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The witch hunts were a series of bloody events lasting from 1272 to 1276 during which a number of sorcerers and sorceresses, including the Lodge and other magic organizations, as well as other allegedly "objectionable" mages, were killed. Most victims were impaled, burned at the stakeBaptism of Fire or tortured to death during the interrogations. This was accompanied by the destruction of sorceresses' images, carried out very diligently and thoroughly within Nilfgaardian Empire.The Lady of the Lake In Northern Kingdoms, the hunts went hand in with nonhuman persecutions and, if they managed to catch any, fanatical doppler hunt.The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
According to the Encyclopaedia Maxima Mundi, Nilfgaardian tome full of propaganda, the hunts started by a passage from the Ithlinne's Prophecy about The Destroyer being wrongly interpreted. However, the truth is that they were provoked by zealous clergy with Archpriest Willemer, who purposefully incited hate towards magic, in charge. Led by Hierarch Cyrus Engelkind Hemmelfart, the Church of the Eternal Fire in Novigrad wasted no time. At first, it sent the Order of the Flaming Rose but later formed the witch hunters. Many rulers of the time like Emhyr var Emreis and Radovid V were not fond of mages and did nothing to stop the hunts, occasionally using them for their goals instead.
During the 14th and 15th centuries, this period and the Northern Wars were labelled as a Dark Age by the academies. The Lodge was rehabilitated, remembered as "the Great Lodge", and its deceased members elevated into sainthood and martyrdom.
Victims
Mages
- Assire var Anahid
- Sheala de Tancarville
- Philippa Eilhart
- Margarita Laux-Antille (partially, as she was not killed, only tortured)
- Sabrina Glevissig
- Keira Metz
- Fringilla Vigo
- Lucretia Vigo
- Felicia Cori
Others
- An unnamed Doppler impersonator of Chappelle
- Kalkstein
- The Pellar (optionally)
- Carlo "Cleaver" Varese (optionally)
Gallery
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