: Not really. White Falls is a fort, albeit not a very big
: one, the cities of Madrigal and Covenant, and, if we
: go from the pictures on the map, the other three free
: cities of the North, are walled. Muirthemne also has a
: pretty effective set of fortifications. The surface
: defences of Myrgard include a barrier wall and
: subsequent gateway, although they've falled into
: disrepair by the time we see the city in the hands of
: the Ghols. As for Rhi'anon, it's the biggest and
: nastiest fortress on the face of Myth, and has a
: garrison of Trow to boot.
: What really confuses me, though, is why nobody thought to
: built fortresses at Bagrada, Seven Gates and the
: Northpass. They're probably the three most important
: strategic positions on the entire planet, so it would
: be logical that they recieve adequate fortifications.
I hate to be rude but it's rather stupid to say a fort is a castle. Still, it's a fortification and I guess that's your point.
City walls are not castles.
Muirthemne/Llancarfan does have effective fortifications, but they are more like city walls +fighting platforms then any kind of castle.
Myrgard has walls, not a castle. Again!
Rhi'anon...well we never attack the walls and towers but it probably is like a castle.
Regarding the passes, given how naturally defensable they are it seems to be enough.
also, the fact that only an idiot or a madman would try and cross them in any other season probably limits building time drastically.
Seraph
