Army Field

The Army Field appears as one of the most predominant locations on Poikilo Oros, which spans the entire area of Peristeri, parts of Chaidari and the districts of Chrysoupoli. Despite the humongous area it covers, most of it remained unexplored, mainly due to the borders of the functioning army areas which block off entrance to civilians on most of its sides.

It appeared extensively on Vuori Chronicles #8, Vuori: The Warehouses, and is part of Segment A, Eisodos. Towards the forbidden Shooting Fields areas, the land slopes upwards to the expanses of Zacharitsa and the Final Antennae, and enters Segment B, Vouno.

It bears its own location name, Stratopedo.

## Conquer

Parts of the Army Field were walked on in December 2015, when the Vuoriors descended from Kaskantami and the Chaidari Antennae and exited onto the old tennis fields of KEVOP at Chaidari. Later on, the woods and shrubs of the area were crossed by Vuoriors James Kingston, Periklis Vai and Sotiris Annis in March 2018 to escape the dangerous areas of the Narrow Road after Nightfall.

The slope descending from the Narrow Road and into the expanses of the Army Field has also been used extensively to make a short return from the Guardpost back down Tempon Road, instead of circumventing the way towards Pefkies and the First Antenna.

On March 17, 2020, the Army Field was extensively conquered from down up by James Kingston, Sotiris Annis and Tasos Katsoudas.

## Landscape

To the right of the Lower Monastery areas, where The Monastery separates itself from the Gorge, an opening at the Orange trees leads to an array of beautiful glades of low altitude that overlook the plains of Peristeri. A plethora of shrubbery spangles the area, including aspalathus buds, dried aloe bushes, pines and olive trees, which give off an ancient Greek grove vibe. Onwards and to the deeper part of the Mountain, the land turns rockier, with valleys and small gorges as well as bas-reliefs which lead to a serene coppice full of thyme bushes, appropriately called the Thymewood.

Onwards, the Vuoriors discovered abandoned Apiary Fields, the third area apart from the ones at the Kato Melies- Apolikseis borders and the Narrow Road slope of The Monastere. A small table with wooden chairs was located under the pines making for a lovely, quiescent place, and lower down the road a medium-sized wheat and rye field overlooks the small slope. The stone remnants of an old construction reign over this field overlooking another Athens Panorama, which led the Vuoriors to believe they had found the second ancient *φρυκτωρία* after the one discovered atop the Vuori Village.

Finally, the land turns upwards and meets the Narrow Road at the Guardpost. Beyond the Narrow Road and its Olive Roads, one turns to the left to find the end of the Second Antenna and Lipyri roads which lead to the forbidden shooting fields which are strewn with a fence of wild stipa plants and form the natural border of the Army Field and Zacharitsa.

Continuing further upwards, rumor had it one could directly reach the Final Antennae, and this long-sought dream was realized by Vuoriors James Kingston, Sotiris Annis and Tasos Katsoudas on the late evening of March 17, 2020.

## The Bunker

On the lowest parts of the Army Field, mere yards above the Orange trees opening and the olive tree glades of the Army Field, there is an old stone construction with two rooms and a vegetated roof, which appeared to have been once serving the army as an aqueduct or a water tank.

A rusty line of steps led to a dark upper space which was hypothesized to have once hosted water. Another floor locked by rusty rails seemed to have been built, however no other entrance was discovered into it. Due to its grim, haunting appearance and resemblance to the old German Nazi camps, it was informally called The Bunker.

Debris and crushed pipes were discovered on the site, including the remains of a dead bat.