A ship of the High Elf Navy
The High Elf Navy, also called the Ulthuani Navy, is the naval force of the High Elves of the island-continent of Ulthuan and it maintains the finest military fleet in the Known World.
Concept art of a High Elf ship created for Total War: Warhammer II.
The High Elves have always been a seafaring race, and their navy is the most powerful in the world of Mallus. Even the Dark Elves are unable to match the expertise of the High Elves' fleets.[6a]
Concept art of various High Elf ships created for Total War: Warhammer II.
The individual ships that make up the fleets of the High Elf Navy are superb examples of Elven craftsmanship. Each ship is made by artisan shipwrights that have studied their art not for mere decades, but for centuries. The resulting vessels are sleek, agile, and fast, yet incredibly durable and strong, able to withstand the most terrible of storms and hideous amounts of battle damage.[6a]
They are crewed by sailors who are no less skilled or dedicated than the craftsmen that built them and protected by contingents of Lothern Sea Guard infantry, as adept at fighting at sea as they are on land.[6a]
The ships of the High Elf Navy are organised into separate fleets that range across the whole of the mortal world, imposing the will of the Asur from the shores of Ulthuan to far-flung Grand Cathay.[6a]
Types of Ships[]
There are three main types of ships used by the High Elves:
- Dragonships - Dragonships are the largest and grandest of the High Elf ships. They were made of starwood from Anhara Draconis. Production of Dragonships ceased when Anhara Draconis burned down, and such they are only brought out on rare occasions.
- Eagleships - Eagleships are the mainstay of the High Elf navy. They are large, though not as large as Dragonships, and are armed with a deadly array of Eagle Claw Bolt Throwers.
- Hawkships - Hawkships are not as large as Dragonships or Eagleships, but are swifter and even more maneuverable than either of its larger counterparts.
Notable Admirals[]
- Sea Lord Aislinn - Captain of the High Elf Navy's flagship Brinedragon and overall supreme commander of the High Elf Navy.[1b]
- Grand Admiral Caladoria - Grand Admiral Caladoria of Lothern is an admiral of the Higb Elf Navy of great prestige. He is captain of the Sunspear, which serves as his flagship.[7]
- Ethelis the White - Ethelis the White was an admiral of the High Elf Navy whose fleet sank a Norscan fleet before it could blockade the Human city-state of Marienburg and disrupt the lucrative High Elf trade with that Old World port.[1b]
- Prince Yrellian - Yrellian is the first born son of the current Phoenix King Finubar the Seafarer and an admiral of the High Elf Navy.[8a]
[]
Sources[]
- 1: Warhammer Rulebook (8th Edition)
- 2: Warhammer Armies: High Elves (8th Edition)
- 2a: pp. 31-32
- 3: Man O' War: Rulebook
- 3a: pp. 48-49
- 4: Defenders of Ulthuan (Novel) by Graham McNeill
- 4a: Ch. 1
- 5: Sons of Ellyrion (Novel) by Graham McNeill
- 5a: Ch. 11
- 6: White Dwarf 369 (UK)
- 6a: pg. 44
- 7: Voyage of the Sunspear (Short Story) by Ben Counter
- 8: White Dwarf 382
- 8a: pg. 26