Faction Type Realm

Empires, kingdoms and duchies: the powers that draw the borders of the Continent and send armies across them.

Duchy of Toussaint

A fairy-tale duchy of vineyards, knights and tournaments, ruled by Duchess Anna Henrietta and the setting of Blood and Wine.

Yennefer's homeland, a battered northern kingdom whose king fell to the Kingslayers and whose Upper Aedirn is the battleground of The Witcher 2.

Queen Calanthe's proud kingdom, Ciri's birthright, and the first great conquest of Nilfgaard in the Northern Wars.

The rugged northern kingdom of King Henselt, home to the Ban Ard academy and the hard-headed army that besieges Vergen in The Witcher 2.

The wealthy, cautious kingdom of the far north, rich in mines and trade, and the old home of the Griffin School's keep, Kaer Seren.

The biggest and richest of the Northern Kingdoms, led in The Witcher 3 by the brilliant and paranoid King Radovid V.

An island kingdom of fierce jarls, longships and Freya worship, whose fight over the crown is one of The Witcher 3's best stories.

King Foltest's proud kingdom with its capital at Vizima, crushed by Nilfgaard before The Witcher 3 but kept alive by Roche's partisans.

The vast southern empire of Emperor Emhyr var Emreis, whose black-armoured legions spend most of the saga marching north.