Is the CASTLE from NARNIA's Prince Caspian realistic?

[@mithrawnudo2152]

Saw the Mechicolations coming and took my headphones away from my ears in preparation, and got a whisper instead. My ears thank you Shad. Now don't betray this newfound trust.

[@shadiversity]

Unfortunately I cannot promise anything. . .

[@mithrawnudo2152]

Just.... please telegraph when you're going to yell for the sake of my poor ears. I really want to keep watching these castle critiques.

[@Fallenfantasy174]

I did the same.

[@LordBenjaminSalt]

That is my only real criticism of Shads videos. Don't get me wrong, I love the passion and the enthusiasm. But the random screaming, and wild volume changes are painful when I'm using headphones, risky for my speakers and bad for my neighbours and housemates. I normally have to wait a couple of hours / days to watch his videos since I don't get home from work until after my family are asleep, so I can't watch them on weeknights.

[@davidclegg7874]

@@LordBenjaminSalt the passion is brilliant, the childish yelling isn't...

[@sinthoras1917]

From a german who has in the meantime seen many old castles: Most castles who do not have a drawbridge now, had one during the middle ages. Stone bridges were build later when drawbridges and medieval castles in general lost their importance, especially if they instead were used as palaces. Example: the Veste Coburg in Coburg.

[@timothymclean]

"Dammit, the drawbridge rotted out again." "Dude, it's been centuries since those things have been useful. Just get a stone bridge."

[@ameritus9041]

Interesting, TIL.

[@grasscheff]

Agreed on that one. The Veste Coburg in its own sense isn't a proper castle, rather a real life "fantasy" castle built to look good. However, I think it still does many things right and would be a great structure for Shad to analize *knuff to the side* go for it, Shad!

[@sinthoras1917]

The Veste Coburg was a proper castle! It was build during the middle ages in order to defend against any enemy and actually never got conquered. Only later some parts were added.

[@grasscheff]

You are right, the location was used in the middle ages, it was never conquered due to its sneaky passage to the city of coburg and its deep fountain for water supply. However, nearly all the fortifications were built in the 19th century and have nothing to do with the mediveal appearance of the Veste. Don't mean to offend you, though. Where are you from? My hometown is Lichtenfels, maybe we can visit it together and have a closer look at it :-)

[@agentspaniel4428]

"Who's gonna attack from that direction?" Dragons of course.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Spartan Locus exactly, there is a critical lapse in air defences and spotters for a fantasy castle.

[@karlkarlos3545]

But they thought Narnians were extinct. And that includes Dragons.

[@chimerasuchus]

@@karlkarlos3545 True, but the castle may have been made when dragons and griffons were more than a distant memory.

[@jadonweaver2196]

@@karlkarlos3545 in any fantasy thing when they think the creatures are dead, they're still alive

[@nathanlarsen1723]

But what about dragons?!

[@professormetal4411]

I love the joy in your voice when you're counted the gate houses.

[@SalvableRuin]

“You are counted the gate houses”?

[@lucas-ns5tz]

How to make castles: step one Gatehouses. Getahouses every were

[@kaynesylvar8277]

Step two: (get ready for it) MACHICOLAAAATIOOOOONS!!!

[@aliveyetundead]

Heck, put a gatehouse on a gatehouse.

[@Elkator955]

Nobody can assault the place from the back? What about dragons!?

[@applemauzel]

Or do the sensible thing, undermine that bridge and laugh at everyone who is now stranded in an inaccessible castle.

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

my thoughts to..then agen , I guess thats why the castle is so fat covering the intire rock spire with decent towers in other directions for its uber efficient anti air balistas..that they obviously become to cheap or lazy to keep any maned or even maintained on it during the movie.

[@MonguinAssassin]

Well, if I were a city planner (and I had imagination designing cities in city simulators) in a Medieval Fantasy setting, I would imploy anti-air turrets that are essentially oversized Chu Ko Nu's, or repeating ballistas, not to mention net firing catapults as well. I guess these guys didn't think about fairy tale creatures until the time the book starts. What I did know is that these guys actually manufactured anti-air siege equipment later in the movie after the siege. I would therefore have anti-air siege, protecting the fortress from the sky, inside the walls, protecting the fortress from the ground. Anti-air turrets are a popular military norm these days.

[@MonguinAssassin]

www.deviantart.com/saberrex/art/Doube-barreled-Fire-Quencher-Ballista-425430415

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

@@MonguinAssassin hmm..wouldet balistas made to throw those 'leg' or in this case wing snaring chains/ropes with weights each end be more efficient then a net though ? considering simplicity to manufature and use ?- but dident they allready have anti air siege ,just that they enjoyed so many decades of being top dogs they basicly resorted to cheaper sentires and 'only' crossbow manpower for the fort ? or is the movie part of them employing the anti air siege agenst the griffins in the siege just 'directior/writter liberty compared to the books. that said ,yes Chu ku nu's over regular anyday I happely take a stream of arrows thats constant over any single shoot hard punch but asssss time to reload weaponry when its agenst fast potentialy hard hitting but lightly armored stuff XD

[@MT-kx7ff]

THAT INTRO. *THAT* *INTRO.*

[@battleshiparmorlord]

THAT INTRO.

