Witches are heavily restrained in the empire. Emhyr recognised their utility but he doesn't trust them. They have way less autonomy and influence than in the north.
Das Swizzle Yes my southern friend indeed they do! But beware for on the fourth moon they turn into dangerous she-beasts that eat only a man's unmentionables!
and you could even say that it also copies a bit of nazi germany and to make the mix even bigger: the Nilfgardian language has many sounds and words that are very similar to Dutch
@@arishokqunari1290 I mean a lot of Fascism is based on the ideals of the Roman Empire. Beyond that I think they share the doctrine of mobile warfare, and the general aesthetic.
@@spencernicolls8112 Besides the black uniforms I see no similarityin the aesthetics. Okay the sun is somehow similar to the swastika which is a sun symbol. And mobile warfare is not a fascism thing for me. Naopelon and the Romans after Marius did something liek that too
I love the idea of the Empire of Nilfgaard serving as a subtle deconstruction of the typical 'Evil Empire' trope: an aggressive, authoritarian, expansionist nation that none the less serves as an attractive alternative to the superstitious chaos offered by its more autonomous (but less developed) neighbour states (particularily to the marginalized peoples living within those neighbors borders). It's quite a nuanced thing to have a state portrayed as neither wholly morally evil, nor entirely good, but as a complex geopolitical organism replete with its own internal contrasts, contradictions and ideaology. It adds a level of depth to the world of The Witcher that's very satisfying.
@@enexe6229 it is objectively not. Just compare Toussaint which isn't even a part of Nilfgaard proper to the Northern Realms. What I mean by this is if Toussaint is so objectively better off imagine what it must be like in the core Provinces of the Empire.
@@frederickvonabel6349 toussaint is a vassal state. secondly, only the capital is in a good state while outskirts are plagued with gangs and other shit and her majesty doesn't even care about other citizens. by that logic, north korea is fine just because its capital looks good despite the fact that the rest of the country is plagued with many bad shi. other provinces are plagued with many bad shit.
@@frederickvonabel6349 plus the north has the best school for mages (aretuza) and the best academy (oxenfurt) of the witcher world. the north also lives in the middle of genesis of capitalism.
@@enexe6229 If it is actually the way yoh claim it is then I want to ask you what the difference between Nilfgaard and The North is? The North is also filled with bandits and its poor areas are much worse than the ones in Nilfgaard. Not to mention that Nilfgaard having such a huge territory means a lot of free trade taking place throughout the Empire bolstering its overall prosperity. Not to mention the efficient law enforcement in the Empire. There's a reason the Nilfgaardian merchants are so much more powerful and organised than they're Northern counterparts
Something I like about the Witcher universe is that no nation is inherently "good." Everyone has bad history and they're all guilty of some war crimes.
It’s always a tough decision when it comes to the outcome of the war, but I feel as though the North could benefit from some time under the control of an empire. The North needs stability and order to repair all the chaos. And besides, it’s not like living under the Nilfgaardian emperor is any different than any other ruler. You still pay taxes and obey his laws. This ruler just gives you poor relief and a law code
Slavery was considered a “natural state” by the ancient Greeks and was the foundation for every major power up until the late 1800s. Yet it’s not a good thing morally.( slavery is bad )
Oh yeah those foreign hordes living at your backyard and taking away everything they want is not so different than thieves going around. Being "invaded" seems normal to you.
I find Netflix take on Nilfgard a complete failure, meanwhile the games did it perfectly. The most thrown argument for this is their armor looks like ballsacks, but there is more to it from my perspective. The empire in the series looks straight evil and they are indeed quite evil from perspective of the north, the way they treat the countries they invade, they show no mercy etc, etc. however this completely dwarfs the fact that similar things are happening all around the continent, for example in the game you may easily fall for Nilfgard to be the most civilized faction on the continent because they actually are, although they are ruthless they are also very rich, powerful and intelligent and all of their actions are pragmatic and rational in comparison to the northern kingdoms who basically live by 100years old standards in comparison, I mean Radovid throws entire country into barbaric religion and burns mages and alike alive, others around are not better as they wage wars for racial discrimination, honor, or personal matters between monarchs... The way I see things, the Nilfgardian empire is the only stable organized faction on the continent. And the armor in the show truly is a mockery, how dare they to do it after the games raise our standards so high? it doesn't even look like they are not trying, instead it looks like they are trying to fuck things up on purpose.
You know what caught my interest. The Witcher 3 is the first game I played, and when I nilfgaard outpost in the beginning I expected a regular evil empire character, but the man I met treated the people… good? Like when he asked for how much grain the people he conquered could give, he asked for a little less than what he said he could give so the people could eat. Obviously this is a hearts and minds tactics that makes conquest easier if the people don’t entirely hate you but it also gave me a cool insight into a people who are smart and 3 dimensional with complex characters. I then lost days of my life to the game hah
I think Nilfgaard has harsh, but practical mindset towards governing newly conquered territories and kingdoms. They might be in power, but they still need the locals to hold the peace. And they like to show what insurbination can and will entail.
Honestly? I like them (aside from their incestuous emperor). Their only real evil is desiring conquest (which in the witcher world is basically a standard) but they're much, much more civilized than the north, and they are actually far more tolerant concerning mages and nonhumans, and their architecture and technology far surpasses the almost barbaric north. They're basically Rome, and I'd choose Rome over any kingdom of their time
as for civilization and technology they stole it from black seidhe. they execute mages for fun, use non humans as canon fodder and commit genocide against native cintrians. creators of witcher 3 wanted to put their idiotic deeds in the game but didnt have enough time for that.
The thing is that they are VERY brutal in their conquests, even for the witcher world standards. For a polish reader (for whom the witcher books where written in a first place) their behavior during northern wars very much resemble war crimes commited by Germans and their allies during II world war occupation of Poland and other eastern european countries - which often was far worse then in western Europe. Aside from more effective military and bureaucracy they're not really technologicaly superrior to northern kingdoms. As civilization goes - yeah good luck ending as dogfood on the arena or working to death in the mines as slave. Bear in mind that the third witcher game whitewashed them greatly (while obviously villinising Radovid), something that even game creators admitted.
