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Brungrorlum Greyforged
Brun detested the sea, most dwarves did. But they had been looking to open more mines and build more cities, so one particularly stupid dwarf who happened to be wealthy built a ship and sailed for Kiva. The fool had been lost for months. Now Brungrorlum Greyforged and his crew had to build a ship and sail for kiva. But Brun wasn't as stupid as the previous dwarf, and he built a ship that was sturdy, impossible to capsize and easy to handle. This ship had three bodies, one main hull with two smaller ones on either side, connected by beams and a single bridge for each one. Each of the side pontoons, as big as Nordenfiir longships, had two masts with big, triangular sails, the main ship was more along the lines of a quinquireme, a massive warship with four banks of oars, each bank being fifty oars with five dwarves to an oar, it had four masts, also with the huge, triangular sails and a large ram at the front. The pontoons had oars on the outside, two banks of twenty, still five dwarves to an oar, and ballistae mounted all along their decks. This was a warship of epic proportions. That and it had large, scorpion ballista like tubes that launched nets for grabbing Kivren who bothered them out of the water to be flayed and gutted then thrown back into the sea as a warning to leave them alone.
They cast off, and the eight sails filled with wind, and they were off to Kiva.
They cast off, and the eight sails filled with wind, and they were off to Kiva.