Middenheim stands atop an ancient core, a sheer-sided, iron-hard pinnacle of rock that rises out of the surrounding forest, just beyond the slate-cragged desolation of the Middle Mountains. This great and impregnable fortress is accessible by means of four great highways on lofty viaducts, cunningly engineered so that they may be destroyed at very short notice. In addition, there are numerous chair-lifts, rope-ladders, and (some say) a whole network of secret tunnels that worm under the city and into the forest below. The city is built high to protect it - for it would be first on the list in the event of an invasion of Chaos from the north - and to enable its inhabitants to gaze out far over the treetops. Even from the tallest tower of the slate-grey city, an observer can still see little