[KnightofPhoenix]

RSIK4 said:

Please care to ellaborate.....i know the nordling.....but i want detail about his history ›››

Got it from the wikia really (the French one is more detailed if you speak French).

Apparently since his name "Emhyr" sounds very close to an Elven word for some creature, he was cursed to turn into it.

Sadly the mage who did this to him has a name that is close to "baked alive." To his chagrin, Emhyr found out and he shared his sense of humor.

[RSIK4]

KnightofPhoenix said:

Got it from the wikia really (the French one is more detailed if you speak French).

Apparently since his name "Emhyr" sounds very close to an Elven word for some creature, he was cursed to turn into it.

Sadly the mage who did this to him has a name that is close to "baked alive." To his chagrin, Emhyr found out and he shared his sense of humor. ›››

sorry brother i dont know french i understand english very wellll

[Guy N'wah]

Some of his lieutenants may be inhuman fanatic bastards, but Emhyr himself is not. He is a man of power and a man of his word. The most telling incident of all is the second assault on Stygga castle, when he captured Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri. Those who don't mind spoilers can read about it at Assault on Stygga castle.

As Letho said, "the kings of the North don't even come up to his poleyns."

Poleyns (more decorative than practical):

[KnightofPhoenix]

Question to lore experts.

I still don't quite understand why he is adamant about impregnating Ciri himself. If he wants to keep the dynasty line pure, can't he arrange a marriage with a member of the imperial family? Or just have her be pregnant by some other guy and then raise the child himself and pretend it's his?

I understand Emhyr's motivation and were I him, I'd definitely want to make sure Ciri's child is raised by me. But I do not quite understand why he thinks he needs to impregnate her personally.

[Guy N'wah]

KnightofPhoenix said:

Question to lore experts.

I still don't quite understand why he is adamant about impregnating Ciri himself. If he wants to keep the dynasty line pure, can't he arrange a marriage with a member of the imperial family? Or just have her be pregnant by some other guy and then raise the child himself and pretend it's his?

I understand Emhyr's motivation and were I him, I'd definitely want to make sure Ciri's child is raised by me. But I do not quite understand why he thinks he needs to impregnate her personally.

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Answering a question with a question,

how much family does Emhyr have? He has no children other than Ciri, and there is no mention of brothers, cousins, or uncles. If he dies, Ciri has at best a disputed claim to the throne. I don't know anything about laws of succession in Nilfgaard, but if he has no heir, the throne could go to the Empress's (False Ciri's) family.

[Bloth]

I'm left wondering whether the "Empress" has fooled the Hunt as well as the rest of the world.

[KnightofPhoenix]

Yea, makes sense I guess.
I wonder how they will deal with it in TW3.

[Wichat]

Guy N said:

Answering a question with a question,

how much family does Emhyr have? He has no children other than Ciri, and there is no mention of brothers, cousins, or uncles. If he dies, Ciri has at best a disputed claim to the throne. I don't know anything about laws of succession in Nilfgaard, but if he has no heir, the throne could go to the Empress's (False Ciri's) family.

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The official fianceé's family is deadbecause is the real family of Geralt's © protected... so there's no heir for the niflgaard empire. Emhyr know that and need her © ALIVE in any case.

Emhyr need Ciri, as a daugther or as mother of his future children) The false Ciri's blood family is a poor and plebeian. These courtiers discover the falsity of the story if someone from that family empire inherit nothing (after all Emhyr will be already dead at this time). Ciri therefore remains the core of the story, Emhyr knows that and knows that Geralt is not a problem to ignore in his plans.

[PsyCoil]

According to the Witcher Wikia Emhyr already has a successor, Morvran Voorhis. Not much is known about him, If he's still alive or not but further search reveals this about him:

http://witcher.wikia...Joachim_de_Wett

[KnightofPhoenix]

Well considering he either worked with the conspirators or his claim was supported by them, I doubt Emhyr would be at ease with him as heir. That's if he didn't eliminate him already.

[PsyCoil]

Maybe so, maybe so. In any case, another search reveals that Jan Calveit ascended to the throne in 1301, succeeding Morvran Voorhis.

