Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20160531165159/@comment-24696651-20160624211405

(The infantry of Kvatch have access to a side arm like a shortsword, and they're not using giant tower shields - their shields would be larger but not large enough to be a hindrance in the space. They would also have better armour than the Anvil's infantry in the towers, so for all their advantages they would still be at parity at best in close quarters.  And the gaps would be large enough for plenty of oil to splash through, partifularly seeing as oil is more viscous than water.)

20th of Hearthfire

The infantry in the gatehouse kept having their formation exposed as men were killed or injured by the oil - mostly killed, as those who fell over were trampled by their comrades. The mages were also vulnerable - they couldn't be a part of the formation, as they needed space to cast their spells for their Atronachs to appear and for their frost to cool the gate. As a result, they were targeted and being killed at a rate faster than the infantry.

Anvil's troops in the towers were slowly being pushed back gradually, and the troops on the walls proper were being pushed back relatively rapidly as Kvatch's heavy infantry could use their superior equipment to full effect.

12th of Sun's Dusk

"Then it's a good thing they're all at Kvatch," the first guard said. "Get back to your post, runt."

They way he said the last sentence clearly implied the first guard thought he was a higher rank than the rank displayed by Varus' uniform.