Do you see that comfortable furry neck pillow on the left guy? He got that for his broken neck after carrying the Wild Hunt for ages and ages.

@City-Hunter

4 жыл бұрын

Caranthir is the real mastermind & apex Aen Elle (via selective breeding from Avallac'h). It's like the island of Dr. Moreau but with elves (eugenics).

@MrMustacheMan405

4 жыл бұрын

rs how they going to make caranthir a harder boss fight than the final with eredin

@razor8704

4 жыл бұрын

How original.

@magnasupreme

4 жыл бұрын

brUuuUu soon as I realized the goal is to not just wail light attacks non storm on Eredin it was easier than narthil

@DoktorTesla

4 жыл бұрын

I think Vesemir also needs this pillow

You know Caranthir is the most BADASS of the Hunt when he... - Beat Eskel in an epic duel - Almost beat Ciri at the end of the game - Before his death almost managed to drown Geralt And he has like the least lines of dialogue from them all.

@notabot7973

4 жыл бұрын

He did beat ciri. She just fled at the last moment

@Hacker_Kamyko

4 жыл бұрын

And he doesn't show his face.

@royd209

4 жыл бұрын

@Terror his magical prowess is stated to be stronger than geralt's in the books, but the books also state that when it comes to swordsmanship and combat skills, geralt is unmatched in the entire nation, geralt beat eredin, caranthir and imlerith, so i consider him stronger than eskel at least

@47nero

3 жыл бұрын

As they say....actions speak louder

@UndisputedONE2

3 жыл бұрын

Nithral has less if i remember

You know Caranthir is THE boss when out of the 3 he's the only one who never reveals his face

@CommanderGameLP

4 жыл бұрын

And he could be still alive since he has the ability to teleport himself and he (probably) was still alive when Geralt get out of the water.

@TheRealSlimShady509

4 жыл бұрын

ImAFK Tho im guessing you are high? He said caranthir has not shown his face. You are refering to imlerith.

@TheRealSlimShady509

4 жыл бұрын

ImAFK Tho lol all good

@phantom1a2

4 жыл бұрын

To be fair he was only portrayed as important becouse of his magic. When it comes to Eredin... they nerfed him in the witcher 3 so much that he became weaker then a witcher who lost a fight in a melee fight against a wizard

@asahel980

4 жыл бұрын

I dont know all Aen Elle looks the same for me,

I felt more satisfaction from killing Imlerith and Caranthir than Eredin XD They were the ones that did everything, especially Caranthir

@CommanderGameLP

4 жыл бұрын

Even Ge'els was doing more. He was leading the whole world while Eredin was on his mission.

@-MR.Nobody

4 жыл бұрын

@@CommanderGameLP Imlerith lead the forces and Caranthir was the golden child and their chief navigator. He gave them the ability to teleport and go throught time and space in the first place. So in my eyes they kinda played a bigger role. But youre right on Ge'els, he lead the country of Aen Elle, and refused to give Eredin support

@nedumonouha8225

4 жыл бұрын

Honestly I had more trouble with Nithral from the beginning of the game than I did with Eredin who was the final boss. Disappointing.

@-MR.Nobody

4 жыл бұрын

@@nedumonouha8225 Yeah, I remember I killed Eredin in one try, while Nithral took like three attempts. I guess that is because you meet him so early on, and his boss fight comes very unexpected.

@nedumonouha8225

4 жыл бұрын

@@-MR.Nobody yh by the time you fight eredin, you're basically a tank.

Caranthir was so underused that it's just sad...

@giannisg3387

4 жыл бұрын

The budget: The developers' worst enemy.

@Men_dra

3 жыл бұрын

The whole Wild hunt was

@Men_dra

3 жыл бұрын

@Ivan Exell but we already know they are elves from the second game tho?

I genuinely don’t even remember a single line of dialogue from Caranthir apart from “Almost, Zirael, almost”, but I find him far more compelling and likeable than Eredin.

@mango4554

4 жыл бұрын

honestly though he didn't say much else, a man of actions rather than words.

@TheRealSlimShady509

4 жыл бұрын

AIsaac Nordrac not sure why. Eredin is much cooler

@moaazmedhat467

4 жыл бұрын

"First you, then those BITCHES of the lodge!" Said Caranthir

@mango4554

4 жыл бұрын

wasn’t a big fan of sorceresses either, clearly.

