Talk:Radovid V/@comment-128.106.128.142-20180824081054/@comment-2001:8003:606F:8C00:A0F3:BA15:3EE8:8297-20181130134844

I think my progession of empathies developed in almost exactly the same path as did yours.

Radovid at first seemed to be a reasonable choice for a northern ruler in Foltest's absence, however, his stance against non-humans and mages made me want to kill him a LOT earlier than you. Probably around 3/4 of the way through Witcher 2, in fact... By the time we get into Witcher 3 and we see what he'd done to Kedwan, I was happy to help ANY faction that wanted to kill him, even Nilfgaard.

The thing is that an "independant Temeria" just means a "Temeria that will be conquered by Niflgaard next year." So even though I fiercely supported Temerian independance, an extra year or more of an interregnum in Temeria will just be more time where its people will suffer. Thus Nilfgaardian rule over Temeria seemed preferable to me.

The problem THERE is that Nilfgaard won't just conquer Temeria, they'd take the whole north. So the choice becomes

(a) Either the north suffers under Radovid, or in independance. In both cases, its people suffer. Or

(b) The north finally succumbs to the invasions of Nilfgaard, redefines itself as part of the southern empire and its people find peace (including its non-human people).

And so, when whittled down to the above realities, the choice for me became easy; Radovid must die and the north must be incorporated into the Nilfgaardian Empire.