#The empire of Nilfgaard

[laurikarauchscat]

worry

Assassination attempts in the Imperial Palace are quite commonplace.

They would usually be followed by his staff clucking about him a touch more concerned than usual for a day or two, and perhaps Vattier would throw a couple of tantrums about his heirless rule, or the failings in his choice of guard.

It is only after Cirilla and her Witcher joins him in Nilfgaard that he experiences what it is like to have people truly be relieved he lives to breathe another day.

#traditional art #the witcher fanart #nilfgaard #the witcher 3 #the witcher #emhyr var emreis #duny #emhyr #empress ciri #emperor emhyr #emhyr x geralt #Geralt #empress ending #Geralt of rivia #The empire of Nilfgaard #Witcher rairpairs #assassination attempt #Emhyralt #geralt x emhyr #The witcher geralt

[arlathhan]

art by AntonPix Studio

The Witcher Tarot project

#the witcher books #the witcher #witcher #tw3 #tw3 wild hunt #emperor emhyr #emhyr var emreis #nilfgaardian empire #nilfgaard #tarot #witcher 3

[tigerlyla-of-metinna]

Ciri would NEVER become the empress of the country SLAUGHTERED HER FAMILY.

Take a chill pill anon.

You know what you lack?

With how I play the game, Ciri becomes Empress and heiress to her father's empire, as well as suzerain of all the conquered territories.

I make my headcanons, my fanfictions and my alternative universes. You want Ciri so badly to end up a witcher or dead- I know someone who wish her end up a corpse. Do it in your blog. Because in mine, Ciri as empress is a possibility!

So bow before the Empress-Witcher of Nilfgaard!

#cirilla fiona elen riannon #empress ciri #nilfgaardian empire #nilfgaard #anon ask #touch grass #my answer

[jawanaka]

Glynnis aep Loernach

I've never been much of a fan off Gwent, either in The Witcher III or as a separate game (and some of the story content they've put out has...choices made). But I like mining it for not-actually-OC's, like this one here.

From the wiki:

She loved every soldier like a son. She cried for each one. Glynnis aep Loernach was a young officer within the Ard Feainn, a cavalry division within Nilfgaardian Army. It is unknown if she took part in the Battle of Brenna, where her unit was defeated.

From an upcoming chapter of The Sins of Fathers:

“Have you seen the terrain south of the lake? Open land largely, good cavalry country. They try that we’ll cut them to pieces,” Brigadier Glynnis aep Loernach was a tall and pale woman, her black hair falling down her back in multiple tight braids, her accent betraying the highlands of Mag Turga.

“Risk? Were either of you at Brenna?” Neither man responded. Morvran, who also had not been anywhere near said battle, also didn’t speak. “Because that’s what happened at Brenna. Someone fucked up the reconnaissance and the whole army got slaughtered.”

“I know,” she sighed, “General I’m not looking for revenge on any nordlings. I’m only looking to make sure that when we have to go up there, and we will have to go up there, as many as possible will come back alive.”

“So do I.”

“I know general. That’s why it pleased me to find you in command. We all know of general Voorhis, the man who likes to win without fighting.”

Morvran smiled faintly, “Were it so easy.”

“You and the empress will find a way general. Till then, we hold the line.”

#Glynnis aep Loernach #nilfgaard #nilfgaardian empire #morvran voorhis #my writing

[ormakona]

Stefan Skellen (d. 1268), known as Tawny Owl, was a Nilfgaardian coroner and member of the Imperial Secret Service.

#Stefan Skellen #the witcher #portrait #traditional art #witcher fanart #cd projekt red #cd projekt red fanart #sketch #sketch portrait #witcher #the witcher fanart #Tawny Owl #nilfgaard #nilfgaardian empire

[marinamd29]

Voices in my head

My inside is dead

#the witcher #the witcher 3 #ciri #cirilla fiona elen riannon #cirilla #screenshot #witcher ciri #nilfgaard #empress Cirilla #power over a huge empire is a serious matter

[nilf55gar]

#nilfgaard #empire nilfgaard

[rammota]

so… witcher oc? school of the cat? anyone?

