Why?
>>43788745
because FUCK YOU, that's why.
>>43788745
Because fuck you that's why. This strategic chokepoint has a castle fucking squatting in it now. What the fuck you gonna do?
If it's just a mountain I have no idea why you'd build a massive military structure like that. Logistics must be insane.
>>43788745
>>43788745
See you in Tibet, motherfucker
>>43788794
But this at least makes sense, you're at least building INTO the mountain, no on top of it.
>>43788958
A wizard did it, etc.
>>43788745
Where the hell do they get food
>>43788977
They send giant eagles to the closest town for shopping.
>>43788977
Giant bird delivery service. You can see them circling for a parking spot to open.
>>43788745
See you in Greece, motherfucker
The whole mountain is a dwarf stronghold, it's full of the little bastards, the castle on top is just decoration.
>>43789007
>>43789011
That just leaves me with more questions
![mesa[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/NGKdd1l.jpg "mesa[1].jpg")
Kind of surprised no-one ever tried to build a bigass structure on/in one of these, are they just too unstable?
>>43789015
But how
>>43789122
Also this.
See you in ancient inca motherfucker
>>43789235
That makes sense. All that greenery means plant life can be cultivated. You're just living on a very steep hill then. Getting food and supplies is tricky but doable. Goats and other sheer-footed creatures can browse where you can't grow, and you get food, wool and milk that way.
>>43789259
Also the incans had potatoes which are extremely hardy, energy-dense, and all-around convenient compared to all other crops.
>>43788745
I lost time climbing to this ridiculously melodramatic location!
>>43789015
Wow, I knew you guys were taking some measures against the immigrants, but this is actually impressive!
>>43789122
That stuff is all sandstone and similar rock. Really hard to build anything on it and then the whole thing is being eaten away the entire time you're on it
Just as important is the fact that it's likely not near anything useful and worth defending
>>43788745
It's a site of religious importance that overlooks the mountain border of the country.
It only really has monks and military scouts there and receives supplies once a month.
It also has lots of torches and shit to look cool at night.
>>43789122
Too big and vertical - getting anything to the top, even individual people, requires some mountaineering work or a helicopter (which are very expensive). Also, most of them are in the middle of nowhere.
Still, I can imagine a billionaire doing it as a vanity project.
Cathars liked shit like that.
>>43788745
Why not?
>>43788745
To have a last refuge protected by non living things, so you can earn the time to do kingdom scale sorcery.
Or maybe it's a dragon knight refuge.
Or someone wanted to wast a insane amount of resources on a castle you can't defend to protect nothing.
>>43788745
>Defended from three sides by the impenetrable and unsaleable Cliffs of Insanity, the Red Castle is a pinnacle of modern architecture.
>The view overlooking the cliffs is unmatched in this world.
>One of the most impressive feat of the castle is the painstakingly created road leading up the gentle sloping mountainside.
>Flanked by ornately decorated, but highly defensible guard towers, the Empire Road, as it has come to be known, displays the defensive strength of the castle, the brilliance of it's engineers, and the wealth of the empire.
>[Empire Road not shown in photo]
>>43788745
A secret magic development facility for the study of a spell to surpass Wish.
>>43789122
The Phantom did that. It's his main home away from home in america, I think.
>>43789122
Don't worry, us Jews got it.
>>43789911
>Didn't want to pay for materials so just bought the land and carved the place out
Sounds about right.
>>43788745
When you face powerful raiders and your only talent in war is incredible construction skills. There is no fucking way any enemy is ever going to get to you while you hide behind those walls.
>>43789931
Don't forget
>bought land in one of the most inhospitable regions in the world, because it's cheap.
>>43789122
Nobody except the Hopi. There are still people living up there today.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Mesa,_Arizona
>>43790761
Forgot pic
>>43788977
Create food and water traps
>>43788977
Lots of preserves.
>>43789235
Machu Picchu wasn't a fortress, it was like a temple to worship the sun, also they have a lot of fertile land near that place.
it's called "acropolis".
>>43788745
it's a perfectly viable defensive solution, look at this shit, never conquered since the XI century
Has anyone posted Edinburgh castle yet?
