Kaedwen
The Northern Kingdom of King Henselt, home of Kaer Morhen.
Kaedwen is one of the Northern Kingdoms in The Witcher, ruled by King Henselt. Kaer Morhen, where Geralt received his training as a witcher, is located in Kaedwen.
Lore & Background
In Blood of Elves, Yarpen Zigrin's dwarven company leads a caravan for King Henselt of Kaedwen. In The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, Geralt becomes embroiled in a rebellion against Henselt and discovers an insurgency in the Kaedweni army by loyalists convinced that the king is conspiring with Nilfgaard; if Roche murders Henselt in revenge, it causes a civil war in Kaedwen.
Reader's Guide
The animated film Nightmare of the Wolf opens in 1165 in the forests of Kaedwen, where the sorceress Tetra Gilcrest, an advisor to the Kaedwen king, argues that witchers should be outlawed and hunted down. In the Netflix series King Henselt is played by Edward Rowe.
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