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--- nightwingarmory [2025/08/02 09:10] – [🐺 Warden Series (Submachine Guns)] hugh
+++ nightwingarmory [2025/12/12 17:01] (current) – [🔘 .43 NAP (Nightwing Armory Pistol) 6.35x28mm] hugh
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 | Model        | Era         | Notes |
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-| **Warden No. 1** |Industrial Era War Machine Pistol | A heavily modified Raptor No 2 Pistol with removable 20 round magazine and controllable rate of fire. Legend has it that certain elite forces had access to 70 round Saddle-Drum magazines |
+| **Warden No. 1** |Industrial Era War Machine Pistol | A modified Raptor No 2 Pistol with removable 20 round magazine and controllable rate of fire. Legend has it that certain elite forces had access to 70 round Saddle-Drum magazines |
 | **Warden No. 2** | World War Era SMG | Recoil-buffered internals and compatibility upgrades. First dedicated SMG design |
 | **Warden No. 3** | Modern Era SMG | Suppressed-capable, compact, and still chambered in .43 NAP |
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 ==== 🔘 .43 NAP (Nightwing Armory Pistol) 6.35x28mm ====
-Emberstone’s first officially adopted cartridge and still the most common in the nation. Originally developed by Cydroc from salvaged early brass casings, the .43 NAP remains the definitive self-defense and service pistol round.
+The **.43 NAP (Nightwing Armory Pistol)** cartridge marks the //beginning// of Emberstone’s firearms era. Before its arrival, Emberstone was a land of bows, blades, and the rare black powder relic—until a chance encounter set history in motion.
-- Used in: **Raptor Series**, **Warden SMGs**
+**It began when Masdrin, on the road to Grimwarden, saw his bodyguard attacked by a bandit armed with an odd copper cartridge pistol. The gun was crude, the ammo rare, but the concept was revolutionary:**
-- Excellent short-to-mid range accuracy
+  * The cartridge had a rimfire primer and a semi-conical bullet—a world away from the unreliable, muzzle-loading weapons common at the time.
-- Naturally suppressible
+  * After surviving the attack (thanks to magical protections), Xareth brought the pistol and gunbelt to Masdrin, who later gave the spent and unfired rounds to his friend [[people:cydroc|Cydroc]], the winged elf who would become Emberstone’s leading weaponsmith.
-- Effective against unarmored and lightly armored targets
-- Universally respected and issued
+**Cydroc instantly saw the future.**
+  * The bandit’s design was primitive, but its core idea—self-contained metallic ammunition—was a leap forward.
+  * Taking inspiration, Cydroc spent weeks experimenting, refining, and testing. Drawing on magical insight and technical genius, he iterated past rimfire to create Emberstone’s first true centerfire, bottlenecked cartridge: the .43 NAP, complete with a sharp spitzer bullet for penetration and range.
+**This cartridge powered both Emberstone’s first revolver and the iconic lever-action rifle—**
+  * //A rifle you could load on Sunday and shoot all week.//
+  * Its legendary reliability, capacity, and firepower established Emberstone’s modern doctrine: accuracy, repeatability, and individual firepower over outdated line tactics.
+Every Emberstonian cartridge, from the 6.9 Ember to the thundering 13x113, traces its lineage back to the day Masdrin handed Cydroc that battered copper round.
+  * Used in: **Raptor Series**, **Warden SMGs**, **Early Lever Guns**
+  * Excellent short-to-mid range accuracy
+  * Naturally suppressible
+  * Effective against unarmored and lightly armored targets
+  * Universally respected and issued
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