the assault Machine City was actually from island to island
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On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 7:01 AM, jorganos <joe_at_xvMAJ3W-l2Rylf2Ng23FfxHFnjvvT8fnrhmBxujyYqr7tIE8bA68EEbWK0kidzvNFSqLy3xtYFIX.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
> I have tried to get a grip on the geography of the Machine Wars.
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> The New Unity Army laid a 10-year siege upon the Clanking city, making a
> number of assaults across tidal flats known as the Alatier Crossing.
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> The best detail map on the area I could find is the Second Age Kethaela map
> in Esrolia, Land of Ten Thousand Goddesses. This map shows (and names) a
> series of islands in the eastern branch of the Leftarm Isles, from the coast
> east of Refuge (named Vernen in this map and Tosk Island, the main island
> also having Talar Hold, across a series of minor islands to Kostern Island,
> the great southern island, in whose southern lagoon lies the city of Locsil
> on an island of its own.
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> The description in History of the Heortling People speaks of several miles
> of tidal flats.
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> The distance from the mainland to Kostern Island is about 40 miles. That is
> more than an army can cross in a day without excellent roads.
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> The distance across the lagoon of Kostern Island is in the range of 3 to 5
> miles. Give terrain modifiers and hostile action, and you could be lucky to
> get across before noon.
>
> Which of these is the Alatier Crossing?
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> Kostern also is home to the Jrusteli port of Selgus, a major fleet base
> controlling sea traffic along the coasts and through Troll Strait. I don't
> think that the presence of several thousand Orlanthi and EWF magicians would
> be tolerated by the Jrusteli fleet, nor vice versa. On the other hand, the
> Durengard scroll treats the place as if still intact around 925, 8 years
> after the fall of Locsil. (This doesn't mean that it couldn't have been
> burnt down for a while, and reoccupied after the mostali cursing made the
> bay in Kostern Island's south a cursed area).
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> Casino (town) is safely away from the main action on the westernmost of the
> Leftarm islands.
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Greg Stafford
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