psychotick
Auror
Hi,
Another idea occurred to me. A firestorm. It doesn't have to be magical at all, but it is tricky to create one. Bombers did it well in Germany in WWII - eg Dresden and Hamburg. The cities were destroyed and tens of thousands killed.
In essence what you have to do is create a ring of fire around a city, hoping that there is enough combustible material within the ring for the fire to spread inwards. Then somehow set the middle of the ring alight. If you do it right the fire in the centre of the ring will consume so much air by combustion and thermal effects that heat the air and cause it to rise, that a wind / suction will be generated, sucking the outside flame in towards the centre incinerating everyone and everything.
My thought would be that say you have one big building in the heart of a city that can be burnt - say a temple or castle, you set it alight maybe through bombardment or else sabotage. Then have archers putting flame arrows into wooden structures at a set distance from the building. It might work, but as I say it is tricky to pull off with ancient weaponry.
Cheers, Greg.
Another idea occurred to me. A firestorm. It doesn't have to be magical at all, but it is tricky to create one. Bombers did it well in Germany in WWII - eg Dresden and Hamburg. The cities were destroyed and tens of thousands killed.
In essence what you have to do is create a ring of fire around a city, hoping that there is enough combustible material within the ring for the fire to spread inwards. Then somehow set the middle of the ring alight. If you do it right the fire in the centre of the ring will consume so much air by combustion and thermal effects that heat the air and cause it to rise, that a wind / suction will be generated, sucking the outside flame in towards the centre incinerating everyone and everything.
My thought would be that say you have one big building in the heart of a city that can be burnt - say a temple or castle, you set it alight maybe through bombardment or else sabotage. Then have archers putting flame arrows into wooden structures at a set distance from the building. It might work, but as I say it is tricky to pull off with ancient weaponry.
Cheers, Greg.