Two years after Nilfgaard became victor of the third war, the Pontar Valley of Upper-Aedirn had transitioned to a province of the Empire. The Scoia-tael still branded war criminals are scattered, hopeless with no goal or motivation in the valley, their only drive being their hate for humans after the loss of Vergen and Saskia. Iorveth leading a unit of his own ignites a new path.