How Nilfgaard Destabilized the North - Witcher Lore DOCUMENTARY

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Please make a video about the Battle for Doldrey from Berserk!!!

[@piotrszuryn3372]

Next: lord of ice garden

[@reaganhayden5165]

Kaiserreich please

[@vitaeth4949]

I heard that hero called Geralt was seen in Kaedveni camp in company of Vernon Roche and in reality Vergen falled while the whole territory carried name Kaedweni Lower mark after siege. I have a witness called Odrin for my claim.

[@jonbaxter2254]

Xletalis is happy with the reference to his favourite type of magic

[@LadyAhro]

Very interesting to hear the story of a game series I love so much semi-separated from all the player’s individual game choices (though I know this particular video features bits of both the Iorveth and Roche path (some of the best bits of each) (And lesbomancy will always get a laugh out of me.)

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Xletalis chuckling in the distance...

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Couldnt have said it better

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This channel is just so good

[@draenesteron]

IKR?! Love it 🥰

[@thefinal9923]

Love the attention to detail, you can really tell that they have played the game (Witcher 1). At 4:16, the Grandmaster Jacques de Aldersberg (Alvin) has the silver sword buried in his chest. That last line always stuck with me.

[@davidharris3728]

But that sword is for Monsters! -Aldersberg

[@thefinal9923]

@@davidharris3728 I played Witcher 1 at the end of last year and it surprisingly still held up. It was difficult and didn't hold my hand, but it was a very fulfilling experience and felt closer to the books :)

[@Kristian.B.Kristiansen]

The Nilfgaardian masterplan; Attack the North, loose to unity and magic. Ok, use a conspiracy to destroy the northern mages and divide the Northern Kingdoms. Attack again, loose again. Damm! Ok, use witchers to further destroy any magical resistance in the North and slay several monarchs creating even more disunity! Attack Again!! Conquer Every Northern Kingdom South of the Pontar! Game Three begins...

[@mateuszslawinski1990]

Unlike other antagonists from other worlds, they are not idiots relying on single method over and over agai.

[@shahriarhakim6673]

@@mateuszslawinski1990 cough cough THE GALACTIC EMPIRE AND FIRST ORDER

[@the_dropbear4392]

I mean nilfgaard won the first and second wars.

[@cinnamon3578]

@@mateuszslawinski1990 They very much represt the Roman Empire who always adapted to various means to stay ahead.

[@AJ-et3vf]

Well said summary

[@AmericanAurochs]

I was happy when you just covered the books, now I’m really excited! I swear your production value goes up with each video. Any plans to examine the Hyborean age of Robert E Howard?

[@CristianDudut]

Following, that is a great idea!

[@JohnnyElRed]

Are we sure that Geralt of Rivia guy was real, and not some kind of folk mythic hero like Robin Hood, or Ivan the Fool? He seems way to prominent to be real. There is no way a singler person is so connected to so many important events in all of the Continent.

[@Conorp77]

There are several theories that say Dandelion wrote the books (one of the early short stories diverges into the first-person). In lore, he wrote a series of memoirs called 'Half A Century of Poetry,' which describes similar elements to the books,' so it's always been possible that Geralt is, if not invented, massively played up the narrative, he is a bard after all. That being said, I am not the biggest fan of this theory as the books contain plot points and perspectives that Dandelion could never have known about if they really did happen. At the very end of Season of Storms, in the epilogue, things get really interesting. The PoV character is thinking just this, who was this Witcher, was he real, or just some bards tale. Did he live, and did he die? 'Hmmm, guess we'll never know.'

[@maxchen9185]

All those legends about the white wolf could be just Master Jaskier's imaginary handiwork, sure. But his works involve so many kings and nobles, and not all of them were portrayed positively in them. All of these influential people called out Master Jaskier's work to be fake or exaggerating, yet none of them ever said anything about the White Wolf being a fake legend. So I guess Master Jaskier's works do have "a grain of truth" about them. 😉

[@efaristi9737]

or it's a witcher with a really unfortunate destiny XD

[@ktheterkuceder6825]

Yes. Because the kings and nobles do admit that there was a Geralt of Rivia. Still that does not mean Dandelion did not exaggerate or made stuff up.

[@benbutler9282]

It a book. But point well made

[@depressionismyonlyfriend1841]

For someone who just started playing Witcher III and doesn't read the lore because I'm too tired after work, this is really handy. Thank's and keep up the awesome content !!

