I was re-reading The Sword of Destiny and realized that Geralt refers to the famous Nilfgaardian defeat at Sodden Hill as “the second battle of Sodden”. In a hunt to find info on a supposed first battle, I found some conflicting articles around the subject.
This article, titled “Battle of Sodden Hill” appears to be the aforementioned second battle; claiming that in 1263, during the first war with Nilfgaard, a force of 23 mages repelled the advance.
Meanwhile, THIS article, titled “First battle of Sodden” claims that in 1263 the Nilfgaardian Empire began their invasion of the North and won a battle at Marnadal and led to the siege of Cintra.
Clearly ONE or BOTH of these are misnamed and misinformed; I’m not sure who this mix up should be pointed out to so here’s a shout to the community! Geralt says that the battle of the 23 mages was the Second, the first is yet unknown(?), and I don’t think there was a real third during Nilfgaard’s invasion of the North, so perhaps that “first battle of sodden” article should just be removed? Let’s discuss.
