First Battlefield Constructs

Technological achievement

Using the designs of the silver pyromances House Cannith perfects the construction of the mechanical horse and puts it into large-scale production.

Although crude golems, designed by House Cannith and labeled “warforged,” had served in limited numbers in royal guards throughout Khorvaire since before the war, the first extensive use of constructs in war came in the late 930s. Using designs created in conjunction with a college of wizards who referred to themselves as silver pyromancers, House Cannith pushed forward with a project first proposed decades ago by King Thalin: a mechanical horse.   In 937, the dragonmarked house began large-scale manufacturing. Late the next year, the constructs were numerous enough that the Knights of Thrane could conduct the famous “Clockwork Charge” on the backs of perfectly obedient mechanical steeds. Due to the success of the charge, the cavalry commanders of Thrane asked for more such steeds, but the nobles and ridingpriests disdained them as “contrivances” and “unnatural to the way of war.” Thrane had other interests than lining the pockets of House Cannith.   Cyre, on the other hand, quickly grasped the value of clockwork steeds. The nation’s close ties with House Cannith and a massive investment by the crown ensured that significant numbers of Cyre cavalry would soon benefit from these wondrous constructs. More important, a seed had been planted among the artificers and smiths of House Cannith. Years of experimentation followed, and enormous sums were consumed in a search to create even more wondrous mechanical warriors.