The video obviously contains spoilers. Next episode in this mini-series: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fp6nfZqa15nHmWw.html Previously, we have covered the War of the Last Alliance in the Middle Earth: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mbx4rMqUqsDGmo0.html and the Beginning of the Galactic Civil War in the Star Wars Universe: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/otWRla162pbReGw.html

My grandfather fought in this battle

What a coincidence that this video is released today! Unexpected and shocking, my stars!

hey guys, writer here. One quick note: while the rest of this video sticks strictly to book canon, the detail of delayed Skelligan reinforcements at the Marnadal step is taken from the Netflix canon. This is because Sapkowski gives us precious little detail about this event in the books and I wanted to give it some more substance. Enjoy!

"they were greatly outnumbered in one crucial area, their loins" Im dying XD

"It would be this young, unfortunate hedgehog that would change the world" Never thought I'd hear something like this outside of Sonic

Never did I imagine that a detailed video about the Nilfgardiaan War would release in my lifetime. Splendid production as always oh paragons of masterful storytelling.

Witcher 3 is still one of the best games ever made, it depicts war for what it truly is, unfathomable suffering and destruction

You know theres a metric TON of lore KZfaqrs out there, but NONE does videos the way you guys do, and no one has that History Channel's voice and professionalism that Devin has. I love it!

Awesome; Witcher really doesn’t get enough credit for its amazingly crafted geopolitical side. Can’t wait for part 2!

Let's not forget that before humans arrived, the elves treated the other races the same way they themselves would be treated later.

I absolutely love that you guys are doing a Sci-fi/Fantasy Channel now. Have always loved Kings and Generals. It would be awesome to see you guys do a series on the Horus Heresy.

The thing about "Elf mages creating the first human mages" is a mistake. In "A Time of Contempt" during a conversation between Geralt and Vilgefortz we can hear about a painting depicting the wizard Jan Bekket calming the waves during the first human landing, thus showing that magic is not only a destructive force.

The moment I heard the voice of "Kings and Generals", I got goddamn goosebumps. We nerds needed this sort of epic tales from you guys.

Lads, as a boy that grew up reading and playing Wither- thank you. Thank you a 1000 times for making this video. re watching the "actual" story of the continent in the style of all those Kings and Generals videos i so loved to watch was a great Christmass treat. I

I've only watched The Witcher Netflix series, so it was really cool to learn more about Nilfgaard and their history with the Elves. And after seeing the excerpts from the books in this video, I'm going to move the first novel closer to the top of my 'Must Read' list.

Despite being a fantasy lore of an entirely different world, I know all these names. The Yuruga, the Pontar (Rivers) Cintra, Skellige, Nilfgaard, Crach an Craite, Emhyr, Coehoorn I've played enough online Gwent to know each and every one of these names and places. I probably know more about that Continent than the REAL WORLD.

The Idea of this channels is brilliant! I am Pole and I am so proud that Witcher is going more popular in the world. From the fantastic game to netflix series and videos like that more people will grab fantastic books of Spakowski. Thank you! Wish you best in ongoing New Year and ofcourse Christmas!

Should've been a tactical video on getting drunk and trying on Yennifer's dress.

I've played all three games, read several books, watched the show and I still learned a great deal. Neat!

The hands-down best channel on KZfaq just made a new channel. I am absolutely STOKED.

Can we get a detailed breakdown for the Battle of Pelennor fields? It would be most appreciated 🤗

OMG, unbelievable, so happy this exists.

What better way to celebrate the holidays, than to discover this treasure trove of content. Your videos are my favorite, and now you’re covering Fantasy, and Sci Fi genre battles too? Haha this is awesome! Keep up your outstanding work

I'll be honest. I didn't like Game of Thrones videos that you made on Kings&Generals channel although i really like the setting so i was sceptic about this project. But THIS, this is pure gold. Well done! Can't wait for more!

The Witcher books are the best fantasy books I've ever read. I'm so happy to see the lore here!

I didn't read Sapkowski's books and only have just binge watched the series so this video clarifies a lot of things for me. Thanks!

The best part of the Witcher books have always been the geopolitical conflicts for me. Its such a rich and believable world. Amazing video guys.

