Slaughter of Cintra

Battle of Cintra, called by Nordling's the slaughter of Cintra because of the very cruel actions of Nilfgaard's army, it is one of the final battles in first Nilfgaard-Nordling war.

The forces of Nilfgaard reached the city shortly after Battle of Marnadal. Queen Calanthe gathered all remaining troops and nobles around her and retreated back to the city. During this retreat Calanthe was heavily wounded and she was brought to the city. There was so few troops that there was no need for siege, so Nilfgaard attacked quickly. Calanthe, nobles and all the troops barricaded themselves in the castle. the Nilfgaard's sorcerers quickly destroyed the gate and the forces entered the castle. Only enchanted keep could be able to defend it self, but everyone knew that even so, it could not resist for long. After four days of resistance the army of Nilfgaard finally managed to break into castle. Cintr'a women were killing children, women were killed by men and men were committing suicide. Calanthe asked somebody to finish her off but nobody had courage to do it, so she jumped out of the castle tower and hit the ground with her head and she died instantly. Some people were saying that Ciri was killed by her grandmother, but what happened really is that Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach, the nilfgaard knight, helped her escape. The city of Cintra was completely burned down

After battle
The next battle was II battle for Sodden Hill that could not be won if the slaughter of Cintra would never happened.