[@davidharris3728]

Witcher 2 is more difficult, and nowhere near as massive or open a world, but is absolutely worth your time. Witcher 1 is fun, but I could only recommend it if you can't get enough of The Witcher.

[@sizanogreen9900]

Ah, Lesbomancy, truly the most prestigious and powerfull of all magicks.

[@lovebaltazar4610]

So happy you covered the battle of Vergen, such an epic event in W2

[@TzarBomb]

9:42 "Lesbomancy" I still laugh whenever I remember this scene. 😂😂

[@TheKindredblades]

Even if Witcher 3 is clearly the superior game, the Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is still very much worth playing. I dare say it is very underappreciated. Thank you for displaying how great the story was.

[@n543576]

The first Witcher I played was when i was 14 and ever sense its characters and story has had me hooked. I remember it being an exceptionally easy choice to help the Elves in my first playthrough, and in repeated playthroughs found it difficult to betray them.

[@Fraggy1407]

literal terrorists

[@epicazeroth]

@@Fraggy1407 Yes and?

[@Fraggy1407]

@@epicazeroth "Rebels are always correct" trope kicking hard i see

[@westrim]

I found it easy to not help them. To that point, Iorveth has been consistently hostile, and Roche consistently helpful, even at great risk to himself and his comrades. And regardless of my agreement with Iorveths general objectives, his tactics clearly have not even approached being successful for many, many decades, and may in fact be harmful to those goals. Metagaming, Roche is even more clearly the better choice. In Flotsam, there is NO pogrom and no women burned alive if you go with Roche; the nonhumans there are objectively better off if you don't choose Iorveth. Then Vergen is a complete wash for the Iorveth route, because Nilfgaard takes it and Upper Aedirn falls as of Witcher 3.

[@ntgrg08]

@@Fraggy1407 one mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter.

[@princecortez1418]

hopefully you'll do a series about Vampire: The Masquerade. I know there aren't(as far as I know) set-piece battles in that fictional universe, but the politics and intrigue of the clans and sects is something I hope you guys would be considering in the future. cheers and more quality content to come!

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I've been a fan of Kings and Generals, havent noticed that I've been watching your channel for more than half a decade now. and now you have this, thank God for giving us such great content creators. keep up the good work guys. Please.

[@emerestthisk990]

Letho is one of the best game antagonists in a fantasy story

[@garymarston1323]

Love this series and love all your work on this channel!

[@ktheterkuceder6825]

Geralt of Rivia vs Letho. Ah the memories.

[@thomasschoemaker2020]

I absolutely love your stuff. I love the Witcher series so im familiar with most of it. But the production is excellent

[@jarrodbright5231]

The ancient and prestigious magical school of... lesbomancy Apparently a certain dwarf's favorite sort of magic

[@galahad-history]

My favourite fantasy after LotR! Great job with the documentary!

[@npierce14]

Lol I could’ve guessed the “lesbomancy” had some love effect in it

[@temporarymfz9258]

The white flame is probably gonna be my favorite character in all of this. His scheming and destabilizing of the other kingdoms is brilliant. Can't wait to see what happens in the third war. Also, a question. Will you guys cover any battles from The Horus heresy or Warhammer 40k ? If you all ever do that would be absolutely glorious!

[@RGV879]

Well he still lost the war against my boii Radovid :DDD (of course you can choose several endings but the lore one is that Radovid is king - source: Gwent and Iron judgement :))

[@wwfix3224]

Hey, would you guys be interested in doing some stuff from Stormlight Archive or the First Law?

[@mattgrandich3977]

Another close fought battle in the Witcher world. @5:30 I’m pretty sure I saw the death of this king on his barge in a video game trailer. Letho is unstoppable when he finds his mark. I like how Geralt is this sort of Robin Hood like hero whose presence is never completely confirmed but when he does appear it’s to help the greater good (depending on who you ask). @17:18 I like the vipers’ animation, the little quotes from characters really makes the story standout, like the events are seen at a personal level.

[@GonzaloAPH]

Having played the Order's and Roche's path, I take this (very good) video as "alternative history".

[@rockgamiasedes677]

Nah! Elf path is true path imo. In Roche path you don't even know 70% of the plot points when you go to Loc Muine!

[@GonzaloAPH]

Yes, that's a very good point. Still, I can't seem to see Geralt following Iorveth over the guy who liberated him in the Prologue and helped him in Chapter 1. Concerning Witcher 1, I don't really know, to be honest. The thing is Sigfried is such a decent guy, it's difficult to go against him, I guess.

