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The Scoia'tael known as the Squirrels is the major antagonistic faction of the Witcher franchise.
They are a rebel group founded by the Elves to fight racism against non-humans caused by humans from the northern kingdoms. Although most of the members are elves, there are other races like halflings and dwarves in some smaller formations.
The Scoia'tael group was founded after the First Northern War where the first attacks started on Kaedwen and then spread through other countries such as Redania, Temeria, Aedirn and minor principalities on the Yaruga River. The activities of this group began to interest Emperor Emhyr and he decided to cooperate with the militants to such an extent that they supported the Nilfgaardian Empire during the Second Northern War.
Smaller groups[]
Due to the constant turmoil in the northern kingdoms, most of the rulers of the kingdoms organized operations against this group, reducing their numbers and some of the survivors had to form smaller groups.
Yaevinn group[]
The group is led by Yaevinn and his group members include Toruviel and Cairbre aep Diared. The daily routine of this group is raiding caravans, the group is responsible for the murder of the Aedirn scout Aplegatta who had information to prevent further attacks from Nilfgaard. Aplegatt's death sparked the outbreak of the Second Northern War.
Some time later, after starting the war, Yaevinn's group took part in the war on the side of Nilfgaard during the Battle of Brenna. All members of this group except Cairbre joined the Vrihedd brigade under the leadership of Isengrim Faoiltiarna. During the war, the Vrihedd Brigade with Yaevinna and Toruviel members break into Rusty's medical tent and begin murdering patients until they discover that they are also treating Scoia'tel members in the tent.
After the defeat of the Second Northern War where most members of the Scoia'tael were put to death in Drakenborg, including one of the thick Yaevinn's members, Cairbre. Despite this, Toruviel and Yaevinn managed to escape the purge of Scoia'tael members despite being severely wounded.
Iorweth group[]
Information about Iorweth's group in terms of history and members during the Second Northern War is rudimentary. It is known that the group was led by Iorweth and one of the members was Echel Traighlethan who was captured by Redanian Intelligence and hanged in Drakenborg.
Like most members of the Scoia'tael, Iorveth joined the Vrihedd brigade to support Nilfgaard. However, when Nilfgaard lost the war where a peace treaty was signed in Cintra, claiming that Nilfgaard and the elven kingdom of Dol Blathanna left all members of the Scoia'tael for mass execution.
Iorweth is one of the members of the Scoia'tael that managed to survive after the Second Northern War, it's not exactly whether Iorweth survived as the only one of his group or if any of his companions survived with him.
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