Nilfgaard (city)

City of Golden Towers
Golden towers of Nilfgaard, fan-art by Thylacine
Localization of Nilfgaard on CD Projekt Red map
Details
Type	Cities
Location	Nilfgaard region, on the banks of the river Alba
Appearance(s)
Books: Blood of Elves (mentioned only) Time of Contempt (mentioned only) Baptism of Fire (mentioned only) The Tower of the Swallow (mentioned only) The Lady of the Lake Season of Storms (mentioned only) Video games: The Witcher (mentioned only) The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (mentioned only) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (mentioned only) Non-video games: The Witcher: A Game of Imagination

The city of Nilfgaard, known as the City of Golden Towers, is the capital to both the region and empire that grew to conquer all foreign lands south of the Yaruga. The city itself is located on the river Alba. People of the area tend to consider the term Nilfgaardian as defined only by the inhabitants of the capital and surrounding lands and certainly not by the inhabitants of the "lesser" areas.

Landmarks

• Royal court
• Military Academy

Notable residents

• Aine Dermott
• Assire var Anahid
• Carthia van Canten
• Clara aep Gwydolyn Gor
• Dervla Tryffin Broinne (later of Darn Rowan)
• Emhyr var Emreis
• Fergus var Emreis
• Fringilla Vigo (originally of Vicovaro)
• Jan Calveit
• Morvran Voorhis
• Torres
• Vattier de Rideaux

Notes

• Origins of the city's name are unclear. "Nilf" seems to be corrupted version of Icelandic "nifl" (fog, darkness, mist; like in "Niflheim"), while "gaard" could be either Dutch "gaard" (yard, garden) or Old Norse "garðr" (yard, enclosure).