High Elvish 20 vel cannon By Imperator-Zor Watch

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The High Kingdom of Ilvanas was among the last power on the continent to adopt black powder weaponry. A combination of magical aptitude and general conservationism had for centuries convinced their long lived military leadership that cannons were crude dangerous devices of at best marginal usefulness. Only experience in their war with the Dark Elves changed their minds, arming their ships and fortification with artillery. Even then it took them even more time to start making their own artillery pieces. This changed when Lord Kylison of house Tellisynel set up a cannon Foundryon a royal contract by making the claim that he could deliver guns just as good as those the Dwarves were making at a lower price using a workforce composed mostly of golems. In 60 BIA after ten years, a lot of foreign consultation, delay and false starts his foundry managed to do just that. In 3 BIA a Second Foundry was set up as the personal asset of the High King. By 37 IA the High Elves make about 40% of their artillery.



High Elvish cannons are fairly well made for weapons for Pre-Infrastructural designs, though on the same note they are expensive. A few of them are runic guns, but even the mundane ones benefited from magical separation of impurities in the smelting processes. They rarely burst and are slightly lighter than average (this one weighed in at 2 tonnes compared to it's typical 2.65 tonne traditional Drow counterpart). They tend towards having a vase shape and usually are ignited via fire spell. Both bronze and iron are used in cannon construction. Each individual cannon is generally given a name at the foundry and has some poetry engraved onto it. The common calibers for high elvish artillery are 5, 10, 20 and 30 vel* Long guns. Their maximum effective range was about a kilometer. Their carriages are usually made out of enchanted wood, which allows for a greater degree of control. Up until recently, Dark Elvish captains prized captured High Elvish guns. With recent advances however this has changed.



*High Elvish unit of weight, aprox 0.52 kilgrams.

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