The Witchers Deadliest Faction - The Nilfgaardian Empire | Witcher Lore Books & Games

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why wont the witcher games tell us why with dialogues on any politics or any mililary the only thing they tell us about is anything about the main story they will never give you anything else about the game not even of WHY , HOW, OR WHO the empire is .. -.-

why wont the witcher games tell us why with dialogues on any politics or any mililary the only thing they tell us about is anything about the main story they will never give you anything else about the game not even of WHY , HOW, OR WHO the empire is .. -.-

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Down in the deep south of the continent of not making an intro properly? What continent?

Nilfgaardians are so god damn ugly compared to Redanians and Skelligians.

Nilfgaard really is the lesser of two evils. As bad as they may be, they are nowhere near as bad as Radovid and Redania.

Please do the Northern Kingdoms next.

Never understand why they didn't hold the walls

Soo isnt anyone gonna mention that Ehmyr fucked fake ciri?? Home sweet alabama

Nilfgaard is my favorite faction. I love that their language is an Elf and man hybrid. Their armor is some of the coolest armor. I’m not even talking about the fancy impera brigade armor. I’m talking about the ones the poorer infantry wear. That look like metal horns on their helmet. The only helmets I like better are Skelliges. Not the ones with horns but the Roman helmets with the metal pieces on top that look similar to the Nilfgaard helmets. Would love to see Nilfgaard adopt those Roman looking helmets.

Events in Witcher 2 and 3 are supposed to be far more complicated, cause many storylines from the main story are not continued, the remakes hopefully emphasize on this part, cause the entire trilogy needs an overhaul in the political aspects of the story and continue after the situations the realms of the north were left off in during the end of the lady of the lake book.

For SIGMAR! kind of vibes

So, the history of Nilfgaard is essentially a combination of the Roman Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, and the successors to the Holy Roman Empire.

For some reason I read this as Milfguardian Empire :D

But best choice for Land is Nilfgard its like Rome

Great video

Continue this and make it a series about the kingdoms within the Witcher universe!

Now do Redania!

it was o'dimm all alone

they have always been my favourite faction

I support the Milfguardians.

That's all well and good, but what about the Milfgaardian Empire?

The Witcher needs a proper tv show that respects Nilfgaard enough and not intentionally make them literally look like dicks. Fucking Hissrich

Milfguard.

Long live Radovid

gaunter o' dimm is such a rascal

Why the usurper would be so stupid as to exile a claimant to his throne rather than killing him is beyond me

Nilfgaard can be the biggest threat or it’s greatest savior to the continent. Which is exactly why I let Ciri rule as empress in my playthroughs. As much as everyone wants a Witcher life for her, she’s not a Witcher. It’s not an easy live or even a good one. Just because Geralts is full of adventure and seems like a cool life, doesn’t mean that’s the case for every other Witcher. Geralt just happens to be the most famous Witcher ever also the best one that ever lived. It would be a waste of potential for Ciri to live the rest of her life on the road making a living slaying monsters.

Ah yes, The Scrotum armour Faction.

If they ever make an adult version of The Witcher, there would be Milfgaard.

It’s truly amazing when someone who has actually has read the books and knows what he is talking about then makes a video that accurately describes what actually happens in the books from the NILFGAARDIAN point of view without putting any new and pointless things in it ..

If you look at the Witcher 3 you will realise that it basically is following the plot of the last 3 books in one game yes 5 years after the books have ended but it’s all most exactly the same

The MilfGuard

I've learned more about the Nilfgaardian Empire from this video than I did from 3 seasons of Netflix Witcher

The milf gaardians

Nilfgaard Sounds Like A Bunch Of PushDug Figleys Bens Type Of People. Why don't try that lame COLONISER rubbish IN MI SMALL HORDE?.....

I call them MILF-guardians

I always saw the nilfgardians as Germans. The author is polish and his stories play in a fantasy Version of a slavic realm.

Master Mirror always stirring the pot.

Aaaa... The germans!

" There will alway be an Empire, There will always be an Emperor "

Name of the music my dear friend

Why didn't you mention the book canon, that the North will eventually fall?


Delannoy, Flourens, linguist and historian, b. 1432 in Vicovaro, in the years 1460–1475 secretary and librarian at the imperial court. A tireless researcher of folk legends and tales, he authored many treatises considered classics of ancient language and literature of the Empire’s northern regions. His most important works are: “Myths and Legends of the Peoples of the North”, “Fairytales and Stories”, “The Surprise, or the Myth of the Elder Blood”, “The Witcher Saga”, and “The Witcher and the Witcheress, or the Never-ending Search”. From 1476 professor at the Academy of Castel Graupian, where d. 1510.

Effenberg and Talbot, Encyclopaedia Maxima Mundi, vol. IV

Nilfgaard is my absolute favourite Faction in the Witcher franchise ( Gloir aen Ard Feainn, Gloir aen Deithwen ) but where in the Lore is it stated that the Usurper got the "help" of Gaunter O'Dimm ?
It wouldn't surprise me in the least if O'Dimm thought it'd be loads of fun to overthrow the Var Emreis dynasty, but i don't ever recall reading about it.

I also don't think the Usurper just kindly "exiled" young Emhyr. Typically when you murder a Ruler and take over, you don't leave his relatives alive to come back and seek vengeance. And the Usurper doesn't strike me as someone who'd be above killing a child after torturing his Father, most likely in front of him, and then letting a Mage torture said child and curse him for shits and giggles.

From what i gathered, Duke Ardal aep Dahy helped Emhyr escape to the North because he was most likely going to be killed, and while with Aep Dahy learned from a Mage ( Xarthisius ) that a cure to his curse would be found in Cintra. Chances are the Usurper sent agents after Emhyr too, but once beyond Nilfgaardian borders, they lost track of him. Just a shame that many years later Ardal would himself be part of a conspiration against Emhyr, who doesn't take kindly to betrayal.

Also, personally, i think that Nilfgaard winning the War is the best outcome. Redania is the only thing that stands between Emhyr and complete conquest of the Northern Kingdoms. Once Redania's off the picture, the rest will surrender and collapse, effectively ushering the Continent into a new era of Peace and prosperity, under some kind of "Pax Nilfgaardia". Because without Nilfgaard coming to knock on the Northern Kingdoms' gates every few years, they pretty much spend most of their time trying to invade each others. If Nilfgaard wins, it's the last time the Continent will know War for a long long time.

Too bad the game doesn't show the negative points of Nilfgaard especially within the Empire itself. For example the negative points, about very strong power of the mafia (guild of merchants), which dictates orders to the emperor, almost like northern sorcerers to their kings. And in the newly occupied territories, there is a mess, ethnic cleansings and slavery in general and nilfgaard itself doesn't even rebuilt conqured lands and just leave them as wastelands. also there is no order on those occupied territories ( there are only embezzlement and corruption to outright banditry protected by the authorities.) despite the fact that there has been no wars there for a long time. their ancestors commited genocide against the elves in toussaint, dwarves got killed and enslaved by nilfgaards. that's why they supported the north. the kingdoms also let druids protest and defend brokilon whereas nilfgaard killed its own druids and according to letho doesn't even let witchers enter its own cities and villages.

It was Philipa who ordered assasination of Vizimer II.

Well, in fact, Nilfgaard is the first Empire this world have seen so far. We only heard about rumours about Ophir xP

Adhart!!! Nilfgaard!!!

Temeria next ⚜️⚜️⚜️

May Temerian lilies prosper and bloom under great Nilfgaardian sun