Concussive Essence Cannon don't just hit a point and explode but blast a line of elemental force across the ground. Everything in the affected area suffers damage and knockback.
Essence Pulse Cannon
One of the most conceptually simple weapons of the First Age. Their straightforward design made them extremely popular, and they are even now still produced in some workshops in the second age.
Essence Pulse Cannon (Concussive Essence Cannon) project elemental Essence through their entire range. What form the energy takes depends on what they are made off.
Earth Jade cannon carve a furrow through the ground. Rather than hitting targets on the ground it's power is directed against the ground itself. These weapons have uses other than military applications. In the First Age they were often used in mining.
Ice Jade cannon- Thunder Hammers- fire with a deafening, reverberating crack as an ice elemental blasts from the barrel with the force of a hurricane. These weapons cause tremendous devastation, scattering everyone and everything in their path. Thunder Hammers were extensively used in First Age warfare on land and sea. Objects strong enough not to suffer knockdown or catastrophic (i.e. destroying) damage stop the blast but take the full brunt of it. Ice elementals don't like being stopped in their tracks.
Blue Jade cannon were used exclusively in aquatic warfare. They send a surge of elemental force through the water as a devastating tidal wave or a crushing undersea current. These weapons were used in subaquatic warfare (craft armed with them are among the rarest relics of the First Age) and for bombarding coastlines as well as attacking other ships.
Fire Jade cannon were the most fearsome of all to see in battle. They fires a raging inferno through enemy ranks. As well as being used for tactical reasons they were also used as terror weapons and in all out assaults on cities where the attackers didn't even bother to loot them but burn everything to the ground. They're particularly deadly in naval warfare in the second age.
Heavenly Fire Lance- Despite Immaculate disapproval, these weapons are still highly prized for their effectiveness against Creatures of Darkness. Each one, made from pure orichalcum, is decorated with Heavenly iconography and prayers to the Unconquered Sun. In addition to normal damage, Creatures of Darkness affected by this weapon burn in cleansing flame; zombies and nemissaries' bodies burn to ashes, ghosts are released from their fetters and pass immediately into Lethe, Nephwracks are exposed to holy light no shadow can hide from.
Soulsteel cannon- Oblivion's Dark Light- the most terrifying of all Essence Cannon, this diabolical creation has the power to drag people straight into Oblivion.