#the witcher #the witcher 3 #the witcher wild hunt #geralt of rivia #witcher geralt #school of the wolf #school of the cat #dolia of fano #ebbing #nilfgaard #nilfgaardian empire #art #witcher art #witcher oc #artists on tumblr #digital art

[fantasyoftales]

Rosa Var Attre feat Edna

#Witcher #Witcher 3 #witcher 3: wild hunt #geralt of rivia #Witcher geralt #edna var attre #rosa var attre #nilfgaard #empire #fantasy

[inexplicifics]

Morvran Voorhis, first-ranked prince of Nilfgaard, has been sent to Kaer Morhen on a diplomatic mission. His tasks are twofold: first, negotiate a nonaggression treaty between the wild barbarian Warlord of the North and the Nilfgaardian Empire. And second, ingratiate himself with the mysterious Warlord’s daughter and heir apparent, Princess Cirilla.

Sir Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach, a Vicovaran knight, has been assigned to protect young Prince Voorhis on this mission. Prince Voorhis may be the best of a bad lot, but Cahir’s still not looking forward to the threats or the temperature of a winter in the distant North.

They both know their mission is a dangerous one. But they don’t know where the true danger lies…and while they know how to navigate Nilfgaard’s treacherous court, they are not prepared for Kaer Morhen. This is a mission they might not survive…and if they do, they might be changed beyond all recognition.

#accidental warlord au #flung to catch a star

[laurikarauchscat]

Emhyr I

Exerpt from a school textbook:

"Arguably, the father of Nilfgaard as we know it today, depictions of Emperor Emhyr the firtst always contain two elements: a symbol of growth, and prosperity. Alongside a symbol of death and destruction."

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Lacking inspiration right now, so back to drawing portraits.

Still can't get Emhyr's face right. Le sigh..😮‍💨 I'm blaming it on the Nilfgaardian artist commissioned to paint this.

#traditional art #the witcher fanart #nilfgaard #the witcher 3 #emhyr var emreis #the witcher #emhyr #duny #Tw3 #Emperor Emhyr #Nilfgaard #Nilfgaardian Empire #Portraits

[arlathhan]

trying to create places from #thewitcher books in #dalle :nilfgaardian gardens

#aiart #nilfgaard #nilfgaardian empire #garden #The Witcher #witcher fanart #aiartcommunity #dawn #flowers #art #aiartist #witcher #dalle2

[tigerlyla-of-metinna]

The Heirs of Nilfgaard: Work in Progress #3

Ciri fleshed out more, and Morvran finally getting the flats applied. Colors are still subject to change though.

I'll probably post 1 or 2 more progress reports

#cirilla #cirilla fiona elen riannon #morvran voorhis #empress cirilla #the witcher fanart #witcher fan art #nilfgaard #nilfgaardian empire #witcher 3 fan art #witcher 3 #work in progress #paintool sai

[fandomwarehouse]

Strong opinions under the cut. If you like Nilfgaard etc this isn't the party for you.

Obligatory fuck Nilfgaard

I think what bothers me so much about it is Sapko did way too good of a job representing the carnage that a colonial power leaves behind. It's easy to see what he wrote (and what the games extrapolated on) reflected in the hellscape we're currently living in.

I enjoy tearing down a fictional empire because I can't do shit about the real ones. Ngl it really boils my piss when fandom interpretations try to unironically paint Nilfgaard as an ultimate good because it brings tolerance and peace to uncivilized barbarians. This is colonizer speak. What are we doing. Throw that enlightened centrist shit in the trash where it belongs.

Nobody talks about Nilfgaard's rapacious appetite for slaves. It's a little weird. Nilfgaard is a slave state. It can't function without a class of people who aren't considered people. Sounds a little familiar, no? A common theme, perhaps? A critique of those in power, even? We all hate on the North's racism and genocide, as we should, but not so much on Nilfgaard's colonialism and ethnic cleansing. We can do both. All our blorbos are war criminals.

Except Dandelion, I guess. Shani? Bart definitely didn't do anything wrong.

Most of our blorbos.

Anyway, fuck Nilfgaard and everything it represents in and out of fiction. I hate it forever.

#antinilf

[ormakona]

Ardal aep Dahy was a Nilfgaardian nobleman and prominent politic during the reign of three Imperators: Fergus var Emreis, the Usurper, and Emhyr var Emreis.

#Ardal aep Dahy #portrait #the witcher #cd projekt red #traditional art #sketch #cd projekt red fanart #witcher fanart #sketch portrait #the witcher fanart #witcher #nilfgaardian empire #nilfgaard #andrzej sapkowski #pencil and paper

[ladyannemarie5]

So... Remember my old post of WarLord!Geralt searching for the bard and discovering that Jaskier is Radovid's consort in Redania?

You can see it here

Well, I couldn't stop thinking about that and here's just part of what I've come up with so far. 

Caution: Lots and lots of text. Almost 2k words.

