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Stitcher's Catapult

Within the Stitcher's community between Lydgartha and Scyllia, the practice is seen as quite dangerous due to the constant attacks from hunters, of many variety. Both from necromancers who wish to take from these scientist's hard work, or Spirit Hunters that wish to put their amalgamations to rest. Because of this, the crafty reanimators had began to enlist in large catapults, or even trebuchets to fling their supplies from one region to the other, through the smallest gaps between the two. Still an early concept, quite a few of their contraptions do not have the strength to carry a large selection of body parts over deep waters. For now, the Stitchers either hire Triton to carry it ashore from there, or forget about the body parts altogether. Hundred-Year Lightning used to be transported this way as well, before an accident involving one of the casings for supplies broke before it could be delivered, causing a bizarre explosion, followed by many sentient body parts crawling over to any nearby beings, vengeful over being taken from their homes. 
  Despite being known as a form of weaponry elsewhere, the siege weapons used by the Stitchers are technically vehicles. Although it's considered weird and idiotic by many others, some Cultists and Necromancers have tried adapting this form of travel to instead be used in acts of war. Some of the catapults used have been seized from the Stitchers, and have been used against them. Specifically, zombies and other undead beings. Flinging them over to the guildhalls of Stitchers, a war between the two over bodies and necromancy has devolved into wasting supplies all to wipe out the other side. Many onlookers see them both as childish when against each other and that their conflict is one of the most meaningless ones of recent times. 
  A standard catapult or trebuchet used by the Stitchers can hold about 50 KG of materials, as most of the energy used by the machine is for having the payload of materials make the distance over the lakes and rivers from Scyllia to Lydgartha. These materials are harvested by the local Stitchers, to be packaged into a sturdy material to be placed onto the catapults by Ogres, who fire the materials over in one movement, across them all. When found in Lydgartha, the materials are given to the Stitchers to be used for their interests. 

Uzziah Ogres

  The catapults used by the Stitchers are manufactured and operated by a group of secretive ogres from Scyllia, who used to be sellswords, wielding greatswords and crossbows for hire. Now though, they have put their inventive eyes onto the materials used by Stitchers. They are paid well, and the Uzziah are willing to defend their products with their lives. Due to their size, and natural strength, the catapults made are gargantuan in size, similar to the size of a dragon. Some of them who do not use the catapults themselves offer themselves as defenders of the product that fall overhead. 

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