Really liked all three videos , looking forward to more . Can you also make such videos for 'A Song of Ice and Fire' and 'The Wheel of Time' , please ?

i remember this battle. i thought it was the end of the world. ive seen many wars, but this time it was different. the black ones were surging across the jaruga. a black tide of death and chaos came from the south and turned the north kingdoms into ashes. i will never forget that day.

Greetings, thank you for a great video based on one of my favorite universes, i am sad to say that, but I have noticed a small mistake. Duny didn't accidently kill Paveta. Vilgefortz prepared a spell that would create a portal in the sea and create some kind of magical whirlpool that would later ruin many of Skellige ships. When Paveta found out where they were heading and Duny learned that Ciri was not with them they started arguing and Paveta ran out of the magically protected room on the ship, Duny followed her and it was the moment when the ship crashed and Duny was telleported south terribly wounded un process. It was never stressed or presented in novels, but one could imagine that Paveta's body was also telleported next to him. The loving father and husband Duny died there in the south looking at unblinking eyes of the woman he loved and the same moment Emhyr var Emreis, the White Flame that dances on the barrows of his enemies was reborn.

Bro this new channel is awesome, NOBODY else but like one person I've seen does fantasy/sci fi battles in this format. The only other user I've seen that does so is Ser Dunk and he only did Game of THrones battles.

Are you sure its correct referring to the Nilfgaardian forces as "The Legions of the black sun" because I'm pretty sure their sigil is a golden sun on a field of black. There is also a Curse of the Black Sun in the Witcher universe so wouldn't that nickname be a bit confusing. Either way I loved your video. Keep up the great work!

This was amazing. I’ve learnt and understood more from this than the show.

Thanks for the video it was important to understand 'The Witcher'

It is really amazing the way you guys are able to bring alive these events that can often appear very abstract in the books. Always liked the series from history and the high-quality depictions and narration continues in this series. Very well done.

Awesome guys, looking forward to your take on "Battle of Moria" and " Five Armies " from the Hobbit books or films.👍

This is awesome! I'd love for you guys to cover Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere stories! Cheers & excellent work!

I'm enjoying this very much. The verbal and visual explanation is amazing. You did a great job

I love how this has condensed so much and made complete sense of it all x

I would absolutely love to see you guys cover any of the battles in the Frontlines series, by Marko Kloos! Great Channel guys, love ya. Happy Holidays!

I wonder if the Warhammer universe is on your radar @W&W?. But as always, I love this Witcher video. Thanks for the great content.

This series is SO good, SO well produced. Kudos!

Loved the video. I want to learn more about the witcher lore, so I am glad you decided to make a video about it. Keep up the good work!

Love the teaser at the end. Fire and Blood will reign.

Simply amazing vidoe on the lore of the Witcher world, you've done much better reserarch than the writers in Netflix, keep up with the good work!

So sick - glad you've made this new Channel!

What a fantastic video ! Thank you so much for bringing this into a documentary style focus.

Ah yes The Witcher just in time for Season 2! Thank you

I would love a series covering the Wheel of Time and The Last Battle!

Awesome video! So glad I found this channel

Absolutely LOVED watching this video and you guys are AMAZING at describing simply and yet dramatically, for noobs and hardcore fans, any topic. My wife and I are researching the TV series again before jumping into the new series, and we don't have any priorer knowledge of the witcher games or history. So this well thought-out video was perfect for me, to be able to show my wife and friends missing gaps where the TV show doesn't explain at all. Thanks again, I've subbed and clicked the bell to warn me of the enevitable march of Nilfgaard.

loving the Witcher lore certainly going to get into the books

Wow 😳 & literally first 🥇! Wish for video about Battle: Los Angeles in the future.

I love that you cover the Witcher, it deserves more attention! Also great video.

I Came Looking For Copper And I Found Gold , awesome channel and video . Congrats

I'm enjoying the fantasy channel as much as the history one.

I love how, for the most part, the games (or at least the Witcher 3) act as the perfect conclusion to the book’s story, tying up the loose ends of the Nilfgaard and the Wild Hunt, and letting Geralt retire in peace.

I love that y’all made this channel it’s really smart

Brilliant work. Thank you guys!!!

