Ail eyes snapped to the top of the northern cliff.
At ground floor level is the Water Gate, between the north and west ranges, which gives access to the postern on the northern cliffs.
Then they scrambled to their feet and took off running for the northern cliffs.
Red light from the fire surged along the northern cliff and lit the scene.
It rose up from the plateau's southern corner, spanned its length, and ended high in the northern cliffs.
On the northern cliffs of the Wedge, six shadowed forms slipped swiftly into the darkness and were gone.
As the light died, Phaethon thought he saw a crawling, writhing movement along the northern cliffs.
She looked toward the northern cliffs, but the dust obscured all.
In the final days, some 4,000 Japanese women and children had jumped off northern cliffs in mass suicides prompted by fear of capture.
The violent attack forced the crusaders down the steep northern cliff.