I wish you both to live among the elves, you would be probably death in notime. You know what Vrans were? it was race before elves. They builded Loc Muine. As Roche said. "They feel opressed and they hunt us in the woods. But they destroyed one living kind - Vrans, their skeletons were found - with cuts of the swords." And what Letho and geralt found in the canyon/ravine on their way to wild hunt? Of course. Elven criminal brigade Vrihed murdered by nilfgard, beacause they ceased to be usefull after Nilfgaard war 2
I mean I still allied with them but PURELY to keep Roche alive. I actually did both choices but that look Roche gives you if you ally with Diljkstra honestly broke my heart. The fact is, Nilfgaard are badass. The Romans were badass. But buddy, if you think I'd enjoy living under the Romans, you are mistaken. The fact us, Nilfgaard are, at their core, goosestepping fascists who inflict misery and destruction wherever they go. Radovid might be a genocidal nutcase but that's not really a good standard to compare yourself against. Nilfgaard's war has brought unimaginable human suffering down on the people of Temeria, and I can't imagine life in such a severe empire would be ideal. Nilfgaard doesn't strike me as the empire which values equality, human dignity, and due process. To be fair, no one in the Continent does but Nilfgaard honestly strikes me as the worst of them all. The Romans were certainly an impressive civilization. And living there was probably better than living in Germania. But buddy, let me tell you something, that doesn't mean it was good.
If Ciri becomes empress, the Nilfgard leaders actually say that she has the qualities of a decent leader to the point even Emhyr steps down for Ciri to lead the Empire.
How much power would she really have? She doesn't know their politics, economy, nor persons of importance. The emperor said people were waiting for a failure to kill him, he might just be doing this to abdicate without chaos.
Also Nilfgaard attempted various means of economic pressure - like destabilizing northern currencies and grassroot substitution of these by its own currency.
kwazooplayingguardsman what would you rather the certainty of Ciri being cared for and prospering as a sovereign of an enormous continent-spanning Empire, which would prosper under her enlightened rule or have her live an uncertain life of a Witcher, strolling through the North under a rule of a fledgling Empire ravaged by infighting after the death of Emhir or a self appointed madman Radovid who organizes pogroms on daily bases or the megalomaniac Djiskra who is a real cunt, so that sums up why and whats of Ciri becoming the Empress as the best decision for her and the continent.
why do you think she would even be able to do anything? the reason why Emhry wanted to abdicate his position is because people were revolting against his family line and the animosity has also affected ciri. You do know that Ciri's scar came from a nilfgaardian revolutionary who wanted to kill her. The great families hates her for being non-nilfgaardian, the merchants of nilfgaard hates the family for forcing a war that they did not want to finance, the military officers hate her and the family for letting hundreds of officers be killed by demands of the northern kingdom. She would be gagged and be made worthless at court at best, she would be killed at worst. Which is why the books hinted that if Ciri ever joins the empire, she would marry Morvran because anyone related to Emrhy will be made useless, thus Morvan would rule in her stead. Then the accusation that the north is evil? Do you even know how it became that way? its often the assumption of those who never read the books or even played the past games that the north was always like that. FYI, before the nilfgaardian conflict, mages in the north were respected members of society, their like often seen in the courts of lords and kings. They weren't regularly trampled in the plazas like in nilfgaard, Also, the north has allowed the existence of a non-human state in their territories (mahakaman). its just that the elves don't want to live beside dwarfs and gnomes, while in the south, mutants and non-humans are part of the moratorium in nilfgaardian cities. That all changed through the manipulation of nilfgaard by funding scioa'tel activities, organizing the thanedd coup, and then framing already infamous mages for the crimes of regicide by revealing the existence of the lodge. (it doesn't help that the lodge was guilty in assisting two out of the three regicides, directly killed one, and attempted to kill another one through the use of a dragon). And btw, the Nilfgaardians are more effective in genociding the elves. Emrhy expressly forced francessca to exile all of the scio'atel and ordered them to continually harass the northern kingdoms. The elves are only fertile in a small period of their life and the scio'atel represents the largest number of elven young left in that world. Emrhy is basically remaking Aelirenn's attack which was the turning point of elven dominance as that attack led to the death of thousands of elven young, crippling the elder race.
JacobusMarch agreed also nilfgaardians commited a genocide of civilians from northren realms by using vrihedd. vrihedd had a goal to burn villages, kill civilians etc. they're nazis but devs whitewashed them.
@@chrisfloyd7316 so you would allow mass slavery, brainwashed cult culture, constant revolutions, and mages are treated like a horrible pest just because they like elves?
@@kwazooplayingguardsman5615 you would prefer all that, plus your king is an inbred idiot, the cult of fire is even more corrupt, and all nonhumans are burnt at the stake?
I would love anything from Middle-Earth (Specifically Erebor, The Elven Cities, and Rohan), The UNSC from Halo, The Septim Empire from TES, New Genesis and Apokolips from DC Comics, and Asgard, Attalin, and the Kree Empire from Marvel Comics. Please.
What about our scholars（Aedirn）and Merchants（Kovir&Poviss），while there are also lucky ones（Cidaris）and sorrowful but faithful warriors(R&R and Cintra remains)?
yeah, choose the genocidal, enslaving empire that kills mages by the buckloads via trampling. not to mention that nilfgaard is single-handely genociding the elves by bankrolling the scioa'tel then forcing them to stay in combat with the north (blood of elves, Emhry forces francessca to not recall the elven young "scioa'tel" back to dol blathanna)( this resembles allieren's attack on the young human kingdoms which devastated the elven race as the vast majority of the elven young were killed)
John Isaac Felipe Radovid was purging mages as well, he also embraced the theocrats in Novigrad. Putting Ciri in charge of the empire is by far the best option, letting Radovid have the entire north is just awful
Camden Relyea yeah, make her marry morvrah moorhis and she's also used as rhe fallgirl for emhry's follies (there's a revolution happening in the south).
I love these videos and find them truly fascinating, I've got to ask though, have you ever ro do you have plans to do a video covering the *Blackwood Detective Agency* from the _Call of Cthulhu,_ games because that would cool.
From Witcher (original Saga, not games, since I yet have to play them - I played 1st one. It is great, and heard that the next two, are even better) in my Opinion "Kovir and Poviss" have the most interesting history. I don't know how it sounds in English (I only read original Polish Version), but in the 4th book, the explanation given when Sigismund Dijkstra travels to Lan Exeter (I won't spoil more) is so EPIC. And shows how close minded most people of the north are. Even those supposedly smart.
This video is great, I think I've watched it 4-5 times over several months, just because I love the witcher series and your work. But I really think the intro of this video is one of your lesser ones. It plunges way to deep into the philosophy of the empire without explaining what the empire actually *IS*.
Top heavy empires are easy to deal with if you are cagey and silent. Take out the regional administrators, great houses, military leaders and they will in the absence of leadership devolve into fiefdoms again. The existence of magic makes this process even easier. If you can employ the proper users of it.
remember that this empire has agents, witchers and magicians in addition to other military positions that will react quickly to one of your movements so it is not so easy to defeat a great empire, you are thinking lightly and things do not work lightly.
@@Martin-zg7hx IRL civilians with aged rifles and rocket launchers have brought low superpowers by forcing them to expend resources, and drive up indirect casualties. Or more recently, computers, and trolls selling fools what they want to hear to twist nations into what they want them to be. It's not with great set piece battles that power is kneecapped. But from people who thought past the guns and agencies and saw the problem from a different angle. You don't need to beat your face into a brick wall to bring it crashing down. Just use it's own weight against it.
