These natural borders made the territory of Nymphaion more easily defendable. Similar but smaller and less defendable earthworks are found on the sides of hills. The documentation is sufficient yet thorough and extremely defendable. To their surprise the Kandyan forces began to retreat rapidly, even abandoning easily defendable positions. Smaller villages, however, would not have been defendable in former slave-trading days. The site was deep enough water for ships to dock but was also easily defendable. The Companions and slaves hide in a defendable valley. Unlike Hero's, each weight class had a champion with a defendable title.