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

Back in the time, my English was no good and I couldn't figure the witcher games much on their story side, this is very helpful to understand how things got where they did at the third instalment...

[@ravager890]

was just starting to play assassin of kings, glad that u guys cover the kingslayer slay Foltest just like in the game.

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Addicted to this channel I love the videos thank you so much!

[@CourierSeven]

My favorite type of magic 9:40

[@dannyv161]

I I freakin love the lezbomancy reference, absolutely brilliant.

[@wilhatton2406]

great video so glad you are doing these hope you keep doing more. maybe something explaining royal blood lineage or something about the wild hunt

[@stynkus]

"My favourite kind of magic - Lesbomancy!"

[@xBenwa]

Friends have recommended the games and show to me several times and every time I’ve just kind given it a “meh” and never done it. This actually has me interested in this universe, thank you.

[@foolsgold8261]

I loved this video, all of the videos are amazing and very educational. I would love to see more Warhammer and Games of Thrones videos, I wanna see the Skaven invade the old world during the Black Plague

[@mattgrandich3977]

The Black Plague would be amazing as would be the Vampire Wars.

[@KHK001]

9:40 Ah yes my favorite type of magic lesbomancy

[@SgtAckkerson]

Awesome as always! I cant wait untill the next one.

[@Blalack77]

This lore is so interesting. I've only ever played The Witcher 3 but I was very interested in the background story.

[@JaimeArias270293]

Thank you very much! I have played the games and read the books but this makes it much more clear and easy to follow. Keep it up! Amazing channel

[@niko5191]

I won't lie, the way the games continued the storyline is just amazing. Even if I'm not into video games, I think that they did an incredible job

[@yedann5457]

Its probably been asked a thousand times already but you guys honestly should do a few videos on warhammer 40k. The horus heresy would be amazing for this type of content!

[@jdlr369]

I love your Witcher series and look forward to the next one.

[@jamieclift1998]

Lesbomancy :))), always watch these videos every time they come out even though played the games

[@marctherrien2181]

Thank you so much for covering the video games as well. I was afraid you might stop at the books. I can’t wait for the Wild Hunt.

[@SamtheIrishexan]

Always loved the conjunction of spheres idea.

[@zainmarai9521]

I have been waiting for to long, and now it has come

[@WilliamTehConqueror]

So many good memories from the Witcher 2...

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Since I playing Gwent, this series is the most anticipated.

[@el_chico1313]

can we simply appreciate that kag brings the same accurate historicisity to factual and fictional history? and all for free, i feel priviliged

[@MrPallieter]

I've been carefully studying lesbomancy for years by watching videos of it being practiced. Soon I'll be able to apply this magic myself

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Are you even female 😂

[@Maple_Cadian]

Any chance of Queen Meve and the realms of Lyria and Rivia?

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It would be interesting to see if you could do some Discworld!

[@benjackson91]

I’d love some videos about the campaigns of rand al Thor aka the lord of the morning, prince of the dawn and the champion of the light

[@Truthisscarierthanfiction]

Letho is so cool. His motivation was pretty great

[@radicalxg8282]

He was a fool, for all his talent and shrewdness he took the bait of the emperor "promise" and couldnt anticipate Emhyr turning his back on him as soon he wasnt useful anymore hunting him down afterwards, he lost more witchers brothers in the assasination plot and also couldnt save his school anyways

[@Truthisscarierthanfiction]

@@radicalxg8282 To be fair they didn't really have a choice, it was work for the Emperor on the off chance he helps them in the end, or get executed

[@Crafty_Spirit]

It's quite exceptional for a game to have the end boss offer you to not fight!

[@Truthisscarierthanfiction]

@@Crafty_Spirit Yes it is!

[@Beencheeling]

Roach was in there with the witcher all the time, he, the witcher relived the valley off the curse made by the ex sorcerer of the king of kedewin. And relives the souls of the knights that fouth for both sides of this nightmare. He basicly makes the way free for everyone to pass into Aiden and back with no problems besides ambushes. That if you pick to go with Roach's way in the witcher 2. You have gone with iorveth i see

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The church of the eternal fire actually has an anthem! It’s Eternal Flame by the Bangles!

[@MuratKeremOzcan]

Love all this. Want to see more Lotr, Silmarillion.

