The Grimnir's Thunder
Red Brokk's pride and joy is the Grudgebreaker-class battleship he named Grimnir's Thunder after Grimnir, the Dwarf god of fearlessness.[2a]
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The Grimnir's Thunder holds not only hundreds of Dwarf Engineers, but also tight-knit Ironbreaker boarding parties, warbands of Trollslayers hungry to meet a glorious death in the jaws of titanic sea monsters, and an entire war dirigible dock able to send lighter-than-air reconnaissance engines into the skies. The self-loading, pump-action cannons of the Thunder bear magical runes of destruction upon their barrels, and its metre thick gromril-plated hull is so durable that even an iceberg cannot breach it.[2a]
The only thing that a Dwarf trusts less than a flimsy, wooden boat is an Elf, so it is that the silversteel battleship is both an impregnable floating fortress and aircraft carrier all in one. The heavy plating and advanced engineering that has gone into its forging is prevalent in every aspect, from the steam-driven paddles in their armoured shells to self-loading, swivel-mounted Flame Cannons and industrial-sized engines.[1a]
The war dirigibles held within the Thunder's belly allow Red Brokk unparalleled scouting capability and more guns into the bargain. When the Thunder is about the business of settling grudges sworn against enemy vessels, these gas-powered marvels will drift majestically out of the hold, plying the turbulent skies just as their parent warship carves through the seas below. Sightings of enemy warships are communicated from dirigible to warship via runic semaphore. Regardless of wind or tide, Grimnir's Thunder churns unstoppably through the waters, closing in with the inevitability of a Dwarf-held grudge - slow in coming, but as inescapable as death itself.[2a]
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