Craghopper armour is known for not only being hard to get through, but also for its uncommon lightness and mobility. Due in part to the size of the Craghoppers themselves, and also due to the especially light alloy of metals they use to craft it, their plate armours rarely exceed twenty pounds (9 kg), allowing even heavily armoured soldiers to remain quick and mobile in the front lines. All Craghopper soldiers, especially the heavy infantry who serve as the army's vanguard, are drilled extensively in disarming their enemies as quickly as possible because any weapon in the hands of an enemy puts them at even more of a disadvantage beyond just their size. The heavy infantry are armed with axes whose design allows not only devastating blows to be made quickly and accurately using nearly any part of the weapon, but also for quick and effective disarming of enemies.
The Greenrocks, in contrast, wear no armour, often going into battle entirely nude due to their native homeland's boggy landscape making training, let alone doing battle with such things far more dangerous than any sword or axe. They paint their faces and bodies to make themselves even more intimidating and bellow loud, gutteral battle cries as they charge toward their enemy. Their attacks are fast and aggressive, raining down constant blows on their enemies with their bone-smashing clubs and armor-crushing maces. Some warriors choose to wield twin clubs made from dense bogwood, colloquially known as "Soft Hangers" due to their appearance. These clubs weigh little more than two pounds, but in the hands of a trained fighter, they can be used with terrifying effectiveness, both offensively and defensively.
Despite the Craghopper heavy infantryman's defensive advantage, a charging Greenrock maceman makes for a dangerous adversary who could make short work of a soldier in plate armour. Rarely do these two meet in battle, but when they do, it is most often the first blow that decides the victor.
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