Spinewall

Covering an eight mile wide area in northern Velend, the Spinewall raises over 60 feet tall in some areas over its entire length. Built 30 years after the Godswar, the Spinewall is the only viable method for land travel to Velend through Brennis. Several gates are scattered along the wall, all heavily fortified and defended by large amounts of infantry. Since it was built, the Spinewall is said to be an impenetrable fortress, a show of force from an increasingly militaristic nation.

When the Spine of Ogun rose in western Velend during the Godswar, the new mountain range not only destroyed large swathes of arable land; It also cut off almost all viable land travel from Brennis. The sharp peaked mountains and steep hills the now divided a large portion of Esai down the middle forced almost all travel to be done overseas. The exception to this is an eight mile wide swath of mostly flat land in the north that was for some unknown reason unaffected by the raising of the Spine. This was considered a boon in the post war period, food and goods were still able to be passed from Brennis.

For some reason, privy only to the elite of Velend, construction of a massive wall began a few decades after the war. It was finished in seven years. Rumors abound as to how the project was completed in such a short time. Some say that it was simply the efforts of a determined workforce. Some say it was the result of illegal slave labor. Regardless, the iron and stone walls that now covered the valley stood impenetrable. For what violent conflict the Velendians anticipated, the world may never know. But the wall has stood for seventy years now, and it seems to have no plans of falling.