Defenses

 are one of the settlement qualities in Oriental Empires.

Siege Defense
Even a simple wooden palisade can pose an insurmountable defense to an ill-prepared enemy. Wooden palisades with archery towers will stop even a large army without the means of bypassing this defense. But archers with the ability to shoot flaming arrows can breech this style of defense easily so rammed earth walls may be required to stop a more properly prepared foe. But even archers can cause wooden gates to burn so having a garrison may be required.