Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-15888551-20130819093722/@comment-16597738-20130825211750

ZakMarcus wrote: Dovahsebrom wrote: Pink Slim wrote: ZakMarcus wrote: TheGreenSabre wrote: Dovahsebrom wrote: Pink Slim wrote: the walls were probably magical(why use bricks and stones on walls when the mages can make walls out of thin air and you can use the unused materials on more homes?), they most likely disapeared because of the schism between the ruling power and the college. I don't think that even high elves have magical walls on there cities much less Nords. I mean yah I know it's said Shalidor built the city with a whispered spell but I'm pretty sure that is just hyperbole. Also wouldn't a wall of magic require a nonstop input of magic by many mages (for example the shield around Morokei). Magics only temporary and wouldn't last long, see how long you can maintain your ward before being eaten by a dragon, or shouted by one those annoying Deathlords. TheGreenSabre, AzuraKnight, and PsijicThief, my 3 favorite people in the forums for posts like this :D ... I don't understand what you mean.

And @ TheGreenSabre, Nightcaller Temple, Erundr was able to create a wall that lasted multiple magic walls, both before and after leaving the order(though the first one[in the dreamstride] was created with a soul gem) so a lasting magical barrier is not out of the question.

And they may have also been conjured to look like regular stone walls, so that may be why they looked like that in Arena.

Your move. Hmmmm... if what you say is true what if Shaldor did build the city with a spell, that might make him the most powerful mage ever. Can you imagine the size of the soul gems (you'd need many) that you would need to suround and entire city? Not to mention how often they'd need replacing. So you'd either be killing about 15 animals or 5 people almost daily, and that's a pretty low estimate. Not to mention the supply of soul gems needed. Now if it was a barrier they put up only when it was needed, it would be more believable. But then the defense would rely entirely by the defenders response time in activating it, a small squad could just enter the city a few days before the main attacking force arrives, and break or remove one of the soul gems, because all it would take is one soft spot. They could probably take out multiple soul gems as well sense you would need the probably about every 10 to 15 feet or so. A physical wall, maybe enhanced with magic, is just so much more practicle, and a lot less can go wrong. I can see that lad, giant soul gams be like generators for the magical barriers, but for a short time before you need to recharge it again with souls. Dwemer use similiar stuff, but without magic for the power/electrity.