Haven't watched, read or played any of the Witcher series. This is a great introduction for me on the series. Nice video guys. keep it up. Gonna wait for the elder scrolls and mlazna battles. 🤗

"The first painting featured an ancient ship, tossed by the waves among the rocks outcropping from the whirling deep. At the prow stood a man in white robes, his head adorned by a halo. 'The First Landing,' guessed the witcher. 'Indeed,' confirmed Vilgefortz. 'Ship of the Exiles. John Bekker subdues the Power. He calms the waves, proving that magic need not be just evil and destructive, but can be used to save lives as well.' 'Is this an authentic event?' 'I doubt,' smiled the wizard. 'Most probably Bekker and the rest of the crew were throwing up over the brim. The Power was subdued only after the landing, which happened to be peaceful. Let's forward. Here you can see John Bekker again, forcing water out of stone near the first settlement. And there we have Bekker, surrounded by kneeling settlers, dispersing the clouds and stopping the storm from destroying the crops.' 'And that one there? What event does it portray?' 'The Finding of the Chosen. Bekker and Giambattista test the children of arriving settlers in order to find the Sources. Selected kids will be taken from their parents and brought to Mirthe, the first domicile of the wizards. You're looking at a historic moment. As you can see, all kids are scared, only that resolute brunette reaches to Giambattista with a trusting smile. This is the famous Agnes of Glanville, the first female wizard. The woman behind her is her mother. She looks quite sad, for some reason.' 'And the scene with a gathering?' 'Novigrad Union. Bekker, Giambattista and Monck make a truce with the chiefmen, priests and druids. Something to do with a pact of non-aggression and the separation of magic from the politics. Terribly corny. Let's go on. Here we have Geoffrey Monck setting off up the Pontar river, known at the time as Aevon y Pont ar Gwennelen, the Riven of Alabaster Bridges. Monck was sailing to Loc Muinne in order to convince the elven mages to school a group of children. You might be interested in the fact that among these children was a boy called Gerhart of Aelle. You've met him today. That boy is now known as Hen Gedymdeith.' 'This particular scene,' the witcher looked at the wizard, 'Lacks in drama. After all, only a few years after Monck's successful expedition, the army of Marchal Raupenneck from Tretogor carried out a massacre of Loc Muinne and Est Haemlet, killing all elves regardless of age or gender. And so began a war, which ended with the slaughter in Shaerrawedd.' 'Your admirable knowledge in history,' smiled Vilgefortz, 'ought to make you acknowledge the fact that none of the respectable wizards took part in this war. Therefore no student felt inspired to paint it. Let's continue.' " Witcher, Time of Contempt

Love this channel, listen while working.

I litterally dreamed and hoped of the kings and generals yt to make these sorts of videos and i cant express how happy i am seeing this

Dune series would be nice to debut on the channel 🙂. Also the worlds from Warcraft and StarCraft games.

It's not certain the Black Seidhe were reals, it's only a supposition from a knight that Nilfgaardians were Black Seidhe, which was denied by a actual elf who said that Nilfgaardians are actually just humans. The only canon Nilfgaardians elves are the Wood Elves who seems to be just normal Aen Seidhes or at least, Spark, their only representant, doesn't seem to be any different from the Northren elves. If Avallac'h word is to be trusted, the firsts contacts between the Nordlings and the Elves were actually peaceful until the humans become too numerous.The elves teached magic to the humans before their first wars as one of the human mages was actually old enough to remember the First Landing. I don't think Calanthe was portrayed as a warrior in the book. As a efficient and fierce ruler, yes, as a general, maybe but i don't think she actually ever fighted. I'm fairly certain on the other hand that the Scoia'taels didn't exist in the First War. they only appear in the Second after Nilfgaard learned than might alone wouldn't be enough to conquer the North. the Brotherhood of Sorcerers wasn't clandestime, it was the legitimate institution of mages lead by the Chapter and the Council.Maybe you are mistaking it for the Lodge? Your video is quite interesting with beautiful graphisme^^ can't wait to see more.

Is this the Kings and Generals version of fantasy? I dig it

This was done spectacularly. Well done you got my subscription. Can't wait to see what else you got.

