Khayer-Addin Forge

“You should have seen it lads, one shot, one kill, those poor devils never had a chance! Steeleye’s clan-hammers was on him thick and fast but made no odds. One blast o’ clean light for each. Neat hole burned head or heart as the mood took him. That ’slinger, cool as vent-ice, turning this way and that, coat moving round him like smoke... The guns? Matched custom-jobs, Khayer-Addin be my guess, real beauties, but then it was those pretty pistols caught those clan boy’s eyes in the first place weren’t it.”
– Ol’ Sulla, Proprietor of Hellespont Bar, Gunmetal City
The Khayer-Addin Forge is an independent forge based out of Gunmetal City on Scintilla. The family of Khayer-Addin are reputedly of fallen Rogue Trader stock and their family forge has provided master-gunsmiths for five generations. They specialize in one-off commissions, dueling pieces and a variety of artfully disguised guns and blades. To the Scintillan nobility, a Khayer-Addin weapon is a highly desirable item, often an exquisite and ornate work of art whose lethality is rarely exceeded.
==Unique Equipment==
Khayer-Addin Dueling Las
Class: Pistol (Las)
A masterwork of the gunsmith’s art, these weapons are
handcrafted to the highest quality by the Khayer-Addin and
designed around the “single shot kill”, using a unique charge
cartridge which is, in essence, a pre-loaded hot-shot pack.
This single powerful blast is particularly effective against
armored targets and belies the pistol’s elegant appearance.
The dueling las holds a special reverence and place in folklore
in Gunmetal City where they are known as “Valentines” in
local parlance, named for a near mythical gunslinger from
Metallacian history. Conversely, in some of the more rarefied
climes where dueling with pistols remains popular, such as the
high spires of Sibellus, some consider this class of weapon’s
power “unsporting” and so lethal as to take all the skill out of
things (particularly if you wish to wound or maim).
The Valentine uses special single-shot cells rather than
standard power packs; these cells are Rare items with a base
cost of 20 Thrones each. The Valentine cannot be combined
with an overcharge pack or an additional hot-shot charge.
Pistol, 30m, S/–/–, 1d10+4, E, PEN 4, Clip 1, RLD Full, Accurate, Tearing, WT 1.7kg, Cost 220, Very Rare
Khayer-Addin Forge “Fate Bringer” Long Pistol
Class: Pistol (SP)
This elegant and perfectly balanced stub revolver is a
prime example of the kind of pistol commonly used to
“settle affairs of honor” among the nobles of Sibellus and
their off-world imitators. Deceptively simple in design
and exquisitely well-made from the finest materials, the
Fate Bringer is perfectly suited to its role as a dueling
piece and also makes for a good target and assassination
pistol, although its lack of clip capacity and slightly
ungainly size make it a poor choice for real combat in
the eyes of some.
Pistol, 40m, S/–/–, 1d10+3, I, PEN 2, Clip 5, RLD 2Full, Accurate, Reliable, WT 1.6kg, Cost 200, Rare
The Khayer-Addin “Serpentine” Power Blade
Class: Melee (Power)
Although blade weapons concealed in walking canes, rods
of office and even umbrellas are far from uncommon among
the Calixis Sector’s rich and powerful, few such weapons are as
potent or as exclusive as the Serpentine. A thin rapier-like blade
of the highest quality adamantine alloys and equipped with a
miniaturized disruption field generator of great sophistication,
it is a lightweight weapon and potentially devastating “surprise”
for the unwary. Serpentines are custom made by commission
and most take the form of elaborately carved walking sticks
that disguise the weapon’s nature until activated. Famously,
the notorious duelist and libertine, the Marchioness Alyssa
Marque, formerly of House Llahst, is said to have a Serpentine
variant concealed in the form of an exquisite lady’s fan that
springs into lethal shape when triggered.
Melee, 1d10+2(+SB), E, PEN 6, Fast, Power Field, WT 1.5kg, Cost 2,500, Very Rare