[@Akbar_and_Shaa]

Intro? No that was a sermon and gift to humanity

[@oneofmanyparadoxfans5447]

Took the words right out of my mind.

[@skarlet_toki9242]

*MEME* *MATERIAL*

[@tennesseeponderer3146]

Dammit careless whisper

[@KainusGulch]

I think that third or first gate house out on the bridge was actually a checkpoint King Miraz set up to toll or check common visitors, much like checkpoints in airports, where they identify people and what they are carrying before they even get to the main gates, so that little not well defended gate was more for the function of the castle as a secure seat of government rather than to help during some siege.

[@xy1468]

This! 100 %. I think Shad is trying too hard to find perceived flaws in castles. This is no proper outer gatehouse, the castle has 2 already. That's a checkpoint with an easy to open gate to 'greet' legitimate visitors to the castle. As a first line of defence it would be absolutely pointless, even with a portcullis, as you would be cutting off your guards from the castle as soon as you raise the drawbridge. Which would be the first thing you do when you see an army attacking (or at night when you lock down your castle when it get's dark)

[@brianzmek7272]

also there is the concern the in universe that was a fairly small outcropping so putting a larger structure there may have been an issue as well.

[@koreancowboy42]

I feel like the first gate should've been pushed alittle more forward a total of 10 to 20 guards could possibly maintain that position maybe if there was double doors to help prevent any one from throwing or even shooting arrows through the holes of the metal grading. And the draw bridge would've been left down so they maintain the position of securing that first gate considering it'll be difficult to even try taking that first gate back since the defenders would have to lower the draw bridge and if the enemy is already positioned more men on the bridge and that captured gatehouse there's no way of the defenders being able to do anything except starve. And I also think Shad is being too harsh about the towers that are facing the back of the castles because I feel like those are more of lookout towers where some guards are positioned to watch for enemy movement on the other sides instead of the fronts plus if any of the attacks are crazy bold to try climbieng the freaking rocks.

[@Armaggedon185]

The utter lack of machicolations is a failing for sure, especially on those gatehouses (which really should be fortified more heavily), but for most of the castle I can see why the corbels would be purely be aesthetic. I mean, who would they be shooting at on most of those cliffs, nesting birds?

[@moongirl786]

But what about... griffons?!

[@derdingsreturnsnochmal5177]

This is Narnia. These birds surely were spies!

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

I am not sure if I recall correctly but wasn't it that these humans don't really belive in the mythical creatures anymore?

[@politesse3914]

The rulers were in on the secret, though, and paranoid.

[@erichjacoby-hawkins3076]

On the cliff sides, machicolations would have little defensive use but would function great as latrines. Just don't fall in...

[@dahfighter9914]

See, this was what I expected casterly rock to look like. Could you imagine? Would have been an epic siege.

[@duchessskye4072]

It was more of a castle built into the rock in the books. That would've been awesome aswell

[@undertakernumberone1]

"An Epic siege" Besieging army sits in the city, starving the guys inside out

[@doktorcool3740]

"epic" as in "taking an epic amount of time" :-P

[@LouisKing995]

The Easy Nine Edinburgh castle is kind of like that, it looks almost like it's growing out of the rock, especially when you walk around inside, bits of rock randomly stick up from the ground

[@dahfighter9914]

Doktor Cool :P you know you messed up on castle design when you're out done by a Disney movie lol

[@M3RS.]

Can you make your own castle and talk about it like you usually do? It will be perfect castle I know but it would be interesting to see ,,Proper mediEvil castle" with no downfall or a little crack in defense.

[@kateapples1411]

He has before, I'm fairly certain, look back through the log a bit. Had a 3D modeling job to it.

[@MacGuy3135]

I agree.

[@patrickkeller2193]

Yeah made some castels of his own in the video where he said that a lot of castles were actually made out of wood.

[@M3RS.]

Kate Apples - What if he did another one? Last one was a long time ago.

[@minersebas6072]

In his video "Names and terms of a medieval CASTLE's parts" he shows a selfcreated castle, though the Video is much more focused on the meaning of all the terms of a Castle

[@nikolai60]

Having now watched the video: 1 Thank you for not shouting. 2. I believe I can offer an explanation for the soldiers incompetency from my own pre-vid research. They're not a dedicated combat force. They exist for policing the people, and deterring war. Remember, the Telmarines think the Narnians are extinct, which means the only people they have to worry about are themselves. Thus, the various lords each maintain their own unit of troops to deter anyone else from moving in. We see in the movie that they're infighting is mostly cloak and dagger, so the soldiers themselves do very little fighting that isn't aiding in assasinations. They were out of their depth during the castle battle, with circumstance, superior numbers, and the castles design as you pointed out, giving them the advantage. If you or anyone else has any other thoughts or anything I'm welcome to hear them, but that's the gist of what I've found when examining the Telmarines.