Good video but there were quite a few errors in it regardless if you were basing the history of the war on the books or the Netflix show. First, Menno Coehoorn was not the commander of the Nilfgaardian forces at their defeat at the second battle Sodden. Secondly there were considered 5 kingdoms of power in the North (not the 4 stated in the video) after the fall of Cintra which prior to it's fall was also considered one of the most powerful kingdoms in the North. Cintra was so powerful because the islanders of Skellige were always linked to Cintra. The people of Cintra were ancestors of people from Skellige (it is mentioned in the books that they even still have the same accents). So even without Queen Calanthe married to Eist Tuirseach the islanders still considered Cintra their parent kingdom. Crach an Craite had a special name for Calanthe showing her overrule ship of the islands even if her rule of them was not direct. The 5th kingdom of power in the North after the fall of Cintra was the Kingdom of Rivia and Lyria ruled by Queen Meve. Meve's Kingdom was the weakest of the 5 kingdoms in the North that worked together against Nilfgaard but the forces under Queen Meve were still powerful and continued to fight Nilfgaard in a guerilla campaign even after the kingdom fell to Nilfgaard in the books. It was Queen Meve who knighted Geralt after his and Cahir's actions during the "Battle for the Bridge". And then the other minor Northern kingdoms near Temeria acted like vassal/protectorate states to Temeria. Lastly, the most far northern kindgoms were break away territories from Redania which were quite powerful in their own right but did not act in the war between Nilfgaard and the Northern kingdoms as they were traditionally considered a neutral kingdom since gaining their independence from Redania . Those Kingdoms like Kovier and Pontas were very rich though and would commit large funds to the Northern Kingdoms which they used to purchase mercenary forces that would turn the tide of the final battle during the second "Northern War" as it was called.

Thank you for taking books as a source rather than lore manipulative tv series and may Melitele bless you for this action which save many whom not knowing universe of the Continent. 🐺🐺

this witcher content is terrific. i’m going thru the audiobooks again and this compliments it perfectly

Awesome video, great music, artwork and production. Well done guys

This is so great. Although, references to the plot of the Netflix tv series is unnecessary, as it is diverting from the original story to a substancial level, sometimes to its detriment. Can't wait for the continuation. Are you somehow realted to Kings and Generals :D?

Are you planning on doing Warhammer40k videos? Please do! All your videos have been amazing so far, the WH40K community would totally appreciate lore-telling like you do it! Amazing job 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Very good video, I simply love this new channel, keep it up !

Amazing video! Absolutely great! Can't wait for part 2

Personally, I'm really hoping to see some battles from The Expanse book canon.

Truly a great video but i think there should be a spoiler warning for those not wanting to learn Duny's identity especially! Other than that spotless!

This is more the style of content I was hoping for!

This is my favorite channel now

I have a feeling that it might at least more than a year for the Clones Wars series to be featured on this channel.

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

Truly impressive ! this is the best video that explains the lore of The Witcher. Well done sir !

Having read sapkowskis books I must say that this video is awesome !!! Very informative and well structured !! Also Devin’s narration is to the point !!!

Wind’s howling…

Wish there had been a spoiler warning here about Dunnys real identity

Love the channel and would love to see you cover the Horus Heresy.

This new channel is already amazing! Keeping up with current stuff

I want to see the Battle of Pittsburgh from the Southern Victory series!

Just hope this series won't be influenced by netflix series too much. Right now that series has nothing to do with the books anymore and it's it's completely own generic fantasy show. Games would be a better cannon.

this is good, really really good, hope you guys keep the good work and cover more of the witcher story.

That was a very cool detailed video. Very enjoyable!

Wait are these videos made by Kings and generals?

Need conflicts/wars, battles & skirmishes the Greater Terran Union (GTU) & Antares Confederacy (AC) from the Templin Institute are involved, please 🥺🙏?

Didn't even know this channel existed... but instantly subbed. I love your stuff, and covering fantasy is always fun. If you're doing star trek, The dominion war would he amazing to watch.

Normally don't comment but this video was excellent. Succinct story telling, supporting graphics and animations were very helpful and great voiceover. 10/10, new subscriber

It seems you guys are mixing a lot of canon stories with non-canon events from games and other media. It would really help If you could specify in a video or at least in the comments what is your approach to the source material. What sources do you accept and which you do not? Otherwise, there may be a lot of confusion.

These new videos are incredible!

Taking a beloved fantasy universe that indeed combines a good dose of realism in it and making a history-like documentary of it is an amazing idea

Amazing work guys keep it up and release more often if you can!