Klodorex Inner Walls
The Temple District encompasses all of Klodorex's spawning pools, the plurality of their important temples, and most of the time has at least one Slann resting here. Thus the defense of the Temple District is prioritized above the rest of the Kahoun, so the defenses include a fortified stone wall.
The walls are manned day and night by Skink archers and Saurus Temple Guard. Obviously there are a lot more troops on the walls if enemies are believed to be near the Kahoun, but the walls are never lightly defended. The towers are equipped with great bows and giant blowpipes. There are plenty of rocks to drop on would-be attackers. If the enemy has been sighted near the city, the defenders can be equipped with fire leeches and similar special ammunition like clay pots filled with live hornets. They can also set up an Engine of the Gods on the walls if the Skink Priest in charge of district defense believes the situation calls for it.
The most lagging part of the walls is the gate. It’s a pair of Bronze doors with a wooden brace. The gates are usually open. At one point they were so rusted they couldn’t be closed. The situation where they wanted to close the gates but couldn’t turned out to be a false alarm, but the head builder chief at the time were furious that the district workers allowed that to happen.
The gates are tall and wide enough to let a large dinosaur like a Stegadon or Carnosaur through. The gate is wide enough but the streets of the Temple District are so cramped that it is usually not worth the effort. Whether or not the gates should be made smaller for security reasons is an ongoing debate among Skink chiefs. Some argue that a smaller gate would be easier to defend. Some argue that in an emergency they’ll want to bring in heavy war beasts. Until and unless the Slann weigh in on this, the debate is likely to be ongoing.
Skink chiefs are not immortal, so they have turnover, but they are usually replaced by a chief who was mentored by the previous one. Klodorex builder chiefs are notorious for being relentless perfectionists. The current builder chief is hoping that since Zlatan has allied with the Southlands Dwarfs and Zlatan is allied with Klodorex that they can somehow gain access to Dwarven engineering secrets but he can’t even try to do this without Slann approval and no Skink priest has agreed to grant him an audience with a Slann to make this request.
Purpose / Function
To defend the Temple District and by extension, to defend the Slann and spawning pools, a wall was erected around the entire district.
It is manned day and night by a small contingent of Skink archers and Temple Guard. If enemies are believed to be in the general area, the walls are manned by a very large contigent of soldiers.
The gates are tall and wide enough to let a large dinosaur like a Stegadon or Carnosaur through. The gate is wide enough but the streets of the Temple District are so cramped that it is usually not worth the effort. Whether or not the gates should be made smaller for security reasons is an ongoing debate among Skink chiefs. Some argue that a smaller gate would be easier to defend. Some argue that in an emergency they’ll want to bring in heavy war beasts. Until and unless the Slann weigh in on this, the debate is likely to be ongoing.
Alterations
The City Center didn’t have any wall, until a wooden wall was hastily erected in response to Skaven scouts being found and slain fairly close to Klodorex during the Time of Tehenhauin.
The wall has been torn down and replaced with an upgraded stronger wall many times over the centuries.
In fact Klodorex builder chiefs have gone far and wide through Lustria and sought out and questioned every Lizardmen they can find that reconnoitered one of Lustria’s warmblooded settlements and whenever possible questioned Skinks who actually went on campaigns outside of Lustria, so they could sketch the fortifications of Prodigal races and incorporate their admittedly superior fortification designs. The current wall is made of stone and has full ramparts, crenellations, towers with arrow slits, and hoardings.
Skink chiefs are not immortal, so they have turnover, but they are usually replaced by a chief who was mentored by the previous one. Klodorex builder chiefs are notorious for being relentless perfectionists. The current builder chief is hoping that since Zlatan has allied with the Southlands Dwarfs and Zlatan is allied with Klodorex that they can somehow gain access to Dwarven engineering secrets but he can’t even try to do this without Slann approval and no Skink priest has agreed to grant him an audience with a Slann to make this request.
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