[@urgutsvadar5890]

Based on Miraz's machinations demonstrated in the film, I think a reason he had men in the bailey to risk being shot at was to increase casualties on his side. A larger death toll on his side allows him to present the Narnians as a graver threat, arguing for the necessity of a centralisation of martial forces under him (as King).

[@nikolai60]

Very true, but that only explains them being down in the bailey, things like them failing to respond to seeing Narnians and raising the alarm have nothing to do with orders, and just on the individual soldiers inability to react.

[@nikolai60]

I rewatched the scene, and the men in the bailey were just responding to the alarm that was sounded. Miraz did give the order to fire for the reason you stated, but when the alarm was sounded the first people readied ran into the bailey, instead of the walls. Miraz only saw his opportunity once the melee had already started, they actually show his realization as he first walks out onto a balcony.

[@nikolai60]

When rewatching the movie, the moment I saw this castle my first thought was, "Shad's gonna have fun with this one"

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

As required by law, I ask, "But WHAT ABOUT DRAGONS???"

[@OmegaStudios321]

What if the Machicolations are accessible from a level under the battlements? They look low enough for that to be the case. Just an idea.

[@shadiversity]

It could be possible ^_^

[@TalasDD]

at 5;25 you can actualy see that they are 2 story on the left and right outermost towers.

[@cyboot214]

with arrow slits even, so it does looks like there is a full room in there

[@ameritus9041]

That's exactly what I was thinking as well.

[@derdingsreturnsnochmal5177]

This design actually seems safer to me than regular machicolations.

[@bretonic1812]

OUR MACHICOLATIONSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Jasonwolf1495]

Actually a possible reason we don't see the machicolations because they are too low down. They're actually inside the towers which could be viable. They are clearly at least 10 feet down from the ramparts, so its likely that they could be on the inside. yes it means you need double the archers, but considering the dangers of this world it would make some sense to have entirely internal defenses with small holes to attack through (though if that were considered we'd likely see some sort of attempts to have more air defense.)

[@shadiversity]

You could be right but unfortunately it's very hard to confirm

[@100thmonkey]

Have you done a video on how a fantasy castle could defend from such air attacks?

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

@@100thmonkey I think that's going to be very hard. The best AA weapon I can think of for the time would be basic generic archer fire and scorpions. Ideally some sort of self-loading weapon that may have been theorized but I have no idea if any were actually built or just artistic drawings of the time period for weird contraptions. AAA warfare is a complex element in on itself. For the weapon, you need a high velocity, fast firing, all angle loading, fast traverse/elevation, and high elevation. High velocity is important so you don't need to lead as much, which is VERY important since there's no complex aiming mechanical let alone electronic computers back then. Fire control is absolutely essential in AA warfare, as evident in WW1 and WW2 which had abysmal air defenses no matter how many guns you slap on. Fast firing is important since if you can't hit accurately, then you just throw more stuff at it. And part of that is being able to load at all angles. You don't want to lower the weapon and then raise it again, which waste precious time against fast flyers. Fast elevation/traverse is required to be able to keep up with flyers, so no to giant ballistae and trebuchet. Although they MIGHT be good at long distance by throwing out large amount of smaller rocks to take on a swarm of flyers. But after the first volley, it is entirely useless. High elevation... well it's self-explanatory. This is not even getting in to the fire control required to hit a target flying in 3 dimensions.

[@andreasj864]

Epic beginning.

[@Warden_Vtel]

MACHICOLATIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONS!!!

[@paweandonisgawralidisdobrz2522]

DAUBENY, DAUBENY!!! SHOW YOURSELF!

[@bionizard5480]

These warriors dont have to die, trial by combat, RIGHT NOW!!!

[@2to5Raccoons]

Donsmacker1 But what about dragons?

[@paxonite-7bd5]

DRAAAAAGOOOOOONSSSS!

[@Neferkariusz31]

Alright, fellas, let's do this! MA-CHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-COLATIOOONS!

[@shawnmchaa721]

These castle analyses are some of my favorite videos that you make. I also discovered your channel off of your analysis of skingrad. So keep up the great work.

[@autumn1765]

Again, you mention Corfe castle. You should come over an visit it, it's very nice.

[@Dethilion]

Luka Ten Dam do it shad!

[@1207rorupar]

Luka Ten Dam I have a question about that castle, and of the "abandoned" castles in Europe: who owns them? Are they public property or property of the state? Or are there still descendents of the original owners? Can anyone buy those castles or not? I wonder because I'm aware that in Spain and Italy there are some medieval castles and villages for sale either by their private owners or by the state, but I just don't understand what are the rules for owning a property like that: it's both huge and historical, so I imagine the taxes are either huge or almost non existent

[@autumn1765]

It does depend on the castle, but most of them in the UK are owned by the National Trust or English Heritage organisations that focus on preserving historical sites. Corfe Castle is owned by National Trust, meaning that in you can't buy it yourself. I don't know too much about mainland Europe, but i assume it is a similar case.

