Battle of Sodden Hill

The Battle of Sodden Hill, also known as the Second battle of Sodden took place during the war with Nilfgaard. The hill itself is also known as Mage Hill, Kite Hill or the Hill of the Fourteen, because fourteen of the twenty two mages involved in the battle were killed fighting the Nilfgaardian army (at least according to official sources). A reported one hundred thousand participants fought in the battle, of which at least thirty thousand were either killed or wounded. The battle ended in a disgraceful disaster for Nilfgaard.

Although there are fourteen graves, there are only thirteen bodies. The fourteenth is generally considered to be Triss Merigold, but she survived. The names of the fallen (including Triss) are carved on a stone obelisk. Each year at Belleteyn, fires are lit to commemorate those killed on the hill.