Talk:Empire (Oko Yrrhedesa)/@comment-178.149.0.110-20191019222355

My headcanon is that with all paralels Nilfgaard has with Rome there probably was some kind of predecessor culture that influenced it sort of like how Greeks influenced Romans. Best bet for such equivalent in Witcher world is Etolia. Next to nothing is known about that province. So basically how I see it Etolian Empire could be the Empire from Oko Yrrhedesa. Game is set during first forays of humans to Yara area (actually Blesure and Sansretour). Nilfgaardians were just a group of people on the fringes of this empire defending it's southern borders against Black Seidhe/wood elves, over time intermingling with them. When Etolian Empire collapsed and went into turmoil some groups sailed north conquered Ynis Porhoet and Skellige and later landed into future Northern Realms. It's the only way I can explain Common language used in much of current Niflgaardian provinces save perhaps Vicovaro,Gemmera and Nilfgaard itself. Heck Etolia could be a Greeko Roman hybrid explaining why Latin is used by learned people both north and south and why Romance based jargon exists in Toussaint. It's all derived from this unnamed Empire. It's a shame we'll probably never get a canon answer and this is just speculation.