Lybaran skybox
From Warhammer - The Old World - Lexicanum
Lybaran skyboxs were aerial obeservation and long range communication platforms created by the city of Lybaras in Nehekhara. [1a][1b]
Construction
Abox, a little smaller than a chariot was suspended by cables from an spherical bladder filled with air spirits, and when in use kept tethered to a couple of wagons by rope alowing it to tise upto a hundred feet in height. It had a crew of three boys, each equipped with seeing-tubes and bronze dishes that reflect the sunlight to commincate with the cavalry vanguard and scouts. [1a]
History
They were used in the campaign against Nagash in -1744 IC. [1a]
Sources
- 1: Nagash the Sorcerer (novel)
- 1a: Chapter Fourteen: The Bloodstained Sands, pg. 170