**HISTORY BUFF NEWS**
*History repeating?*
**WHITE ORCHARD's 'WILD HUNT' RECALLS THE PLAGUE OF JUSTINIAN – EXPERT WARNS OF 'SOCIAL MONSTER' PATTERN**
**NOVIGRAD –** As the Wild Hunt ravages the Continent, one Oxford-trained historian is drawing chilling parallels to the Plague of Justinian (541-549 AD), a pandemic that killed up to 50 million people and destabilized the Byzantine Empire.
"Look at the pattern," says Dr. Elara Vesemir, author of *The Hidden Codex of Catastrophe*. "The Wild Hunt doesn't just kill—it *erases* meaning. People stop trusting trade, stop trusting their neighbors. Sound familiar? In 6th century Constantinople, the plague caused mass hysteria and scapegoating of 'witches.' Here, they call them 'sorceresses.' The monsters are just a symptom. The real repeat is the *social collapse*."
The analysis has gone viral, with #WildHuntPattern trending. Critics call it a stretch. "You're comparing spectral riders to Yersinia pestis?" one scholar scoffed.
Vesemir remains firm. "History doesn't rhyme—it howls. The Hunt is just a higher body count wearing armor."
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