Vizima, May 1273
It had been three days of fighting in the city of Vizima. Perseus had fought alongside the city guard and small group of Temerian soldiers left in the city. Because of the war with the La Velette's, the city did not have many soldiers to defend it. Fortunately for the citizens and soldiers Perseus was there. He had greatly turned the tide. The Nilfgaardians feared him as he had killed dozens upon dozens of their soldiers. However, he had taken wounds of his own and was covered in nicks and scratches from blades along his arms and torso.
The battle for the city was not in favor of the defenders. Even with the aid of the witcher and the determination of the soldiers, they were to few to defend the city. As Perseus walked the streets, he saw the suffering of the citizens. Deciding to end this he approached the last of officers, the captain of the city guard.
"Captain."
"Witcher, what do you need."
"These people are suffering. I can hold the Nilfgaardians to give you and the remaining soldiers and citizens a chance to escape to the north."
"That's suicide witcher. You wouldn't last fifteen minutes against that army. I can't do that."
"If we don't, we all die."
"So be it. I'll gather up the men and citizens and we will retreat in half an hour, but to do that I need you to begin your stand now, witcher."
"And so I shall. This is goodbye captain."
With these parting words the witcher exited the south gates and drew his steel sword. As he approached the Nilfgaardians, the Temerarian forces withdrew to the north. Perseus' advance confused the Nilfgaardians. This was one man, did he intend to fight the most powerful army in the world?
With these thoughts, the front line warriors of the Nilfgaardian army charged Perseus. They charged Death himself, they charged the Butcher. In a fast motion of blows that none could follow the witcher had killed the ten men who had charged him. Blade singing he began his dance of death. He waded through the enemy leaving none alive. All that was left in his wake was blood and corpses.
On and on the witcher killed, every move flowing into the next. His every move had purpose, every move connected, like water. Any who stood before him fell to his blade. Their blood becoming mist in the air, their intestines littering the ground. Perseus had no mercy, he killed all in his path. Within minutes a hundred had fallen to the witcher.
This is not to say that the witcher did not acquire his own wounds however. Even Perseus could not fell a hundred enemies with no wounds. Three long gashes from enemy blades had pierced the witcher's armor, cutting across his chest from shoulder to hip. The witcher had also taken a pike to the left should, going straight through. Perseus' response to this had been to rip the pike out with his left hand and shove it through the offending soldier's chest.
His path of destruction had left over a hundred soldiers dead. And it had taken the witcher only fifteen minutes to do. He continued to cut, hack, slash, and stab his way through the enemy. As the fight continued it began to poor rain creating puddles and pools filled with muddy water and blood. Perseus continued to kill his way through the army despite the new conditions.
Soon an hour had passed and hundreds of soldiers lay dead. Perseus was covered in wounds and and was breathing heavily. Yet he continued his fight. Within the next hour Perseus' exhaustion had caught up with him, and he began to take more cuts and bruises from his enemy. The end of his slaughter came at the hands of three men from the last battalion he had decimated.
These three were all that remained and wanted revenge for their dead comrades. Perseus deflected the overhead strike of the first to charge him and punched the man in the throat so he could choke to death. The second blow came for his left side and Perseus deflected it with his left gauntlet. The blade cut half way through his wrist, but it gave him time to shove his blade in his enemy's chest. The last man however was able to disarm Perseus as he pulled his sword from the body. Disarmed, Perseus could not block the sword as it went through his chest.
This was not the end for Perseus however. As the man kicked the witcher's body from his blade, Perseus landed in a large puddle of mud, blood, and water. As we all know a child of Poseidon will heal will thrown in water. And so Perseus' many injuries began to become simple scars.
As this happened the Nilfgaardians moved past the unconscious, and seemingly dead, witcher. Despite Perseus killing nearly a thousand of them and gaining their respect and fear, the Nilfgaardians still had a city to take. When Perseus would awake several hours later, Vizima would be in the hands of Nilfgaard and the war with the north, begun.
1 mile south of Vizima, May 1273
It had been three hours since Perseus had fallen to the Nilfgaardian army. As he came to he noticed the liquid around him and that he was breathing perfectly fine. 'Strange.' He thought, 'I don't remember water breathing being part of a witcher's abilities.' With this thought Perseus sat up and looked at his armor and wounds.
All the wounds on his body had become scars that looked like they had happened months ago. This was incredible and should have been impossible, even for a witcher. As Perseus inspected his armor he found it damaged beyond repair. After all it had three massive gashes running along it as well as the giant hole in the chest plate. Removing his armor Perseus began to take pieces of the men he had killed to repair his armor later. He had grown quite attached to it.
Picking up his sword and sheathing it as well as grabbing the extra armor he would use to repair his, Perseus headed north. He would head into Redania, which had allied with Kaedwen and presented a unified front to the Nilfgaardians. If Perseus could reach Rinbe to the north he could have his armor repaired and aid the Redanian army in the war.
With his stolen gear in tow, Perseus left the burning city of Vizima, and the few inhabitants and soldiers who had refused to leave, and headed north to Rinbe. His walk would only be a few days and the witcher was able to avoid the Nilfgaardian army as they were pillaging Vizima and setting a base camp in Velen to prepare for war with the north.
