The Bridge

Northern Bridge
The land connecting the Northern Province of the Azure Sea Empire to the Frozen Tundra. O ne of the three most defended points of the continent. The forefront of the war against The Defiled.

Defended with a  monumental wall, gray and foreboding, crenelated and ugly, a man made construction of massive proportions, still dwarfed by the mountains beside it. Banners cover almost every step of the battlements, indicating factions, sects, schools and clans. A hodgepodge of groups, each vying for their glory, while they stand guard.

The outer wall stands 25 meters high and stretches at least five kilometers, the military city behind running parallel to it, a large swathe of empty land between the two with a constant stream of wagons, soldiers, and porters going back and forth. There's no farmland, the soil is too hard for that. undefined

Being trained with the bow is a prerequisite for service at the Bridge. undefined

The road running south was built and maintained by the Society of Heaven and Earth as a means of rapid troop movement to and from the Bridge. Paved brown stones, 16 wagons wide, well patrolled, towers and fortified rest camps at regular 50km intervals. There is a constant stream of supplies and soldiers. A message can be sent in 6 days by horse, from the Bridge to the Society, with a chain of messengers ready to go at a moments notice from each tower, allowing for 'rapid' response. undefined

Chronology
After several quiet years, millions of Defiled charged the walls of the Northern, Western and Southern Bridge in a coordinated attack under the Uniter.

The Northern Bridge came close to falling as the Outer Wall and the City were abandoned to retreat to the Inner Wall. Before the Inner Wall was lost, the Enemy retreated at the onset of rain.

The attack on the Southern Bridge also ceased. However the Western Wall was lost and the Western Bridge allowed clear passage for the Defiled to invade the Empire through the Western Province.

Trivia

 * The first building in what would later be known merely as ‘the City’, was a whorehouse.undefined