Battle of Brenna - 2nd Nilfgaardian War - Witcher Lore DOCUMENTARY 

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

What does warcry look cry ?

Very good video, although there were some mistakes. I am hardcore Witcher novels fan and I can point those out for you.

*National anthem of USSR plays*

Correction: we are just saying. In mother Russia individuality is but a figment of your imagination

Omg this is better than witcher series. They just skipped first war etc.

Make this channel an Instagram page so I can share it. FB is for boomers

hou! hou! OH HELL NO -Dwarven Units upon finding black ones plated armor arms and geld.

me and my friend play gwent and when we see that infantry its just...to good.

I had to pause the video there lmao.

BPP (Biedna Pierdolona Piechota) in original Polish :D

- you're assigned to PFI, son, now move along. - oh, gosh, is PFI some elite unit!? - PFI stands for Poor Fuckin Infantry....

lmeo

Shove him aside. Forcefully.

Why no AKs nor ARs in the battle?!

your grandfather probably remembers the false flag event at Glevitzingen..., erm Gleiwitz.

lol

Well, according to my grandma, my grandad almost participated in that battle. But he brokered some sort of deal with some cat-eyed merc who help him get discharged before the battle. The merc showed up at my grandparents house years later, took my uncle and they never saw them since.

@@gizoomadze4660 yeah wtf haha

@@gizoomadze4660 Videos are on here before they are 'listed', you just need the link and you can watch it early. That is probably what is happening here, patreon members get the link early, maybe?

Nice

Can't wait for Henry Cavill to say it in the show.

@@ShannonCarter55 Well, the show has a habit of taking lines from the book and completely changing the context around them that gives them meaning. It also seems to think that the long philosophical conversations between characters in the books would be too boring for TV. I wouldn't get my hopes up if I were you.

Least moronic bitcher fanboy.

@@ShannonCarter55 this line didn't age so well...

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It was tongue in cheek, just like how I mentioned the girl Emhyr marries at the end is definitely the real Ciri... nothing to see here folks...

@@LeoWarrior14 Wasent ciri his daughter?

@@geemanamatin8383 as the old nilfgaardian proverb goes: incest is wincest

@@geemanamatin8383 Well uhm. Yes. But let's just ignore that little fact or you may suffer an accident

He took like 2 books at least I think just to get from Brokilon Forest to the border between the Nilfgaardian Empire and the Kingdom of Lyria & Rivia.

>barges into angren >helps Queen meve slaughter the nilfgaardians on a bridge >refuses to elaborate >leaves

@@LeoWarrior14 He isn't really the talkative type. If Jaskier/Dandelion wasn't his friend we wouldn't have known about anything he did XD

There’s also the fact that he calls Emhyr Dunny. Thats the equivalent of Luke Skywalker showing up in the death star in front of Palpatine and being like “Hey Sheev how’s it going”

@@TheAlphatitan Sheev : hey little lucky, I've just babysit your daddy that had some emotional breakdown over your long dead mom.

True. I always, when reading the books, imagined them like heavy bohemian (or hussite) infantry, with pavise shields, polearm weapons, crossbows, standing like a colorful, unbreakable wall spitting crossbow bolts or moving ahead in formation like a relentless hedhehog tanks across the battlefields. Don't know about standalone Gwent, but in the Witcher 3 Scoiatel deck there are dwarves with pavise shield. Scoiatel wasn't great deck, but these cards were cool for me anyway.

@@Willqer Makes sense as a tactical formation given their low center of gravity, lack of speed, increased strength, and high quality armament.

@@Willqer The standalone Gwent has an individual Dwarves leader, they're all about armour, tanking and holding the line. The card arts depict that flawlessly.

@@maciejhammer2681 . Definitely, the art work and concepts in Gwent are superb.

@@Willqer Sapkowski might have thought that as well. After all, he wrote a whole trilogy about the Hussite wars.

That show is trash.

the show really is terrible

@@zurgesmiecal ahh, yes, a holocaust denier

@@shaider1982 Its just best to ignore them then they'll go away.

@@zurgesmiecal Not sure why you think the Nazis weren't monsters, there's mountains of evidence showing their crimes

