Eyewitness to the Wall Content . Soldiers came to the farm last night . They were in the Duke ' s livery . My heart pounded as I tried to remember whether I ' d paid the proper tax this season , but that wasn ' t why they were here . They asked us to tear down our fence . I asked if they were redrawing the boundaries of my land , but they said they needed the stone . All we could gather , for the army . We ' re going to war with the heathen Longhouse Emperor ! < nowiki > * * * < / nowiki > Took my family the better part of the day to stack our cart as high as we dared . I should be able to reach Duke Varen ' s encampment before dusk , I think . < nowiki > * * * < / nowiki > More tents than I thought . Carts , too . Some of the faces I know , others must have come from the farthest reaches of the county . Duke Varen ' s call to arms didn ' t fall on deaf ears . Has word also reached the Emperor , I wonder ? < nowiki > * * * < / nowiki > This army is determined to keep the Legion out of Colovia and here ' s where they intend to make their stand , tirelessly toiling at fortifications . They ran through my cart of stone in nary an hour . They ' ve asked us to collect any loose rock we can find . Back home to demolish more of my poor fence , I suppose . < nowiki > * * * < / nowiki > My wife and some of our neighbors helped with the tear down . Even volunteered their carts to the cause . I ' m sorry to see it go , but I ' d rather see my stone put to work keeping those filthy Reachmen out of our land than keeping my herds from wandering into the turnips . < nowiki > * * * < / nowiki > It ' s not pretty to look at , but the wall grows into a daunting obstacle with each passing day . More than a head tall now and no end in sight . I don ' t know what the Duke ' s planning , but I trust he knows what he ' s doing . Too dark to head back now , so I ' ll spend the night in my cart . < nowiki > * * * < / nowiki > The soldiers invited us into their camp , Mara thank them . I ' m getting too old to go a night without a bed , or at least a pile of hay . They look exhausted from heaving bricks all day and all night . The Duke has them working in shifts . He must think the bloodshed will reach us soon to rush the work so . I don ' t want to be here when that time comes . < nowiki > * * * < / nowiki > Off again to find more loose rocks . Short of tearing down some homes and ripping up the cobble , we ' ve claimed all we can from the obvious sources . Some of us are going to pick at a few of those old ruins . < nowiki > * * * < / nowiki > Don ' t care for these old Elf places . Not one bit . Just tossing what rock we can in the carts and getting on our way before something takes offense . < nowiki > * * * < / nowiki > The last load delivered , and none too soon . I think the cart ' s liable to collapse any moment now . Soon my work here will be done . Duke Varen ' s work ' s only beginning , though . Eight bless them in sending those Daedra - buggering , lice - ridden , canker - nibbling Reachmen back to their rotten carcass huts in the north ! < nowiki > * * * < / nowiki > Legion ! The Legion ' s been spotted on the march . Got to find my cart and get out of here . The wall sure looks sturdy , though .