Technological Advancements

The Beginning of the End
While Faras' creation of Sky Steel may have turned the tide of war, it was Shehash the Wise who would bring it to the end.

Alchemically speaking, using powders to create weapons to destroy the earth had long ago been discovered, and bombs were used to great effect during the war. But Shehash had something different in mind. She believed that it was possible to use these powders to propel Sky Steel.

The great generals of Sararas had already attempted to attach Sky Steel to arrow and crossbow points and use them to attack mages, but the mages were able to affect changes on the non-Sky Steel parts of the arrows or bolts and deflect them away easily. And with Sky Steel such a precious commodity this tactic was quickly abandoned. But Shehash believed that if a pure projectile of Sky Steel could be fired at a fast enough velocity then there would be no defense against.

Shehash would travel to the capital of Sararas - Rasar - to meet with Faras and discuss her ideas with him. Over the course of many days Faras and Shehash would lay the groundwork for an alchemically propelled projectile weapon. A work that would consume them both and result in both a marriage and the weapon that would spell the end of The Mage Wars.

Development Begins
With the course of the war ebbing and flowing and essentially in a stalemate, Faras and Shehash set to work in what was essentially a calm in the storm. Shehash was something of a mechanical genius and developed the plans for the weapon, but it would be Feras, whose knowledge of metals was complete, that would develop both the weapon and the material such that it would be both light and powerful enough to contain the power of the alchemical powders. It would take them two years and several failures before they would be able to produce a working prototype.

It is said that the first shot fired was heard at the great citadel hundreds of miles away.

The First Test
With the weapon created, now all that remained was to test it. the weapon was secretly smuggled to the front to be used in an upcoming skirmish.

To say that the weapon was successful would be an understatement. Ten shots would be fired and ten mages would die. The mages would flee in disgrace, and the battle would forever be remembered as the battle of sky fall.

Production of the weapon would begin immediately. While the weapon was a success Feras and Shehash recognized that it was not perfect, and immediately went back to work in order to improve the weapon. It would be during this time that the two of them would be married.