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> Action 1: Call a Moot of the Realm
By royal decree King Torin summoned forth the miners, masons, smiths, and engineers of every clan and craft-hall to assemble within the grand halls of Thul-Garuhm. A grand feasting was prepared, laden with roast game, mushroom pies, and kegs of crimson ale drawn fresh from the royal vaults.

Amid the revelry, the King stood atop the Anvil Throne and presented the moot with a problem: the mines and the deep roads are growing deep and vast and demanded a new system to keep the shafts dry and workable. Teams gathered around hearth-fires and planning tables, sketching pump designs on soot-slates and stone parchment. Tinkers from Virn-Lodahr proposed a chain-lift driven by wheel pressure, while engineers from the coast envisioned bellows sealed in resin to drive water up through rune-inscribed valves.

> Action 2: Forge a Ballista Launching System
As the moot continued, a curious delegation from the Habitun joined the festivities scholars and shadowmancers bearing strange crystalline artifacts. After several mugs of fire ale and a short demonstration that left a bench splintered and two stewards mildly lacerated, they laid out their request: a launching mechanism for unstable, volatile crystal munitions.

Intrigued, the dwarves pored over the designs. After spirited discussion, a solution emerged: a double-limbed torsion ballista mounted with a runic stabilization cradle. Forged from a reverb iron alloy and fitted with shock-absorbing struts, this mechanism would launch the crystal "porcupines" at velocity while minimizing stress on the payload. In place of standard trigger mechanisms, the dwarves devised a pressurized rune-spark ignition tuned with fine runecraft, allowing timed detonation to synchronize with airburst effects. A prototype was promised before the next Tyrn.