@@Lukos0036 And what would happen if in the hypothetical case the empire is stable and prosperous for its inhabitants, in that case the people would not seek to reveal themselves.
@@Martin-zg7hx Most super powers aren't beneficial to their people. And what little benefit there is to be had usually comes at the expense of the poor and/or neighboring factions. The whole notion of empire is colonialist and hostile. Because they are bad at minding their own business, and empire is maintained through conquest be it military or economic.
5 days ago I told my girlfriend y'all would gain a thousand followers a day steadily increasing exponentially. at that point you had 21k. now you have 26k. Keep it up. y'alls production is fantastic. my request for a faction, would be the Space Wolves of Warhammer 40K. I've seen plenty of people asking for the Imperium of Man.... but wew lad, that would be a massive conundrum of what you should say and what you shouldn't, the best simple video about the Imperium ive seen is an hour and a half long.
Thanks to the templin institute for doing this video, I'm a massive witcher fan. 😁😁 Could you guys possibly do a video on the northern kingdoms? Because as we all know "The Gods have heard the lands cry! King Radovid, saviour of the North!"
If the Empire unites maybe never,but we don't get numbers in Elder Scrolls so it would hard to tell how big the legion would be, lorewise from the reign of Uriel VII and post Great War.
Very awesome videos. Would you be interested in making a video on some of the Deus Ex Franchise's Organizations like the Illuminati, UNATCO, or Task Force 29? Other's would be: System's Alliance (Mass Effect) Citadel Council (Same), and Federation (Elite Dangerous).
The game gives an image of Nilfgaard being the aggressor but actually in the end it seems more like the northern kingdoms act more aggressive in general and Nilfgaard is more culturally advanced. Just look at Toussaint?
You're wrong, they began the war against the north you inept moron, they made the north hate mages via the coup of thanned and the accusations of letho, then they also flarred up the race tensions by funding the scio'atel. Everything you hate about the north was created by the south.
@@kwazooplayingguardsman5615 Where did your class go? I would appreciate if you took the effort to educate me without name calling. And about a fictional universe at that.
@@Elaini-Gaming just ignore the words of that guy, Nordlings have ALWAYS treated whoever was different from them with contempt and hatred, even before the invasion of Nilfgaardians. If things like Scoia'tael happened its just for Nordlings crappy treatment against the other races, also the Northern kingdoms waged wars against each other for a long time due to the ineptitude and corruption of their kings. Even goddamn farmers in Toussaint are more educated and grateful than lot of Northern rulers.
Does Nilfgaard really have over 300.000 Soldiers? Before playing Witcher 3 i have heard 300.000 but Geralt also said there were like 30.000 in Witcher 3.
They have hundreds of thousands of soldiers, true, but not every soldier is sent to the frontlines. There's a need to garrison castles and fortifications, and to maintain order in the provinces.
@@flamesofchaos13 I'm the books we know from the mage spying on the head of nilfguaardian intelligence that nilfguaardian is committing 300,000 men to the spring offensive. Bare in mind that nilfguaardian still has plenty of soilders in the empire, and that this is after however many men died in the war in the previous year. And the fact that the first nilfguaardian nordling war was only a few years before hand.
@@the_dropbear4392 Probably a shit ton of them died during the beginning of the Third War they had to conquer all of Temeria, Aedirn, Rivia and Lyria, Half of Kaedwen...Even without Kings those lands would of still put up a defense.
It quite shows how villified people can percieve the North and Nilfgaard,but at the same time they are both bad,but id say the North is worse if you think about it they are all about racism and mutualy asured destruction, all ready to go at eachoter's throats for petty things,after a war they would try to find a exucse to conquer one another wich in term might destroy the entire continent economy and technology,at the slight whim of someone gaining power they would choose to crush them out of fear. Yeah Nilfgaard also has a racism problem ,but its not as bad as what the North commited. But when we talk war its preety eazy to say that Nilfgaard realy do enjoy some warcrimes some twisted ones,with a equally wierd but effective emperor at its head. I think the Author did a great job portraying 2 kingdoms that are equally bad(morraly) and has people rile up to take the side for either one even tho everyone knows they are both bad. Realisticly doe id still choose nilfgaard, it seems that stability and prosperity is a thing they account for for any region,as messed up as it would be ( at the end of the day the victors write the history books dont they,and all the atrocities can be forgotten :) ...
Hail Empress Ciri, daughter of time, savor of the world, supreme ruler of the south, Liege lord and protector of the north, master of all man and elder kind.
NivekH 420 ohh same here. A series i still love watching. To bad dvd sets are still very expensive (like rivals babylon 5). Which reminds me of my next suggestion.
Army group centre and Army group east is also pretty obvious reference to eastern front during II ww. However the Great Sun is more likely reference to roman Sol Invictus. Nilfgaard is mostly mix of third reich and (late) roman empire.
The Begining of second Nilfgaard war has many similarities with WW2. In games are many similarities with real nations, but nothing too deep for thinking. And one other thing: Read the books and then say again about tolerant Nilfgaard. Not even romans really forced occupied lands to give up their own way of life. Read the books and then say again about tolerant Nilfgaard :-D Only in witcher 3 Devs forced players to let Nilfgaard take to North. I sided with Dijkstra, he is really good book character and in last game is very funny. Roche´s story disapointed me in W3 and I cant neither to let him sold North beacause of Temeria or let Ciri to rule a nation who slaughtered Cintra, her home. And again say something about tolerant freedom fighters elves. If it was their way, people would be forced to sail from witcher world for good.
I read the books and still prefer Nilfgaard, they at least bring order, do what they must to win and resemble the Romans. And about the romans. Yes they occasionally engaged in large scale genocide such as Carthage, Gaul and Britain and enslaved entire populations, and yes they forced you to work in a mine until you`re dead if you`re a slave. And yet we still see them as one of the greatest civilizations in history, how abot that ? And it`s not that the North is much better morally than the Empire. Redania for instance has a very stratified society
I´m ok with that, you see them as unforgiving but justice bringing nation (if that make sense). I just want to give people that oposite side of view. Also world outside roman empire was unforgiving place full of tribes who enslaved their enemies too. In witcher there is medieval-tuned world full of kingdoms, just like Europe in 13th century. Also Europe kingdoms picked some good things from roman civilization. I see Djikstras choice as vice beacause he can unite the north and make some sort of prototype of republic or federation. What Nilfgaard made in books remind me more Mongols, Turks or Huns and even more Axis nations in ww2. more than Roman empire - romans needed to be unforgiving thowards their enemy. Others has ambitions and their ideals and nothing stop them to eradicate their enemies Bonus: If someone will be interested in future of witcher world in spite of choices of player there is timeline in Witcher Wiki which comes from book references. There is also guy who will be Nilfgaard ruler after Emhyr and big invasion of unspecified nation.
that nation comes from zerrikania as i remember and their last guy is jan calveit. according to gwent in the game universe he conducts deadly experiments on ill people.
