Emhyr Var Emreis
There are few more formidable figures alive today than Emhyr var Emreis, Deithwen Addan ya Carn aep Morvudd (the White Flame Dancing on the Grave of his Foes), otherwise known as the Emperor of Nilfgaard. While he rules half of the known world, he has conquering aspirations for the other half. His path crossed that of Geralt’s, after the emperor learned his daughter Ciri was in great danger, and that the Witcher was a better tracker than any in his army. That, and a friendship with the sorceress Yennefer of Vengerberg, forged an unlikely (and mostly strained) alliance.