Estreoth/Arcane Cannon

Gun powder is an invention that is unknown to Estreoth. Unlike in our world, the desire to turn lead into gold was never prominent. Therefore, alchemy, in the chemist sense, never became prominent. As such, gun powder was never created and the face of warfare was never revolutionized by bullet based firearms. That’s not to say cannons and guns were never invented however. But instead of being based upon physics and chemistry, guns are based upon magic.

Arcane cannons, both large and small, are based upon the combination of an arcane rune and a storage crystal. When the trigger is pulled, the crystal is touched to the back of the rune, which causes the rune to throw a ball of fire down the barrel. However, due to their massive energy requirements, they require several seconds between each shot. Regardless, in cannon form, they can be absolutely devastating. Their main weakness lies in the fact that an equal magical field completely cancels out arcane cannon shots. Meaning they can be deflected by runed shields or another cannon blast.

Smaller units cannot afford to utilize the large crystals needed to hold a magic energy, as such they must draw their energy from either the user or the environment and cannot store up more than one shot. Because of this, only magically potent people can wield hand held arcane cannons.

Arcane Cannons were invented in 1335 by Ma'n A-Fateen.