[@1207rorupar]

Luka Ten Dam thanks for the clarification! For me it's kind of weird seeing the ruined castles near towns and not having a way to know who owns them, as in the few cases I've seen the owner may vary quite a lot, sometimes the nearest community is the "owner", sometimes a particular person or the "state" via a government institution. Also seeing the state of disrepair in some cases is mind boggling, especially the villages In Mexico as far as I know all archeological sites are owned by the state, plus several of them are in jungles so it doesn't surprise me that several are in very bad state (in fact I'm surprised that not more are in bad shape)

[@psammiad]

And they do a wicked cream tea in Corfe ;)

[@lucasmagichands]

Will Shad every find the perfect fantasy castle? Tune in next time to find out!

[@WeegeeSlayer123]

That hair is gorgeous!

[@Zappygunshot]

BRRRRAAAADADADA DAADAAAH~

[@WeegeeSlayer123]

Zap Gun What does that mean?

[@MadNumForce]

MACHICULATIONS - Shad and the Turrets The king tries to pull us d-down (talkin' 'bout machic'lation) 'Cause we don't obey the crown (talkin' 'bout machic'lation) They're tryin' to get all our g-g-gold (talkin' 'bout machic'lation) Sure we can 'till summer hold (talkin' 'bout machic'lation) These machiculations These machiculations, baby! You can bring your t-trebuchet (talkin' 'bout machic'lation) Our archers will get you from the walkw-w-way (talkin' 'bout machic'lation) 'Tis not just about our great lo-lo-location (talkin' 'bout machic'lation) It's also the machi-chi-chiculations (talkin' 'bout machic'lation) These machiculations These machiculations, baby! You can bring your t-trebuchet (talkin' 'bout machic'lation) Our archers will get you from the walkw-w-way (talkin' 'bout machic'lation) 'Tis not just about our great l-l-location (talkin' 'bout machic'lation) It's also the machi-chi-chiculations (talkin' 'bout machic'lation) These machiculations These machiculations, baby! The king tries to pull us d-down (talkin' 'bout machic'lation) 'Cause we don't obey the crown (talkin' 'bout machic'lation) They're tryin' to get all our g-g-gold (talkin' 'bout machic'lation) Sure we can 'till summer hold (talkin' 'bout machic'lation) These machiculations These machiculations, baby!

[@liva9994]

Our castle can make a final stand (talkin' 'bout machic'lation) They can't do it like we can! (Talkin' 'bout machic'lation) We will fire down the holes (Talkin' 'bout machic'lation) Then they'll never reach their goal (Talkin' 'bout machic'lation)

[@liva9994]

your arrows will never to us reach (Talkin' 'bout machic'lation) cause we are up two-twenty feet (Talkin' 'bout machic'lation) our merlons are the ri-right size (Talkin' 'bout machic'lation) so we'll never catch your eye (Talkin' 'bout machic'lation)

[@FreeFallingAir]

If only more knew the song your playing off of to really appreciate how great this comment is lol

[@sachigame924]

"Our heros go in by flying over the walls" several minutes later "There's really no reason for these towers on the back of the castle" Just pointing that out :) I think in a fantasy setting with lots of flying creatures, it would make sense to have high towers all around the castle to watch/defend all possible points of attack from the sky.

[@yoult]

Shad: *whispering "Machicolations"* "I did that for you headphone users" [17mins prior:] Shad: "MAAAAAACHIIIIICOOOOOOOLAAAAAAAAAAAAAATIONS!!!!!"

[@hansyolo8277]

We fight not for money, glory, honor, nor women. WE FIGHT FOR MACHICOLATIONS!!!!!

[@droppedwaffle242]

Hey Shad in the future for these castle reviews could you come up with a point system that you could grade each castle so we can get a better idea of the over all defenses of each castle. It would also help us compare each castle you review! Please and thank you!!!!Your the best!

[@El3ctr1]

At first i thought the Machicolations thing was a forced meme but this Intro was truly somthing to behold. Please make more memes like that.

[@thehackingburger3002]

That intro was fabulous! It's amazing to look back at this castle. I never would have thought when I first saw it at 11 that I would be evaluating it 9 years later! Great job as always, Shad!

[@paweandonisgawralidisdobrz2522]

English „For England for the Queen” Russian „For mother Russia” American „they have oil” Aussie „stralia” Me *„MACHICULATIONS”*

[@timothymclean]

"The towers facing the sides and back of the castle aren't going to have much use." But what about dragons?

[@shadiversity]

Touche ^_^

[@KainusGulch]

So this castle is great, but not impervious to DRAGONS, because NOTHING is IMPERVIOUS to DRAGONS!! ps. Shad, do you have any castle concepts for anti-dragon castles? And are dragons possibly the reason Skyrim has so many dungeons and burrows? Because the early Nords could have decided it was safer to live with their venerable dead in underground cities than go on the surface and be slaves and ... eh ... sustenance for the dragons above, and that's why dragons employed humanoid Dragon Priests for taking over those underground cityscapes to enslave the people down there which resulted in the massive dungeons of draugr we get to run through as the Dragonborn in Skyrim in the present era.

