#jan calveit

[tigerlyla-of-metinna]

Three Years. No other games/mediums/ books made me create so many than The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt, and specifically Emhyr and his Nilfgaardian Empire.

Eventually I will branch out and create portraits outside of Nilfgaard. But I will always return to the empire. It's what created this channel.

#emhyr var emreis #the witcher 3 #artists on tumblr #emiel regis rohellec terzieff godefroy #geralt of rivia #geralt #nilfgaard #emhyr #dettlaff van der eretein #witcher oc #emhyr x oc #paintoolsai #morvran voorhis #radovid #radovid the stern #jan calveit #cirilla #empress cirilla #eskel #iron fist alexander #the witcher #witcher 3 wild hunt #digital art #TLylaedits/arts #artist on tumblr

[ormakona]

Jan Calveit was Emperor of the Nilfgaardian Empire, succeeding Morvran Voorhis into the 14th century. Considered to be a forgiving ruler, he was aware of the past cruelties of the empire, and attempted a peaceful reign.

#Jan Calveit #Nilfgaardian Empire #Emperor #Nilfgaard #the witcher #witcher fanart #tradirional #traditional illustration #sketch portrait #cd projekt red fanart #cdpr #commisions open #portrait #sketchbook #andrzej sapkowski #the witcher fanart #witcher tag #gwent

[dukeofdogs]

Jan Calveit

Chest 1: As a young man, Jan Calveit served in the Magne Division, which was charged with the defense of the Empire's eastern border along the Tir Tochair mountain range. During an expedition against a crew of nomad outlaws roaming the Korath Desert, his unit fell victim to an ambush. Calveit alone escaped with his life. For weeks he wandered the hot sands under a brutal sun, wounded and exhausted. Yet, he eventually returned home... Though forever a changed man.

Chest 2: A deep scar extends diagonally across Emperor Calveit's face. Despite repeated offers from his court mages to hide or remove the mark, the emperor always adamantly refused. "Those who do not reflect upon their mistakes are doomed to repeat them," he asserted. Indeed, it is impossible to forget one's past missteps when they stare back at you in the mirror.

Chest 3: Jan Calveit preferred to observe battle seated in a throne placed at the edge of the battlefield. Even as flaming arrows whistled by and falling stones carved out craters in the earth around him, he would never stand and flee. "Our fates are written in the stars," he would say. "And my day has not yet come."

Scroll 1: Jan Calveit showed great interest in several fields of study, including medicine and astrology. His critics often scoffed at the impracticality of his academic pursuits. One day, they learned just how wrong they were to doubt his investment...

Scroll 2: Calveit founded a medical university in Vicovaro. One of the academy's departments quickly became notorious, for it was said that its scholars – in contrast to most medical practitioners – preferred working with the dead rather than the living...

Scroll 3: Before long, word circulated quickly of lethally wounded soldiers who miraculously returned from the field hospital back into the fray on the field of battle. Oddly, the soldiers now hid their faces. Under no circumstances would they remove their helmets...

Scroll 4: Greatly upset by the ghastly rumors of soldiers returning from the dead, Nilfgaardian aristocrats conspired to assassinate their Emperor. Yet, their plotting was extinguished as quickly as it began. But how? A traitor in their midst? Not at all, for Calveit's astrologers had long foreseen their treachery.

Bonus - for some reason Calveit has 2 avatars in the files, the second one (unused) is just slightly zoomed in

#gwent: assets #gwent: lore #gwent #ng #jan calveit #horoscope girl

[veralevina15]

А что будет, если Геральт предложит Радовиду сыграть в Гвинт на Реданию?

Радовид бы очень удивился и сказал бы что-то в духе: «Ведьмак, зачем тебе Редания? Ты решил получить легальное право на то, чтобы вмешиваться в политику? Поверь, тебе лучше оставаться ведьмаком».

Король очень дорожит Реданией. Так что хоть Геральт, хоть Ян Кальвейт предложат ему сыграть в Гвинт на орлиное королевство - Радовид не согласится.

