Defending What?

Let's state the basics. This is a series of views whose objective is the retaking of a culture from the nekulturny who have hijacked it. It is named for an earthen fortress that once protected a young city against attack, but which was abandoned as a new and unsuccessful strategy evolved to defend the city. The defenders were routed in the field, the city evacuated and plundered, eventually to be rebuilt under rule of the conquerors. A playground lays where cannon stood. The conquerors had their good points and readily assimilated some of the better points of the vanquished, so society functions with domestic tranquility, lawfulness, industry, and art. But some notes still don't ring true, and our prime objective is to identify false notes and recast the bell.