Journey of the Infinite Wizard

After Kairamez left, Nilfgaard's army brazenly invaded the Kingdom of Cintra, which immediately aroused the nerves of the northern countries. Because, after Sintra, it is equivalent to Nilfgaard and the first kingdom of the northern kingdoms, Temeria and Aedirn. And according to Nilfgaard's current situation, he will definitely not stop fighting and make peace, and his pace of aggression will definitely continue to accelerate. Thus, in the face of Nilfgaard's invasion, the northern kingdoms united for the first time against the aggression from Nilfgaard.

However, the preparations of the northern countries have always been relatively hasty, and their armies have not fully marched into Sintra and Nilfgaard for direct confrontation and full-scale war. Therefore, when Nilfgaard invaded Cintra, only Cintra's army was against Nilfgaard. The northern countries have only been supporting Sintra all the time. However, as a small country, Sintra is naturally weaker than Nilfgaard. Although the soldiers and civilians fought bravely, they were constantly repulsed as Nilfgaard advanced step by step. Immediately, Emhyr Enress demanded that Cintra surrender, but Ciri's grandmother Calanthe refused to surrender and committed suicide. However, Nilfgaard still did not fully occupy Cintra. Also because of the crushing defeat of Sintra, the determination of the northern countries to resist Nilfgaard was strengthened.

The two sides gathered an army of 100,000 people on Mount Soden, and at the same time, there were 22 warlocks who joined forces with the northern countries to fight against Nilfgaard. Vigfortez of Logeven commanded the mages, and the Northern Kingdom also relied on the help of the warlocks to achieve victory in the war here. But the victory did not stop there, because after this battle, Sintra fell completely, and the territory of the Nilfgaard Empire became even wider. It is said that 30,000 people were killed or wounded in this battle.

Fourteen of the twenty-two warlocks were killed in this battle (officially, only twelve bodies were found due to mutilated and illegible bodies at the time), and Triss Merigold was wrongly Included in the calculation, her name was engraved on the monument, so she is also known as the fourteenth martyr. In fact she was badly burned in the battle but survived, being rescued by the Warlock Brotherhood and magically restored to her appearance. Yennefer lost her eyesight during the battle, and later regained her sight through magic, but the experience left her psychologically traumatized. Both sides suffered heavy losses in this battle, and finally Vigoforts of Logevin took the lead in promoting an armistice agreement. End of the First Nilfgaardian-Northern War.

In the original history, there was Francesca among the warlocks participating in this battle, but because of Jiang Ning's reasons. Francesca did not participate in this battle, but an unknown warlock participated in the battle. Therefore, whether it is the survivors or the outcome of the battle, there is not much difference from the original history.

The end result was that Nilfgaard gained Cintra, and Temeria took the opportunity to expand its territory. The only loser was the Kingdom of Sintra, which was completely subjugated and became the northernmost province of Nilfgaard. The peace negotiations between the nations are actually negotiations between the warlocks and the monarchs of the nations behind the scenes. This battle has also enhanced the influence and voice of the warlocks. If Francesca participated in it as in the original history, then the country belonging to Ein Sidi, the Valley of Flowers, would also be established after this battle. Unfortunately, Francesca did not participate, so the situation of Einshidi has not been greatly improved.

However, the biggest winner of this battle is undoubtedly Temeria. Although Nilfgaard won Sintra, all the territories gained in the war were lost. Moreover, most of the troops and generals were lost, but in the end, they did not get what they wanted. Therefore, that Emhyr Sirius of Nilfgaard was not reconciled at all.

Therefore, various actions are frequently dispatched, such as contacting the warlock group, gaining their support and loyalty, and so on. In the previous battles, the group of warlocks played a key role in helping the northern countries win and establishing the victory. Their influence and voice have also increased accordingly, so some people still want to continue to increase the influence of the warlock group. Therefore, in the following time, the warlock group was divided into three parts. One is warlocks from the northern countries, some are neutral, and some belong to Nilfgaard.

They quarreled and quarreled, and finally decided to hold another meeting, and the location was set on Thaned Island. At that time, many warlocks and mages went to Thaned Island to participate in the mage meeting, aiming to clarify whether the mages' political tendency was to favor the northern kingdom or Nilfgaard, or to remain neutral. However, mages loyal to the Northern Kingdom intend to accuse their colleagues of complicity in Nilfgaard, while conspirators, on the other hand, intend to stage a coup against the other attendees. They landed Scoia'tael and Nilfgaardian agents on the island, which eventually sparked conflict and bloodshed. Many members of both camps died in the bloody battle that ensued in the palace. In the end, the traitors were forced to flee for their lives. Not only did several warlocks die on both sides, but many neutral warlocks also died in battle. Even Geralt was seriously injured here, and Triss used spell teleportation to escape here. After this incident, the influence of the Warlock group in the Northern Kingdoms has been greatly reduced, and many Warlocks have lost their previous royal advisor positions in the Northern Kingdoms.

The influence they had previously gained by helping the northern countries fight against Nilfgaard has been greatly reduced or even worse than before. It was also because of this coup that the Warlock Council was destroyed, and the influence of the Warlocks also plummeted with the destruction of the organization. At the same time, Vizimir II, King of Redania, one of the Northern Kingdoms, was assassinated, and part of the Lyrian army was besieged in Aedirn. Subsequently, the northern countries used this as an excuse to launch a war and attack Grivesingen, and the Second Northern War broke out immediately.

It can be said that the Second Northern War was entirely a war in which the northern countries intended to drive Nilfgaard back to the south. They wanted to take this opportunity to recover Cintra, firmly resist Nilfgaard's protruding claws, and drive back to the south. He was not allowed to get involved in the north, and Emhyr was also dissatisfied with losing the territory of Soden and other places in the previous war. Therefore, he also wanted to expand his territory again through the war.

Therefore, when the northern countries entered Grivisingen, Emhyr used this as an excuse to launch the second all-out war!