover that an Elf is still alive. Tetra was going to kill her, but Filavandrel saves her and take her away. Before leaving, he says he will kill her if it is found that she has become evil. It was at that moment, we get to know about Tetra’s reality and how she’s helping Kitsu in her endeavor of wiping out the Witchers.
Veremis reaches Kaer Morhen and finds out that Degnal is indeed making new monsters with the help of the mage so that Witchers never go unemployed. They start fighting each other and are stopped by the mage. Lady Zerbst also reaches there and tells them that Tetra is the enemy and she is here with a lot of people who also want to end the Witchers. Vesemir tries to reason with Tetra, but she doesn’t take a step back. Kitsu helps her in bringing hundreds of creatures to the war and they start attacking the Witchers.
They make a plan and start taking them head-on. Meanwhile, Lady Zerbst goes into the basement with other kids and hides there when one of the kids says that they can get out of here from the back. The children leave Kaer Morhen as Vesemir and Tetra come face to face. On the other hand, all the other Witchers are being massacred and killed gruesomely.
As soon as Vesemir was going to attack her, Kitsu pulls a magic trick on him and shows him what he can do to stay with Illyana. The dreams show Vesemir and Illyana leading a happy life, even having a child together. Soon Vesemir understands that this is all a dream and manages to break free. Showing his true powers, he kills all the knights present in the room and kills Tetra as well before piercing Kitsu’s stomach with his sword. In a shocking turn of events, it turns out that it was a magical spell by Tetra and the lady he killed was actually Illyana.
Tetra believes that she has won the war and was about the kill him, but dying Degnal reaches there on time to destroy the lady warrior. Degnal tells Vesemir that he should find the kids and make them Witcher, but most importantly good human beings. He takes Illyana close to a lake and makes her sit as he sits beside her. She sees the gorgeous views and takes her last breath which makes Vesemir really emotional.
The movie ends with Vesemir finding the four little boys and saying, “This is the last time I allow any of you to ever hesitate. Decide.” One of the boys replied, “But they hate us.” And that’s how we are introduced to Geralt for the first time. Responding to his query, Vesemir replies, “There will always be another monster, Geralt’.
The movie has a befitting conclusion and leaves no room for a sequel or anything. But it would be great to see how Vesemir trained Geralt in future projects. ‘Nightmare of the Wolf’ is everything that fans hoped for. It doesn’t just give viewers a good story, but also gives them a context as to why Veremis is so important in Geralt’s life.
‘The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf’ will be streaming exclusively on Netflix on Monday, August 23, at 3 am EST.