Radovid V/Netflix series

Radovid V was prince, and then King of Redania, the younger brother of King Vizimir, and the lover of Jaskier.
==Biography==
Frustrated with Dijkstra's failure to bring Princess Cirilla of Cintra to Redania for him to marry (a strategy that would have been providing him with a rightful claim to Cintra, and made Redania the most powerful kingdom on the Continent ) King Vizimir declared that he had decided to put his best and most trusted man on the job - his younger brother: Prince Radovid.
A displeased - yet resigned - Philippa thus reluctantly agreed to assist the Prince in his search for Ciri - as she felt that no one else but she and Dijkstra could be trusted with "babysitting" the King's "baby brother".
On her way to meeting with The Sandpiper, she stopped by a tavern, and asked the Prince to wait for her there.
She then found Jaskier in the middle of a heated dispute with one of his lovers, Vespula. While she was attempting to intimidate the bard into handing them over the girl, Vespula threw Jaskier's lute from her balcony.
Instead of shattering to the ground, however, Radovid showed up just in time to catch it.
While he told Philippa that he'd left the tavern because he was "getting bored", the Prince quickly revealed himself to be a fan of Jaskier's work, and confessed to having "long wanted to see [him] in person" .
During the exchange, the two of them showed strong signs of mutual attraction, and Radovid attempted to argue that having Ciri come to Redania - although a far from perfect solution - would be the "least bad option" to ensure the Princess' safety.
The moment he suggested that Jaskier could be their "royal bard", however, said bard was quick to dismiss the idea, arguing that "a staid life at court" wasn't meant for him.
Before they left, Philippa gave Jaskier a five days ultimatum to get results; threatening to "undo all the good" he'd done as "The Sandpiper" if he didn't comply.
Following a violent encounter with Rience and the Scoia'tael - where Jaskier had a bit of a near death experience (his lute, that Radovid had stopped from shattering earlier, ended up stopping an arrow from reaching him), a few of Yarpen Zigrin's men were injured or killed, and Ciri was almost captured - Jaskier started reconsidering the offer.
He told Philippa and Radovid that he now realized in how much danger the people he loved were, that Redania might stand the best chance at offering them protection, and that - should they be able to get rid of Rience - they would have gained Geralt, Ciri, and his own trust.
After Jaskier left, Philippa noticed Radovid's sigh of longing, and seemingly began perceiving him as a potentially useful political tool.Season 3, Episode 1: Shaerrawedd
Radovid is with Vizimir and Dijkstra, when his brother gets a box with a gift from Nilfgaardin inside and when Vizimir opens it, inside is Hedwig head. His brother starts to cry and is escorted away, when he and wizard are alone, Dijkstra admits that he is the one who killed the queen to get Redania to ally with the Northern Kingdoms and start the war with the empire.
==References==
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