[@aero5560]

KainusGulch I'm an asshole, and I'm into my lore for The Elder Scrolls, and so I'll be harsh: of course not. The Nord's had monuments built and great cities. You may think Whiterun is "Big" but go back and play Arena, and you'll find that Riverwood has its own Duke. The warrior nords were taught by Paarthurnax the way of the Thu'um, where they rebelled against the dragons. The draugr are there because of a curse (I think). And yes, there were underground places, but they weren't cities. Unlike in Skyrim's watered down lore, Nords are big, burly and stupid. They would've thought they could intimate the dragons.

[@KainusGulch]

I have never played the early games for very long. I barely get out of the first dungeon or two before the graphics and awkward gameplay mechanics frustrate me. So you may be satisfied with your well-rested case. Interesting about the duke of Riverwood. BTW Whiterun is puny, and one of the reasons I wished they'd had the guts to make proper cities and proper countrysides in Skyrim. There isn't enough population or industry or crop growing for Skyrim to survive as an actual country. I understand their desire to make a game that could run on most PCs of the year it came out, but I agree a bigger,better or at least slightly more realistic job could have been done. All that said I like Skyrim, story and world, and I won't stop playing it for quite a while. Hope the next real elder scrolls is as good. Hopefully it's even better.

[@aero5560]

KainusGulch im gonna have to disagree with you when you say Skyrim has a good story. Morrowind's Story is amazing. Oblivion's is great. Skyrim's is a watered down generic piece of bullshit. Anyway, they could've done what Dark Souls had done with the world building, making everything not in your area extremely low poly or even just a skybox, but have no load doors. That would've worked.

[@ColonelRPG]

16:41 laughed out loud and went to like the video. Couldn't like the video because I had already liked it. Disliked to so I could like it again.

[@Siperos]

Oh hey, Colonel! Nice to see you here too!

[@nicomoron001]

OH MY GOD ITS YOU!, HELLO!!!

[@cOmAtOrAn]

No mention of the turret on a turret on a turret? I mean, we gave it a pass on Hogwarts, because it's held up by magic, but that doesn't mean all fantasy castles should get away with it.

[@SandraOrtmann1976]

That hair...OMG. Any lady would be jealous of it (of course I mean SnapJelly's, not Prince Caspian's).

[@allamasadi7970]

Machicolations!!! I think we in this youtube community teach as many people as possible about this word😂😂😂

[@TheBigBadBeowulf]

Ya know half the time I can't tell if Shad's reviewing the castle or trying to sell me the damn thing "I mean look at this location!" Yes it's very lovely Shad what about the ca- " I mean just look at those mountains! Gorgeous!" ...You've got yourself a deal

[@Arkhavist_S]

"physics, people! Can't you just think about these things?!" well, it's Hollywood, so... no. They can't.

[@martynkalendar]

I love it when you make intro skits! They’re always amazing! ;D

[@davoocass]

i love these castle review videos professor shad, nobody else really does them, would love to see alot more of them

[@squashedeyeball]

As always, this is my favorite days when there is a new Shad video :) General: "Charge? Attack? I don't recognize any of these battle cries. For me, it's only the delicate, grace and elegance of, 'machicolations'. You don't simply scream this word. You whisper it sweetly with a sly grin on your face, knowing that there is only one outcome now... And that outcome it the best case seleccionar in your case. Those who shout like barbarian, have no real admiration to this magnificent word. They just, drop their load like beasts, without the deep realization of the pleasant tingling it causes to your lips, when you pronounce it correctly" Soldier: General: Soldier: *burns general alive, then goes on to cut anyone related to him in half* Soldier: *takes a deep breath. Fails. Resume to bit general's crispy corpse to dust* Soldier: "*MACHICOLATIOOOOOONNNNN!!!!!!!!!*" #FREECHICOLATIONS

[@brackonstudios]

Big long bridges to high castles are nice, but what if the enemy stayed on the other end, painstakingly smashed/dismantled the bridge in half, and then waited for those inside the castle to stave to death? One way on means one way off as well. Edit: Nevermind, but still, what could one do against this tactic? Edit: Thanks for the whisper, I'm actually wearing headphones. :P

[@wismsgre]

The thing is that they didn't even have to smash it. There is a town at the other end. With stone buildings. In my opinion that is the biggest problem with this castle. Because an army will just have to wait there. Because they now have lots of mini-castles there. So if they would not be atacked by an other army, they could just wait there forever. In a real situation they will put some distance from the casle and the town, or at least the town would be usually made out of wood structures. Or it wouldn't be at all, because it's safer to have a clear area around it in case o attack (even if in the day to day life is not that practical)

[@grayscribe2125]

Not much you can do against this tactic. That was always the question. How much food and water does the castle/city under siege have? If they have enough to outlast the attacking armies... well, that's when they usually tried to storm it despite the causalities.

[@doktorcool3740]

Yeah, no way to make a successful sortie across that bridge. What the defenders need is one or more secret exits at the bottom of the rock on which the castle is standing. I.e. some path down (stairs, or better something a horse can use) leading to a hidden exit. Of course that exit needs to be a) well disguised and b) well protected. Some source of water would also be nice. We probably can assume some sort of cistern, but a well of some sort (again probably starting near the bottom of the rock) would be helpful to endure a long siege.

