There is one Earth Priestess ready-made for this siege: Beneva Chan, the wife of exiled king Kallai Rockbuster. She's was supposedly the greatest Ernaladan Priestess in Sartar at the time of the Rebellion. She left Colymar lands following Starbrow's Rebellion (along with Kallai). She'd be about 60 years old at the time of WW and she should die during the siege if present. Oh, and better yet, she HATES Kallyr. Which makes for some good plots and roleplaying opportunites.
Maybe we have Kallai already dead (of heartbreak, following his nephew's coup and conversion to the Lunar Way) and Beneva comes with her priestesses to the aid of Queen Leika and King Broyan. And boy does she get pissed when Starbrow shows up.
Jeff
-----Original Message----- From: Roderick and Ellen Robertson [mailto:rjremr_at_...] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 12:05 PM To: whitewall_at_yahoogroups.com Subject: Earth forces at WW Hi Guys, Now that I'm home (for a litle while at least) and have access to my library.. I'm not going to bother to read the 1000+ messages this group have generated (in what, twoo weeks or so?!?), so what I'm about to type may have been done to death wiothout me seeing it... I seem to remember seeing a note that perhaps Broyan didn't like women at the sige, or got into a fight with them, or something like that, accounting for the dearth of Ernaldan and other Earth types in the files so far written. I think this is just plain *wrong*, and bad, and Broyan would have to be the all-time absolute idiot bone-head commander to have doen it. What can the Ernaldans do for us? Grow food Store food Shore up walls weakened by Siege magic/engines Create escape tunnels Dig wells down to the aquifer Provide support for the troops (get your minds out of the gutter... okay, *that* way too) Eliminate the threat of flying troops, giving Orlanthi Flyboys control of the air Keep peace between different groups of defenders Make (and eliminate) sally ports to allow the defenders out to engage in raids against the enemy Provide Healing Put up ad-hoc barricades/pits in front of advancing forces Destroy earthworks in the enemy camp While All-mother isn't really useful at a siege, Healer and Queen both have very powerful magics that can make or break a siege. Of course, the Lunars have access to Red-Earth Alliance EarthQueen types of their own, leading to titanic battles beneath the earth. RR It is by my order and for the good of the state that the bearer of this has done what he has done. - Richelieu The New World Is Born On the Walls Of Whitewall. The WhiteWallWiki can be found at:
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