Evangeline finishes hitching the carriage, wood and leather connecting its sturdy frame to the pair of draft Chocobos. Their panniers were bulging with parcels and bags, small kegs of gunpowder strapped to their side. It had taken weeks to prepare the powder needed, countless anxious hours in the workshop, one spark away from annihilation. Yet she had succeeded, and hopefully it would be enough to strike a blow against the beast.
The carriage itself was a simple two wheeled affair, holding a long and slim brass cannon, reinforced with bands of Ishgardian steel. The Phoenix Rose had taken this struggle personally, and her companions had sent multiple teams to brave the battlegrounds of the Stone Vigil, in order to retrieve cannon diagrams and raw materials. Vaughn, Jaques, Lyria, Angora, Syress, Mattias, and others, risked their lives so that she might have this chance. Still others helped in constructing it. Otto's workshop had forged the barrel, bronze for weight and flexibility, Ishgardian steel for strength and power. The cannon was light, less than a thousand ponze, but could throw 12 ponze shot with terrific power. Even more important were the special armaments Kage Krueger had constructed. Built from a split anchor, two great harpoons, linked to strong chain, lay nestled next to the cannon. These would be fired first, hopefully preventing the beast's escape.
As she begins leading the birds down the long path to the Burning Wall she runs her fingers over name painted on the barrel, "Thorn..."
The carriage itself was a simple two wheeled affair, holding a long and slim brass cannon, reinforced with bands of Ishgardian steel. The Phoenix Rose had taken this struggle personally, and her companions had sent multiple teams to brave the battlegrounds of the Stone Vigil, in order to retrieve cannon diagrams and raw materials. Vaughn, Jaques, Lyria, Angora, Syress, Mattias, and others, risked their lives so that she might have this chance. Still others helped in constructing it. Otto's workshop had forged the barrel, bronze for weight and flexibility, Ishgardian steel for strength and power. The cannon was light, less than a thousand ponze, but could throw 12 ponze shot with terrific power. Even more important were the special armaments Kage Krueger had constructed. Built from a split anchor, two great harpoons, linked to strong chain, lay nestled next to the cannon. These would be fired first, hopefully preventing the beast's escape.
As she begins leading the birds down the long path to the Burning Wall she runs her fingers over name painted on the barrel, "Thorn..."