[@LouisKing995]

brackonstudios The defenders inside the castle could outlast the besieging army, especially if most of the townsfolk have vacated the village with all the towns provisions (which they likely would have). Eventually, soldiers get testy and wages start to add up 🤷‍♂️

[@Wolfsgeist]

That was my thought aswell. I would either destroy the bridge and completely wipe out the castle as an important location (If the only way out is a small postern gate, from which you have to climb down the mountain, the castle and it's defenders aren't a huge danger to you if you control the sorrounding lands. It's not like cavalry could easily come out of that to raid.) or simply man the village, block the bridge and trap the defenders inside. A unit of spearsmen, stakes, barricades and crossbowmen on the roofs and in the windows of the village would make ground meat out of anything that tries a sortie.

[@linksfood]

Have you considered going back to Witcher 3 and doing Kaer Trolde? I recently replayed the game and had your videos in mind, and the castle looked good and defensible, but probably not perfect.

[@massaweed420]

I too would like to see that! As well as maybe some of the ones from the second DLC.

[@felmaraquino1204]

BUT WHAT ABOUT DRAGONS!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!

[@spacecocaine1823]

Machicolations is the one meme I will never tire of. Why? Because whenever I see a damn castle I flip out when I don’t see machicolations. You shoulda seen me once I started seeing the strongholds of Shadow of War... oof.

[@giboranak]

Gods bless you Shad... Laughed so hard at that opening XD

[@Lobster_Lars]

Actually, Shad, If you watch closely when the minotaur headbutts the gate, he's ramming it with the top of his head and his horns are pointing down. The gate is still inexcusably flimsy though.

[@oneofmanyparadoxfans5447]

Not enough gatehouses. There needs to be at least ten for an effective defense. And they all need machicolations.

[@SicMetalMaggot4life]

I love watching Shad’s videos while I eat dinner after work. And that opening nearly made me choke on my food with laughter. XD

[@HashbrownMashup]

I subbed yesterday and I'm not disappointed

[@TheCherryTrader]

I love that you are so engaged with the comments, brings a smile to my face everytime i look down and see all them hearts :P P.S any chance of a dotA 2 video, maybe something on the weapons used :)

[@killergandalf]

Can you do a video about Castle Fairfax/ Bowerstone Castle from the game Fable 2 and from Fable 3? PS:In Fable 3, the Castle has a different design

[@doomguy19931]

WE MUST DEFEND OUR MAAAAAAAACCCCHHHHHIIIICCCCUUUUULLLLAAAAATTTIIIOOOONNNS!

[@Neferkariusz31]

Alright, fellas, let's do this! MA-CHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-COLATIOOONS!

[@Heksbold]

MACHICOLATIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONS!!!!!!!!!

[@Akm72]

Calm down dear. It's only a model!

[@notjamesstockdale3563]

Maybe the smaller crenelations were ornamental pieces on the towers on the far side of the castle from the bridge. The only attacks that could come on that side would be aerial assaults where merlons would not be useful.

[@paweandonisgawralidisdobrz2522]

„The cronicles of machiculations.” „Ever lasting machiculation” „How to train your machiculation” „King machiculations and knights of a round machiculations” „The legend of machiculations” „machiculations leage” „Pommel vs machiculation dawn of Hema” „back to the machiculations” „Pirates of machiculatiean” „The last machiculation” „How i met your machiculation” „King kong: machiculations island” „Jurrasic machiculations”

[@tomlewis5105]

The Fellowship of the Machicolation The Two Machicolations Return of the Machicolation

[@dylanrosier4855]

Hey Shad I am a working a video game and specifically on a fantasy game I have a general idea of the area surrounding a castle that I'm designing for the game but wanted some help on making sure the castle was functional and realilistic. So here it goes for what I have as is, The castle is known as Truehorn Keep built partially into a mountain side with the path into the actual castle being a small cave in the upper reaches of the mountain. The several guard towers appear out the side of the mountain as to be look out towers. The city or really town is built on the southern side of the mountain with a eastern lake front. The path up to the castle's entrance (the cave) is within the northern part of the town. So that's the idea I have so far as for other defenses I don't have much of an idea and am still only in the conceptual stage of the art so any input any can give would be helpful thanks!!

[@bubblemage1791]

My machicolations make murder masterfully... umm.. what's a synonym for easy that begins with M? uhhhhhhhhhh... MANAGEABLE! AH-HA! (thank you internet) My machicolations make murder masterfully manageable.

[@patriciusthehumanfighter3642]

I laughed between 17:27 and 17:31. "THEY DON'T HAVE 'EM!" But being serious... I tip my hat to you, good sir. You and the rest of the history-related content producers on KZbin do great work in keeping people informed on our history. Keep it up.

[@jamesr1494]

That intro was more glorious than there are ways to describe it.

