They tried that and hot the Building Wall, which stopped them in their tracks. The Pharaoh had other tricks up his sleeve in case that failed.
Of course, killing the Pharaoh puts a limit of who can stop the Lunars in the Holy Country.
> The strategy is that the southwest has better allies in the
> Grazelands and Esrolia, and significantly better supply routes
> on the rivers, whereas the other side of Kero Fin has several states
> that can be defensive buffers.
Sure, a sea attack from Corflu was how they actually fo it, but without that it would be very difficult to get to the Holy Country. Don't forget they only conquered Prax/Pavis because they had conquered Sartar.
Without a sea route, they'd have to come through Dragon Pass to get to the Holy country and the good bumpkins of Sartar would have made the journey very difficult. The river travel is not particularly good through Dragon Pass - there's a great big marsh in the way.
Coming through Shakerland is OK, but the Tarsh Exiles are more anti-Lunar than the Sartarites. I would also query how friendly the Grazers would be, considering the Lunars' attitude to Pentians.
> Meanwhile I claim Takenegi could get his mythopoetic Sun-Storm
> conflict on just fine by beseiging Wintertop and defending his
> expansions. Then between Kethaela, north side allies, and another
> Reaching Moon temple or two in the south, Sartar would be encircled.
Wintertop and Stormwalk Mountain are both in the Holy Country and would make good mythical foes.
> Imagine a HeroQuest game where where the players are the Lunar
> leaders trying to do it.
Sounds good.
Simon
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