During the 12th century in the Middle East, a holy war was in progress between the Pope’s Knights Templars and Saladin’s forces. I have been commissioned by Saladin to create a fortress to not only defend against the Templars but as well as be the main base of operations during this war. In the Middle East, there are many prime locations to build a castle that will meet the demands set by Saladin, but the prime location would have to be in Syria, specifically in the mountainside town of Masyaf. One of the main reasons why I would construct this fortress there is because it is on the side of a mountain meaning there would be less paths to defend when the enemy attacks as well as many natural defenses at our advantage. Throughout this reports, we will have an analysis of the areas of battle, the breakdown of Templar forces as well as main advancements that we will have in our castle.
The Middle East was in the midst of many crusades during the 11th and 12th century. The main enemies of Saladin’s forces were King Richard I and the Knight’s Templars. The Knight’s Templars are known to be fearsome and skilled hand to hand knights, having both the knowledge to wield a sword accompanied by a shield, or a long broadsword. Bernard de Clairvaux once said in regarding the skill and dedication of a Templar was that “A Templar Knight is truly a fearless knight, and secure on every side, for his soul is protected by the armour of faith, just as his body is protected by the armour of steel” (Knights Templar, Wikipedia) .With this knowledge, they are not as effective at long ranges, meaning we will not need to bolster our defences to heavily fortify our archers. Also since the Templars are mostly melee warriors, they are required to wear heavier ...
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... slow their approach. Since there is a two gate system built with the castle, we would have multiple arrow slits of both sides of the corridor so that our archers can eliminate many Templars while they are breaching, slowing them down or causing them to fall back altogether. Since there will only be one point of entry, building a slope will cause the Templars to move uphill, increasing their fatigue causing our men to be more preserved than theirs. Also by having a slope in front of our entrance, we can cause a series of traps that can eliminate a large number of troops within second. An example of these kinds of traps would be to have logs on the top of our gatehouse, so that when the Templars get close enough, we would push the logs down the rolling hills, crushing a good amount of Templars and making the other turn back to regroup and reconsider their strategy.
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