Talk:The Battle of Kaer Morhen/@comment-2600:1700:8200:6C20:E8D6:1451:6D77:662C-20181216030820/@comment-2600:1:F212:EB5F:38AA:A56B:D694:8A80-20190122183316

It's a question of who you trust to reveal the hidden keep of Khaer Morhen to as well as their ability to fight a specialized enemy such as a bunch of quasi wraiths. It requires specialized small unit skills and ancestral/magical blades etc. A bunch of random infantry would make little difference and expose the mission to more risk. I do not even visit Emhyr and I don't say a word to Djgkstra for this reason. I don't trust them enough. The whole reason The Wild Hunt seeks Ciri is so he can transport his full military force. It was always known that this would be a small unit engagement. The Temerian partisan forces are more loyal to their sovereignty than Geralt even if Roach commanded them and his right hand woman comes with him. Hjalmar picks his best friend from childhood who also knew Ciri and a man who was ballsy enough to go toe to toe with a giant.

The way I see it, the risk of a full scale assault from the nilf's in the aftermath (had word got out from recruiting a bunch of mercenaries) was greater than having fewer forces on the walls.