Discuss.
All Gundring sailors learn to hold their breath for at least one minute. Trained Jorrin Marines can typically hold their breath for six minutes; the best among them can manage nine or even ten minutes.
Gundring ship-runes are usually concentrated along the hull railing, on the rudder and around the mast. Some non-Gundring art depicts runed ship’s wheels on their ships, but these are fanciful ideas at best. Discussion.
There are two major Gundring sword-styles in use today: Pyort, which emphasizes power and close combat, and Leffik, which emphasizes speed and debilitating precision. Pyort is more popular among active members of the Gundring Navy given that Leffik’s required precision […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pirate raids are brutal and typically quick; quarter is rarely given and almost never received by pirates. An exception to this occurred during the reign of Kyar The Generous, nineteenth Frejking of the Northern Fjords (NB 581-615), who allowed pirates […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The uses of axes among the Gundring persist, both because axes are cheaper in their manufacture (and thus popular with troops raised from the carls and serf levies) and because Gundring traditionalists continue to define axes as “proper” Gundring weapons. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Gundring nobles widely adopted longswords following raids on the Highllanos of the Western Dons approximately eighty years ago. The Dons’ forces demonstrated – repeatedly – that axemen were only a danger to swordsmen when operating at the highest level of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Gundring light mail, while dense, is remarkably easy to wear (at least for strong adults). Sleeveless vests are favoured by the nobility, who prize retaining mobility along their arms for dueling purposes (and style). Jorrin Marines, on the other hand, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…