Amrhost shrugged. "Perhaps."
The great fortress-city of Lund lay at a crossroads in more than the geographical sense. That said, it was situated at the point where two valleys crossed each other at right angles. It was incorrectly maintained by the inhabitants that there were two "L" shaped valleys which met at each join to form an "X" running north-south and east-west: that of the valley of the River Grey as it bent its way towards the south, and the Valley of Baruk, which led east from Lund to the Burning Lands, and which turned north from the fortress city.
In truth, in ages long past the River Grey had once flowed directly east to the sea, bisecting the valley running north-south. But the cataclysm that had created the Burning Lands east of Lund had raised the river-bed, forcing the river into the valley running south from the fortress-city.
The city itself was situated on the west bank of the now south-flowing River Grey between high, steep hills. The northern and eastern sides of the city were protected by a high wall, centered by a great tower. A bridge spanned the River Grey, on the other side meeting a massive, high wall that entirely sealed off the steep-sided mountain-Valley of Baruk.
The great wall, standing fully two-hundred feet in height with the top of its eastern face contrived to hang outwards, spanned a narrow five-hundred foot gap across the steep-sided the valley. The entire face of the wall was one smooth, seamless surface of granite, unbroken by a single loophole or gate. There was but a single narrow wooden ramp that could be raised or lowered. The ramp could only be reached by a single small egress that opened onto a small platform jutting from the