А может, дело просто в том, что наш гениальный шахматист не ахти какой игрок в Гвинт? ;) Как-то раз он уже проиграл Фольтесту и нарядился на новогодний бал в очень экстравагантный наряд)

#anon ask #radovid #radovid v the stern #радовид #king radovid #radovid v #radovid the stern #adda #princess adda #adda the white #Адда #jan calveit #foltest #radoadda #РадоАдда #radovid x adda #redania #the witcher #witcher fanart #witcher 3 #wiedźmin #ведьмак #gwent

[laurikarauchscat]

Will Morvran marry only Ciri? Any other options?

Lets assume Morvran wants the throne. The way I see it, Morvran has three options here (just like Ciri, eh 😁):

The Emperor Consort ending - He could play nice with Ciri, treat her with reverence and respect, safe in the knowledge that he is probably her best political option (Cerys is a gamble, given her status as an outsider to Nilfgaard. Jan Calveit I've always headcannoned as an Uber twat. And no other politically prominent young Nilfgaardians (who are still alive) are ever mentioned, so one must assume Morvran is the best of the bunch).

The Ally Ending - Let's say Ciri does end up marrying someone else (Cerys, for example 😍), Morvran could hold his status and power in Nilfgaard by being Ciri's ally. A close confident. A friend, even.

In both these cases, he is going to have to work at winning her trust, and gaining her respect.

If he fails at this, there is a third ending.

The Bitter Ending - Morvran decides to be a bitter bitch about the fact that someone else is on the Nilfgaardian throne. Ciri fucks him up. The End.

#the witcher 3 #fanon #nilfgaard #cirilla fiona elen riannon #morvran voorhis #ciri x morvran

[zhraek]

ability of jan calveit's card makes me laugh a little. because i imagine it like i playing as ardal in gwent showing his card to my enemy, and then jan himself comes and starts to rake cards in my deck and irritably mumbling something

#whining

[gas-bear]

#the witcher #the witcher 3 #morvran voorhis #emhyr var emreis #jan calveit #nilfgaard #Au #I have no idea what am i doing #I'm so fking sleepy but I have to go to school

[mahariela]

GWENT Leaders

NILFGAARD

#emhyr var emreis #anna henrietta #Anarietta #gwent #the witcher #gwentedit #ardal aep dahy #jan calveit #morvran voorhis #usurper #mahariedits

[potting-soil]

#jan calveit

[meowboomboom]

#emhyr var emreis #the witcher #morvran voorhis #jan calveit #uzurpator

[tigerlyla-of-metinna]

It’s Artstation Day!

Plugging my portfolio.

#artstation #artist on tumblr #emhyr var emreis #geralt of rivia #iron fist alexander #eskel #urcheon of erlenwald #jan calveit #nilfgaard

[ormakona]

Morvran Voorhis was an Imperator of the Nilfgaardian Empire from the Voorhis family who ascended the throne sometime around the end of the 13th century. As a relative of Emhyr var Emreis through both paternal and maternal lines, his position was always secured. After his death, Jan Calveit succeeded him.

#morvran voorhis #nilfgaardian empire #voorhis #morvran #nilfgaard #the witcher #The Witcher Wild Hunt #witcher fanart #traditional fanart #digital fanart #sketch portrait #sketchbook #Witcher #pencil and paper #commisions open #wild hunt #novigrad

[dukeofdogs]

Master post for Gwent lore pt 1

Base set:

Monsters

Arachas Queen

Eredin Bréacc Glas

Unseen Elder

Woodland Spirit

Scoiatel

Brouver Hoog

Eithné

Filavandrel aén Fidháil

Francesca Findabair

Northern Realms:

Princess Adda 

Demavend

King Foltest

King Henselt

Nilfgaard

Emhyr var Emreis 

Jan Calveit

Morvran Voorhis 

Usurper

Skellige

Bran Tuirseach

Crach an Craite 

Eist Tuirseach 

Harald the Cripple

Year of the Wild Boar:

Thronebreaker

Ardal aep Dahy

Arnjolf

Eldain

Gernichora

Meve

Crimson Curse

Anna Henrietta

Queen Calanthe

Dana Méadbh

Dettlaff van der Eretein

Svalblod

Novigrad

King of Beggars

Cleaver

Sigismund Djikstra

Gudrun Bjornsdottir   

Cyrus Engelkind Hemmelfart   

Whoreson Junior

Iron Judgment

Merchants of Ofir

Year of the Dire Rat

Master Mirror

Grand Master of the Flaming Rose (Jacques de Aldersberg)

Sparrowhawk (Eredin)

Wrath of Brokilon (Eithné)

The Cripple (Harald the Cripple)

Emperor of Nilfgaard (Usurper)

King of Kerack (Viraxas)

Way of the Witcher

Viy

Erland of Larvik

Arnaghad 

Gezras of Leyda

Ivar Evil-Eye

Fallen Rayla

Year of the Great Oak

Stalwart Leadership

Advanced Tactics

Price of Power

She Who Knows

Duchess of Dol Blathanna

Melusine

Leticia Charbonneau

The Witchfinder

Vilgeforz

Year of The Cursed Toad

Vial of Forbidden Knowledge

Mysterious Puzzle Box

Renfri

Eltibald

Boholt

Sove & Ulula

Dagon

Svalblod Bear

Part 2

#gwent: lore #gwent #probably the longest post on this whole website #the seasonal trees are going to be added later in a separate one #because let's face it... #this one is far too long already #the witcher

[chthoniclown]

print ideas lol (Emhyr is so emo here, I can imagine him saying IT’S NOT A PHASE, PAVETTA)

#the witcher #the witcher 3 #the witcher art #nilfgaard #morvran voorhis #morvran voorhis art #emhyr var emreis #emhyr var emreis art #jan calveit #jan calveit art #print ideas #tshirt

[crunadh]

Thoughts on Emhyr var Emreis and Peter Evertsen

Since I am firmly settled into the game canon of the witcher, I was today year's old when I learned of Peter Evertsen. And let me tell you that it changed my view of Emhyr var Emreis - although to which degree I cannot tell yet.

The Wiki says this about Peter Evertsen, as cited from Time of Contempt:

Evertsen, Peter, b. 1234, confidant of Emperor Emhyr Deithwen and one of the true authors of the Empire's might. The chief chamberlain of the army during the time of the Northern Wars (q.v.), from 1290 imperial treasurer of the crown. In the final period of Emhyr's rule, he was raised to the rank of coadjutor of the Empire. During the rule of Emperor Morvran Voor he was falsely accused of misappropriation of funds, found guilty, imprisoned and died in 1301 in Winneburg Castle. Postumously rehabilitated by Emperor Jan Calveit in 1328. Effenberg and Talbot, Encyclopaedia Maxima Mundi, Volume V

What struck me here the most was the first sentence:

"confidant of the Emperor Emhyr Deithwen and one of the true authors of the Empire's might."

Does this mean that Emhyr actually was acting out whatever Evertsen told him to? That Evertsen was kind of the "Grey Eminence of Nilfgaard"? Now this should be taken with a grain of salt of course, since the Encyclopaedia Maxima Mundi is considered Nilfgaardian propaganda. But why does a Nilfgaardian piece of propaganda take away the fame from Emhyr var Emreis and put it onto a simple chamberlain/treasurer?

I don't have the answer to that. But I'd like to have a look at the passages in Time of Contempt, where we can see Petersen acting as the chief chamberlain of the army:

First, he contemplates coldly the numbers of soldiers:

"The tactical company combines ten ordinary companies and numbers two thousand horse. Although the Winneburgians will probably not take part in any large battles now, no fewer than a sixth of their number will fali in skirmishes. Then there will be camps and bivouacs, rotten victuals, filth, lice, mosąuitoes, contaminated water. Then the inevitable will come: typhus, dysentery and malaria, which will kill no fewer than a ąuarter. To that you should include an estimate for unpredictable occurrences, usually around one-fifth of the total. Eight hundred will return home. No morę. And probably far fewer."

He's clearly lacking any empathy for the soldiers, handling their numbers as if he was counting grain.

Then, just before the fights in Aedirn and Rivia we have this:

"Evertsen pondered for a moment and wiped his forehead.