[@Urenass]

My favorite type of magic, Lesbomancy

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

[@mrp1326]

Love the Witcher, love this episode. Thank you ⚔🐺👏

[@Vantoris]

Best Chanel idea ever keep it up

[@launchtexasintothesunforev9551]

Lol…lesbomancy…where do you learn such a power?

[@Fordo007]

Not from the Jedi.

[@ravan9352]

Will you do any videos on Stormlight Archive?

[@tejdandekar]

Ok, what is that song at 2:06? I keep hearing it in your videos and can't for the life of me find out what the name of the track is (guessing LOTR tho). Does anyone know?

[@christianweibrecht6555]

I'm going to read these books this year now

[@krimzonstriker7534]

Let's goooo, Third War video c'mon! Emhyr victory at last! 😁

[@timogord]

This is absolute amazing

[@K1NG_of_ReVeNGe1]

My favorite kind of Magic: Lesbomancy!

[@Zangetz]

Please make a video about the Battle for Doldrey from Berserk!!!

[@nicolausg7058]

Geralt would have not allowed for lynch of Stennis ! He hated all kind of the angry mobs, even once standing alone against the anti-non-human pogrom in Rivia, basicly 1 against 1000ts. He would have done the same to the Stennis, despite his royal blood.

[@1myfriendjohn]

Witcher 2 vibes with the Lesbomancy comment. Bravo!

[@Deep-Red-0]

Lesbomancy? Any chance of a video about that?

[@chrisrosenkreuz23]

Causing the Virgin of Edirne to suspect foul play, knowing how devastating a potential backdoor ambush could be... Giggity.

[@AJ-et3vf]

Awesome video. Thank you

[@robbabcock_]

Great video! I've never read the books nor played the game but I'm a fan of the show. So this is good info!⚔☠🏹

[@TiagoEstevinha]

Love it kepp up the good work! 💪

[@efaristi9737]

The order of the Flaming Rose was not just to hunt down Scoia'taels but also to fight monsters. It's goals were more nobles at the beginning, at least in appearances. They were not stated to outright hunt down non-humans who were not Scoia'taels. Abd of course Lesbomancy is mnetioned XD lol The sad irony of the battle of Vergen is it was ultimately pointless: It was quickly conquered by Nilfgaard at the beginning of the third war. Actually, the dates are wrong, since the 1st witcher game started 5 years after the end of the second war in 1268 so the Third war actually started around 1274-1275.

[@pastlife960]

This was awesome!

[@denniscleary7580]

Keep up the great work

[@witcher-86]

Ma favourite type of magic - Lesbomancy :D

[@westrim]

Go to 9:36 for everyone's favorite type of magic.

[@chrisharte4280]

Hmm… Could Mythological Wars like the Titanomachy of Greek Mythology, Ragnarok of Norse Mythology, the Battle Lake Vänern of Beowulf count for this channel. Or is it just Sci-Fi and Fantasy Exclusive?

[@Pistolero891]

Nooo ended as soon as it was getting super exciting 😩

[@animez9669]

Love this channel

[@AruanDrako]

any chance for a sci fi space opera episode, Battlestar Galactica had many amazing battles!

[@redxhand]

Feels like Saskia should've waited before before creating a new country

[@ScareWest]

I have not read the books, only played the games. Do the books end at the previous video? If not will you guys continue the book pathway?

[@BigTiBu]

Great video and series EXCEPT I am positive, unless I'm going insane, that he always says "Dorf/Dorves/Dorven" and a few other random weird minor mistakes with names.

[@artgatherer3477]

Great video!

[@NeloChapeiro]

Amazing series!

[@darklordmalthric9814]

Please cover the Exosquad

[@Kasaaz]

Who could have guessed someone named Dethmold was suspicious…

[@philjohnson1744]

I don't give a hoot about the witcher but I will support the durn channel cuz they do good stuff.

[@sowayan]

great video

[@TheBigLol10]

Any plans on doing some on The First Law trilogy?

[@Masterhistory1492]

You should do the Prince of Nothing by R Scott Bakker, series’ Holy War.

[@Πολιτεία-λ6σ]

That's an almost exact copy of the First Crusade. Should do the Great Ordeal though.

[@theawesomeman9821]

Temuria is like Poland, constantly having a bad time.

[@lucasbellemare4145]

Newbs playing the witcher 3 : lol Radovid so bad what's wrong helping Nilfgaard? People having played The Witcher 1-2 :

[@patrickbuckner5017]

I would love to see a Wheel of Time series.