Finally, before the ship is launched, the trunks are bled. The sails are woven from spidersilk and the hair of shriven Elven Priestesses each ensorcelled, each a tapestry of enchanting beauty, a work of art in itself.
Sculptors shape the craft as it growsm always working with the wood to maintain its strength and integrity. Once each tree is uprooted, spells are used to keep the tree alive and the masts are actually branches grown out of the hulls. The Shipwrights lovingly tend groves of Starwood for the lifetimes of many men, carefully selecting only the strongest and most flawless of these magical trees for their purposes. Like all Elf ships, the hulls of Eagleships are carved from the trunk of a single mighty Starwood tree grown specially for this purpose by the Master Shipwrights of Ulthuan. These huge, sleek streamlined ships can outrace Bretonnian Corsairs and are even more manoeuvreable. The cornerstone of the fleets of Ulthuan are the Eagleships: massive, fast and deadly ocean-going craft armed with broadside batteries of deadly Eagle Claws. In addition to the Dragonblades, the Dragonship carries two forward firing Eagle Claw bolt thrower batteries. Each Dragonblade is inlaid with potent runes from the elder days, and such is their power that men can go mad with terror merely by looking upon them.ĭragonblades are set in the twin prows of Dragonships and are capable of slicing otherships in two, shattering them completely. It is possibly the hardest substance in the world.
They were made from truesilver, an alloy of adamant and steel, heated in the breath of dragons and moulded by the spells of the mightiest of mages. The Dragonblades were forged in ancient days before the Sundering. They tower above even the mighty Eagleships and are armed with a weapon the rumour of which causes the sailors of other races to shudder: the Dragonblade. They are crewed by magestic silver-helmed Elf nobles who vie for their place on board in ritual contests of arms. When a Dragonship puts to sea it means the Elves are going to war. No more ships of this size can be built and the loss of one is a tragedy about which epic sagas are sung.ĭragonships never sail forth on missions of peace. Sadly Anhara Draconis was destroyed, burned to the ground by the Dark Elves of Naggaroth during the time of the Sundering. The resin bled into a distinctive shimmering gold which glittered like the scales of dragons. Eagle Claws (2 Fore, 1 Brdsd), Dragonbladesĭragonships are the mightiest of Elf warships - twin-hulled catamarans with sweeping sails.ĭragonships were carved from Starwood grown in Anhara Draconis, where the trees grew twice as thick and half again as high as normal Starwood.
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