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Geralt's first formal order as Warlord of the North is to search the continent for the bard Jaskier.

Five years have passed since Geralt last saw Jaskier. Five years since the mountain disaster and the day Geralt made the bard believe that the greatest blessing of his life would be to get rid of him.

Since then, Geralt has found his surprise child, resolved his issues with Yennefer and formed a new empire under his and the other witchers' command. And there hasn't been a single moment when he hasn't regretted pushing his bard away. 

That is why, as soon as political things settle down and his mainly non-human subjects begin to form real households, the new warlord sends all available people to search for the man who made him White Wolf.

He knows from Yen, that Jaskier became the Sandpiper, so he has the witchers approach the smuggling network to help the refugees get to his new realm and also to gather as much information as they can about the poet's whereabouts. 

They hear rumors and whispers about the famous bard Jaskier singing in taverns and famous courts, but every time they reach the last place where he was seen, it turns out that the bard has already departed. It also seems that 20 years at the side of a witcher have made him very good at running away from them without a trace. 

Geralt grows more desperate by the day. He wants to apologize to Jaskier, he wants to tell him how sorry he is and how much he wants him to come back to him, because he is finally ready to stop running away from his feelings. He needs Jaskier by his side, either as his lover or simply as his friend. He just needs to know that the poet is safe and sound.

That's why his heartbeat stops for a moment when new information arrives from the bard. It turns out that Nilfgaard beat him to it and captured Jaskier months ago. 

Geralt moves all his people to search for the place where the bard is being held prisoner until they finally find the small fort where their sources say he is. Geralt himself leads the attack.

Everyone is really confused when they break through the entrances and discover that there is no one alive there. There are only remnants that there was once a small army operating in the place but they fled some time ago. 

Unfortunately, there are also remnants of torture in one of the fort's dungeons. Geralt feels an immense urge to vomit as he enters the place and the smell of Jaskier's blood reaches his nostrils. His eyes sting with tears of anger and sadness when he finds a piece of blue silk in one of the corners. His anger and grief increase when they find a funeral pyre on the outskirts of the site. Jaskier is gone forever.

Shortly thereafter, the University of Oxenfurt issues a statement mourning the death of its greatest teacher and legend, the bard Jaskier. Apparently, a Redanian convoy was on a reconnaissance mission when they found a fort with remnants of Nilfgaard troops. Upon entering they discovered that the soldiers had already left but had left the body of a man in one of the dungeons. One of the men, apparently a fan of the bard, recognized his belongings and alerted his superiors to the man's identity. Jaskier's body was burned by the Redanians due to the advanced state of decomposition. All that remained was a broken elven lute that was given to the university as proof of the poet's death.  

Geralt demands that the lute be given to him. Eskel and Lambert are required to hold it when the dean refuses to give the instrument to the witcher on the grounds that Jaskier himself had left them to them in his will. The document firmly states that all of the bard's possessions were to pass to the university to dispose of as they see fit. 

Geralt cries for the first time in years when he finds out. Officially, he has nothing left of his bard. 

The Sandpiper network continues to operate as usual, at least for a while since the discovery of the fort, until something incredible happens: Redania enacts a new law saying that all elves, dwarves and other non-humans would no longer be persecuted, and could even choose to be legal citizens of Redania. 

Years pass since then. Ciri, Yen, Triss and his brother witchers remain by his side and life on the continent continues almost unchanged as the White Wolf finishes consolidating himself as a monarch of a strong and prosperous territory. The hope that Jaskier will one day appear alive and singing about the Warlord every day fades. They hadn't seen the body and when Yen wanted to use a tracking spell with the lute just to make sure, it led to nothing.

And then politics suffers another attack: King Vizimir of Redania is murdered. Yen says that rumors point to his own brother, Prince Radovid, being the one who murdered him, as he was crowned that very night at the side of his lover, a random nobleman named Julian. Geralt does not doubt it. Humans are cruel and ambitious.

The obligatory mourning passes slowly, one day all the kingdoms (except Nilfgaard) are summoned to celebrate the new king and his consort. To the surprise of everyone in Kaer Morhen, the White Wolf and his entourage are invited to the celebrations. Yen and Triss say that it would be rude not to go, as Redania fully recognizes their kingdom unlike other territories, so it would be beneficial for Geralt to attend and seal ties with a kingdom as powerful as Redania. 

Geralt wants nothing more than to stay in Kaer Morhen and continue to evade the outside world. Jaskier is no longer in it so there is nothing interesting out there. But he knows it's inevitable that he will attend the Redania celebrations, and Yen is right, it's a great opportunity. So he and his entourage leave for the kingdom. 

