When among the many competitors Riannon finally choose Goidemar, the young king of Temeria, the marriage was almost destroyed by gossip about a curse. However, the rumours did not reach their true strength until three years after the wedding of Goidemar and Riannon. During the rebellion of Falka.’
Fringilla who had never heard of either Falka nor of her rebellion, raised her eyebrows. Francesca noticed it.
‘For the kingdom of the North,’ she explained, ‘it was a tragic and b****y event, still vivid in memory, although it took place more than a hundred years ago. In Nilfgaard, which at that time the North had almost no contact, the matter was probably not known, so let me briefly recall some of the facts. Falka was the daughter of Vridank king of Redania. His first marriage fell apart,
