Image from Gwent standalone game.
A manticore is a giant beast with the body of a lion, bat wings, and scorpion tail. As a young witcher, Geralt fought a manticore. He also killed one during the Nilfgaard War near the town of Dorian.
They are said to somehow use the poison of the Bohun Upas.
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The Witcher
The Witcher 2 flashback, Imperial manticore
Siegfried relates the story of how his father, Eyck of Denesle, died fighting a manticore when he first meets Geralt in the sewers. A letter from Patrick de Weyze can tell you same story.
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
In The Witcher 2, Geralt recalls that he fought an imperial manticore in one of his flashbacks while pursuing the Wild Hunt.
- "One of the world's oldest and deadliest creatures, I used to feel excitement at times like this, but now the beast is just in my way. Its meat and hot blood will help me survive this icy hell."
Trivia
- It was supposed to appear in the mountains near Kaer Morhen fortress but was replaced by a forktail in the game during its development. Leaked materials mention where the beast would have lived and how it would have attacked.[1]
- Manticore is a mythological beast with the body of a lion and the tail of a dragon or a scorpion. It is often depicted having a human face, like Sphinx, but unlike the later is more of a mindless beast. It can throw venomous spines to paralyze its prey.
Gallery
A manticore in Wiedźmin: Gra Wyobraźni PnP RPG, illustration by Tomasz Łaz.