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Vartburg is a castle where there is an annual tournament of troubadours and bards in the late autumn. Though the castle had been already mentioned by Andrzej Sapkowski in the novels, that is in Cidaris appeared at first on the map for the 2nd Edition of Wiedźmin: Gra Wyobraźni PnP game.

Behind the scenes

The real Wartburg is a medieval castle overlooking the town of Eisenach, in Thuringia, Germany. It witnessed events such as life of St. Elisabeth of Hungary, the translation of New Testament by Martin Luther, Wartburg festival in 1817 and it is supposed setting for the legendary Sängerkrieg, the contest among minstrels, held in 13th century according to the legends.

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