Editing Gunpowder (Warhammer Fantasy) (section)

==History==

The first race known to have used gunpowder are the mysterious [[Giant#Giants_in_Warhammer_Fantasy.2FAge_of_Sigmar|Sky-Titans]], a race once known to occupy [[Mountains_of_Mourn|the Mountains of Mourn]], with their most populated area being within the [[Mountains_of_Mourn#Ancient_Giant_Lands|Ancient Giant Lands]]. By -2750 IC, the [[Great Migration]] kicked in caused by a warpstone meteorite crashing into the earth in an attempt by the [[Dragon Emperor]] to exterminate the Ogres...[[FAIL|Only to end up creating their new God, the Great Maw.]] At this time, [[Ironblaster]]s were used as pistols, and the Sky Titans lived in [[Dwarfs (Warhammer Fantasy)|huge, well defended cities in the mountains supporting huge populations and technological marvels.]] Unfortunately for everyone, Ogres set forth to raze down every capital in order to secure themselves food and a new home. (According to some legends, the Sky Titans are the ones who even cursed Ogres to always be hungry no matter how much food they ate as poetic justice... Not that it helped as it just made them fight more fiercely.)

The next faction to crack the Gunpowder mystery would be to the far east and in parallel to the origins of gunpowder in our own world-[[Grand Cathay]] had gunpowder sometime before -1741 IC as is record in the Nagash Trilogy, having traded with the Eastern Cities of Nehekhara. Although crude, these rifles were very effective in combat to the point they were crucial in the defeat of [[Nagash]] in [[Nehekhara#Charnel_Valley|Mahrak]] and the establishment of [[Nehekhara#Devil.27s_Backbone|Lahmia]]. It is fair to say after the establishment of Lahmia, the city of Lybaras probably had similar devices given they had more advanced devices such as flying machines, but it seemingly didn't stick around or these devices were lost to time, as the [[Tomb Kings]] are not shown using any materials in battle. Cathay, however, still maintains a large amount of gunpowder weapons including cannons and weapons akin to blunderbusses, but seemingly are not as advanced in terms of rifling as the Old World is.

From there, either the Dwarfs or their [[Chaos Dwarfs|cousins]] were the next to invent them, with dwarfs inventing them in -420 IC during the Times of Woe where they were of particular use against the Greenskins, and slowly, despite their trepidation, grew to encompass them in the dwarven traditions, to the point where Thunderers are the core of any Dawi stronghold, along with cannons and other marvels of modern science.

Modern firearms in the Old World are descended from there, either being reverse-engineered from guns traded with the Dawi or gifts due to the close bonds between the Empire and the Dawi, though they are seen as primitive mockeries of the superior Dwarf engineering, even the advancements of made in the University of Nuln, the foremost university in the Empire and one of the best places for development of technology in all the known world.