The Witcher Season 2: 10 Things We'd Love To See

9. Noivgrad

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Novigrad is a city that hosted some notable events for both the books and the games, but as a location alone it holds so much potential.

Stylised somewhere between the Croatian port city it is named for, a Dutch trading town and Venice, Novigrad is a city of varied architecture and stunning design. With deep slums full of tilted buildings, expansive docksides that stretch along the coast, huge markets, pokey side-streets, stately homes and temples, Novigrad could provide a fresh setting for an entire season of adventures.

Scattered across several islands and atop the ruins of an Elven city, it stands as an independent city-state between the kingdoms of Temeria and Redania, the perfect stage for some inter-state turmoil. As such it leverages control as a politically neutral zone and a mercantile hub where anything can be found.

Hosting a richly swollen upper class, an expansive criminal underworld, and a colourfully zealous group of religious fanatics in the Cult of the Eternal Fire, Novigrad is a setting full of surprises that could give us some deeply compelling stories.

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My passion for all things Sci Fi goes back to my earliest days, when old VHS copies of Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet gripped my tiny mind with their big, noisy vehicles and terrifying puppets. I'd like to say my taste got more refined over the years, but between the Warhammer, Space Dandy and niche Star Wars EU books, perhaps it just got broader. I've enjoyed games of all calibre since I figured out that dice weren't just for eating, and have written prose ever since I was left unsupervised with some crayons next to a white wall. I got away with it by calling it "schoolwork" for as long as I could, and university helped me keep the charade going a while longer. Since my work began to get published, it's made all those long hours repainting the walls seem worth it.