Talk:Nilfgaardian Empire/@comment-29962309-20160917135141/@comment-27107859-20181020213752

Because he was such to begin with?

In the books it's clear. Emhyr let Geralt and Yennefer live and let Ciri go free, when he won. He could have really been the man who saved the world by having a son with Cirilla, creating the hero with the ultimate magical skills needed to change destiny, to rule all the World if he wanted.

But he didn't. He let Geralt and co. go away, while going back to his capital and marrying a false Ciri, in order to avoid her being killed to hide the secret.

Emhyr was never a "selfish bastard" to begin with. He did all he did because he believed that he could and should save the world from the new Ice Age and expand his power in order to do so.