Once you start the Heavenly Stone’s Debris part of The Chasm Delvers questline, you’ll be running around collecting keys, cannonballs, and a few other items to get this particular cannon up and ...

In 1840, the former Swedish diplomat and gun foundry owner, Martin von Wahrendorff, patented a breech–loading mechanism for cannons. Its key component was a steel disc placed behind the projectile.

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