@ Spearshake And it is such a strange quote too. Oh, excuuuuse me, witcher, that people are afraid of some spooky shit and are being mistrustful because you can get a monster right under your doorstep over something not even worth remembering. There is a chance that some dead monstrosity will appear next to you if your neighbour drowned in nearby body of water or because of particularly bad sunstroke and there is Geralt, pontificating about man's cowardly and deceiving nature. Hell, you can get your very personal monster if you don't bury an abortion right! And here is another truth pill for you: most monsters really are monstrous! Trolls are stupid and destructive, werewolves are feral and bloodthirsty(and that is not even when they decide to form a berserker cult somewhere), silvans are deceitful and cunning, vampires are prideful and brutal. The so called "Elder Races" aren't so good either -- dryads are isolationist and hateful and literally need to assimilate other species in order to survive as a race; elves are descendants of interdimentional conquerors, who were celectively breeding a weapon of mass destruction in-between of genociding of natives. And don't get me started on mages! The Lodge is nothing more than a vanity project of some envious women, who, while criticising men for being too emotional and power-hungry, wanted to get Ciri all to themselves in order to become a continental power behind the thrones. And Brotherhood, before Northern-Nilfgaardian wars, artificially hampered magical progress by lying and sabotaging the most brilliant mage of their generation. Almost in any other work Geralt's quote would be right and in place. It is quite fair to use when speaking about our world, actually. But the setting of "Witcher"? Those drunken, cheating, lying, hateful bumpkins are absolutely in the right.

@@alexandershelest2760 Hey man Sapkowski wrote it. Take it up with him XD. For me it was a cool quote because its very applicable to our own world how we just say certain very bad people in our history (Hitler/Nazis, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Ted Bundy) are "monsters and evil" as a way of distancing ourselves from them when they were not so very different from us. Also its very applicable to the world of the witcher in that monsters do evil acts but most monsters kill out of either fear or a drive for hunger. A human will kick a dog or kill a cat just because they find it funny or amusing. There are some extra layers to our own evil nature thats more complex than a Vampire killing for food or a Ghoul on the battlefield attacking people who come close. What I'm getting at is that we as humans like to call those who murder/beat and or rape others, animals but animals (and to this monsters also) stay true to their nature and often we humans stray far from our own. It can also be taken to have a more literal meaning of how monsters act as a means of making people feel less guilty about their actions (rape, murder or abuse) because monsters are worse and so those people don't have to feel bad or have to be held accountable.

We need more games like that

@@rosameltrozo5889 fr. I wish CDPR would chill on the big buggy AAA games and do smaller, more focused projects

@@breedlove94 Thronebreaker didn't sell well unfortunately

@@gazza7693 yes, people were expecting a next big Witcher title, and many were disappointed with the 2D graphics to fall short of its amazing storytelling.

@@maciejhammer2681 And soundtrack! Don’t forget it’s soundtrack. Probably some of the best of any video game series!

All i want is total war game of this,am i asking too much?

@@solaek21 Your not alone 😔

​@@solaek21 There is a mod for TW: Atilla. As far as I know it's still without compaign and map, but it still in progress and it looks promising.

@@marty.m2933 just consider that ca after wh has implemented mages and spells already,they would need that much for the rest

@@solaek21 the univers would suit really well the total war games indeed. They made one with Warhammer after all and it isn't much different.

They're trying to follow both the books and the games which requires you to simplify some stuff. I think for what it is the show does a good enough job.

Agreed.. these two videos are better than the Netflix series to-date. @Geordie, the games follow on from the books ..they don't deviate a bit while the Netflix series is freestyle.

@@geordiejones5618 They killed Eskel in 1 episode and made Vesimir a fan of the trial of grasses, literal opposites of the books and games. The show is so far off canon it shouldn’t be called Witcher.

@@IdesofMarch223 What's more frustrating for me, is that the changes aren't even necessary ones. I understand making changes for the benefit of a narrative. But how does killing Eskel change anything at all? The scenes with Vesemir and his attitude didn't really add much to the main plot. It's a sideshow. It's almost like they made creative changes for the sake of "being creative" without considering if it made sense to break Canon and if it would improve the story.

@@2639theboss Completely agree. I knew they were going to change things to fit modern politics and to help move the narrative, since the books can be jumpy, which are thing so expected and don’t think ruin the show, but these changes in season 2 are so far off that it kills the entire the plot. This is almost fan fiction at this point.

Yep, I was like, man , they just "polanded" Aedirn! Lol

He also uses modern names for units (Divison, Corp, Army and Army Group)

the continent is actually europe 90 degrees turned around, there are much more inspirations

@@MollymaukT Nilgaard always appeared to me as a parrallel for the german army of WW2, I mean Frundsberg division... literally the name of an SS division, the use of group army center etc...

@@Comissar_Carolus Vrihedd brigade the elven unit that served in Nilfgaardian army used SS lighting bolts as its emblem and their treatment of civilians was the same....

Or at least a crusader kings 3 witcher mod

@@princeps8980 there's already a crusader kings /witcher kings mod ,its awesome

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the events of the blights could make a nice sumary of events. its got a whole mix of plague and other crisis wars and events going on.

YES! YES! YES!!!

YES!!!!!

Thanks for the reminder. Does help keep track of things.

