A High elf ship
The High Elf Navy is the finest fleet in the Known World.
The High Elves are a seafaring race, and their navy is the most powerful in the world. Even the Dark Elves are unable to match the expertise of the High Elf fleets. The individual ships that make up the fleets are superb examples of elven craftsmanship. Each ship is made by artisan shipwrights that have studied their art not for 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. 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, as adept at fighting at sea as they are on land. The ships are organized into fleets that range across the whole of the world, imposing the will of the Elves from the shores of Ulthuan to far-flung Cathay.[6a]
Types of Ships[]
There are three main types of ships used by the High Elves:
- 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 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 are not so large as Dragonships or Eagleships, but are swift and highly maneuverable.
Notable Admirals[]
- Sea Lord Aislinn - Captain of the flagship Brinedragon.[1b]
- Grand Admiral Caladoria - Grand Admiral Caladoria of Lothern is an admiral of great prestige. Captain of the flagship Sunspear[7]
- Ethelis the White - Ethelis the White sank a Norscan fleet before it could blockade the city-state of Marienburg.[1b]
- Prince Yrellian - First born son of Phoenix King Finubar the Seafarer.[8a]
Notable Ships[]
- Asuryan's Fire - An Eagleship.[4a]
- Finubar's Pride - An Eagleship of Captain Finlain.[4a]
- Glory of Eataine - An Eagleship.[4a]
- Hammer of Vaul - An Eagleship.[5a]
Sources[]
- 1: Warhammer Rulebook (8th Edition)
- 2: Warhammer Armies: High Elves (8th Edition)
- 2a: pg. 31-32
- 3: Man O' War: Rulebook
- 3a: pp. 48-49
- 4: Defenders of Ulthuan (novel) by Graham McNeill
- 4a: Chapter 1
- 5: Sons of Ellyrion (novel) by Graham McNeill
- 5a: Chapter 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