Northerners: “Nilfgaard is so cruel and barbaric”
Also Northerners: “bUrN thE WiTCh”
"B-but my lord... that's a cow. Someone's just put a hat on it-"
"TO THE PYRE!"
The North is always prejudiced against the South, everywhere
"Those damn mages escaped! NOW ON TO THE NON-HUMANS!"
Witches are heavily restrained in the empire. Emhyr recognised their utility but he doesn't trust them. They have way less autonomy and influence than in the north.
And that's a good thing!
Is it true Northern women bathe but once every three moons?
Das Swizzle Yes my southern friend indeed they do! But beware for on the fourth moon they turn into dangerous she-beasts that eat only a man's unmentionables!
@@flamesofchaos13 LOL
it is too cold for bath!!
Thine stockings are their highest export!
It is said that Elizabeth I had a bath once a month whether she needed it or not.
The Emperor will guide us straight to Novigrad.
You seem a traveled man so tell me, should i beat me wench once a week or oftener
pam paaaam pam peraaaam
The Great Sun will light our path!
Not in my playthrough lmao
"I'm the Emperor of Milfgaard. If you know what I mean."
--Conan O'Brien
**his joke writer
@@zl2597 Conan writes jokes too. He was a writer for SNL and The Simpson's before he was a late night host.
Hungarian black army, German tactics, and Roman government, basically best medieval empire
@Marcelo Henrique Soares da Silva Holy Roman Empire was a joke.
Boba Fett You are neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire!
@@placeholder8768 Calm down Voltaire.
And dutch names
Roman Government sucked
So...Nilfgaard is the HRE mixed with Early Imperial Rome...
Yes
and you could even say that it also copies a bit of nazi germany and to make the mix even bigger: the Nilfgardian language has many sounds and words that are very similar to Dutch
@@daanwiemers7937 How are they similar to the Nazi Germany?
@@arishokqunari1290 I mean a lot of Fascism is based on the ideals of the Roman Empire. Beyond that I think they share the doctrine of mobile warfare, and the general aesthetic.
@@spencernicolls8112 Besides the black uniforms I see no similarityin the aesthetics. Okay the sun is somehow similar to the swastika which is a sun symbol. And mobile warfare is not a fascism thing for me. Naopelon and the Romans after Marius did something liek that too
I love the idea of the Empire of Nilfgaard serving as a subtle deconstruction of the typical 'Evil Empire' trope: an aggressive, authoritarian, expansionist nation that none the less serves as an attractive alternative to the superstitious chaos offered by its more autonomous (but less developed) neighbour states (particularily to the marginalized peoples living within those neighbors borders). It's quite a nuanced thing to have a state portrayed as neither wholly morally evil, nor entirely good, but as a complex geopolitical organism replete with its own internal contrasts, contradictions and ideaology. It adds a level of depth to the world of The Witcher that's very satisfying.
the north is more developed than nilfgaard.
@@enexe6229 it is objectively not. Just compare Toussaint which isn't even a part of Nilfgaard proper to the Northern Realms. What I mean by this is if Toussaint is so objectively better off imagine what it must be like in the core Provinces of the Empire.
@@frederickvonabel6349 toussaint is a vassal state. secondly, only the capital is in a good state while outskirts are plagued with gangs and other shit and her majesty doesn't even care about other citizens. by that logic, north korea is fine just because its capital looks good despite the fact that the rest of the country is plagued with many bad shi. other provinces are plagued with many bad shit.
@@frederickvonabel6349 plus the north has the best school for mages (aretuza) and the best academy (oxenfurt) of the witcher world. the north also lives in the middle of genesis of capitalism.
@@enexe6229 If it is actually the way yoh claim it is then I want to ask you what the difference between Nilfgaard and The North is? The North is also filled with bandits and its poor areas are much worse than the ones in Nilfgaard. Not to mention that Nilfgaard having such a huge territory means a lot of free trade taking place throughout the Empire bolstering its overall prosperity. Not to mention the efficient law enforcement in the Empire. There's a reason the Nilfgaardian merchants are so much more powerful and organised than they're Northern counterparts
Something I like about the Witcher universe is that no nation is inherently "good." Everyone has bad history and they're all guilty of some war crimes.
Exactly! I'm glad when I read the books everything was not so black and white like TW3
I concur. Unlike Star Wars, just about every kingdom and empire in The Witcher is likeable in many ways.
It's extremely realistic in that way, like our own world
The Empire of Nilfgaard represents the best qualities of man not the worst, Hail the Emperor and the Great Sun!
Yes! And the Empire even protect those who aren't human. Protect the elder race join Nilfgaard.
praise the fucking sun
You didn't read the books, didn't you?
Diavolo The Boss So why in the show do they slaughter Cintra
@@muhammaddanyal3846 they resisted.
It’s always a tough decision when it comes to the outcome of the war, but I feel as though the North could benefit from some time under the control of an empire. The North needs stability and order to repair all the chaos. And besides, it’s not like living under the Nilfgaardian emperor is any different than any other ruler. You still pay taxes and obey his laws. This ruler just gives you poor relief and a law code
With just a little bit of slavery.
Slavery was considered a “natural state” by the ancient Greeks and was the foundation for every major power up until the late 1800s. Yet it’s not a good thing morally.( slavery is bad )
Oh yeah those foreign hordes living at your backyard and taking away everything they want is not so different than thieves going around. Being "invaded" seems normal to you.
@@tarnyowl6068 It's not natural in the North, slavery is completely prohibited.
Whoever back here after Netflix Witcher series. Informative video about Nilfgaardians
I was quite disappointed when I found out it isn't called "Milfgaard".....
Not Your business was thinking about it the entire time. An empire called milfgard lol
I find Netflix take on Nilfgard a complete failure, meanwhile the games did it perfectly.
The most thrown argument for this is their armor looks like ballsacks, but there is more to it from my perspective.
The empire in the series looks straight evil and they are indeed quite evil from perspective of the north, the way they treat the countries they invade, they show no mercy etc, etc. however this completely dwarfs the fact that similar things are happening all around the continent, for example in the game you may easily fall for Nilfgard to be the most civilized faction on the continent because they actually are, although they are ruthless they are also very rich, powerful and intelligent and all of their actions are pragmatic and rational in comparison to the northern kingdoms who basically live by 100years old standards in comparison, I mean Radovid throws entire country into barbaric religion and burns mages and alike alive, others around are not better as they wage wars for racial discrimination, honor, or personal matters between monarchs...
The way I see things, the Nilfgardian empire is the only stable organized faction on the continent.
