| "The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Lord Dunsany | |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy |
| Publication | |
| Published in | The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories |
| Publication type | Short story collection |
| Publisher | George Allen & Sons |
| Publication date | 1908 |
"The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth" is a fantasy short story by Lord Dunsany, first published in his 1908 collection The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories. It describes the hero Leothric's quest to free his people from bad dreams the evil sorcerer Gaznak has set on them, by first finding the sword Sacnoth and then venturing into Gaznak's fortress.
The story has been described as one of Dunsany's best and a major influence on sword and sorcery fiction.