tarnblaze

So they crowned the old man with the iron band from a tarnblaze cask!

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

Fog, eldritch pathfinders and gate-openers, cold steel, and hot tarnblaze!

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

Working as quietly as they could, Snudge, Belamil, Saundar, and Gavlok saddled their horses and strapped on their equipment — which included a tarnblaze bombshell for each, hidden inside sacks.

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

Sulphur deposits from the geyserlands and saltpetre exuding from rocks in the White Rime Mountains inspired an anonymous alchymist to invent tarnblaze.

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

Each squire then removed the sack holding tarnblaze from his saddle and refastened the awkward load to his belt.

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

He slew Saundar out of hand, even as I blasted the bridge machinery with tarnblaze.

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

Warship after warship, hampered by their innate clumsiness, was struck at close range by bombshells and fire-casks of tarnblaze — not fired in wasteful random broadsides but aimed with frugal precision near the waterline or at critical structures on deck.

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

As Beynor watched, enthralled, fusillades of tarnblaze bombshells from three fast-moving enemy two-deckers raked the Cathran flagship, toppling its tall mainmast.

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

Four tarnblaze bombshells exploded within the counterweight water-chamber will crack it badly and damage the pump mechanism so that neither one can be fixed for days — even weeks.

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

“I for one intend to send the Lord Admiral every small fighting vessel at my disposal — sloops armed with springals and cutters carrying tarnblaze bombards.”

Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003