>> My idea has Whitewall sit on the eastern outcrop of that >> larger-than-the-rest peak. Compare the source maps (DP:LoT >> and Auroch >> Hills) - Whitewall is consistently drawn east of that highest >> peak.
Jeff Richard
> Taking a more careful look at the maps, I'm cool with it.
> However, can we at least make the Rock loom above the other
> hills?
I'm all for that. See the Lighthouse thread, too.
> I
> want folk in the Markdale or in the Northvale to be able to see
> Whitewall in the distance. Here's the image I'm thinking of:
> http://www.planetware.ca/photos/GR/GR269.HTM
Cool pic. Let's not use the vineyards, though.
That hill has a natural ramp up in the front - do we want that as the rise from Tarkalor's Bridge?
> This might be the view from the east.
>> The Hillback ought to have something to do either with the >> origin of >> the hill range, or with Destor. Not a camp site - if >> anything, we >> might have a Destor campsite nearby.
> Let's have it be associated with Destor. Why not have one of
> the six campfire spots be on the Hillback?
Because as an explorer, I'd place my campfire in a sheltered place rather than advertize my presence with a beacon. I have the Dead Star Beast site on the northeastern flank of the hill, for Varanorlanth.
>> Which brings me to another question: what part of the >> Plateau/Tor has >> been piled up by Helamakt, and what part existed prior to >> that attack >> so that Destor could visit during the Downward Migration? >> What exactly >> did Helamakt defend here, an important site or just a border?
> Good question. Can we leave it open for the time being, and see
> if we need something once we start describing the various
> heroquests in more detail?
I rather hoped that someone like Oliver or Stu would provide a story explaining this... That's the fun in this cooperative effort.
>>> Prior to Tarkalor's Bridge, Sesarto carved a wide, windy >>> staired path up the Rock. That's part of the reason that >>> Whitewall was considered so inaccessible. >> So on which flank is that path now?
> Along the eastside, I think.
Running from the ledge featuring Tarkalor's Gate down towards the Drizzle?
> What kind of reliefs, statuary etc can we expect there?
> My mental image of this path is based on this:
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/classics/photos/photodb/Thompson/ 100_0187.jpg
> Except without the lovely Mediterranean sea in the background.
> However, I imagine that the old path to Whitewall was actually
> carved out of the rock.
That's why I asked about reliefs etc: after all, Sestarto is _the Artist_.
Similarities to the Boldhome-Jonstown road welcome. too.
>> Did anybody build fortifications across this >> stairway?
> It should be very easy to defend - however, I imagine that the
> defenders must periodically deal with assaults up the Old Path -
> sometimes as feints, sometimes as sneak attacks that occur while
> there is a main attack on Tarkalor's Bridge.
Defenders here are quite vulnerable to missile attacks, though.
However, there might even be a Eurmali or two chained to the task of boobytrapping this access route...
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