In Tibian folklore, there were quite a few songs describing Thesalie.
Of course, they were embellished to the point the city was almost turned into one of tall, mythical tales, flaunting it to excess.
For example, in some instances, Thesalie was described as a great infallible city with walls kilometers high, literally reaching into the clouds, with them thick enough for chariot races to be held atop them and manned by a million men and a million angels.
That the soldiers there were undead, their numbers never depleting and the hills around it were treacherous and full of ghosts and spirits who would attack any invader.
It was such ridiculous claims that made the city seem more like something belonging inside a fairy tale, and the ordinary folk found it hard to relate to it.
So these kinds of overly dramatic descriptions simply failed to form any connection to the ordinary peasants and the fall of Thesalie was