And the armor in the show truly is a mockery, how dare they to do it after the games raise our standards so high? it doesn't even look like they are not trying, instead it looks like they are trying to fuck things up on purpose.
Eimantas Rutkauskas yea I agree with you 100%
@@joons3374 agreed
King Radovid disliked this
All Hail King Radovid the Stern! The true champion of the north!
nah emhyr sucks it because he is not able to win the war without geralt
hehe emhyr needs a help of a witcher while rad kills his army very easy. titles mean nothing.
nah facts in the game just state it. in my first playthrough i broke dijikstras leg and rad won the war without any help.
gegen, did you fucking kill Roche, you piece of shit?
I love the nilfgaardians and their amor.
After seeing the series trailer: "Are you sure about that?"
Netflix suck
Based on the books?
In the books, they are depicted with their winged helms
and not with ballsack armor.
You know what caught my interest. The Witcher 3 is the first game I played, and when I nilfgaard outpost in the beginning I expected a regular evil empire character, but the man I met treated the people… good? Like when he asked for how much grain the people he conquered could give, he asked for a little less than what he said he could give so the people could eat. Obviously this is a hearts and minds tactics that makes conquest easier if the people don’t entirely hate you but it also gave me a cool insight into a people who are smart and 3 dimensional with complex characters.
I then lost days of my life to the game hah
I think Nilfgaard has harsh, but practical mindset towards governing newly conquered territories and kingdoms. They might be in power, but they still need the locals to hold the peace. And they like to show what insurbination can and will entail.
That was pretty much my thoughts on Nilfgaard. Yay there not nice by any means but there not evil for the sake of evil. Which I really like in fiction
Most peoples and organisations aren't overly evil or good in the witcher. That's one of the strentgh of the universe. A few individuals are though.
Honestly? I like them (aside from their incestuous emperor). Their only real evil is desiring conquest (which in the witcher world is basically a standard) but they're much, much more civilized than the north, and they are actually far more tolerant concerning mages and nonhumans, and their architecture and technology far surpasses the almost barbaric north.
They're basically Rome, and I'd choose Rome over any kingdom of their time
as for civilization and technology they stole it from black seidhe. they execute mages for fun, use non humans as canon fodder and commit genocide against native cintrians. creators of witcher 3 wanted to put their idiotic deeds in the game but didnt have enough time for that.
The thing is that they are VERY brutal in their conquests, even for the witcher world standards. For a polish reader (for whom the witcher books where written in a first place) their behavior during northern wars very much resemble war crimes commited by Germans and their allies during II world war occupation of Poland and other eastern european countries - which often was far worse then in western Europe. Aside from more effective military and bureaucracy they're not really technologicaly superrior to northern kingdoms. As civilization goes - yeah good luck ending as dogfood on the arena or working to death in the mines as slave. Bear in mind that the third witcher game whitewashed them greatly (while obviously villinising Radovid), something that even game creators admitted.
I wish you both to live among the elves, you would be probably death in notime. You know what Vrans were? it was race before elves. They builded Loc Muine. As Roche said. "They feel opressed and they hunt us in the woods. But they destroyed one living kind - Vrans, their skeletons were found - with cuts of the swords."
And what Letho and geralt found in the canyon/ravine on their way to wild hunt? Of course. Elven criminal brigade Vrihed murdered by nilfgard, beacause they ceased to be usefull after Nilfgaard war 2
"I wish you both to live among the elves, you would be probably death in notime."
Well fuck you too.
I mean I still allied with them but PURELY to keep Roche alive. I actually did both choices but that look Roche gives you if you ally with Diljkstra honestly broke my heart.
The fact is, Nilfgaard are badass. The Romans were badass. But buddy, if you think I'd enjoy living under the Romans, you are mistaken. The fact us, Nilfgaard are, at their core, goosestepping fascists who inflict misery and destruction wherever they go. Radovid might be a genocidal nutcase but that's not really a good standard to compare yourself against. Nilfgaard's war has brought unimaginable human suffering down on the people of Temeria, and I can't imagine life in such a severe empire would be ideal. Nilfgaard doesn't strike me as the empire which values equality, human dignity, and due process. To be fair, no one in the Continent does but Nilfgaard honestly strikes me as the worst of them all.
The Romans were certainly an impressive civilization. And living there was probably better than living in Germania. But buddy, let me tell you something, that doesn't mean it was good.
If Ciri becomes empress, the Nilfgard leaders actually say that she has the qualities of a decent leader to the point even Emhyr steps down for Ciri to lead the Empire.
How much power would she really have? She doesn't know their politics, economy, nor persons of importance. The emperor said people were waiting for a failure to kill him, he might just be doing this to abdicate without chaos.
Still Can't wrap my head around the nutsack armour and overall portrayal of nilfgaard In the Netflix series.
It's social justice nonsense.
@@hydra7427 Always have to shoehorn in that buzzword somewhere eh?
Nutsack armor was a pretty big deal in medieval and renaissance times.
I haven't seen it yet, what did they do wrong?
@@londomollari1082 YES
Also Nilfgaard attempted various means of economic pressure - like destabilizing northern currencies and grassroot substitution of these by its own currency.
Bruh i LOVE Nilfgaard idk what it is about them but i just LOVE em and find em so badass
Do Numenor! Or maybe the maybe the Sons of Feanor.
May the Termerian Lilies bloom and prosper under the protection of the Great Nilfgaardian sun.
Fuck Nilfgaaard, The Temerian lilies blooms stronger on its own soil!
kwazooplayingguardsman I always went with Nilfgaard under Empress Cirilla, uniting the splintered kingdoms of Man
and let Ciri be forced to marry Morvran to end a conflict that the nilfgaardians started (which saw the genocide at cintra)
kwazooplayingguardsman what would you rather the certainty of Ciri being cared for and prospering as a sovereign of an enormous continent-spanning Empire, which would prosper under her enlightened rule or have her live an uncertain life of a Witcher, strolling through the North under a rule of a fledgling Empire ravaged by infighting after the death of Emhir or a self appointed madman Radovid who organizes pogroms on daily bases or the megalomaniac Djiskra who is a real cunt, so that sums up why and whats of Ciri becoming the Empress as the best decision for her and the continent.
why do you think she would even be able to do anything? the reason why Emhry wanted to abdicate his position is because people were revolting against his family line and the animosity has also affected ciri. You do know that Ciri's scar came from a nilfgaardian revolutionary who wanted to kill her. The great families hates her for being non-nilfgaardian, the merchants of nilfgaard hates the family for forcing a war that they did not want to finance, the military officers hate her and the family for letting hundreds of officers be killed by demands of the northern kingdom. She would be gagged and be made worthless at court at best, she would be killed at worst. Which is why the books hinted that if Ciri ever joins the empire, she would marry Morvran because anyone related to Emrhy will be made useless, thus Morvan would rule in her stead.
