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	- '''[[Flint Postry\|Flint]]''' - Flint's objective in the chapter is to reach the sea wall and deliver the Kakrops Jars to the anchored ''Mordant''; the wall is the destination his push is aimed at, and his failure to secure it determines the battle's outcome. - ch 48.		* '''[[Flint Postry\|Flint]]''' - Flint's objective in the chapter is to reach the sea wall and deliver the Kakrops Jars to the anchored ''Mordant''; the wall is the destination his push is aimed at, and his failure to secure it determines the battle's outcome. - ch 48.
	- '''[[Orhuhst\|Hullseer Orhuhst]]''' - Orhuhst commands the Cotto assault on the wall and the seizure of the ''Mordant'' from its anchorage, making the wall the object of his operation. - ch 48.		* '''[[Orhuhst\|Hullseer Orhuhst]]''' - Orhuhst commands the Cotto assault on the wall and the seizure of the ''Mordant'' from its anchorage, making the wall the object of his operation. - ch 48.
	- '''[[Croskin\|Cohort-Monitor Croskin]]''' - Croskin's demons are deployed in a double firing line along the approach to the wall, making him the defender of the wall's landward access. - ch 48.		* '''[[Croskin\|Cohort-Monitor Croskin]]''' - Croskin's demons are deployed in a double firing line along the approach to the wall, making him the defender of the wall's landward access. - ch 48.

	== Notable Quotes ==		== Notable Quotes ==

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The sea wall is a broad structure at the terminus of the land, joining the Alkhalend waterfront to the harbour beyond, and it serves as the ground on which the final phase of the battle at Alkhalend is fought. - Days of Shattered Faith, ch 48. Within the series' architecture it is less a settlement or institution than a chokepoint: the last fixed geography the combatants can hold or lose, the physical edge beyond which the fighting passes into open water.

Its significance in ''Days of Shattered Faith'' is concentrated and violent. In the closing chapter of the novel the wall becomes the contested hinge between the Pal evacuation of the Kakrops Jars and the Cotto seizure of that evacuation by sea. A Pal vessel, the ''Mordant'', is anchored at the wall to receive the Jars; Cotto forces under the Hullseer Orhuhst swarm up the wall's face in small boats to cut the handoff short. - ch 48. The wall's role is thus singular and terminal: it is where the war's outcome is decided not by strategy but by who can reach the last ship before the enemy does.

== The Place ==
=== Geography & Character ===
The sea wall is described as a broad wall standing at the end of the land, connecting directly to the harbour. - ch 48. It sits within the Alkhalend waterfront district, which encompasses the streets of the mill district, the Water Lanes, the Sand Lanes, and the harbour proper. - ch 48. Its physical character in the book is defined by its function as a barrier: it has a face that can be swarmed up by small boats, and an approach path along which a formation can be laid down to block movement. - ch 48. As a space in the narrative it is open, exposed, and vertical; there is no interior to retreat into, only the wall's crest and the water beyond.

=== Who Holds It ===
At the moment the novel introduces the sea wall it is under Pal-allied control: the ship ''Mordant'' is anchored there, dispatched to receive the Kakrops Jars. - ch 48. That control is seized during the chapter by Cotto forces under the Hullseer Orhuhst, who oversees the assault and the taking of the vessel. - ch 48. The transition is immediate and total within the chapter; the wall passes from Pal anchorage to Cotto prize in the space of the final battle.

=== What Happens Here ===
The sea wall stages the last act of the battle at Alkhalend. Flint pushes toward the wall to deliver the Kakrops Jars to the ''Mordant''; Cotto pirates swarm up the wall's face in small boats to prevent the handoff; Croskin's demons form a double firing line to block the ogrodon's path along the approach to the wall. - ch 48. The ''Mordant'' is overrun. - ch 48. The choice of this location rather than any other is structural: it is the point where the land ends and the only remaining Pal asset, the ship, must be reached or lost. No alternative ground exists beyond it.

== History ==
=== Days of Shattered Faith ===
The sea wall is a broad wall at the end of the land, connecting to the harbour, and it is the site of the battle's final phase - ch 48. It lies within the Alkhalend waterfront district that encompasses the streets of the mill district, the Water Lanes, the Sand Lanes, and the harbour - ch 48. The Pal ship Mordant is anchored at the sea wall, dispatched to receive the Kakrops Jars; the vessel is ultimately overrun by Cotto forces - ch 48. The Cotto pirate leader Orhuhst, the Hullseer, oversees the Cotto assault on the sea wall and the seizure of the Pal ship - ch 48. As Flint pushes toward the sea wall to deliver the Jars, Cotto pirates swarm up the wall's face in small boats - ch 48. Croskin's demons form a double firing line blocking the ogrodon's path along the approach to the wall - ch 48.

== Relationships ==
- '''[[Flint Postry|Flint]]''' - Flint's objective in the chapter is to reach the sea wall and deliver the Kakrops Jars to the anchored ''Mordant''; the wall is the destination his push is aimed at, and his failure to secure it determines the battle's outcome. - ch 48.
- '''[[Orhuhst|Hullseer Orhuhst]]''' - Orhuhst commands the Cotto assault on the wall and the seizure of the ''Mordant'' from its anchorage, making the wall the object of his operation. - ch 48.
- '''[[Croskin|Cohort-Monitor Croskin]]''' - Croskin's demons are deployed in a double firing line along the approach to the wall, making him the defender of the wall's landward access. - ch 48.

== Notable Quotes ==
No verbatim dialogue appears in the source passages for this location.

== Tags ==
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