> And
> drive you nuts whether that German language quote contains
> the God Learner secret or the saga of the last Ostrogoths
> versus Narsetes:
>
> "Nicht unerw�nscht kam des K�nigs rasch zum Ende dr�ngendem
> und schonungslosem Sinn die N�tigung, sich seiner Gefangenen
> zu entledigen: diese, an Zahl fast halb so stark als ihre
> Besieger, hatten die �berwachung so schwierig gemacht, da�
> Teja jeden Befreiungsversuch mit dem Tode bedrohen mu�te."
>
> If you manage to find (easy, with Google) and read (now there's the
> challenge) that source, there is an inspiration for the last
> days of the siege...
My Read German 8 with a +10 augment from the Babel Fish says:
"Not unwanted the king rapidly to the end pushing and relentless sense
the compulsion came to get rid of of its prisoners: these, at number
nearly half so strongly as their Besieger, had made the monitoring so
difficult that Teja had to threaten each release attempt with death."
I see what you mean. The Orlanthi had better not be taking Lunar
prisoners.