![]() ![]() To prevent this, the monarchs decide to find and kill Ciri. They are aware that the Emperor is looking for Ciri to marry her (morganatically) and thus to gain the rights to Cintra, which is known under Nilfgaardian occupation. The kings decide to start a war, before the Empire weakens their countries further, and to regain Cintra. Nilfgaardian financial power is ruining northern economy, Nilfgaardian emissaries agitate aristocrats and merchants against their monarchs, elves and dwarves have formed partisan groups called Scoia'tael (Squirrels) and are conducting acts of terror against humans - and in every major city cultists are prophesying that the world will end, unless the Savior comes from the South. Peace with Nilfgaard is not what it was supposed to be. ![]() He knows that this young girl has great importance, not only because of her royal blood, but also because of her magical potential and elven blood in her veins.Īlmost two years after the war (won by the Northern Kingdoms), the rulers of the North meet in secret, to discuss the political situation. Emhyr var Emreis, Emperor of Nilfgaard, sends his spies to find her. Queen Calanthe, lethally wounded, commits suicide and her granddaughter, Cirilla, called Ciri and nicknamed the "Lion Cub of Cintra" manages to flee from the burning capital city. ![]() About a year before the beginning of the story, The Empire of Nilfgaard attacks the Kingdom of Cintra. ![]()
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