Marriage

The weight of the Cintra Kingdom could never be compared to the Nilfgaardian Nation. Their names already hinted at the situation. One was just a measly kingdom, whereas the other was a nation.

Cintra's leader could only be called a king, the other was a fully-fledged emperor.

Emperor Emhyr of Nilfgaardian. No one knew that he was actually Hummer Duny. All they knew was that he was an exiled former prince, and that he rebuilt the entire nation with a short time, even overcoming many hardships along the way.

Challenging Nilfgaardian was impossible, unless the entire Northern Continent worked together.

This was where a problem lay. While the Nilfgaardian Nation took the form of a centralized nation, the northern continent instead made use of the feudalism system. Army-wise, they were completely out-classed.