@dennisleonardo2992

4 жыл бұрын

"Ah, witcher. So be it. Let us begin."

Number of times I died to each Wild Hunt boss during my first play through: Nithral: 3 times Imlerith: 5 times Caranthir: 7 times Eredin: 0 times

@notgokuuu2314

3 жыл бұрын

I died to Imlerith around 7x because i went into the fight angry after he killed vesemir 😤😂

@Jotaro-o

3 жыл бұрын

Huh, I died a total of 0 times to all of them.

@nugo1641

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jotaro-o On "sword and story" ?

@Jotaro-o

3 жыл бұрын

@@nugo1641 Yes, if you have played Witcher 2 then you would find Witcher 3 combat system really easy. I died a couple of times to just two soldiers on the Witcher 2 when I played it for the first time xd

@nugo1641

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jotaro-o Well same goes for me. Never died to a boss fight in the wither 3 and probably tommorow im gonna start a playthrough at the hardest difficulty.

"We'll be waiting" - Geralt "Time we the hunted became the hunters. Geralt will find Ciri and bring her here...and the Hunt will follow. They'll expect to catch us by surprise - and they'll be sorely disappointed" - Vesemir That scene with this soundtrack hyped me so hard.

This has Kaer Morhen written all over it, its a remix. In a way, I feel Geralt was the boss and Caranthir was the challanger.

@davidrubin2612

3 жыл бұрын

when Geralt was breaking out of the ice, fingers twitching, this song playing, it definitely felt like he was coming for blood. Caranthir must have been shaking, scared of the fight to come.

@danterik9781

Жыл бұрын

Makes sense The first time this plays is in Kaer Morhen when they agreed to bring Ciri there and to fight the hunt while showing his determined and angry face. Its Geralts boss music more than Caranthirs lmao

ALMOST ZIRAEL ALMOST :V

@hitrapperandartistdababy

4 жыл бұрын

*Elvish Swear word*

@jeremieherard2166

4 жыл бұрын

ysgarthiad !

When Elves hit the same gym as Uruks

@sammesterharm2626

3 жыл бұрын

Looks scary only with protections on

@memto2376

2 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment

Dude beat Eskel, beat Ciri, and probably would have beaten Geralt too if he wasn’t wounded from the fight with Ciri. Still almost took Geralt down with him. Caranthir is fucking badass

@erikpoli5546

3 жыл бұрын

You absolutly right. Caranthir is the BOSS.

@gora.9241

2 жыл бұрын

Caranthir is CHAD

@destroyergr723

2 жыл бұрын

Caranthir lost to Cri with eaz actually. he coudn't even dodge her attacks. After the explosion ciri was wounded cause of no armor that's why he almost catched her. But i Agree that gerald and eskel have no chance in 1v1 against him

@potatowarhead

2 жыл бұрын

ah the classic overcorrecting yourself to the oblivion

@destroyergr723

2 жыл бұрын

@@potatowarhead hehe!!

There was something so creepy and unnerwing about the Wild Hunt warriors, the palpable sense of outworldness and wringness, like they were plate-clad Nazgul.

@MsUndertaker99

4 жыл бұрын

But than they take off their helmets and appeared to be just some edgy elves. A little bit disappointing, don't you think?

@wilczu2840

4 жыл бұрын

Bulky af elves.

@Hacker_Kamyko

4 жыл бұрын

@@MsUndertaker99 I loved that they're elves, they are actual people with feelings and traits and not just some immortal scary BOO 👻 Ghost Skeleton people that are perfect in every way and strong.

@reraltofgivia8814

3 жыл бұрын

They really are like Nazgul in Mordor though until they uncover their masks

@himasarandil8037

3 жыл бұрын

@@Hacker_Kamyko nazguls are human , at least were

Eredin, Caranthir, and Imlirith appear inspiring screen AYAYAYAYAYAYAAAAAAAAAA

@gptechnologiesmangalore6909

3 жыл бұрын

The wild hunt pillers

Imlerith will always be my favorite due to how he is basically a brute type character. He also took his death like a champ, literally stabbed before getting his face burnt to hell and started smiling. Didnt beg, or anything... he lost and he accepted that.... just closed his eyes, smiled, and accepted death.