For real. A lot of the politicking and military tactics bored me on my first read through of the books. But Thronebreaker gave the war real personal stakes and tbh I was seething in anger what the Nilfgaardians were doing to Meve's kingdom in my second reading of Time of Contempt

Only real true fans will play that game, it didn't sell well and there are no plans for anymore of them unfortunately due to lack of sales and interest in it, I recommend it a lot to people but since the gameplay is all card-based they immediately lose interest, it also doesn't have Geralt in it much so newcomers are put off by that, they think Geralt is the center of this universe.

@@gazza7693 It was too gimmicky. Reckon it would've done a lot better with actual turn based tactical combat instead of going "it's time to d-d-d-duel".

@@AJCrowley0153 Lots of players claimed they spent most of the time in witcher 3 playing Gwent and enjoying it, clearly that was a lie considering they didn't buy thronebreaker because it was a card game lol

@@gazza7693 problem is it was only a card game, with a lot of gimmicky moments

which would make sense, i can't imagined Meve Guerillas stalling Arpal aep Dahy for long without help.

Agreed... This how you do an adaptation.. Netflix take note.

@@sarpedonzeus1874 Take notes there's? What? You do know there's a difference between a high budget adaptation and a documentary.

@@frantictoast3741 yeah, but the author of the Netflix series really needs to learn basic logic, so everything would be useful

That's what makes good medieval fantasy fiction, believability and grounded approach

Sapkowski is basically an amateur historian. He also wrote a series set in a historical setting which he and many of his fans consider his opus magnum: The Hussite Trilogy, set in Medieval Europe during the Hussite Wars. This book is basically a fictionalized yet very historically accurate retelling of these events.

@@kamilszadkowski8864 so kind of like a Polish version of Bernard Cornwell?

It's also cool to see real battles reflected here, battle of Grunwald, battle of Waterloo... inspirations are clear and used well. That's one of the reasons it feels so... tangible.

@@gazza7693 Pretty much.

I found that weird too, i remember Elves excel at guerilla but not really at the standards wars tactics. Not to mention, how could they attack hospitals if they were busy on the frontline?

@@efaristi9737 in the book they reached the hospitals and the halfling who was directing it confronted the elves, i don't remember the halfling's name but i do remember the elf commanding the assault was either yaevinn or faoiltiarna, don't remember quite well if toruviel was also in brenna

@@sidoso9810 It was Yaevinn and i thjnk the other elf who followed him was Toruviel because of her braids. It show some depths to Yaevinn character, he was ready to kill the wounded soldiers but not the halfling doctor that "betrayed" his kind nor, and it's more surprising, the human nurse that tried to stop him.

Worth noting: the Battle of Brenna is based on the battle of Waterloo (including surprise arrival of the reinforcements - Bluecher in Waterloo).

What kind of people find a high level of detail in medieval fantasy to be silly? That's what defines good medieval fantasy like LoTR, Got and Witcher, they all have so much lore and details that it feels like a place that could have existed and functioned. Man some people are just so fucking moronic it borders on insanity.

Are the books better than the show?

@@theawesomeman9821 It all depends, and some people you ask that to will have an aneurysm. But, if you have the time to spare and don't mind geopolitics, I would say the books are infinitely better than the show. That's just the nature of adaptations.

@@gazza7693 Yeah, I agree. I suppose I meant, more, the battles prior had very little detail, and then suddenly Andrzej is telling you about everyone and their grandmother's view on the battle. I loved it, it was as I said my favorite part of the series, but I saw some comments how the change lol.

Philipa was a loyalist, to the North at the very least. Vizimir was the head and the reason behind the Coallition, his death was sure to shatter it. Phillipa simply had nothing to gain from killing him. Killing Vizimir when Nilfgaard was igniting a new war doesn't seems very smart on her part.

@@efaristi9737 she wasn't a loyalist to the north. She was a loyalist to the mages.

@@the_dropbear4392 not really true, she betray the brotherhood policy in favor of the kings of the north.

@@efaristi9737 No she didn't, she was working the whole time for her own agenda

@@the_dropbear4392 that doesn't change the fact that she wouldn't commandited the assassinat of the only personn capable to unite the north against Nilfgaard on the eve of a new war.

Thank you!

@@WizardsandWarriors would you make videos of the halo univers?

On their Kings and Generals channel are some videos on the battles of the War of the Five Kings as well as the battles of Aegon’s Conquest.

@@Emperorofthemoon1 Okay , i thought that channel only covered real life historical battles . Thanks .

Glad you enjoy it!

