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This article is about the capital seat. For the kingdom in the books and games, see Cintra. For the dissolved elven kingdom in The Witcher: Blood Origin, see Xin'trea. |
Cintra is the capital city of Cintra, located in the northwest of the kingdom, where the Yaruga river meets the North Sea.
History[]
1,500 years before the Conjunction of the Spheres, the city the elves would eventually come to know as Xin'trea was a dwarven city before the elf Solryth led her fellow elves to the Continent and overtook the place, eventually building their own city on top of the dwarven ruins. 1,500 years later, it'd become the capital seat for the kingdom of Xin'trea and, after Princess Merwyn staged a coup and merged her kingdom with Darwen and Pryshia, became her seat of power for her Golden Empire.[1]
First Landing[]
Cintra once was the location of an ancient Aen Seidhe settlement, which upon the great eastern expansion of humans approximately five hundred years ago, was abandoned by the elves and in its place humans built this city.[2]
Early 13th century[]
In the 13th century, the exiled mage Rience, who had been captured by Queen Calanthe's troops, spent time in the city dungeons for unpaid debts. His debts were later paid by his mysterious master, and he was able to leave.[3]
First Northern War[]
In 1263, King Eist Tuirseach leading the Cintran Army, was killed and the army completely destroyed by the Nilfgaardian Army during the Battle of Marnadal.
After the Cintran army being scattered and using swift force, the Nilfgaardians marched to the city of Cintra, where they sacked and slaughtered the entire city, laid waste to the royal family, and caused the suicide of Queen Calanthe.
Later, after the Nilfgaardians were defeated in the Battle of Sodden Hill, they marched south and took control of the capital and surrounding lands.[2]
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