[@charlessapp1835]

Couple of things I noticed. First, when the Narnians attacked the castle, they made one HUGE mistake. You can thank G. A. Henty's book "In Freedom's Cause, a tale of Wallace and Bruce," for my knowledge of this mistake. And it bugs me every time I watch Prince Caspian. Now when they raised the portcullis and lowered the drawbridge, what the Narnians should of done, is to bring a cart or something like that from the town to place under the portcullis so that if dropped, it could not drop all of the way. (Like with the monitor only non killable). Also, some of the Narnians should of had a duty to either lock the drawbridge in place, or to cut the chains so that it could not raised. This way, in defeat or victory, there is a way for reinforcements to get in or to retreat. Also, an idea for that first gate house. Is it possible that it was placed there as an easy gate to close in the case of a rushing enemy. Say people are fleeing from the town with an enemy close at their heels. The light gate could be quickly closed and give the garrison time to raise the drawbridge. Thus the purpose was to slow down the enemy to give the garrison time to prepare the main defenses. I think the main reason troops rushed out in the courtyard was because in their surprise their only thought was to stop the enemy. And you will note that when they first rushed into the courtyard there were only the heroes in the courtyard. Thus, if they could have reached the gatehouse before the Narnians got there, they could have used the opening to stop the Narnians. Finally, I love your content! I would greatly recommend you reading G.A. Henty's book "In Freedom's Cause," or any other of Henty's many historical fiction books. Several of which take place in the Medieval time frame, and involve the defense/attacks of many castles and cities.

[@averakair9831]

That is why the Minotaur should of took a tower shield and charge the gate :D

[@dallenhumpherys7911]

I wish Shad would do more castle videos. They are what originally brought me to this channel.

[@CyrusOfNaias]

You know, I wish the people who Dislike videos like this would actually say why they dislike it. I can see no real reason to dislike any Shad video I have ever seen

[@eruyommo]

Now I want a critique of Cair Paravel, the witch's castle, and the usage of the stone table as a fortress. I'm more interested in the last one. Would those ruins function as an improvised fortress?

[@MandalorV7]

Really good video. You bring such an energy to castle design. The Lord of the Ring Shadow of War will give you plenty of castles to look over.

[@harryboy1883]

This video was especially fantastic (and the intro was positively amazing)! Keep up the good work! Although there is one more thing that could have been covered that could make the castle an almost perfect castle. The separated side towers protruding on either side of the castle are both amazing and terrible at the same time, and could give this castle an amazing advantage. First, the bad. Both towers are especially small and relatively far away from the entrance, so I am not sure how effective archers or crossbowmen would be on those towers. Also, the tower on the right has towers on the tower! How on Earth would that be more effective?? The towers in their current state are practically useless. Next, the good. What would need to be done to make these towers perfect would be to make the towers themselves larger. By doing so, it might be possible to place trebuchets on the top of the towers. By mounting trebuchets on the towers, it might be possible to take out large siege equipment and possibly large battalions of troops as well. Also, given the height and distance from the entrance, it would be very difficult to take out the trebuchets from the bridge or village, and it would be especially difficult to mount a long-term siege to starve out the castle. Why? Just imagine trying to set up a long-term siege against a castle with trebuchets having perfect range and distance to fire at your troops, and not being able to do anything to counterattack without getting close to the castle and risking exposure to further attack. Furthermore, if the invaders wanted to set up any large and heavy siege equipment, the trebuchets could easily destroy the equipment before they could be used. The only problem is that there are buildings in the village close to the bridge, which provides cover to the invaders, although it also makes it difficult for the invaders to attack anywhere other than the bridge. The only other addition I could think of making to the castle (although it would be extremely difficult) would be to make a passageway from the castle to the bottom of the cliff, so as to flee from invaders in case something terrible happens. That way, say if Royalty is being housed in the castle and needs to escape, they could access the bottom of the cliff in order to get a great amount of distance from the invaders. All in all, with multiple drawbridges, proper gatehouses, machicolations, and trebuchets on the towers, I think that this castle could be well near perfect.

[@Gryflir]

For Narnia !

[@Gryflir]

For Machicolatioooon !!!!

[@iamaronman]

Also if you look at the far end of the bridge away from the castle, it looks like it has two guard houses flanking both sides to the entrance. Maybe not a proper gatehouse but it is a bit of a buffer to the bridge for added defense.

[@M3RS.]

Can you talk more about historical weapons? And maybe do collab with SnapJelly?

[@satoau1]

wondering if a single approach is in fact a weakness? would make starving the castle out so much easier as you wouldn't have to divide your forces at all. a secondary and tertiary entrance would make it possible to get messages or a sortie out, and get supplies in.

[@paweandonisgawralidisdobrz2522]

*FOR MACHICULATIONS!!!*

[@alexchobanov]

Hello Shad, I have a quick question: Has it happened historically, and if not - what do you think would happen, if instead of trying to take over such a castle ( well defended, with only one access point - the main bridge ) an opposing force decides to destroy the bridge. It seems like an obvious flaw to me, but I am no expert on the subject. If it would be stupid, and thus not done, why?

[@nicholascoulter3760]

Machicolatioooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooons are pretty important but what about the dragons?

