Wall of Nessus

brunians at brunians.org · 10 Jun 2010, 09:45 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:45:15 -0400
Subject: (urth) Wall of Nessus
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Playing the riddle game sharpens up the thought processes, doesn't it?

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> On 6/10/2010 4:05 AM, Roy C. Lackey wrote:
>> Josh Caswell wrote:
>>> I wonder if anything can be taken from what we see with Baldanders
>>> (separate and together with) and the other giants of the sea.  Perhaps
>>> it
>> is
>>> an issue of growth, both of size and power; the walls may have once
>>> been
>>> thought to have been enough or maybe it was known that they were only a
>>> minor or more correctly temporary dissuasion to those from the sea.
>>
>> I had the same thought.<g>
>>
>> And an afterthought: Those long sections of the Wall down south, where
>> there
>> are no Ascians, makes more sense if the Wall was originally intended to
>> thwart another foe, perhaps one that came from the seas to either side
>> of
>> the continent.
>
> The Wall may have been built to hold back the sea itself; the gate
> tunnels are easily sealed and presumably big, heavy slabs concealed
> inside can be driven deep into the river's bed to close the river
> ingress and egress against the deep water pressure.
>
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