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Ballista
giant catapult · artillery engine
A rapidly deployed moon-elf siege engine hurling poison-gas rocks with precise, methodical aim across town.
Story so far
Carl estimates that only two or three elves are present, yet they have deployed a large catapult-like weapon beyond visual range. The engine fires poison rocks roughly every ninety seconds and walks the impacts across the settlement.
Carl's boosted Ping locates the two magically equipped operators in a clearing one and a half kilometers northeast.
Appearance
A large concealed siege engine capable of lofting gas-emitting boulders more than a kilometer.
Role
The ballista gives a tiny hunter team the power to threaten an entire fortified town.
Relationships
Akland — He serves as one of the weapon's two artillery specialists.
Carl — Carl locates its clearing by filtering Ping for purple hunter tags.
Sources — 2 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 8
- A giant crossbow Bonnie built from a garage door opener mechanism and bolted to the Twister's yard.
Chapter 22
- A rapidly deployed moon-elf siege engine hurling poison-gas rocks with precise, methodical aim across town.