When Caranthir had to drag Eredin into the portal to save him from Ciri it showed that he is the one with the brain in that team. Caranthir really is different and seems more clever than the other Wild Hunt

why does this picture feel like the witcher's version of the pillar men from jojo

@grewgf7324

4 жыл бұрын

because they are

@KeravnosPrime

4 жыл бұрын

Elvish armored pillar men

@ZakuroBanana

4 жыл бұрын

awaken my masters

@alarakthehighlord7386

4 жыл бұрын

FUCK JOJO

@TheWarchiefZekeJaeger

4 жыл бұрын

Big buff posing elfs...yeah, it fits.

A lot of people seem to be saying that Caranthir is cooler/harder than Eredin, and while that may be true for the game, it's not at all true in the lore. As far as lore goes, Eredin is about as powerful as an Elder Vampire (only characters that really outrank him in The Witcher game lore are G.O.D. The Unseen Elder, and potentially Detlaff or Regis, possibly Vilgefortz, and he's about on par with Geralt in terms of skill with a blade, though undoubtedly deadlier than him in basically every other event.

@aveimperia4026

4 жыл бұрын

And yet Ciri outwits Eredin with a bridge.

@notabot7973

4 жыл бұрын

@@aveimperia4026 She didn't really outwit him she just distracted him

@TheStraightestWhitest

4 жыл бұрын

Didn't Vilgefortz beat Geralt up with a stick? He was also dominating Regis, Geralt and Yennefer simultaneously. I'd say he's more deadly than Geralt even in swordplay. Lol at the Netflix version. Brown boy who gets his ass whooped by Cahir 😂

@timetrnr7380

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheStraightestWhitest Vilgefortz was able to destroy Regis, beat Yennefer, and he bested Geralt on numerous occasions, only eventually falling to him because Geralt was more ingenious/clever. In other words, he was tricked. Still, Vilgefortz is probably on par with Eredin as we see him in the games when it comes to swordplay.

@TheStraightestWhitest

4 жыл бұрын

@@timetrnr7380 Didn't Geralt have a necklace from Fringilla that caused some sort of illusion? It's been a while for me, but I seem to recall Vilgefortz misjudging the situation, and getting hit neck split open because of it. It wasn't Geralt winning that fight. But do correct me if I'm wrong.

Hail to QUARANTINE

@omeloithemarshmallow7663

4 жыл бұрын

Woooooooooo

@mapperyokedicifaruk5509

4 жыл бұрын

Hail to CORONthir

@turansah6253

3 жыл бұрын

@@mapperyokedicifaruk5509 zeka fışkırıyor

@lucabaicanescu

3 жыл бұрын

fxck off

@Anothersexysong

3 жыл бұрын

Ysgardthiad!

Angry Elf Eredin, Steroid Elfman Imilrith, One note Wizard Caranthir What you get? One badass sorcery boss fight, heavy hitter one arm swinging boss and teleporting maniac *unless on Death March fun fight* angry boi boss

Such a badass track, too bad the fight with him bugged for me and he just stood there unable to move, whirled his ass to death in 4 seconds...

@Hellomister855

4 жыл бұрын

lol same happened to me than I restarted the quest.

@KaedweniWitcher420

4 жыл бұрын

Happened to me with Imlerith, I was also consume with rage for what he did to my boy Vesemir a few moments earlier

@masterblaster2678

4 жыл бұрын

I reloaded the fight. It's odd how it's happened to so many people yet hasn't been fixed. Oh well, works fine after reloading so I don't have much to complain about.

@KaedweniWitcher420

4 жыл бұрын

@@masterblaster2678 so many things didnt got fixed in the game, i re started my 1st playthrough (100hrs) because i downloaded the dlcs after starting my campaign and i couldnt get the wolven and ofiri armors

@scemochilegge886

3 жыл бұрын

@@masterblaster2678 Don't know if they are going to fix it, Witcher 3 was an excellent game, but I think CDPR wants to concentrate over other things like Cyberpunk2077

I got chills when I first heard the strings come in, it’s so imposing

I wish Eredin and Caranthir were given more screen time especially since they look cool lol. I think Eredin alone should have had multiple boss fights throughout the game to make it more satisfying when you kill him. I will say the mission where Gerelt and Ciri go hunt Imlerith and the crone's I thought was really bad ass.

