Hym Demon, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
As a monster hunter, The Witcher 3‘s Geralt of Rivia is no stranger to abominations. After all, he’s also an abomination, an experiment whose single purpose is to slay beasts. But what do you do when that abomination in need of a prompt grave isn’t so much a beast but more of a satanic specter who feeds on your guilt? If you’re Geralt of Rivia, you probably fight it. If you’re everyone else who encounters the Hym Demon, though, you definitely run. A ghostly figure so black it makes shadows look bright, Hym is a tall wraith with elongated limbs and sharp claws that disappears in a puff of smoke and deals plenty of damage. Most unnerving isn’t just that the Hym Demon wallows in your tragedy. It weaponizes it, lurking in your shadow, waiting patiently to erode your mind and push you to madness or suicide. And the more pain it causes, the more anguish it devours, the stronger it grows. Yeah, no, miss me with that. —Levi Winslow
