Possibly the largest single warship ever constructed, the Balor Drakenfiend was designed on the orders of King Ira III to be given as a gift to his longtime friend and advisor Count Bollard Drakenfiend on the birth of his son in 2A 1268 and named after his ancestor and first Lord Commander of Tir Count Balor Drakenfiend. It spent much of its existence sat in Coillearnach Harbour as Bollard himself had little use for it, being uninterested in maritime warfare but grateful for the gift, and indeed was converted into a rather oversized holiday yacht for Bollard and his family.
It remained owned by the Drakenfiend family for many decades until Tir declared war on the Imperial Troll Empire in solidarity with the Meritocratic Republic of the United Peoples of the Pools in 2A 1495. When the war began and it became clear that House Drakenfiend was not going to help fight the Empire, the ship was forcibly requisitioned by the Tiran Navy on direct orders of Queen Mother Isobel and converted back into a warship.
Its only action in the war was acting as a support vessel during the opening hours of the raid that would become the Siege of Mor'Koc, where it was intended to transport heavy siege equipment to a landing site where it would be collected by the forces that had already arrived, and then was to blockade the eastern mouth of the Southern Mor to stop Imperial ships from leaving until other ships arrived to support it. It was to sail alone at a distance disguised as an Imperial trade vessel in order to avoid suspicion until the attack began in earnest.
However, it did not go at all as planned. The Balor Drakenfiend was forced close to the edge of the estuary as it arrived in the Old World due to strong south-westerly winds, While its disguise was good enough to be convincing from afar, it was clear to the guards on the city walls that it was not, in fact, one of their own trade ships as it got closer. Near the river mouth, the ship was struck in the starboard side by a rock hurled by a springald on the walls, causing it to take on water. The Balor Drakenfiend managed to get a number of ballista shots off, dealing only superficial damage to one guard tower before the increasing listing of the ship from intake of water and the continued strong winds forced it against the rocks at the then-entrance of the East Docks. The surviving crew who didn't flee in the lifeboats were captured, as was a colossal ballista mounted at the bow of the ship, nicknamed The Morian Mouse, which now resides in the gatehouse of the Imperial Palace.
Following the wars, House Drakenfiend decided not to salvage the ship as it would be too expensive to move, and the Empire did not wish to remove it themselves so it remains where it wrecked, and the city's North End has slowly grown around it as the docks have expanded so it now sits near the centre of the district. The body of the ship is largely intact, and so the interior has been completely cleared by the Imperial Arts Committee and it is now a theatre officially named the Imperial Wars Memorial Theatre but known affectionately by the locals as "The Wreck". The ship itself is listed as an Scheduled Monument by the Imperial Historical Society, and its huge bulk which towers over most of the buildings in the vicinity makes it clearly visible from most of the North End making it a well-known landmark in the city.
The sails are not original; these are later additions by the Arts Committee for aesthetic reasons and are often advertisement banners for upcoming shows.