Phraxmuskets

Nate Quarter holding a phraxmusket on the cover of The Immortals

Phraxmuskets were firearms used in the Third Age of Flight. When the trigger of the weapon was pulled, the phraxdust inside exploded and sent a bullet flying down the barrel of the gun. There was enough phraxdust inside the phraxchamber of the weapon to fire a thousand times or so before it had to be replaced. Phraxmuskets fired heavy leadwood bullets which caused terrible damage to practically any target. They weren't cheap- 500 hivers would get you 50 phraxmuskets with ammunition- even though they weren't seen as the finest weapons.[1]

Role in the Edge Chronicles

Role in The Immortals

Phraxmuskets were the primary weapon of infantrymen in the Militias of Hive and Great Glade[2]. Eudoxia Prade was badly wounded by a leadwood bullet from a phraxmusket and nearly died.

Role in Doombringer

To defend the Farrow Ridges against the mirepearlers, Cade and his friends bought 1000 Muskets and 25 cases of ammunition from Tove Gripply. However, they lost all their cargo in a huge storm on the way back to Farrow Ridges and returned with nothing.

Role in The Descenders

The Skymarshals of New Sanctaphrax were famous marksmen and used their long-barrelled phraxmuskets to defend the floating city against its enemies, shooting from the saddle of their phraxcraft.[3]

References

  1. ↑ The Nameless One, Chapter 22
  2. ↑ The Nameless One, Chapter 32
  3. ↑ The Descenders, Chapter 13
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