Maritime History of Bormar: Difference between revisions

Due to their history of dwelling in the mountains and valleys of the Mar Mountains, Bormar's maritime industry is quite young, and the ships are significantly more primitive than the isolatedother nations of the [https://wikiworld.dwarvesrp.com/index.php/Maele%20Kingdom '''Maele Kingdom'''] or the [https://wiki.dwarvesrp.com/index.php/Vingaborda '''Vingaborda''']Nevertheless, andits reliesmaritime primarilyhistory onis theas sameproud typesas ofit ship,is with modified woods, sails, and interiorsyoung.

Since Bormar's inception, it has been mostly central to the continent, with some cities and towns bordering [https://wiki.dwarvesrp.com/index.php/The%20Well '''The Well'''], mostsuch notably Yorn, [https://wiki.dwarvesrp.com/index.php/Harbohras '''[[Harbohr]]'''], and, [https://wiki.dwarvesrp.com/index.php/Gemfeldat one time, '''[[Gemfeld]]''']. In the beginning, these towns used tar-covered wooden row boats for fishing. As time progressed, small sail-boatssailboats allowed them to travel further, and begin trading with other regions, like the [https://wiki.dwarvesrp.com/index.php/Yeldamor '''Yeldamor'''], [https://wiki.dwarvesrp.com/index.php/Adzjab '''Adzjab'''], and the Maele Kingdom, among others.

When the '''[https://wiki.dwarvesrp.com/index.php/The%20Offices%20of%20Bormar#Office%20for%20Outpost%20Affairs Office for Outpost Affairs]''' was founded in 67 BC, work began in constructing vessels whichthat could travel further distances and carry more [https://wiki.dwarvesrp.com/index.php/Dwarf '''[[Dwarves]]'''] and resources to prospective [https://wiki.dwarvesrp.com/index.php/Outpost '''Outposts''']. The first vessel of this kind was constructed in a purpose-built shipyard in Yorn, the closest founded city to the location of the First Outpost, The Vingaborda Islands. The Yorn Shipyard created its first Trans-Well vessel, called "B.S. Well Cutter". This ship, would carry the first group of Dwarves to the Islands that would finally break away from Bormar, and become the [https://wiki.dwarvesrp.com/index.php/Tribes%20of%20Vingaborda '''Tribes of Vingaborda'''].

Bormar Vessels are always titled "Bormar Ship", written as "B.S." on the nameplate. Ships used by the government or used on official state business will be re-titled to ""Bormar State Vessel" or "B.S.V."

=== The ''Well Cutter Ships''-class ===

YornEach Shipyards'ship Wellof Cutterthis shipclass follows the same consistent design:

''Well Cutters'' will always have two decks below the main deck, a Captain's Quarters placed below the poop deck.

''Well Cutters'' are built mainly of two types of wood, generally birch and spruce, as these trees are plentiful in Yorn, with strong stone as its Bowsprit.