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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 1981440" data-attributes="member: 2020">The Defense of the City of Varna:  The Aerial ShieldThe Defense of Varna:  The Aerial Shield  Upon the Guilty Vote cast by Aliador at the TEC Summit, Aliador is withdrawing it's 50 Elite PL from the Celestial Imperium at once.  These Elite PL are put to work, employing their magic to create a vast shield of Walls of Force over the forest that is the City of Varna.  Permanency and Wall of Force are used to create an Aerial Shield over entire square miles of forested hills, the trees the home of hundreds of thousands of elves, and now home to over one million elves come from other parts of Aliador, plus those refugees from the Celestial Imperium that could be saved in the time that there was.  It is expected that Iuz will unleash Apocalypse from the Sky.  Why wouldn't he?  Aliador voted Guilty.  Aliador, voted for his death and the destruction of his peoples and lands.  Why wouldn't Iuz retaliate?  It is hoped the Aerial Shield will halt the blast from Apocalypse from the Sky, since it's colossal blast does indeed come from above.  The Aerial Shield is created in such a way that it is only above the highest branches of the trees at any given point, so it varies in height greatly, since the trees vary in height greatly, and the ground itself soars up and down in hills and ridges hundreds of feet high.  An attempt to cast the spell starting below the Aerial Shield will only cause partial damage to the city, because of the hilly terrain, and the uneveness of the Shield, and thus most of the elves will survive.  At least, that's the theory.  The creation of the Aerial Shield is now ongoing.  All 50 Elite PL are working on it.  What Epic PL is available is also helping out.  Serpenteyes' call.  After the Aerial Shield is completed, the elves create a series of Fire Breaks, using Permanency and Wall of Force, with the Walls extending from the ground up to the Aerial Shield.  Before it is over, a very extensive network of Fire Breaks will divide the city into hundreds of pieces, and the entire perimeter of the city will be shielded by Wall of Force.  Thus, damage from Apocalypse from the Sky will be further reduced yet, as Walls of Force block it's sideways momentum (similar to the way natural rock would block it underground.)  Also, the point is to protect the elves from radiant heat damage, blast (and sonic) damage, and suffocation.  ((Nothing like preparing the equivalent of a very large and hilly Caras Galahron of Lothlorien for the equivalent of a nuclear war.  Sauron never had it so good.))</blockquote>

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