Count Saliman and the Carthanal Wall

The Siege of vienna was fought between the sulta and her army. The battle raged throughout the night, until dawn rose as on armagedden. Before the walls of vienna lay a vast carpet of steel clad dead. Drive them the walls with whips, answered saliman grimly. This is the gate to frankestan. It is through it we must ride the road to empire. Drums thundered through the camp. Rain fell, mingled with sleet, extinguishing matches, wetting powder,. turning the plain outside the city to a muddy wallow where rotting corpses sickened the living.