The world of The Witcher has seen quite a bit of expansion in the recent past. But the main event in the Witcher lore that fans are waiting for, is the Witcher Season 3. A week ago, Henry Cavil revealed a Geralt’s new Roach hinting that the production had begun and a few weeks back we reported that the filming had officially begun. Last week the cast ensemble for various important characters including Milva, Mistle, and Radovid were revealed. But who exactly are they? Don’t worry we will let you know exactly who they are without mentioning any spoilers.
Witcher Season 3 – Who Is Milva?
Milva or Maria Barring is one of the most important characters in the Witcher books by Andrzej Sapkowski. She wasn’t present in CDPR’s Witcher trilogy, so game fans might not know about her. Although, Gwent players would have surely noticed her impressive Gwent card. Milva was an archer from Upper Sodden and one of the few non-dryads tolerated in Brokilon. She was introduced in Baptism of Fire and became a main part of the series. Saying anything further would be saying too much. Her casting is a bit controversial as she’ll be portrayed by the Chinese actress Meng’er Zhang (Shang Chi).
Witcher Season 3 – Who Is Mistle?
Mistle is yet another partly important character from the Witcher books and was introduced in Time of Contempt. Her official character description reads as follows. “Mistle is a member of The Rats, a gang of misfit teenagers who steal from the rich and give to themselves – and sometimes the poor. She is street hard, suspicious of everyone and out for revenge, until a chance meeting that will change everything.” Mistle will be portrayed by Christelle Elwin. Boy, Netflix is really upping its cast diversity with The Witcher.
Witcher Season 3 – Who Is Radovid?
Now this is one character both book and games fans are familiar with. If game fans can’t seem to remember, he was the King whom Djikstra planned on assassinating in Witcher 3. His character description provided by Netflix reads as follows. “Royal playboy and younger brother to King Vizimir, Radovid finds himself suddenly a man on the inside of the Redanian Intelligence. With his good looks and drunken charm, Radovid amazes with how incisive he can be in political affairs, but it’s all games until someone gets hurt.“ Hugh Skinner will take on the mantle of Prince Radovid in Witcher Season 3.
Witcher Season 3 – Who Is Gallatin?
Well, Netflix has experimented a lot in Witcher Season 2 by adding completely new and twisted storylines. Many book fans rioted about these changes but honestly, they were cool and provided something fresh. Gallatin seems to be one such character born out of the brains of Netflix’ team as he wasn’t in games or the books. His character description reads as following. “A born fighter, Gallatin leads an army of guerrilla Scoia’tael fighting on behalf of Nilfgaard. Unafraid to speak his truth, Gallatin’s loyalty to his people ultimately leads him on a collision course with Francesca over power.” Robbie Amell will portray Gallatin in Witcher season 3.
That aside, cast for rest of the members of the Rats will be announced in future as well. Milva is coming out quite earlier but we can’t say it wasn’t expected as Netflix has done that in previous seasons as well. This also leads us to believe that we might even see our beloved Regis in the Witcher season 3 as well!
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