@vijaysabarish9600

3 жыл бұрын

yeh i wish we faced eredin multiple times throughout the game first time boss being impossible to kill and as you progresses till the end game geralt has learned how to beat eredin

Caranthir: Why do I hear boss music?

@guru_do_estilo7902

3 жыл бұрын

because you're fucked :)

"I have a little man complex and I died in a one on one while trying to pimp hoes during intergalactic battle" "I control magic strong enough to sustain army-sized portals for nearly an hour of assaults. I can teleport and fire magic attacks at will, without a catalyst or channel. I'm lethal in hand to hand and physical combat. I died after defeating the Lady of Time and Space with her breaking my weapon, then continuing to fight the greatest warrior of an enemy planet while unarmed. In a last act of defiance, I teleported us both below I sheet of polar ice in hopes of drowning us both" "I died to that great warrior right after he barely survived the other guy"

Eredin - Martyr and Defier of the Aen Alle. Caranthir - A loyalist and a breed of a creation of avallach now turned criminal expert of arcane magic (not master). Imlerith - General of The Wild Hunt and the deadliest enforcer of Eredin and kills for the sake of killing.

Eskel and Ciri were beaten because this song wasn't playing

@furymern8162

2 жыл бұрын

If this song was playing they would be fucking dust

Caranthir vs Eskel was the best cinematic fight in the game

better than eredin

@vitortalles1380

4 жыл бұрын

Caranthir>Imlerith>Eredin

@yazeedh6779

4 жыл бұрын

O- NONOTHISGUY lmaaaaaaaao

@moritztabor7804

4 жыл бұрын

Be careful not to work yourself to death there, Uncle.

@maksymhnatyuk9662

4 жыл бұрын

@@vitortalles1380 Caranthir>Eredin>Imlerith

@eastslavfromnovgorod

4 жыл бұрын

@@vitortalles1380 This is your last day.

MVP of the Wild Hunt.

I never thought too much about the Wild Hunt, but this song made me love them.

Can't help but think of Caranthir vs Eskel that fight was badass fr

0:28 when geralt breaks the ice

God damn, this soundtrack is something else! So far I have yet to find a song I didn't liked. Composers did an amazing job with this.

Best game ever.

People keep saying Eredin was the easiest boss, Lmao, Caranthir was easier in my opinion. Just stood there, hurled magic and occasionally teleported. You don't even need to fight his Golems, half the time he'll kill them himself with friendly fire if you ignore them. With Eredin, it came down to a sword fight with magic, and I thought it was pretty fun, for what it was. Even if it wasnt particularly difficult, it was certainly tougher than Caranthir. At least Eredin know how to block.

@MadristaSisam

2 жыл бұрын

That was glitch then. Because king was soft compared to caranthir. However, Imlrith one was personal so it was the best

@bambblamb3734

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair that is when Ciri wounded him and destroy his staff-ish

Those drums at the start are dope

Carrantir is the best of wild hunt

This music is just so good

Ciri: Dad, feel free to tag in anytime now! Geralt: MMMMMHHHPPHH!!! Ciri: Oh yeah, I forgot. Still frozen.

The background music was actually for geralt and not caranthir....goosebumps everytime the boss breaks from ice...

my slavic spirit needed this one !

Just awesome ….

Imlerith looks the coolest, but Caranthir has the best theme.

@PolishGod1234

Жыл бұрын

Eredin has the best theme imo

Welp gotta play this again Thank a bunch

First I played on Blood and Broken Bones difficulty and I managed to kill both Caranthir and Eredin on the first run without dying once. Then later I came back on Death March! and I died like almost 10 times or smnth like that on Caranthir but still managed to kill Eredin without dying. :D Still epic fights though... But Caranthir leaves a lot less room for error... his crystal bolts stun you so if the first one hits you then most probably the 2nd and 3rd one will also hit you and annihilate you. :[ But you can use his Ice Elementals as a shield :P

@witchelia

4 жыл бұрын

unfortunately i played in 3 times and caranthir got bugged twice >.< so it was unwillingly easy

@user-ts1nx1to8h

3 жыл бұрын

Then how powerful is that Boy with a pitchfork?

