12 Weirdest Video Game Enemies (And What They Represent)

Worlds away from the classic depiction of black cats and green skin, the Ladies of the Wood aren’t as womanly as the name would suggest - instead taking on the form of three strangely mutated creatures rather than sexy broom-wielders.

Whilst their repulsive appearance is in line with the creatures of The Witcher, the influence can be drawn back through classic fairy tales and other such stories - like Shakespeare’s Macbeth, which appears in their Bestiary entry. In fact, there are plenty of influences that have been drawn together, with each crone representing a type of legend - bringing to life the gory whispers of our own legends in terrifying gameplay reality.

There’s The Brewess, a giant, pink and fleshy monster with a locked basket for a face, who’s link to household utensils round her waist and penchant for cooking human flesh is derivative of Baba Yaga, a morally ambiguous cannibal from Eastern European folklore.

The Whispess, an old crone with a bag of bloody limbs round her waist, ears round her neck, and a face covered with a crosshatched cloth. The oldest sister, she's able to hear everything that happens in their own woods. Not dissimilar to the crone of the Hectate sisters; the wise and knowing of the trio.

And then there’s The Weavess, a four legged old woman with a pointed hat and one eye replaced with a triptophobic nightmare of tiny craters. Like The Roman and Greek Fates and Norse Norns, she can weave human hair into magic tapestries, similar to the threads of fate that the latter craft with.