>> 1619 date, .. (CHDP).
>> "Gloranthan Military Experience" ... 1619
>> Genertela Box p.48 and HW Introduction to Glorantha >> p.147 corroborate 1619
> Looks a bit unanimous, doesn't it? Surely some
> mistake??
Thorough checking of sources, for a change.
> Picking up from some private email André and I had on
> the subject: could it be possible that Whitewall was
> under siege by *someone* in the years earlier than
> 1619?
Under full siege?
> It doesn't need to have been major, or
> effective, to fit the plot, it could just have been
> local tribes squabbling. I assume those big walls
> weren't built specifically to keep out the Lunars,
> after all.
Hardly - the Vingkotlings or early Heortlings had other foes.
> There was civil war in that area once the
> Pharoah vanished, wasn't there?
Civil war ensued after the Hendreiki king died heirless, too. Some may have been near Whitewall, but a full siege? Coverage of the gates, possibly. Gearing up siege equipment - hardly. Whitewall becomes Alesia only after the Bat assault is beaten off.
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