[SPILERS] Fate of Temeria?

[vavrinko(SK)]

Hi.
Is there away to ensure that Nilfgaard looses the war without killing Roche, I kinda like the guy XD.

[Blackwolfpt]

Originally posted by vavrinko(SK):

Hi.
Is there away to ensure that Nilfgaard looses the war without killing Roche, I kinda like the guy XD.

Yes, there is. Just don't kill Radovid and he will win the war. Roche won't die, but Temeria will be no more.

[vavrinko(SK)]

I know about that, but I am not sure, I liked Dijkstras ending. As far as I know Radovit will create retrogressive north :/

[Blackwolfpt]

Originally posted by vavrinko(SK):

I know about that, but I am not sure, I liked Dijkstras ending. As far as I know Radovit will create retrogressive north :/

Yes, but you were asking if there was a way of Nilfgaard losing the war without Roche's death. That is the only way.

Dijkstra's North will be more progressive, but people will lose their freedom, so no ending will be perfect in that regard.

[vavrinko(SK)]

i guess not. Thanks for answering :)

[Chikuwu]

Originally posted by BuzzardBee:

Originally posted by vavrinko(SK):

I know about that, but I am not sure, I liked Dijkstras ending. As far as I know Radovit will create retrogressive north :/

Dijkstra is no better than Emhyr. He wants to rule absolutely and he wants to unite the entire North under the Redanian flag, at any cost. How is that different from Emhyr who wants to do the same under Nilfgaard?

That Dijkstra favors the mages at present is just because he's being pragmatic. Radovid and Emhyr both have an intense hatred for mages. With Dijkstra offering support and an olive branch to them, helping them flee Novigrad for the relative safety of Kovir, he's ensuring their support for himself and his plans later on. But who's to say that won't change at a moment's notice when he no longer needs them or they begin voicing discontent or dissent with his rule over them.

If you didnt notice, when you choose the ending where Djikstra becomes king of temeria, he stops witchhunts, starts commercial industrialisation and advancement in age and actually makes even peasants lifes better, ALSO he starts colonisation efforts to further reaches of the areas, finding better lands for the peasants to cultivate, and so on making the north much better place altogether. He all in all ended the hunger season with industrialisation and colonisation.

Emhyr would just make all kingdoms into vassal states, not actually affecting stuff at all, much like Baron was under his flag.

[Gabriel Angelos]

Yeah Emhyr would still allow you some measure of freedom while Dijkstra will have his boot on your neck. Amazing how people are so ready to give up their freedom for some comforts.

[Chikuwu]

Originally posted by Mumm-Ra:

Yeah Emhyr would still allow you some measure of freedom while Dijkstra will have his boot on your neck. Amazing how people are so ready to give up their freedom for some comforts.

He had his boot up against anyone who conspired against him.

Otherwise, he held law and order much tighter than anyone else, meaning there was less raping, less banditry due to more affordable work, etc.

[Gabriel Angelos]

I just have reservations about Dijkstra as a ruler. He doesn't seem that different to Emhyr but for the populace its has a big impact.

As a vassal Temeria would still have its own identity and customs while under Redania they would be swallowed up and Redanian customs would become the norm on the continent.

So I support Roche and Thaler.

[vavrinko(SK)]

I am not sure about customs and such. But I am sure, that Nilfgaard would force black robes to every vassal state XD
But I think that Dijkstra is the best option from all of them. It is not said that Emhyrs rule would benefit the north, he just rules and thats it. (also he is the aggresor so naturaly I don't like him) Dijkstra is backstabbing bastard but he makes life in the north better. And I think, people would not care about what monarchs do to each other and when the life is good and people have everything they need, they wouldn't care about "freedom" so much. :/
My only restraint in letting him rule, is that Geralt cares more about his friends then about politics. Still I think that he feels some kind of patriotism towards Temeria. (or maybe that's just me) XD

[Bronski]

In the end I always side with Roche and Thaler. They're friends and Geralt owed Roche for helping him out in W2 even though he went with Iorveth.

[CloudSeeker]

I always pick where Ciri becomes Queen and Nilfgaard wins. Ciri will rule the empire fairly and not opress any nonhumans and she will care about the common folk as much as anyone else. As she will rule Nilfgaard she will rule Temeria in a backaround way while Temeria will still be free to make its own decisions. Nilfgaard isn't a evil empire.