Rinbe, End of May 1273
Perseus had made it to Rinbe in mid may and had had his armor repaired. Because he had extra coin Perseus had done something few did, he used runes on his armor. While this was unheard of it was possible by one talented enough. Luckily for Perseus the smith in Rinbe had been just that talented.
These runes made Perseus' armor much stronger and it would take a witcher's strength and a ruin sword to destroy it. This was only for the hardened leather portions of the armor however. Perseus' legs and arms, as well as his head did not have this protection. And besides that enough blows could break through the ruins and eventually only thing the new runes did was allow Perseus to stay in a fight much longer.
With Perseus now in the north he would help the Redanian army against the Nilfgaardian army. The battles Perseus would partake in however, would be to the west in the area of Temeria known as Velen.
Temeria, Velen battlegrounds, Mid June 1273
Perseus had been fighting in these swamps for a month. He had killed hundred of men, and yet they still kept coming. Perseus was going tired of the endless hordes of Nilfgaard. While Redania and Kaedwen had allied they were still only just holding Nilfgaard at bay. The only reason the north still held was because of the tactic genius that was Radovid.
Without Radovid the north would fall. However Radovid was hated by many as well for starting the witch hunts. Many loved him for eliminating non-humans, but hated him for killing humans with power, and of course vice versa. Radovid was brilliant in military tactics and combining this with King Henselt's tactical knowledge the north could hold.
Soon however this would all fall apart with the assassination of King Radovid and the murder of King Henselt. Henselt was murdered in his throne room by his own people for allying with Radovid. And Radovid was as we all know assassinated by Philippa the sorceress. The death of the two kings would spell the end of the north.
Temeria, Velen battlegrounds, August 1273
Perseus stood with a small group of soldiers from both Kaedwen and Redania. The two countries had put aside their differences and stood together against Nilfgaard in order to survive. In Perseus' opinion the north would fall to Nilfgaard. With Temeria reduced to guerilla warfare and Nilfgaard and North in a stalemate in Velen and the deaths of the last remaining northern kings, Nilfgaard's numbers would eventually overcome the north.
Perseus kept his thoughts to himself however and prepared himself for a fight. This is how the last few months of Perseus' life had been. Fighting in a swamp neither side gaining ground, but both losing hundreds upon hundreds of lives. Perseus knew that if one side did not win soon the war would never end and would cause thousands of deaths to both sides.
Soon Perseus charged into battle with the soldiers of the north at his side. Little did any of them know that this would be the end of the war. The north had been robbed of Radovid and his tactics and of Henselt and his leadership. Without the tactical genius and the great leader the north fell and Perseus, well Perseus went to see an old friend.
Geralt's home, September 1273
Geralt had recently left Ciri to walk the witcher's path. He and Triss had decided to live a quite life. As he and Triss laid around lounging, a knock came at the door. Geralt stood and answered the door and the man on the other end surprised him. For standing there in the doorway was Perseus of Novigrad.
"You are a hard man to find, Geralt, are you going to invite me in."
"Yes, of course, come in, old friend."
With this Perseus entered the house and took a seat at the kitchen. Geralt looked at the other witcher in amazement. He had, after all, heard that Perseus had perished in the battle of Vizima so that innocent civilians could escape.
"Not that is bad to see you, but how are you alive Perseus. I heard you died at Vizima."
"Shouldn't I ask you the same, my friend, after all you died at Rivia."
And so the two friends talked for many hours. It had been five years since the two had seen each other and both had been through much in the last year. As the day turned to dusk, Perseus prepared to leave.
"Where will you go, Perseus."
"I am not like you, Geralt. I am a restless spirit. I will walk the witcher's path, and the path of a soldier for a long while. The war here has ended and Nilfgaard has won. I will head east to the land known as Asia. I will go there and participate in many a battle. I may not return my friend so I shall say my goodbyes now. It was nice to see you one last time Geralt."
"It was good to see you as well, Perseus. May your time in these future wars go well, old friend."
"Thank you, Geralt. If I ever see you again, you must tell me if settling down suited you."
"Of course."
"Farewell, Geralt of Rivia."
"Farewell, Perseus of Novigrad."
And so it was that the two most powerful, well known, and respected witchers ever talked and laughed one last time together. Of course Perseus would visit Geralt over the next two hundred years, but even Geralt aged and died. But that is a story for later as now Perseus traveled east to the lands of Asia.
It was here that Perseus would fight in wars and conflicts. It was here that Perseus would begin his journey throughout time. It was here that Perseus would kill and destroy. It was here that Perseus' restless spirit would find adventure. And so he traveled east to Asia. And to war.
Hello, now I know this is my shortest chapter, besides prologue, but this is because next week I will be releasing a planned four chapters. so yeah short one this week four regular ones next week. Now for anyone questioning timeline. Nilfgaard invaded after king Foltest's death instead of waiting. Because of this Redania did not invade Kaedwen they allied. Even still both countries fell because I went with the ciri as a witcher ending. Before you ask she may appear later. I don't know yet. Now Perseus will be fighting throughout wars in history. He is a mercenary of sorts. other than that the story will continue. Oh also sorry for not updating last week I was working 10's at work the first half of last week and the whole week before that. so yeah no time to write. anyway, read and review.