History Characters / TheWitcherAenElle

->'''Voiced by:''' Andrew Greenough (English), Vladimir Levashev (Russian), Patrick Osmond (French)

->'''Voiced by:''' Michael Maloney (English), Oleg Virozub (Russian), Christian Gonon (French)

->'''Voiced by:''' William Roberts '' '''(English/The Witcher)''' '', Steven Hartley ''' ''(English/Wild Hunt)'' ''', Vladislav Kopp '' '''(Russian/The Witcher)''' '', Alexey Myasnikov '' '''(Russian/Wild Hunt)''' '', Jean-Yves Chatelais (''French/Wild Hunt'')

->'''Voiced by:''' ??? (English), Diomid Vinogradov (Russian), Thierry Mercier (French)

->'''Voiced by:''' Frédéric van den Driessche (French)

* BizarreAlienReproduction: Lore states that one reason the Aen Seidhe and Aen Elle alike reproduce more slowly is that elf women only ovulate naturally a more limited amount of times over a matter of decades, but something about human men's seed is able to elicit this response every time they have sex, whether it be pheremones or chemical, the cause is unknown. The human ability to breed faster played a part in the downfall of the Aen Seidhe when they intermingled with the humans and lost their lands over time as humans outbred them and took the power of magic, whereas the Aen Elle remained powerful on their own world through a KillAllHumans policy instead of attempted coexistence, though they do enslave human women to bring back to their world to serve them. Elf men also appear to be able to reproduce with human women, given the plan for Auberon to impregnate Ciri.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite being [[CantArgueWithElves haughty elves]] who think themselves superior to all other species, it is implied members of the Wild Hunt have spent so much time out exploring and plundering other worlds and around humans (slaughtering and enslaving them) that they've started taking on human mannerisms and behaviors. Such as Eredin's uncouth personality when he meets Ciri, as well as strange attraction and respect for her and honor, respect towards humans who can fight, and Imlerith spending his free time [[BoldlyComing sleeping with]] a harem of [[HornyDevils Succubi]] on the Crone's mountain in Velen.

* SinisterScimitar: Though some of the Hunt wield [[BladeOnAStick spears]] and [[AnAxToGrind axes]], the weapon of choice for most Riders is usually a curve-bladed sword.

* MiniBoss: Nithral, the {{Boss}} of the “Wandering in the Dark” quest is by far the earliest named Wild Hunt soldier Geralt (and Keira) defeats and kills if the game’s played in the intended order. He is difficult to defeat but not much more so than other high-leveled enemies in Velen, with his only unique abilities being casting a protective shield whilst summoning Hounds (which Geralt and Keira will already have dispatched in great numbers in the previous section.)

* BalefulPolymorph: In the third game, Avallac'h is transformed into a deformed dwarven creature, Uma, by his apprentice.

* BizarreAlienReproduction: Lore states that one reason the Aen Seidhe and Aen Elle alike reproduce more slowly is that elf women only ovulate naturally a more limited amount of times over a matter of decades, but something about human men's seed is able to elicit this response every time they have sex, whether it be pheremones or chemical, the cause is unknown. The human ability to breed faster played a part in the downfall of the Aen Seidhe when they intermingled with the humans and lost their lands over time as humans outbred them and took the power of magic, whereas the Aen Elle remained powerful on their own world through a KillEmAll policy when dealing with humans instead of attempted coexistence, though they do enslave human women to bring back to their world to serve them. Elf men also appear to be able to reproduce with human women, given the plan for Auberon to impregnate Ciri.

* BizarreAlienReproduction: Lore states that one reason of the Aen Seidhe and Aen Elle alike reproduce more slowly is that elf women only ovulate naturally a more limited amount of times over a matter of decades, but something about human men's seed is able to elicit this response every time they have sex, whether it be pheremones or chemical, the cause is unknown. The human ability to breed faster played a part in the downfall of the Aen Seidhe when they intermingled with the humans and lost their lands over time as humans outbred them and took the power of magic, whereas the Aen Elle remained powerful on their own world through a KillEmAll policy when dealing with humans instead of attempted coexistence, though they do enslave human women to bring back to their world to serve them. Elf men also appear to be able to reproduce with human women, given the plan for Auberon to impregnate Ciri.