@guru_do_estilo7902

3 жыл бұрын

i just died twice for imlerith in my first playthrough on deathmarch mode

anyone recognizes the instrument playing the main theme? Sounds amazing!

@shimmereyes8984

4 жыл бұрын

I think is a Nordic Violin. Really appealing sound

they were such badasses

"First you, then those BITCHES of the lodge!" - Caranthir

Pov: You're fighting with Ceo of Toxic Players

Without Caranthir, It would've been a Calm Hunt

@haillobster7154

3 жыл бұрын

The Witcher : the Calm Nature Tour.

@sammesterharm2626

3 жыл бұрын

The Witcher: Nothing is Happening, Move along

-Ты не победишь, даде если убьешь меня -У меня еще осталось пару козырей в рукове.... Один из самых сильных персонажей в этой вселенной

Hail .

Caranthir: "See? It's not that simple. You can't kill me!" Me: "Nothing simpler."

i cant stop seeing playsation buttons in the top left

Best boss battle ever

But the whole wild hunt looks like a bunch of pokemons comparing to Dettlaff

@molagbal11

3 жыл бұрын

avocadopotat right you are!

@Khergitli

3 жыл бұрын

@@molagbal11 NOBODY EXPECTS THE O'DIMM INQUISITION

@cosmic2750

3 жыл бұрын

And Dettlaff worships O'Dimm...

@ThePipojp

3 жыл бұрын

Caranthir could defeat him with the frost. He basically one shot Geralt twice

me thinking the soundtrack cant get more epic: this simply existing:

Caranthir is the Daddy of the Wild Hunt.

You see the triangles behind caranthir. That means the mage from super Mario is behind his mask.

play this on loop during the battle of kaer morhen, x2 the thrill

Caranthir literally safed Eredin from the Ciri's powers...

I crushed this guy like it was nothing. Then.... a frog killed me.

@prozac5314

3 жыл бұрын

the frog boss was hard even on story and sword lmfao

@furymern8162

2 жыл бұрын

@@prozac5314 if you analyze his attack pattern its easy af to counter

@prozac5314

2 жыл бұрын

@@furymern8162 ye but thats just cheesing

AY AY AY AY

@l_will_be_great1326

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, what does this mean??? You fell for it, THUNDER CROSS SPLIT ATTACK

this bastard was really tough dettlaff and toad prince level

Killing him on death March, with 4 lesser level is pure pleasure....

Hail the hunt.

When he reaches down to grab Ciri but she vanishes, the camera focused on his hand. And right when it moves out of frame....who's center stage? GERALT OF RIVIA!!!!!!

Only thing that could have made the witcher 3 better is if they had developed and fleshed out these 3 characters more

@notgokuuu2314

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely. Especially Caranthir he was my favorite and Imlerith was the one i legit hated after what he did to vesemir

Anyone know what instruments those are? They sound like either strings or pipe

@furymern8162

2 жыл бұрын

I think its a violin and drums

best soundtrack... unreleased

«Waatgern!»

this is ptsd to people that played their first save in death match

On my first Playtrough I was completely fucked from the Kaer Morhen Battle and thougt, nothing could top that. I was wrong. I was stunned when I first off could play Ultra Instinct Ciri, who annihilated every thing in her way, than as Geralt who was just done with Caranthir, then you walked through a Battlefield in which Skellige and Nilfgaard fought side by side and then Crachs death and then Eredin, who was way easier than Caranthir, but did not had such a satisfying death than Caranthir. Just Noice

Men i just was way to strong for the final i did everythig bevor the final I WAS THE FUCKING BOSS shoud have not play on normal

Hail to quarantine.

Link to wallpaper?

@SteelSolider1

4 жыл бұрын

@@ApachePenguin8307 TY

Caranthir was harder to kill with aerondight than Eredin and that meas something. eredin was kinda meeh for a final boss fight

@voz4693

3 жыл бұрын

i think he was nerfed for this fight,cus in the books he's more stronger than caranthir

@vijaysabarish9600

3 жыл бұрын

yeah all the build up was kind of disappointing i wish his boss fight was the most challenging and visually spectacle in the main game like detlaff in blood and wine

If this would play during the battle, even I could defeat caranthir

@furymern8162

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao you could give me a sword at that moment and Id become a master from nothing when this song starts playing

Hail to CORONthir!

