Talk:Slaughter of Cintra/@comment-23.16.72.197-20160316004713

Yes.

From the books, he sent Cahir to kidnap Ciri. Although Emhyr never states his reasons, it is assumed by others that he wanted to kidnap Ciri so he could marry her, securing her titles, and father her child who was prophesized to rule the world.

He fathered Ciri under a hidden identity. No one in Nilfgaard knew that Emhyr was once a prince of Cintra. And no one in Cintra knew that the emporer of Nilfgaard was once a prince.