Then the accusation that the north is evil? Do you even know how it became that way? its often the assumption of those who never read the books or even played the past games that the north was always like that.
FYI, before the nilfgaardian conflict, mages in the north were respected members of society, their like often seen in the courts of lords and kings. They weren't regularly trampled in the plazas like in nilfgaard, Also, the north has allowed the existence of a non-human state in their territories (mahakaman). its just that the elves don't want to live beside dwarfs and gnomes, while in the south, mutants and non-humans are part of the moratorium in nilfgaardian cities.
That all changed through the manipulation of nilfgaard by funding scioa'tel activities, organizing the thanedd coup, and then framing already infamous mages for the crimes of regicide by revealing the existence of the lodge. (it doesn't help that the lodge was guilty in assisting two out of the three regicides, directly killed one, and attempted to kill another one through the use of a dragon). And btw, the Nilfgaardians are more effective in genociding the elves. Emrhy expressly forced francessca to exile all of the scio'atel and ordered them to continually harass the northern kingdoms. The elves are only fertile in a small period of their life and the scio'atel represents the largest number of elven young left in that world. Emrhy is basically remaking Aelirenn's attack which was the turning point of elven dominance as that attack led to the death of thousands of elven young, crippling the elder race.
Soo...basically Romans?
Anthonie Santic Yes and a little bit germans
Also Vrihedd is based of Schutzstaffel
JacobusMarch agreed also nilfgaardians commited a genocide of civilians from northren realms by using vrihedd. vrihedd had a goal to burn villages, kill civilians etc. they're nazis but devs whitewashed them.
AA FF Whitewashed them?
yep. devs wanted to show their evil deeds in hearts of stone but didnt have enough time for it.
Saw your post on reddit. Good stuff. Subscribed.
I'd say I hate them but they're sadly the best option in terms of best kingdom to live under.
Revolutions every age, widespread slavery, mages have little to no rights, etc? this is where you want to live?
@@kwazooplayingguardsman5615 it's the lesser of like 20 evils. Living in the Witcher world is not a pleasant place to live.
@@chrisfloyd7316 so you would allow mass slavery, brainwashed cult culture, constant revolutions, and mages are treated like a horrible pest just because they like elves?
@@kwazooplayingguardsman5615 you would prefer all that, plus your king is an inbred idiot, the cult of fire is even more corrupt, and all nonhumans are burnt at the stake?
@@ayrtonbarmecide4912 you're delusional lol nilfgaard will treat non humans (especially scoiatael) way worse.
Glory to the Empire.
Yes, all hail me!
Please make more Witcher lore, like Temeria, Redania, Skellige, etc. Love your videos, keep doing a great job! :)
Thanks for using my track RISE OF AN EMPIRE, If you would like to hear more of my music please subscribe to my official music channel. Thanks
of course
Chris Haigh Music. i need a link please
Hi Yisroel, you need a link for what??
Chris Haigh Music for the soundtrack I couldn't find it please and thank you
Ah yeah sorry Yisroel, I haven't actually uploaded this track to my youtube channel. It's a pretty old track now.
I would love anything from Middle-Earth (Specifically Erebor, The Elven Cities, and Rohan), The UNSC from Halo, The Septim Empire from TES, New Genesis and Apokolips from DC Comics, and Asgard, Attalin, and the Kree Empire from Marvel Comics. Please.
Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach would aprciate this video :D
Piotr Skłodowski No he wouldn't, he was going to be put to death because of them.
I am not a Nilfgardian!
Caellach would be sad.
please do the other witcher empires!
they aren't empires. they are pitiful kingdoms. mads (redanians), theives (keadwenians), incestors (temerians) kingdoms.
my request still stands
sure. but they may never do it because its not worth the effort.
k
What about our scholars（Aedirn）and Merchants（Kovir&Poviss），while there are also lucky ones（Cidaris）and sorrowful but faithful warriors(R&R and Cintra remains)?
Long live the Empire!
Primarch Roboute Guilliman wrong empire
Don't speak to your Primarch like that guardsman.
Wrong game
Христо Георгиев You seriously trying to correct a superior? Mortal silence yourself.
No.
Anyone else like Nilfgaard more than the north?
Cromwell the Conqueror Radovid and the Novigrad temple are the worst by far. The empire was the best choice by far
yeah, choose the genocidal, enslaving empire that kills mages by the buckloads via trampling.
not to mention that nilfgaard is single-handely genociding the elves by bankrolling the scioa'tel then forcing them to stay in combat with the north (blood of elves, Emhry forces francessca to not recall the elven young "scioa'tel" back to dol blathanna)( this resembles allieren's attack on the young human kingdoms which devastated the elven race as the vast majority of the elven young were killed)
John Isaac Felipe Radovid was purging mages as well, he also embraced the theocrats in Novigrad. Putting Ciri in charge of the empire is by far the best option, letting Radovid have the entire north is just awful
Camden Relyea yeah, make her marry morvrah moorhis and she's also used as rhe fallgirl for emhry's follies (there's a revolution happening in the south).
Camden Relyea and atleast you see the reason why radovid did what he did, nilfgaard just kill mages for fun and brought the elves to extinction.
The way you butchered the emperors last name, they've come to expect less of nordlings
Order, Law, Strength
That is beauty
Amazing video! Very helpful to me as I have recently started playing the Witcher series.
That is why I always have Ciri become Empress in my play through of Witcher 3, she will usher in a truly magnificent age for the empire.
she gets to marry Vorhees and becomes a scapegoat for Emrhy's lost of grace.
And hey, just ignore the fact that Emhyr wants to screw his own daughter, and may very well get his wish with that ending.
Exactly. All the good parts of the empire without the bad
She is incompetent, not bred for ruling
Being a Witcher is waay cooler than being some Empress.
The White Flame Dancing on the Graves of his Foes ghostwrote this
Toss a coin to the Institute, Oh valley of plenty! Oh valley of plenty Ooooh
Could you guys also do a video on Redania, Temeria ,Kaedwen and Aedirn and maybe even the rest of the kingdoms.
Meanwhile the Empire of Nilfgaard in the CK2 mod seconds after Emhyr's death:🔥🔥🔥🔥☠☠🔥🔥🔥🔥
Milfgaard learned about themselves is also an elf
Also Milfgaard: "Bow before our rule lesser human!"
I love these videos and find them truly fascinating, I've got to ask though, have you ever ro do you have plans to do a video covering the *Blackwood Detective Agency* from the _Call of Cthulhu,_ games because that would cool.
Love this. Subbed. 40k is a must! Starcraft too!
omg fuck yes, 40k and Starcraft!
