• teft@piefed.social
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    2 months ago

    Men have been obsessed with siege weapons since at least the 1300s. Grond is just as beautiful as Warwolf.

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      The Flores Historiarum claims that the Warwolf sent a single stone through two of the castle’s walls in the course of the siege, “like an arrow flying through cloth”.[5] Other sources, however, report that the weapon was only finished after the Scots had surrendered.[4] Edward decided to use it anyway, refusing to let anyone enter or leave the castle until it had been tested.[6]

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warwolf

      I knew it was Warwolf before I’d even finished reading your comment based entirely on Longshanks looking exactly as he did in Braveheart. I need to get a life 🫣