[@scottmcintyre2809]

To be fair, the crenelations that aren't big enough may be on some of those towers that you could never realistically assault, so they would be there purely for decoration to keep the appearance of the castle consistent around the entire perimiter.

[@willbloodworth2992]

I'm finally first on a video but what about dragons?!

[@Nethan2000]

Well, with a tiled roof, for starters. It could be seen as a bit of a failure not to account for flying creatures that definitely exist in that settings. If they have access to concrete (like the Romans did), they could make domes, which I imagine have higher resistance against impacts.

[@Sebi_ad_portas]

well they did not consider any flying creatures since they believe the "Old Narnians" to be extinct for centuries.

[@miguel0n338]

This was awesome! As a HUGE Narnia fan, I gotta say I really enjoyed this. This castle is definitely cool, and really looks more like it was built to be defensible, but I'm not surprised that you found something wrong with it (and I mean that in a good way - the people who create these movie castles should pay attention to your videos IMO). When Caspian rebuilds Cair Paravel, he should put you in charge of the building. :D

[@gabrielmunoz4055]

I know you ahve a thing for machicolations, but most of the towers with fake ones didn't need them, because they're looking out at the cliff, mostly. But yeah, the one on the gatehouses would've been useful.

[@thomasmcgraw8778]

Towards the beginning when you were talking about how they managed to get the defensive bonus of being on a hill without the disadvantages of day to day climbs. I got to thinking that wouldn't it be better to have an inclined bridge to the gatehouse to make the approach of the battering ram harder

[@mistermister2291]

Brilliant intro. rotlmao! Also, it would make sense to send soldiers down to the main courtyard to hold off the attackers and give the archers time to work. Pulling those men back would have given the attackers an even easier time taking the bailey. *But they could have held the walkways where the archers were. Well, then the archers become useless and those minotaurs would have messed those defenders up.

[@artysausagedog1588]

I told my friend about MACHICOLATIONS!!!! we must spread the word of these fabulous artworks of medieval engineering!!

[@juanpablogonzalez8528]

i lost it with the machicolations shirt

[@simontmn]

Oh yeah, this was a particularly great castle review even by your standards Shad, thanks! :) There are a lot of very 'weak' castles in games & films, it was great to see a review of a relatively strong one. It probably helped a lot that within the film the castle's role was to get a lot of attackers massacred, so it had to be pretty strong, with stuff like the great location and the real drawbridge(!).

[@tyranid13]

They may never take our Machicolations!!! umm...ok... but what about our Dragons!!

[@mjameshenry]

Just wanted to say that your castle reviews are always really informative. Thanks for making them.

[@Immortal_Fish]

I just loved the intro. MACHICOLATIOOOOOOONS!!!! MEN!!!!!

[@paweandonisgawralidisdobrz2522]

I felt lonely but seeing that 4 of my comments got hearts under single wideo i feel wanted and loved. Thank you Shad.

[@shadiversity]

You're welcome, and here's another one ^_^

[@paweandonisgawralidisdobrz2522]

Thank you Shadiversity. And sorry for late response but im in eastern european time zone.

[@Fuzzycat16]

That clip...That clip was perfect!

[@bobbutts4402]

i'm not gonna act like he was paying attention to the comments i left with my rando account, but i did ask for this review on every video. THANK YOU SO MUCH SHAD!

[@shadiversity]

it's a pleasure to please ^_^

[@burymycampaignatwoundedkne3395]

The intro made my day.

[@Onemurillo]

I had been expecting the shout all video. Thanks for the pleasant surprise

[@bubzthetroll]

If they'd have built it like a flak tower they could have kept both those pesky kids AND dragons out. A couple ballista crews on the roof would have taken down that griffen right quick.

[@dennisgout772]

First off, I've been watching your channel for a long time now, as well as following the adventures of (It's) Tabletop Time (please come back soon) and I love it. Thank you for producing great content all the time, my favorites are your series on what weapons fantasy creatures should use and the castle reviews obviously. But I was wondering what you think about eastern style castles and their designs. Seeing as they have a completely different philosophy behind them, I thought it might be interesting to examine on your channel. Also, I'm really curious to see what your 'perfect' castle design would look like.

[@DinaricWolf]

11/10 intro.

[@doktorcool3740]

What about those towers which spring from the side of another tower which springs from the side of yet another tower? I seem to remember that your rightfully decried those in some previous analysis as statically unsound.

[@shadowgearaudio293]

For the Machicolations!!!!

[@JeremyJensen_FiveKids]

There is one additional question you failed to address: How well would this castle survive a prolonged siege? - Certainly there is enough room for ample food larders, but what about fresh water? Again, enough room for massive cisterns, but cistern water can go stale if it isn't rotated/replenished often enough. - Also, that long narrow bridge as a central access point is a double-edged sword. The defenders only have one way out to mount counter-offensives and that narrow bridge will prevent your defending forces from leaving en masse. The besieging army could cut them to ribbons as they march across the bridge. Comments? Opinions?

[@jacksonbrewer2380]

Jeremy Jensen there might be a postern down in the bottom

[@RodolfoDM]

LOVED the intro kudos