* BizarreAlienReproduction: Lore states that one reason elves reproduce so slowly is that elf women only ovulate if they orgasm during sex...and that human men are better at eliciting this response than elf men.

-->'''[[SatanicArchetype Gaunter O'Dimm]]''': ''"Oh, the Aen Elle's grace. Their beauty. One wonders how anyone can compare these magnificent beings to vile beasts. Yet if only you know the atrocities they've wrought."''

-->'''Gaunter O'Dimm''': "Oh, the Aen Elle's grace. Their beauty. One wonders how anyone can compare these magnificent beings to vile beasts. Yet if only you know the atrocities they've wrought."

* MiniBoss: Nithral, the {{Boss}} of the “Wandering in the Dark” quest is by far the earliest named Wild Hunt soldier Geralt (and Keira) defeats and kills if the game’s played in the intended order. He is difficult to defeat but no more so than other high-leveled enemies in Velen.

* EliteMook: Nithral, the {{Boss}} of the “Wandering in the Dark” quest is by far the earliest named Wild Hunt soldier Geralt (and Keira) defeats and kills if the game’s played in the intended order. He is difficult to defeat but no more so than other high-leveled enemies in Velen.

** [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking Eredin]] effortlessly kills Crache an Craite and countless [[HornyVikings Skelligers]] during the climatic battle at the end of the game and, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation per the glossary]], gave Geralt a "long and difficult" battle "worthy of a poem -- nay, an epic -- all to itself.". His FamousLastWords are not a VillainousBreakdown, but a darkly wry "Avallac'h tricked us both".

->'''Voiced by:''' Andrew Greenough (English), Vladimir Levashev (Russian)

->'''Voiced by:''' Michael Maloney (English), Oleg Virozub (Russian)

->'''Voiced by:''' William Roberts '' '''(English/The Witcher)''' '', Steven Hartley ''' ''(English/Wild Hunt)'' ''', Vladislav Kopp '' '''(Russian/The Witcher)''' '', Alexey Myasnikov '' '''(Russian/Wild Hunt)''' ''

->'''Voiced by:''' ??? (English), Diomid Vinogradov (Russian)

->'''Voiced by:''' ???

* AliensAreBastards: The Aen Elle more than fulfill this trope in the context of the medieval fantasy genre, instead of the sci fi one. The powerful, superior, coldly logical Alder Folk Kingdom regularly invades other worlds with their advanced magic and technology, mercilessly carrying out campaigns of genocide and enslavement against their inhabitants, slaughtering or abducting them, in addition to trying to enslave the Unicorns on their own world and having entire mountains of human skeletons there. They even have at least one flying ship, and go so far as to abduct certain humans, take them to their world, screw with their minds and experiment on them, and then drop them back off on their world after what seems weeks to months to them, while years have really passed on their world, likely so the released abductee can spread rumors and horrifying tales about themselves among the superstitious humans.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: Say what you want character wise about the top brass among The Wild Hunt, but when thier LastStand comes, they face it with thier heads held high.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite being [[CantArgueWithElves haughty elves]] who think themselves superior to all other species, it is implied members of the Wild Hunt have spent so much time out exploring and plundering other worlds and around humans (slaughtering and enslaving them) that they've started taking on human mannerisms and behaviors. Such as Eredin's uncouth personality when he meets Ciri, as well as strange attraction and respect for her and honor, respect towards humans who can fight, and Imlerith spending his free time [[BoldlyComing sleeping with]] a harem of [[HornyDevils Succubus]] on the Crone's mountain in Velen.

* BoldlyComing: Inferior horned species from a lesser world or not, haughty Aen Elle elf or not, Imlerith isn't above sleeping with Succubus, and who knows what other species, during his conquests of other worlds.

* OverarchingVillain: Despite Salamandra and the Kingslayers forming the first two games' immediate threats, his conflict with Geralt forms the basis of the MythArc.

* DarthVaderClone: Dark clothing/armor with scary mask? Check. Magic? Check. Towering over most of the cast? Check. Deep voice? Check.

* GenericDoomsdayVillain: To non-book readers, he might seem this way in the third game, where you have to dig and deduce to get the full extent of his motives and he has barely a dozen lines, with no actual scene where he or the rest of his Wild Hunt are spoken with at length by the heroes, or his personality, perspective and motives during the game delved into.