Ys

Ys is an underwater city in the sea off the coast of Bremervoord. Hidden by the tides, at the bottom of the Dragon's Fangs, there is an actual staircase which descends to the city. Geralt discovers this staircase while investigating the deaths of some fishermen for Agloval, the local regent. It is there that the witcher encounters a race of intelligent sea creatures. Intelligent, yes! but friendly, not at all, so a battle quickly follows. It is only through the extremely timely intervention of Sh'eenaz that Geralt is able to escape.

These events are described in the short story "A Little Sacrifice" in the Sword of Destiny collection by Andrzej Sapkowski.



In the game, Stones of Ys are used as alchemical ingredients. These are found in the remains of vodyanoi priests. It is likely that the vodyanoi in the game are meant to be the same creatures that Geralt encounters in the short story. It is like also the inspriration for the "underwater city" witnessed in the opening scene of Chapter IV and mentioned by the villagers of Murky Waters.