Backstory and a less than subtle reference
The old kingdom was a land of high technology, most of it forgotten.... The people who made those sorts of things were all killed in the evacuation,from what we know...
I still remember the evacuation, The forgotten beasts chased us out to sea, and there were many kinds of ships used for the evacuation. one ship, the amud tilat, as we call it in dwarven, was an elven warship, fit with the finest of weaponry at the time... It was valiantly used and sacrificed to secure our escape...
There were ships of shapes and sizes
Scatter out along the bay
And I thought I heard her calling
As the steamer pulled away
The Invaders must have seen them
As across the coast they filed
Standing firm between them
There lay amud tilat
Moving swiftly through the waters
Cannons blazing as she came
Brought a might metal war-lord
Crashing down in sheets of flame
Sensing victory was nearing
Thinking fortune must have smiled
People started cheering
"Come on amud tilat"
"Come on amud tilat"
The Forgotten beasts released their black smoke, but the ship sped on,
Cutting down one of the tripod figures
Instantly, the others raised their Heat Rays
And melted the amud tilat's valiant heart
Lashing ropes and smashing timbers
Flashing Heat Rays pierced the deck
Dashing hopes for our deliverance
As we watched the sinking wreck
With the smoke of battle clearing
Over graves in waves defiled
Slowly disappearing
Farewell amud tilat!
Slowly disappearing
Farewell amud tilat! [Repeat x 2]
When the smoke had cleared, the little steamer had reached the misty horizon,
And everyone was safe
But the amud tilat had vanished forever,
Taking with her dwarf's last hope of victory
The leaden sky was lit by green flashes, cylinder following cylinder,
And no one and nothing was left now to fight them
The Earth belonged to the Beasts.
(Fair use, all credit goes to the media that i was Unsubtly referencing. this is for the sake of parody, and I'm making no profit off of this)