Building Wall Battle

From: Greg Stafford <greg_at_glorantha.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:56:27 -0800


At 11:45 AM 11/12/2001 -0800, Alex wrote:
>What is there "known" (or indeed just vaguely rumoured) about the
>Battle of the Building Wall in 1605, and indeed about the Building
>Wall itself?

The Building Wall Battle was more building than battle. When the Lunar Army woke one morning in the northern part of Esrolia they found a wall standing directly to the south of them. It had been raised overnight by the Pharaoh's people.
They sent scouts over it, who were killed by the army on the other side. When stronger forces tried to go over the wall they were repulsed with significant losses.
When the Lunar Army tried to march around it the wall simply grew up before them, always on their flank as they marched east or west. They divided their army to go both ways, and after they'd marched far enough apart the wall stopped building, the Pharaoh's army met the divided party and defeated that half.
The Lunars could never get around or over it successfully, and finally went home, defeated by frustration as much as anything else.

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