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2.1.8: What's the deal with Mat and bells?

[WH: 15, In Need of a Bellfounder, 333]:

"'I will set you the puzzle, since you are so clever, no?' [Aludra] said... 'You tell me what use I might have for a bellfounder, and I will tell you all of my secrets.'"

So what does Aludra want Mat to find a bellfounder for?

To make cannon, though he doesn't know that yet.

Gabriel Wright explains: "Early cannon used a very short barrel, kind of like a bell (although not flared). Basically it was a large chunk of bronze with a bore to put your cannon ball and a small hole at the rear to set the powder charge off. The bellmaker is the person who can cast such an item."

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