Setting
Only the desperate Southern refugees for shelter risk settling this close to the March, the Taint already beginning to sour the earth beyond the Southern gates.
The Southern end of the city is occupied by warweary soliders desperate for reinforcements to fight an unending enemy. They hope the High Walls of Dyrlyn City with afford them a chance to whittle the number of Deadmen who March. Some hastily dug trenches and spikes line the Southern Walls and reach out East and West in hopes of slowing the March.
Everyone knows it's all useless. There is no victory in their future, only gaining more time for those further North.