They are greeted in a grand manner, just like any other monarch and his entourage. Redania has shown that he wants to form ties with Kaer Morhen, so Geralt decides that he will do his best to make it all go well. It seems that King Radovid himself and his consort will welcome them once they have settled in properly. 

Geralt feels all the air leave his lungs, his head feels heavy and in turmoil, and he thinks he will burn Redania to the ground for such an offense. Next to King Radovid, stands a man with blue eyes and brown hair. A man resembling Jaskier stands right there, his arm resting on the king's arm. 

He introduces himself as Julian Alfred Pankratz, formerly Viscount of Lettenhove, now royal consort to King Radovid.

Yen cannot help but advance to him with a murderous look. He magically probes him and in an icy voice lets them all know that he really is Jaskier, the bard dead years ago. Julian replies that it's really good to see everyone once again. 

The welcome feast begins. Geralt can't take his eyes off Jaskier. The king and his consort act like any normal couple, both conversing with each other, together and very intimate. Geralt feels his stomach churn. 

At some point in the night, Julian manages to sneak into Geralt's room. He silently asks the Witcher to verify that no one is listening and that there are no traces of magic around. Geralt confirms that they are alone. 

Geralt has many questions, but he can't say any. Not with the man he thought was dead in front of him. But he finally gets something out of his mouth, asking for explanations. 

Julian tells the witcher that after the mountain he traveled for a while by himself, but seeing the injustices to the elves and other non-humans made him want to do something. With his contacts in the RSS he became the Sandpiper. He would go back and forth from Oxenfurt to other places on the continent to recruit new people into the network. During his stays in Oxenfurt and thanks to Philippa and Dijkstra, he met Prince Radovid. 

Geralt's heart breaks when he hears from the bard how lonely and desperate he felt until Radovid came into his life.

"By the time I realized it, I was lost and hopelessly in love with Radovid," he tells Geralt. 

The warlord can't help but mention that the bard fell in love with a king-killer. Julian jumps to his consort's defense and tells Geralt everything. 

Philippa and Dijkstra want to take Redania to war against Nilfgaard, they assassinated Queen Hedwig to make Vizimir give in to their advice, however, the king didn't. The two councilors then went to harass Jaskier, threatening his job as the Sandpiper to tell them the location of Geralt and Ciri, so they could use it as political leverage against Nilfgaard. Of course the bard refused. 

So Jaskier was kidnapped and tortured by Nilfgaard to find out the location of Geralt and Ciri. Radovid, madly in love and worried about Jaskier, set out to look for him everywhere, until he was finally found dying in the fort. Philippa and her magic saved him. 

Radovid, concerned for the bard's safety, proposed to him to fake his death in order to drive away all those who were looking for him, including the man who despised him on a mountain. Jaskier accepted on the condition that he stop pursuing the elves. 

As the announcement of Jaskier's death shook the entire continent, he and the prince planned to leave the castle and travel together, away from the intrigues of the court. Vizimir, happy for his brother, immediately agreed to let them both leave as long as they accepted his help and communicated constantly. The night of their departure, Vizimir was assassinated. 

Geralt is shaken when Jaskier tells him that Philippa and Dijkstra killed Vizimir so they could manipulate Radovid and take Redania to war. The new king is stalling as long as possible, but there is no denying the influence of both advisors on the king's decisions. Geralt snarls when he learns that the sorceress and spymaster are threatening the former bard's life to make Radovid do as they command. 

Jaskier knows that Geralt hates him, that he is not complying with the one thing he has asked of him, but he needs him to get Dijkstra and Philippa out of the picture so he can save Redania and his lover from going to war. And so he lets the witcher know. 

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And well, that's it. At least until now. 

I want to clarify that anyone who wants to write this has my absolute permission to do so, just tell me so I can read it because I definitely don't think I'll write it myself. If you want to comment on something, another idea, another point, an insult, change something to this. etc., you are welcome to do so. I don't usually reply much but I really do read everything posted on Tumblr. 

Thanks if you read all this verbal vomit and apologies once again for the huge amount of words.

#I really wanted to put my version and give my ideas #a lot of text #feel free to take the idea and write it down #just tell me so I can read it #anything is welcome #you decide who jaskier stays with #but to be honest in my heart he stays with Radovid #jaskier #the witcher #radovid #radskier #geraskier #ao3 fanfic #fanfiction #bunny plot