Wulf is being slightly inaccurate when he says that Jorrin marines can hold their breath for seven minutes. Seven minutes is what the Jorrins who are best at diving manage. Five minutes is an acceptable pass for most people, not […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A platoon of Jorrin marines is not strictly required for ships with Gundring naval obligations, but most ships of noble houses will have at least a half-platoon (ten Jorrins) on board, with richer houses having a full platoon or even […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
All Gundring ships of the fleet are equipped with numerous measures most other navies do not use. Capture nets (used to trawl downed sailors, be they friendlies or enemies, out of the water) are one such measure.
What is popularly called “the Gundring Navy” is in fact the sum of the military fleets of all families represented in the Korrthing. It is not centrally organized and for mass excursions and operations relies heavily on direction from the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Rather than a trivia tidbit about the world this week, a note – I first wrote the initial draft of Al’Rashad (as a screenplay, at that time) back in 2000-2002, before and after 9/11, and one of the things I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Gundring cannon are at this point nearly a century old, predating the Vjort mortar by almost ninety years. The first true heavy gunpowder weapons in the world (Karabokoran flowerfires are generally considered only recreational entertainments despite some deadly accidents), cannon […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Heimdar Fettel’s jarldom is centred in Peot, the largest of the great Gundring mining cities and home to the famed Peot Engineering Academy, which has birthed many of the major advances in Gundring design over the past two centuries.