The Novels go much further then the game's plot. If we're to take the Novels as a credible source to some of the game plot, one of them may appear in the next game and create a plot conflict.
And If that is so, we'll probably not be seeing Emhyr himself in the North till he takes care of some of the problems back home, Mhm. Guess it is us who will go meet him.

[Costin Moroianu]

Remember when you are talking about a conspiracy to overthrow Emhyr in TW3 Knight? Well there it is, heh.

[KnightofPhoenix]

Yea, but I hope they keep the novel out of this. I would prefer if Emhyr falling is not a predetermined conclusion.

[Costin Moroianu]

They could just alter it.

[PsyCoil]

As far as I know, Witcher 3 is going to be an RPG. Probably, somehow our choices are going to directly or indirectly affect things that are going on in the plot.

There must be some kind of opposition to Emhyr, whether it is this Morvran fellow or not. I assume the Nilfgaardian nobles are not fools and maybe found out already about the false Ciri. Just a speculation. Geralt probably knows this already, or will know once he reaches Nilfgaard.

[KnightofPhoenix]

PsyCoil said:

As far as I know, Witcher 3 is going to be an RPG. Probably, somehow our choices are going to directly or indirectly affect things that are going on in the plot.

There must be some kind of opposition to Emhyr, whether it is this Morvran fellow or not. I assume the Nilfgaardian nobles are not fools and maybe found out already about the false Ciri. Just a speculation. Geralt probably knows this already, or will know once he reaches Nilfgaard. ›››

Yea I've speculated that TW3 could have two paths, a pro-Emhyr one and an anti. Perhaps Vattier de Rideaux could be a Roche / Iorveth kind of character if we go with pro-Emhyr (unless he's actually not loyal).

Of course Geralt would need strong incentives to side with either as I do not see him being involved in politics, Nilfgaardian politics no less, without a strong incentive.


But I wanted to ask you folk, as you most likely played more games than I did. Have you ever had a game with a puppeteer of such a scale without him even showing up? I think it's pretty impressive on the part of CDPR to make a character who didn't even show up yet sound so badass and cunning.

[Greed1914]

Blothulfur said:

I'm left wondering whether the "Empress" has fooled the Hunt as well as the rest of the world.

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I'm pretty sure that is why Emhyr is so focused on Geralt's return. If he knows that the Hunt is from another dimension, he would also know that Geralt's return means it is possible to retrieve others from other dimensions. One of the scenes mentions that she isn't so much dead, as she slipped out of this dimension. It's quite possible that Emhyr is looking toward Geralt as his way of finding Ciri. The King of the Wild Hunt came after Yen and Geralt shortly after Ciri disappeared, and he gladly traded Yen for Geralt, so it seems he is somehow the key for finding Ciri. Between what Cynthia says about how Geralt's escape from the Hunt has made him a focus of Nilfgaardian intelligence, and what Letho says about how the Viper school has many books about the Hunt, it seems more than likely that Emhyr is already aware that it is possible to travel between dimensions.

[PsyCoil]

KnightofPhoenix said:

But I wanted to ask you folk, as you most likely played more games than I did. Have you ever had a game with a puppeteer of such a scale without him even showing up? I think it's pretty impressive on the part of CDPR to make a character who didn't even show up yet sound so badass and cunning. ›››

Certainly. Quite a lot. This is the first time I see this technique used in video-game Storytelling and done this well, though. Maybe I didn't play enough games as I would like to believe.

[RaptorRex888]

Great read just like the rest of your works, thank you.

[Ogold]

KnightofPhoenix said:

Yea I've speculated that TW3 could have two paths, a pro-Emhyr one and an anti. Perhaps Vattier de Rideaux could be a Roche / Iorveth kind of character if we go with pro-Emhyr (unless he's actually not loyal). ›››

I think (or hope more likely) that Vattier will stay loyal to Emhyr to the end. I'd assume to rise to head of intelligence he'd have to prove his loyalty several times over and probably seen enough rebellions crushed to know that siding against the Emperor really isn't worth it. (The whole deep frying thing)

What I'm mostly interested in is seeing the new Coroner