Biremes were a type of galley related to triremes,[1][2] noted for having two banks of oars[2][3] as opposed to a trireme's three banks.[4]
Variants[]
- Pentekonter, a type of bireme that sported hollowed outriggers attached to its hull.[2]
History[]
Over the years, biremes were primarily used on Toril by the nations of east Faerûn.[5][6][7] These included the navies of Chessenta and Unther in the Old Empires region,[7] the navy of Aglarond in the Unapproachable East,[6] and the nation of Chondath in the Vilhon Reach.[5] Outside of naval use, biremes originating from both Chessenta and Chondath were among the pirate vessels one could encounter in the Pirate Isles as of 1356 DR.[5]
Unther's navy was once the terror of the southern Inner Sea with its fleet of a hundred warships, most of them biremes and triremes, but over the course of several years their navy was whittled down until by 1359 DR it consisted of just five ships that were kept docked in the port city of Unthalass.[8]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Richard Baker, Joseph D. Carriker, Jr., Jennifer Clarke Wilkes (August 2005). Stormwrack. Edited by John D. Rateliff, John Thompson. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 102. ISBN 0-7869-3689-4.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Keith Francis Strohm (September 1997). Of Ships and the Sea. (TSR, Inc), p. 8. ISBN 0786907061.
- ↑ Curtis Scott (March 1992). Pirates of the Fallen Stars. (TSR, Inc), p. 126. ISBN 978-1560763208.
- ↑ Curtis Scott (March 1992). Pirates of the Fallen Stars. (TSR, Inc), p. 127. ISBN 978-1560763208.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb (August 1987). “Cyclopedia of the Realms”. In Karen S. Martin ed. Forgotten Realms Campaign Set (TSR, Inc.), p. 69. ISBN 0-88038-472-7.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Steve Perrin (1988). Dreams of the Red Wizards. (TSR, Inc), p. 19. ISBN 0-88038-615-0.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Curtis Scott (March 1992). Pirates of the Fallen Stars. (TSR, Inc), pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-1560763208.
- ↑ Curtis Scott (March 1992). Pirates of the Fallen Stars. (TSR, Inc), p. 46. ISBN 978-1560763208.