Probably introduce menno now and get him killed one episode later

They're going to shit on all the timeline, war logistics, necessary resources and time to move such a large forces etc. and basically go by the rule "if we want something to happen, it will happen, fuck the logic". And honestly just start mentally preparing for it, because Lauren fisstech and her team of newbies should write some "umbrella academy" season 3 episodes and not the Witcher

Honestly, It's such a damn shame that they get to have it. There is no way they are gonna do the Nilfgardian wars justice. For now they seem to be focusing on the teenage drama the most. And badly

they'll make everyone black

As someone who doesn’t understand witcher, I was confused. In part one it seems Cirila was Emhyr’s daughter and that Emhyr was always the heir to the throne, yet later he marries Cirila to secure his place on the throne? I’m sorry it just seems oike we’re casualling getting an incestual relationship here.

@@TheAlphatitan Thats exactly it, he wants to marry his daughter. No one knows its her daughter tho, not even Cirilla

Both sides were lead by terrible people but Coehoorn was particularly evil. He was the one that ordered the unchecked massacre of the civilians and burned down Aedirn. His armies promptly went raping and killing everything and everyone. The consequences of this are explored in "Baptism of Fire" to very grisly detail.

@@TheAlphatitan He marries fake cirilla since he cant really find the real one.

@@TheAlphatitan he marries cirilla (who is fake ciri) to secure the cintran throne and make him the legitimate ruler of cintra rather than just a conquer

The inheritance series has some really good battles as well, it gets a lot of flack because people say it copied star wars but I actually love it, and can’t see anynproblems with it. The finale in that series is my favourite battle in fantasy, even if it is a bit weird.

If you love detailed battles , read the first law books . Particularly the book known as "The heroes " , which is a standalone and occurs after the first trilogy , has possibly the greatest fantasy battle ever written with the entite book (about 500 pages ) being dedicated to the 3 day battle .

@@kasturilahiri8998 haven't read it yet, but it is on my list!

All of Sodden or just the north?

After the death of Last King Of Sodden Ekkehard, throne of Sodden passed to his nephew Foltest(King of Temeria). The timeline of this event is unknown. In 1263 at the First Northern War, after Cintra's invasion Nilfgaard moved its troops to Sodden to pass the river of Yaruga to continue for invasion all of the North. The First battle of Sodden accured between Nilfgaardian army and Northern armies (which try to prevent Nilfgaard advance) at the straits of Yaruga and its resulted with Nilfgaardian victory. This result also led to the Nilfgaardian invasion of Sodden but not for long. After The battle of Sodden Hill( Second battle of Sodden) Northern armies suucessed push Nilfgaardian army south of Yaruga River. After the First War Nilfgaard meintained its control at the Upper Sodden( southern region of Sodden, at the south of Yaruga) while Temeria regained Lower Sodden( North of Yaruga). And lastly after The Second Northern War, Temeria regained Upper Sodden and united Sodden lands under their banners alongside with other regions they gained at Peace of Cintra.

​@@housestark4881 yeah, i i have just seen that. Are Brugge and Sodden still independant states or are they temeria now?

@@efaristi9737 Well, according to the books they were finally part of Temeria but if you include CDPR's lore they are become part of Radovid's Redania like most of the Northern Realms.

@@housestark4881 that would be the logical conclusion if you think that the games are canons... and i do, no matter what peoples think XP

Nice pfp

All I want is Siege of Terra during Horus Heresy...

@@italianspaghett4359Titandeath and Armatura, Shrike, Terra, Calth, Prospero or Mars, all of them would be some glorious ones to see

@@marcusaustralius2416 for sure but that's hours of extremely detailed material to go through, for now i hope that they will cover at least one of those

Hohoho, and what about the siege of Vraks. That would be glorious.

@@fridriechrussofobber3500Vraks is great and all, but it'd be a bit slow and monotonous I reckon, less character based intrigue, less sweeping movements

Nice callback to the books. CDPR used that line for their Gwent northern infantry cards. I always got a chuckle from it. The scene in the book is quite the comedic relief.

@@gdbalck OMG it's really called that!? XD I need to get myself the books

@@Jacieltje yeah, and guess what, the location of the battle of Brenna isn't really the village of Brenna, but a village not far from that that was called Old Butts. These light comedic points really worked well.

I think that was what it was based on.

Sapkowski loved to take inspiration from real life events. You can see it in all his books so it's absolutely not suprising to see a lot of similarities.

It might as well be a reference to the Polish-Soviet war. It probably references both the Summer Offensive and the Battle of Warsaw.

There is nothing else to be expected. Emhyr send his political enemies to die in front lines, they were members of a court, not a generals of an army. Thronebreaker realy shows how incompetent Ardal Aep Dahy was. Perhabs even more so than commander of western front

@@gooddaytoyou5256 Ardal aep Dahy wasn't incompetent, he was intentionally sabotaging the war effort along with several other key generals to make emhyr look weak. As they were passed he decided to marry ciri and wanted to put Morvran Voorhis on the throne

Maybe down the line!

@@WizardsandWarriors ya better!

That would be so dumb and yet amazing

Wizards and Warriors Gate battles?