4 ms·
> If they breach the walls and actually enter the interior of the castle, they have already lost and no staircase design can save them. That's assuming that th
by chimprich 5y ago
> If they breach the walls and actually enter the interior of the castle, they have already lost and no staircase design can save them.
That's assuming that the castle has fallen by assault. If the attacker was an assassin who had gained access to the castle through subterfuge or a disgruntled worker then interior defences may have conceivably been useful.