Post by komissar on Oct 4, 2007 12:57:04 GMT
Melee weapons
Over the long history of minor conflicts, large-scale battles, subtle murders, and duels of noble warriors the cold steel of W.E.L.L. world underwent many changes and improvements. Production technology was bettering and after centuries cold steel weapons became highly-technological.
Archaic cold steel
Weaponry has always been a murder tool in the hands of soldiers, mercenaries, bandits, battle wizards. Meanwhile, there were connoisseurs who viewed weaponry as art and conductor of delicate energies, having been using it in their rituals and sacrifices.
Long and short swords, daggers, halberds, and spears – cold steel has always been improving. War needs were the reason behind it: at enclosed spaces and battlefields, against major enemies, cavalry or flying monsters. Came and went the battlefield systems, aimed at particular types of weapons and combat tasks.
During the War the zvergs were perfecting ways of processing magic crystals for magic staffs and accidentally found out that the energy could be accumulated in several types of crystals. A trained magician could use the amassed energy at his own discretion. This discovery led to creation of the first shooting staffs – spellguns, which could be given to an ordinary soldier without special magic education.
Modern cold steel
Gradually spellguns began to take the place of customary swords and halberds in daily military use. The battle tactics were also changing in accordance with the need of killing an enemy from distance.
Nevertheless, cold steel remained irreplaceable in hand-to-hand combat. Spellguns could misfire or simply blow up in hands; had energy level of accumulators given out, soldiers would go into the assault with centuries-honored swords and spears.
Closer to the end of the war, while developing and improving conductor and accumulator technology, both alliances almost simultaneously began the work on incorporating conductive circuits into elements of cold steel. First good models came from workshops of Alliance of the Three: it were the lizards who created successful hybrids, combining the advantages of cold steel and the power of magic. That event marked the beginning of a new stage in the history of cold steel.
Today there is a great variety of types of cold steel in the W.E.L.L. world: civil, police and army. Members of criminal dynasties keep ancient bewitched weapons of their ancestors; special forces use highly-technological sword-blades, which are produced by gigantic wizard-technological corporations.
Due to incorporation of wizard-technology combat fans and whips became widely popular. The use of spell-guides and crystal accumulators has substantially increased their combat efficiency, which had been considered very low before that.
Depending on personal preferences a soldier can be armed with an energy sword or an archaic halberd, a combat fan or whip. There is a wide choice of energy gloves, power claws and casters for close combat.
Translated by Komissar
Over the long history of minor conflicts, large-scale battles, subtle murders, and duels of noble warriors the cold steel of W.E.L.L. world underwent many changes and improvements. Production technology was bettering and after centuries cold steel weapons became highly-technological.
Archaic cold steel
Weaponry has always been a murder tool in the hands of soldiers, mercenaries, bandits, battle wizards. Meanwhile, there were connoisseurs who viewed weaponry as art and conductor of delicate energies, having been using it in their rituals and sacrifices.
Long and short swords, daggers, halberds, and spears – cold steel has always been improving. War needs were the reason behind it: at enclosed spaces and battlefields, against major enemies, cavalry or flying monsters. Came and went the battlefield systems, aimed at particular types of weapons and combat tasks.
During the War the zvergs were perfecting ways of processing magic crystals for magic staffs and accidentally found out that the energy could be accumulated in several types of crystals. A trained magician could use the amassed energy at his own discretion. This discovery led to creation of the first shooting staffs – spellguns, which could be given to an ordinary soldier without special magic education.
Modern cold steel
Gradually spellguns began to take the place of customary swords and halberds in daily military use. The battle tactics were also changing in accordance with the need of killing an enemy from distance.
Nevertheless, cold steel remained irreplaceable in hand-to-hand combat. Spellguns could misfire or simply blow up in hands; had energy level of accumulators given out, soldiers would go into the assault with centuries-honored swords and spears.
Closer to the end of the war, while developing and improving conductor and accumulator technology, both alliances almost simultaneously began the work on incorporating conductive circuits into elements of cold steel. First good models came from workshops of Alliance of the Three: it were the lizards who created successful hybrids, combining the advantages of cold steel and the power of magic. That event marked the beginning of a new stage in the history of cold steel.
Today there is a great variety of types of cold steel in the W.E.L.L. world: civil, police and army. Members of criminal dynasties keep ancient bewitched weapons of their ancestors; special forces use highly-technological sword-blades, which are produced by gigantic wizard-technological corporations.
Due to incorporation of wizard-technology combat fans and whips became widely popular. The use of spell-guides and crystal accumulators has substantially increased their combat efficiency, which had been considered very low before that.
Depending on personal preferences a soldier can be armed with an energy sword or an archaic halberd, a combat fan or whip. There is a wide choice of energy gloves, power claws and casters for close combat.
Translated by Komissar
nlike other stuff that little piece was taken from the off site 
Pangolins and lizards are same word in Russian