‘“War to the castles, peace to the yillages,” Coehoorn said to his commanders yesterday. You know that principle,’ he added at once. ‘You learned it in officer training. That principle applied until today; from tomorrow you’re to forget it. From tomorrow a different principle applies, which will now be the battle ery of the war we are waging. The battle ery and my orders run: War on everything alive. War on everything that can burn. You are to leave scorched earth behind you. From tomorrow, we take war beyond the linę we will withdraw behind after signing the treaty. We are withdrawing, but there is to be nothing but scorched earth beyond that linę. The kingdoms of Rivia and Aedirn are to be reduced to ashes! Remember Sodden! The time of revenge is with us!'"

What strikes me here is the sentence:

"The battle cry and my orders run..."

His orders. Not the Emperor's. It seems an innocent enough mistake. Barely an omission. No-one bats an eye at it. The Emperor's orders and Evertsen's seem interchangeable. It doesn't have to mean much, but it got me thinking. It's barely 5 years or so after the the battle of Cintra. Surely Evertsen had the same position and thus the ear and trust of the Emperor back then, too. But you know what Emhyr did just after the massacre of Cintra?

Henselt describes it in Blood of Elves:

"Because we broke their spine at Sodden. We broke them militarily, and above all we broke their morale. I don’t know whether it is true that Emhyr var Emreis was, at the time, against aggression on such a scale, that the attack on Cintra was the work of some party hostile to him – I take it that if they had defeated us, he would be applauding, and distributing privileges and endowments amongst them. But after Sodden it suddenly turns out he was against it, and that everything which occurred was due to his marshals’ insubordination. And heads fell. The scaffolds flowed with blood. These are certain facts, not rumors. Eight solemn executions, and many more modest ones. Several apparently natural yet mysterious deaths, a good many cases of people suddenly choosing to retire. I tell you, Emhyr fell into a rage and practically finished off his own commanders."

So, what I'm thinking now is: What if Emhyr var Emreis was indeed against violence on such a scale but Evertsen ordered it anyway? The soldiers wouldn't have questioned the orders. And later Evertsen put the blame on the commanders, causing Emhyr to finish them off and eliminating all the witnesses in the process.

So, was Emhyr forced to invade Cintra? Did he want to invade it but didn't endorse the killing? Was Evertsen the man behind it all? We will probably never know.

In any case, this has put the thought in my head that Emhyr in the books isn't per se the strong and cruel leader we see in the game but instead a man that is guided and led by at least two forces: Petersen (who he even later makes treasurer and coadjutor) and Vilgefortz (who even calls Emhyr his "tool" at some point).

I don't want to excuse Emhyr's actions. He does some despicable and vile deeds (even though I, as a writer am working on making these decisions a little bit understandable). But I'm forced to consider that, in the book canon, he isn't as much of a clearly painted villain as I thought he was made out to be. Instead he seems to be human, even prone to weakness at some points, sometimes a victim of his own emotions (a very bad thing for someone in his position), who in the end decides against doing the worst that he could do by letting Ciri go free.

I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do with all of this, especially considering that Petersen's influence over Emhyr seems to have grown over time with his rise in rank. If we look at Morvran Voorhis' reaction to Petersen after Emhyr's death, I think we can assume that he was not considered the best of influence.

#emhyr var emreis #peter evertsen #the witcher #meta #book!canon #game!canon

[thedeadthree]

martyna ryzeck of lan exeter - witch queen of kovir, wife of tankred thyssen, the koviri wraith.

senne sophrevia ere aep xalvir - witch empress of nilfgaard, wife of jan calveit, the star of nazair.

the witch queens of the continent, may the gods spare thee should they ever go to war

picrew [x]

#is that foreshadowing i see ? mayhaps mayhaps ✨😌 #c. martyna of lan exeter #c. senne aep xalvir #the title is a bit of a misnomer since u know senne isn’t a queen she’s an empress #but the bards liked the sound of it so that’s what people stuck with ✨🤧 #yay!! my gals!! #leg.ocs #leg.edit #*picrews #witcher oc #s. the witcher #the witcher #a very veeery small intro to the ladies!! until i finish their edits + factoids ✨😌 #leg plays the witcher #they also have more info on the character page!! ✨:)