Forged by the Dwarves of Erebor and gifted to the city of Dale, a Windlance is a weapon of exceptional craftsmanship. This war engine launches barbed spears toward the enemy, powerful enough to pierce nearly any armour or hide, and its ingenious design requires only a single operator to load and fire, though a second is usually assigned to spot or step in as needed. It was a Windlance that Girion, Lord of Dale, used to launch a Black Arrow at the Dragon Smaug – though it did not slay the beast, it loosened a scale that would one day prove to be Smaug’s undoing…
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