Now, decades later, they have somewhat fallen out of fashion, but still show up from time to time, particularly in the savage wilds of Vilderan. They were particularly popular among Imperial Engineers, who often built their own, casting them into fearsome shapes. After an infamous siege, in which Imperial soldiers adapted their fixed signal cannons to serve as makeshift, hand-carried guns, personal cannons rapidly became the standard weapon of heavy infantry.

The mighty cannon has been a fixture of Imperial military tactics for centuries, but it is only within recent years that it has found new popularity as a handheld weapon.

'If it was good enough for the defenders at Castle Kriegstok, it's good enough for me!'