User blog:Auraestus/Soldiers and look of Kheled-arnin (Version 1)

he average dwarf soldier has a light overlay of plate armor, with steel or iron chainmail underneath, providing protection from jabs and slashes, the helmet design is typically full plate, designed like the dwarves from BOFA, but the guards have a more open faced helm  Weapons are a dwarven/elven mix, the bow is a metal mesh, decorated with gold and silver, while the blades have a purely effeciant design, usually made of dwarven steel, they are decorated to all look like gleaming silver. Well, its not really a dwarf/elf mix. More the bows, seeing as they are used by the elven units take on a more elven look Crossbows are where the dwarves shine, made to be intimidating, its built to fire off two shots before having to reload, which takes 2x shorter than crossbows made by elves or men Which are the mountain rams, they have a spike on their forehead to deal immense shock and first shot damage, but arent useful in long combat There would be elven archers on the battlements, wielding longbows, dwarven infantry at the gates, wielding hammers and swords, with a few ram cavalry, and some crossbowmen taking point. The standard dwarven vessel is mostlypowered by elves and men, with a dwarven officer on watch, it is made of wood and armored with plate metal although those are sparse and only in weakpoints on the ship, to keep it from sinking of weight. There are mounted crossbows, as well as a windows below deck to shoot arrows and later cannons. oon after you step into Kheled-arnin you will see how ancient it is, you are greeted by a large main hall, leading down and splitting into two paths. However it is not just a hall, but a bridge, leading into the halls with dwarven statues on either side, 3 on each side, they depict the first 6 fathers, as you walk you can see two larger dwarven statues facing you on either side as you enter the crossroads, they depict of Durin the Deathless and Glosur Darloc. (I dont expect you to draw the statues.) The bridge is made of dark granite, and the walls behind the statues are lined with golden trim, with carvings depicting the founding and the first 500 followers of Glosur (Once agian, you dont need to go into that much detail) in between each dwarven statue are dwarven guards with mounted crossbows. A rather wide bridge as well, carpeted with velvet red and silver. The gates are built rather like Erebors, however The doors are made of pure silver steel, mithril, the gates are towering, with the Battlements able to see for a long ways, the uppermost part of the gates has two doors with two balconies for scouts to look for trouble. There are stakes lining the gates for cavalry protection

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15,725 foot mountain

This is just a quick jot down of notes, not the finished version.