About this map
Nilfgaard against the Northern Kingdoms in Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher novels: Ebbing 1239, the fall of Cintra and the battles of Sodden 1263, the Second War from the Thanedd coup to Brenna and the Peace of Cintra, 1267–68. Moving blocks are armies. Unofficial fan map on an original basemap; not endorsed by Andrzej Sapkowski or CD PROJEKT RED.
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Timeline
| Date | What the map shows |
|---|---|
| 1 Jun 1238 | 1238 · The Continent before the Northern Wars |
| 1 Jun 1239 | 1239 · The Usurper annexes Ebbing |
| 1 Jun 1245 | c. 1245 · Metinna falls to the Empire |
| 1 Jun 1250 | c. 1250 · Nazair becomes a province |
| 1 Jun 1255 | 1250s · Maecht falls; Nilfgaard at the Amell |
| 1 Jun 1257 | 1257 · Emhyr var Emreis takes the throne |
| 1 Mar 1263 | 1263 · Battle of Marnadal: Nilfgaard crosses |
| 1 Apr 1263 | 1263 · The Slaughter of Cintra |
| 1 May 1263 | 1263 · Upper Sodden burned |
| 1 Jun 1263 | 1263 · First Battle of Sodden: Nilfgaard wins |
| 1 Jul 1263 | 1263 · Sodden Hill: the mages stop Nilfgaard |
| 1 Jun 1264 | 1264 · Armed peace on the Yaruga |
| 1 Dec 1264 | 1264 · Sodden and Brugge become Temeria's vassals |
| 1 Jun 1265 | 1265 · Scoia'tael commandos rise in the North |
| 1 Jun 1267 | Jun 1267 · Kings plot at Hagge; Nilfgaard musters |
| 1 Jul 1267 | Jul 1267 · Thanedd coup; Lyria invaded |
| 8 Jul 1267 | Jul 1267 · Lyria and Rivia fall |
| 16 Jul 1267 | Jul 1267 · Battle of Aldersberg |
| 24 Jul 1267 | Jul 1267 · Vengerberg falls |
| 1 Aug 1267 | Aug 1267 · Aedirn carved up; Verden submits |
| 12 Aug 1267 | Aug 1267 · Brugge attacked from three sides |
| 20 Aug 1267 | Aug 1267 · Angren and Riverdell overrun |
| 28 Aug 1267 | Aug 1267 · Sodden overrun; Mayena besieged |
| 20 Sep 1267 | Sep 1267 · Battle of Maribor; Nilfgaard halts |
| 1 Dec 1267 | Dec 1267 · Emhyr waits for spring |
| 15 Feb 1268 | Feb 1268 · Spring offensive; Verden rises |
| 1 Mar 1268 | Mar 1268 · Coehoorn besieges Mayena again |
| 10 Mar 1268 | Mar 1268 · Battle of Brenna |
| 18 Mar 1268 | Mar 1268 · Natalis routs the Mayena column |
| 22 Mar 1268 | Mar 1268 · Brugge freed; de Wett leaves Verden |
| 27 Mar 1268 | Mar 1268 · Second Aldersberg; Aedirn freed |
| 30 Mar 1268 | Mar 1268 · Kaedwen reaches Dol Angra |
| 2 Apr 1268 | 2 Apr 1268 · Peace of Cintra |
| 20 Apr 1268 | Apr 1268 · The last garrisons leave Verden |
| 1 Jun 1268 | Jun 1268 · Pogrom in Rivia; the saga ends |
Layers
Nilfgaardian Empire and its provinces · Toussaint (vassal duchy of Nilfgaard) · Ebbing · Metinna · Nazair · Maecht · Cintra · Skellige · Verden (Nilfgaardian vassal Aug 1267–Feb 1268) · Brugge (vassal of Temeria) · Sodden and its marches (Riverdell, Angren) · Lyria and Rivia · Aedirn · Dol Blathanna (elves) · Mahakam (dwarves and gnomes) · Brokilon (dryads) · Cidaris · Kerack · Temeria · Free City of Novigrad · Redania · Kaedwen · Kovir and Poviss · Hengfors League · Nilfgaardian army (Menno Coehoorn), 1263 · Northern armies (Foltest, Vizimir, Demavend, Henselt), 1263 · Nilfgaard: Army Group East (Ardal aep Dahy), 1267–68 · Nilfgaard: Army Group Centre (Menno Coehoorn), 1267–68 · Northern army (Foltest, Jan Natalis), 1267–68 · Nilfgaard: Verden Operations Group (Joachim de Wett), 1267–68 · Kaedwen army (Henselt), 1267–68 · Nilfgaardian invasion of Cintra, 1263 · Invasion through Dol Angra, 1267 · Black Infantry across the Yaruga, 1267 · From Verden into Brugge, 1267 · Scoia'tael out of Brokilon, 1267 · Natalis' pursuit to Mayena, 1268
Events
- 1 Jun 1257, Emhyr var Emreis crowned: 1257: the Usurper is killed in a palace coup and Emhyr var Emreis, the 'White Flame Dancing on the Barrows of his Enemies', takes the throne of Nilfgaard.
- 1 Mar 1263, Battle of Marnadal: 1263: Menno Coehoorn's army crosses the Amell by the Marnadal Stairs and destroys the Cintran army at the mouth of the pass. King Eist Tuirseach falls.
- 1 Apr 1263, The Slaughter of Cintra: The capital is sacked and its people massacred; Queen Calanthe takes her own life. Her granddaughter Ciri escapes the burning city.
- 1 Jul 1263, Battle of Sodden Hill: The Second Battle of Sodden: the armies of Temeria, Redania, Aedirn and Kaedwen and twenty-two mages of the Brotherhood beat Coehoorn. Fourteen mages are buried on 'Mage Hill'. Nilfgaard falls back behind the Yaruga.
- 1 Jul 1267, Thanedd coup: July 1267: at the mages' conclave on Thanedd, Vilgefortz and the Nilfgaard-backed sorcerers seize the island. The Brotherhood of Sorcerers falls apart, and Nilfgaard marches the same week.
- 10 Mar 1268, Battle of Brenna: March 1268: Jan Natalis and King Foltest, with Redanians, dwarves of Mahakam and the Free Company of Kovir, destroy Menno Coehoorn's Army Group Centre between the Chotla and the burnt village of Brenna. The turning point of the war.
- 2 Apr 1268, Peace of Cintra: 2 April 1268. Temeria gains Sodden, Riverdell and Angren; Brugge and Lyria are handed back; Dol Blathanna becomes an elven allod sworn to Aedirn; Kaedwen keeps Upper Aedirn for a payment. Cintra stays with Nilfgaard: Emhyr marries 'Cirilla', in truth a double. The Lodge of Sorceresses wrote most of…
- 1 Jun 1268, Pogrom in Rivia: Summer 1268: during the celebrations of the peace a pogrom against non-humans breaks out in Rivia, and the saga of Geralt and Yennefer comes to its end. The borders drawn at Cintra stand.