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Daerlan

Daerlan is a region or an administrative unit in the Nilfgaardian Empire notable for its military. It might have been conquered before the reign of Torres var Emreis or joined the Empire willingly.[N 1]

National emblems

Daerlanian military is distinguished by the emblem of a scorpion, worn on green[1] or red.[2]

Illustrations in the infobox and below have been created by Wiki editors basing on official descriptions and/or depictions.

Red COA variant

Red flag variant 7th Daerlanian Cavalry Brigade variant

Military

During the Northern Wars, the Daerlanian forces represented the backbone of the Nilfgaardian Army: the 7th Daerlanian Cavalry Brigade was without a doubt the most noteworthy.[3] Few, however, heard of the Daerlan Foot Soldiers, the unloved companion infantry unit contemptuously referred to as "the Seventh's bastards." Reliant on boot leather in a milieu that honored only horseshoes, these men nevertheless served as best they could, one step at a time.[4]

Apart from the traditional Nilfgaardian black, Daerlanian troops wore also green[1] and brown.[5] Although earlier the soldiers from Daerlan perceived the prospect of poisoning the enemy's wells as dishonourable,[6] during Northern War II the Cavalry Brigade did not have qualms about terrorising the civilian population:[1]

The Brigade joined Operation Centaur as a unit assigned to the 4th Horse Cavalry. We received reinforcements in the form of three squads of Verdenian light horse, which I assigned to the Vreemde Battle Group. Following the example of the campaign in Aedirn, I created two more battle groups from the rest of the brigade, naming them Sievers and Morteisen, each comprising four squadrons.

We set out from the concentration area near Drieschot on the night of the fourth of August. The Groups' orders ran: Capture the Vidort-Carcano-Armeria territory: Seize the crossing over the Ina; destroy any hostile troops encountered, but avoid significant points of resistance. Start fires, particularly at night, to light the way for the 4th Horse Cavalry. Induce panic among civilians and use their flight to block all of the arterial routes to the enemy's rear. Feign encirclement to drive the retreating enemy forces towards the actual encirclements. Carry out the elimination of selected groups of the civilian population and prisoners of war to cause terror, intensify panic, and undermine the enemy's morale.

The Brigade carried out the above mission with great soldierly devotion.

Notable Daerlanians

Notes

  • In Polish edition, name Daerlan appears as a part of demonym Daerlańczyk and adjective daerlański, therefore it is unclear whether the region's name in Polish is Daerlan or Daerl. It is possible that both names are correct though, for example Daerl for a capital city and Daerlan for a land.

Gallery

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Because this land does not appear in the list of conquests of the Empire in The Witcher Role-Playing Game, it can be assumed that they were incorporated before the Empire was established. On the other hand, the lack of Daerlan's mention in the corebook's history section might have been due to this book's scope being narrowed down to the provinces visible on CDPR map rather than Daerlan being incorporated prior to the events described there.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Baptism of Fire
  2. ↑ Cover of the Wars with Nilfgaard expansion for Wiedźmin: Gra Wyobraźni
  3. ↑ The Lady of the Lake
  4. ↑ Gwent: The Witcher Card Game artbook
  5. ↑ Gwent: The Witcher Card Game
  6. ↑ Gwent: The Witcher Card Game (Polish version)