An excellent point against all Masada parallels. We do want heroic combat and magics. And we know there are no superior numbers attrition fights like Helm's Deep.
Teja's defense of Monte Cassino (sp?) comes to mind as semi-desirable.
> I remember
> reading of one medieval castle where eight men-at-arms held off an
> entire army and the castle was nothing like as difficult to attack
> as that.
Caernarfon Castle (my model for Karse).
But that had the barbarians outside, and when Fazzur conquered it he used suicide troops (dragonewts).
> I'm all for making it difficult to take but if the place is too easy
> to defend there's no challenge.
Which brings us back to Alesia?
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