@guru_do_estilo7902

3 жыл бұрын

man...

my game has glitched for moment and than i able to fight caranthir with this masterpiece at the background. that's been kinda epic

Caranthir and Nithral were the only two Wild Hunt riders which sort of scare the hell out of me... Everyone else is kinda meh...everyone else seems mortal. These were the only two which seemed immortal and invincible and also intimidating to me...Eredin just has a flashy armour and Imlerith is just overconfident. These are the only two Wild Hunt riders which seem down-to-earth and at the same time ghastly to me. HAIL GENERAL CARANTHIR!! Edit: I hadn't completes the game when I wrote this...but I have say this now... That moment when Geralt breaks through the ice as his motif starts playing... Pure raw goosebumps...

@awesomedude2556

3 жыл бұрын

Funnily enough, Caranthir and Nithral were the only Wild Hunt members to not show their face

@cosmic2750

3 жыл бұрын

@@awesomedude2556 Yeah I mean maybe its also like with the mask on they seem more intimidating...same with Eredin and Imlerith...but when they took their helms of...eh.

@prozac5314

3 жыл бұрын

imlerith would have been so badass without him revealing his ugly face

“Time to end this!!!” By the way, Carinthir is Elven for ‘Carryin’Here’ :D. Vote yes for Carinthir to be a Mortal Combat character !!

This is how PPE should look like

Wish Yen had a duel against Caranthir in the story. I get it wouldn't work in the games because only Geralt/player is allowed to fight all the enemies but yeah.

La mejor bso de hace tiempo en un videojuego... Aqui os dejo la segunda parte del DLC hearts of stone de este increible juego kzread.info/dash/bejne/pqNqtM6phsfJgbA.html

alright ye lil monsters!you awaken scotland shame!

This is basically the equivalent to the Pillar man theme

Me and the boys.

0:53 2:15 3:37 4:47

No one gives Imlerith credits for his epic boss fight or... I don’t know, killing Vesemir.

I don't understand. Caranthir's fight was badass, tough in the good way (on deathmarch with level scaling at any rate) and his boss music is soooo badass. Eredin just has very generic big bad evil guy epic vocals going, and he's just not fun. It's the cheesiest fight ever, you dodge and hit him twice doing very little damage for 20 minutes then you dodge, but he teleports in a random direction and sometimes you roll right into him, he windmill swords you while you're stunlocked and bam. Restart. It's like the boss fights were designed by two different people, but only Caranthir and Imlerith designer really understood what a good bossfight would be like.

@JacopoSkydweller

3 жыл бұрын

Realized a big part of my problem was a heavy sign based build with Gryphon armor. Neither boss burns, stuns, staggers or falls to any of the signs. Had a ton more luck with every boss fight since switching to Ursine heavy attack build with very little sign usage.

Only fool thinks other two were carried by the one, especially since caranthier was loyal to leader of wild hunt.

The start sound a lot like clapback from RuPaul hahaha

İs this song on spotify, if so whats its name

@bwrp10

4 жыл бұрын

Hail to Caranthir

@wanjakunits6605

4 жыл бұрын

unable to read the title of the video?

@KrulKrukuw

4 жыл бұрын

The thing is guys, this song wasn't on the official OST, because it's been added to the game some time after the initial release, and has never been added to official soundtrack later on. Therefore it's not available on Spotify at all. The song doesn't even have an official name. "Hail to Caranthir" is pretty much a made-up name for this song.

Wait Caranthir is really hard for you guys? I understand Imlerith, but Caranthir... That fight was a cakewalk on every playthrough I ever did. Granted I have the big boy heal every time I'm there but still...

I want to see Geralt vs Caranthir, but without fight with Ciri, when Caranthir is not wounded and exhausted

@xarelyth7309

Жыл бұрын

Caranthir would most likely win, but then yet again Geralt is a Witcher whose basically inhuman so it might be a Detlaff vs Geralt battle, whoever outwits who, wins

The unreleased version sounds cooler. Why they’ve used this one…

Who can name the elf in the middle without looking it up?

@cosmic2750

3 жыл бұрын

Eredin Breacc Glas

Alright, I think I got this one. Eredin = Pretty one. Imlerith = Stupid one. Caranthir = One with weird powers.