PRAISE THE GOLDEN SUN
:-D :-D :-D via DS ;-)
\[T]/
(☼)
I hope Nilfgaard meets the same fate as Carthage
Emreis, not Emires.
she tried so hard to pronounce it correctly and yet she failed
Well shit now I want to play the Witcher games. I had no idea they sound very flushed out
How about doing an episode on the Star Kingdom of Manticore from the Honorverse series of books by David Weber.
From Witcher (original Saga, not games, since I yet have to play them - I played 1st one. It is great, and heard that the next two, are even better) in my Opinion "Kovir and Poviss" have the most interesting history. I don't know how it sounds in English (I only read original Polish Version), but in the 4th book, the explanation given when Sigismund Dijkstra travels to Lan Exeter (I won't spoil more) is so EPIC. And shows how close minded most people of the north are. Even those supposedly smart.
This video is great, I think I've watched it 4-5 times over several months, just because I love the witcher series and your work. But I really think the intro of this video is one of your lesser ones. It plunges way to deep into the philosophy of the empire without explaining what the empire actually *IS*.
It’s a long shot but if you wanted to cover the Black Templars that would be amazing.
I loved the use of all the Gwent artwork
Nilfgaard the medieval rome
The different factions of humans in the commonwealth universe would make a great video
So they’re my faction in every session of mount and blade essentially
This is going to get viral cuz of the Netflix series
Yep.
Planet KC It was already pretty viral from the books and games, but yeah
Top heavy empires are easy to deal with if you are cagey and silent. Take out the regional administrators, great houses, military leaders and they will in the absence of leadership devolve into fiefdoms again. The existence of magic makes this process even easier. If you can employ the proper users of it.
It really depends. The empire is likely to send to quell an uprising or at least investigate why it's officials are dying all of a sudden.
remember that this empire has agents, witchers and magicians in addition to other military positions that will react quickly to one of your movements so it is not so easy to defeat a great empire, you are thinking lightly and things do not work lightly.
@@Martin-zg7hx IRL civilians with aged rifles and rocket launchers have brought low superpowers by forcing them to expend resources, and drive up indirect casualties. Or more recently, computers, and trolls selling fools what they want to hear to twist nations into what they want them to be. It's not with great set piece battles that power is kneecapped. But from people who thought past the guns and agencies and saw the problem from a different angle. You don't need to beat your face into a brick wall to bring it crashing down. Just use it's own weight against it.
@@Lukos0036 And what would happen if in the hypothetical case the empire is stable and prosperous for its inhabitants, in that case the people would not seek to reveal themselves.
@@Martin-zg7hx Most super powers aren't beneficial to their people. And what little benefit there is to be had usually comes at the expense of the poor and/or neighboring factions. The whole notion of empire is colonialist and hostile. Because they are bad at minding their own business, and empire is maintained through conquest be it military or economic.
Why would anyone want to mess with someone whose nickname is “The White Flame Dancing on the Barrows of his Enemies”???
If I could be critical of one thing, the S sounds of the narrator are very sharp. Needs a Hiss/Pop Filter, but other than that, fantastic.
5 days ago I told my girlfriend y'all would gain a thousand followers a day steadily increasing exponentially. at that point you had 21k. now you have 26k. Keep it up. y'alls production is fantastic. my request for a faction, would be the Space Wolves of Warhammer 40K. I've seen plenty of people asking for the Imperium of Man.... but wew lad, that would be a massive conundrum of what you should say and what you shouldn't, the best simple video about the Imperium ive seen is an hour and a half long.
Thanks to the templin institute for doing this video, I'm a massive witcher fan. 😁😁
Could you guys possibly do a video on the northern kingdoms? Because as we all know "The Gods have heard the lands cry! King Radovid, saviour of the North!"
Somehow, someway, I feel like this is getting revisited. Why? No reason.
Long live Emhyr var Emreis, Deithwen Addan yn Carn aep Morvudd.May painful deaths come swiftly to his enemies.
No one bad is ever truly bad, and no one good is ever truly good.
- Loki Laufeyson
I would love to hear what you guys have to say about the Iron Kingdoms
Nilfgaard is inevitable. Nilfgaard is the unavoidable train of progress and culture.
You can see many similarities with Rome and Germany when you study Nilfgaard.
Did you notice that the font on the blue disc during the conjunction of the spheres (around 1:10) was in Yevon glyphs from Final Fantasy X?
Any plans for doing factions from Warhammer 40k?
They are definitely on the list. Any one in particular you'd like to see?
The Templin Institute Ultramar!
How about the tau
The Templin Institute The Imperium of Man!
Many of the races from Babylon 5 would be nice to explore
The seem so much cooler and with so much more power and awesomeness than in the Netflix show.
Because you are just at the beginning, even before the books and haven't seen a lot until now. It will be shown
@@cacador1360 it's according to the short stories it is based on. Nilfgaard got its shape later in the books
@@cacador1360 the games play a while after the series and are not the origin of the design.
Netflix hired other costume artists for the second season
The emperor shall guide us straight to novigrad
When will they conquer skyrim?
If the Empire unites maybe never,but we don't get numbers in Elder Scrolls so it would hard to tell how big the legion would be, lorewise from the reign of Uriel VII and post Great War.
NEVER!
We stormcloaks have already defeated an empire...we will do it again!
FOR ULFRIC, FOR SKYRIM AND TO SOVNGARDE!
SKYRIM BELONGS TO THE NORDS
@@_Woody_ Ulfric is being manipulated by the Thalmor
@@MrVictor1227
LIAR
4:19 Is this cutscene in the game?
Yes
No it was in a trailer but wasn't in-game.
Stählerner Cousin yes it’s from the Witcher 2:Assassin of kings
Very awesome videos. Would you be interested in making a video on some of the Deus Ex Franchise's Organizations like the Illuminati, UNATCO, or Task Force 29?
Other's would be: System's Alliance (Mass Effect) Citadel Council (Same), and Federation (Elite Dangerous).
Without giving anything away, we do have some Mass Effect content coming.
Necromongers.
I would like to see Rohan, Erebor and Gondor, well, maybe even Angmar too.
The game gives an image of Nilfgaard being the aggressor but actually in the end it seems more like the northern kingdoms act more aggressive in general and Nilfgaard is more culturally advanced. Just look at Toussaint?
You're wrong, they began the war against the north you inept moron, they made the north hate mages via the coup of thanned and the accusations of letho, then they also flarred up the race tensions by funding the scio'atel.
Everything you hate about the north was created by the south.
@@kwazooplayingguardsman5615 Where did your class go? I would appreciate if you took the effort to educate me without name calling. And about a fictional universe at that.
@@Elaini-Gaming just ignore the words of that guy, Nordlings have ALWAYS treated whoever was different from them with contempt and hatred, even before the invasion of Nilfgaardians. If things like Scoia'tael happened its just for Nordlings crappy treatment against the other races, also the Northern kingdoms waged wars against each other for a long time due to the ineptitude and corruption of their kings.
