: That makes sense. I'd go for spearmen, then...it would
: make a clear distinction between the
: "professional" (and thus formally trained
: and equiped) and the "rugged 'barbarians'",
: with cruder equipment (Connacht is using an axe,
: rather than a sword, for example).
Yeah, and speaking of which, I was thinking last night it would make a lot more sense for Connacht to use two hand-axes rather than one big slow heavy axe, considering the Myrkridia's prime advantage is speed, and to fight them would require not just brute strength and the ability to hit hard, but speed the the ability to avoid being hit, since you can't really block a claw with your arm. So Connacht would appear in combat a great martial arts master, able to transition seamlessly between stillness and motion, hardness and softness... feint ever so slightly to avoid a Krid's lunge and then cleave off the back of its skull as it flies past you, carrying that swing through to turn you back about to strike at the next one with your other hand. Fighting the Myrkridia requires two fast weapons that can still each deliver a killing blow from a powerful enough hand, which is why I'd think hand-axes would work better than a single large battle-axe.
I'm really liking this image of Connacht standing his own amidst a horde of Myrkridia, piling their corpses at his feet and standing upon them as more charge in.
