Aedd Gynvael

Aedd Gynvael is a city in Narok, on the Toina river. It's name is Elder Speech for shard of ice. Geralt slew a zeugl during his and Yennefer's stay in the city.

It is where the short story "Okruch lodu" ("A Shard of Ice") takes place.

Notable people

• Herbolth
• Istredd
• Ivo Mirce

Landmarks

• The Sturgeon

In the Polish Movie and TV series

Aedd Gynvael is where the fifth episode of tv-series, "Okruch lodu", based on the aforementioned story, takes place. The renegade witcher, Dermot Marranga, made a living and had even apparently settled down there.

After his death, Geralt never stepped foot in the city again.

In The Witcher computer game

While the city does not appear in the game itself, it is incorrectly placed in Kaedwen instead of Narok on the map issued with the game.

Note

• In the short story "A Shard of Ice", Yennefer recounts an ancient elven story which gave the city its name. The myth tells of the "Winter Queen" who used to crossed the land in a sleigh drawn by a white horses during a blizzard. As she went, small shards of ice flew about. Those who were hit by one of these shards were forever doomed. Nothing in this world made them happy any more, everything looked sad, disgusting and dull except the whiteness of the snow, the frost and the ice. They left everything behind them to search for the Winter Queen, forever wandering without being able to find her. And thus they died to fulfill their dream.

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