Even goddamn farmers in Toussaint are more educated and grateful than lot of Northern rulers.
Know this! All roads lead to Nilfgaard!
Is "prase the sun" relevant? :D
Onward, sons of Nilfgaard !!
It would also be cool if you did an analysis of the NCR in the Fallout universe and Caesar's Legion.
Excellent video very informative nice editing aswell...
Plough Nilfgaard
Plough radovid.
I think I found my new favourite channel :)
Does Nilfgaard really have over 300.000 Soldiers? Before playing Witcher 3 i have heard 300.000 but Geralt also said there were like 30.000 in Witcher 3.
Oliver Baclayon I believe Geralt said they hype their numbers up so they probably spread the rumor of 300,000 but actually have 30,000 at most.
Zakaria Amine Nah propbably in Velen only.
They have hundreds of thousands of soldiers, true, but not every soldier is sent to the frontlines. There's a need to garrison castles and fortifications, and to maintain order in the provinces.
@@flamesofchaos13
I'm the books we know from the mage spying on the head of nilfguaardian intelligence that nilfguaardian is committing 300,000 men to the spring offensive.
Bare in mind that nilfguaardian still has plenty of soilders in the empire, and that this is after however many men died in the war in the previous year. And the fact that the first nilfguaardian nordling war was only a few years before hand.
@@the_dropbear4392 Probably a shit ton of them died during the beginning of the Third War they had to conquer all of Temeria, Aedirn, Rivia and Lyria, Half of Kaedwen...Even without Kings those lands would of still put up a defense.
*Hears Emperor*
*Bursts in wearing full power armor and wielding a chainsword*
...
What the fuck is this heresy? This is not Golden enough?!!!
Do the UNSC or The Covenant from Halo.
The Gods have heard the Land's Cries, Long Live Radovid!, Saviour of the North!
Kevin Connolly the virgin radovid vs the chad the white flame dancing on the corpses of his enemies
Eternal Fire protect and keep him!
Emhyr Var Emreis, spice merchant
It quite shows how villified people can percieve the North and Nilfgaard,but at the same time they are both bad,but id say the North is worse if you think about it they are all about racism and mutualy asured destruction, all ready to go at eachoter's throats for petty things,after a war they would try to find a exucse to conquer one another wich in term might destroy the entire continent economy and technology,at the slight whim of someone gaining power they would choose to crush them out of fear.
Yeah Nilfgaard also has a racism problem ,but its not as bad as what the North commited.
But when we talk war its preety eazy to say that Nilfgaard realy do enjoy some warcrimes some twisted ones,with a equally wierd but effective emperor at its head.
I think the Author did a great job portraying 2 kingdoms that are equally bad(morraly) and has people rile up to take the side for either one even tho everyone knows they are both bad.
Realisticly doe id still choose nilfgaard, it seems that stability and prosperity is a thing they account for for any region,as messed up as it would be ( at the end of the day the victors write the history books dont they,and all the atrocities can be forgotten :) ...
Long Live Nilfgaard!!
The sun never sets on Nilfgaard!
Hail Empress Ciri, daughter of time, savor of the world, supreme ruler of the south, Liege lord and protector of the north, master of all man and elder kind.
PRAISE BE TO THE GREAT SUN!
Great video I am going to love this channel
So basically a -Holy- -Roman- Empire that's actually an empire?
It is more similar to the byzantine empire tbh
The HRE was an empire though
HRE was an empire until 1400's than it became nothing more than a confederacy
Next Idea/s: Space Above and Beyond
Both sides of the universe
Douglas Fitzgerald man I miss that show wish it never got canceled 😢
NivekH 420 ohh same here. A series i still love watching. To bad dvd sets are still very expensive (like rivals babylon 5).
Which reminds me of my next suggestion.
Lightning fast warfare... Absolute ruler... Occult symbol at the center of their flag...
We found the Nazi knights. Lol
Army group centre and Army group east is also pretty obvious reference to eastern front during II ww.
However the Great Sun is more likely reference to roman Sol Invictus. Nilfgaard is mostly mix of third reich and (late) roman empire.
Jacob Hughes Blitzkreig
i always thought of it more as the holy roman empire of medieval times
SerNoddicusTheGallant Nah Too authoritarian totalitarian for The Holy Roman Empire that one was organized of many smaller states.
@@baklan-in-the-neighbourhoo7665
The author had told us it's based of the Roman empire with a mix of early holy Roman empire
Terran Dominion and United Earth Directorate please. And oohh Subbed!
The Begining of second Nilfgaard war has many similarities with WW2. In games are many similarities with real nations, but nothing too deep for thinking. And one other thing:
Read the books and then say again about tolerant Nilfgaard. Not even romans really forced occupied lands to give up their own way of life.
Read the books and then say again about tolerant Nilfgaard :-D Only in witcher 3 Devs forced players to let Nilfgaard take to North. I sided with Dijkstra, he is really good book character and in last game is very funny. Roche´s story disapointed me in W3 and I cant neither to let him sold North beacause of Temeria or let Ciri to rule a nation who slaughtered Cintra, her home. And again say something about tolerant freedom fighters elves. If it was their way, people would be forced to sail from witcher world for good.
well done bro. don't listen to these deluded nilfgaardian supporters.
I read the books and still prefer Nilfgaard, they at least bring order, do what they must to win and resemble the Romans.
And about the romans. Yes they occasionally engaged in large scale genocide such as Carthage, Gaul and Britain and enslaved entire populations, and yes they forced you to work in a mine until you`re dead if you`re a slave.
And yet we still see them as one of the greatest civilizations in history, how abot that ?
And it`s not that the North is much better morally than the Empire. Redania for instance has a very stratified society
that greatest civilization cannot even defeat redania without geralt in the game. as for freedom the north is beeter in that case.
I´m ok with that, you see them as unforgiving but justice bringing nation (if that make sense). I just want to give people that oposite side of view. Also world outside roman empire was unforgiving place full of tribes who enslaved their enemies too.
In witcher there is medieval-tuned world full of kingdoms, just like Europe in 13th century. Also Europe kingdoms picked some good things from roman civilization.
I see Djikstras choice as vice beacause he can unite the north and make some sort of prototype of republic or federation. What Nilfgaard made in books remind me more Mongols, Turks or Huns and even more Axis nations in ww2. more than Roman empire -
romans needed to be unforgiving thowards their enemy. Others has ambitions and their ideals and nothing stop them to eradicate their enemies
Bonus: If someone will be interested in future of witcher world in spite of choices of player there is timeline in Witcher Wiki which comes from book references. There is also guy who will be Nilfgaard ruler after Emhyr and big invasion of unspecified nation.
that nation comes from zerrikania as i remember and their last guy is jan calveit. according to gwent in the game universe he conducts deadly experiments on ill people.