02 - Iron Kingdoms W.. - Captain Spud Is Amazing

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30 Iron Kingdoms
Maximillin Nivin and
his apprentice Elias
Decklan work to perfect
the cerebral matrix.
In 28 AR, Aurumn Alchemist Oliver Gulvont
created a prototype weapon that fired a lead pellet
through a board of wood at ten paces. Shortly after in 32
AR the region of Tordor turned into a bloody battlefield
of smoke and fire during the Battle of the Hundred
Wizards. Supported by local nobles, wizards repelled
the Orgoth from the Tordoran border. The battle so
severely damaged the Orgoth military that it took eight
years for them to retake the region. The Orgoth recaptured
Tordor in 40 AR and executed hundreds of
wizards and suspected collaborators, yet despite this,
Tordor continued to resist albeit more subtly.
Having been hard at work for almost a
century, the Order of the Golden Crucible
finally produced the first pinlock firing
mechanism and by 80 AR had begun
manufacturing firearms in earnest. The
legendary Army of Thunder rose up
to liberate Rynyr from the Orgoth just
four years later wielding the firearms
manufactured by the Golden Crucible.
The Army of Thunder left the smoky
streets and fields of Rynyr slick with
Orgoth blood.
Over the next two years the Orgoth
fought pitched battles with the Army of
Thunder and finally drove them back
to the gates of Leryn. At the Battle of
the Thunderhead in 86 AR, Leryn held
strong and repelled an army of 10,000
Orgoth troops with an arsenal of
deadly spells, alchemical concoctions,
and well-crafted firearms. The rest
of Rynyr fell under the Orgoth
siege, as the other cities were not
as prepared and the enemy seized
several leaders of the Army of
Thunder as well as their rifles.
Brutal interrogations provided the
Orgoth with the secrets of making
their own firearms. Within a year
Orgoth infantrymen were spotted
firing ironbound firearms called
blackdrakes. Not as accurate as
the Rynnish rifles of the time,
blackdrakes made up for their
lack of range or accuracy with
their stopping power by using
loosely packed pellet shot.
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