I don't say this to be snippy, it's more of a general grumble against fantasy armor and people not wearing helmets, or wearing absurdly elaborate and overprotective limb armor while leaving their head, neck, chest, and guts largely exposed where any peasant with a bow and the sense to aim roughly for center of mass could leave them dead in seconds..
No, it's true and its wonky. The helmet thing is mostly because metal helmets makes it a bit harder to hear and see in the big rain/mist conditions, when they want as absolutely clear a FOV as possible at all times, and as little obstruction to their ears as possible. The ones wearing helmets are the ones who are going to be on the front most of the line, for what chance it might give them, because the Fimir are (hopefully) going to be visible and coming after them. Some are wearing chest armor, in case of that too. Others are skirmishers, archers, slingers, who just want to protect their arms a bit more as they go about the throwing/shooting/etc. Others are wearing little shiny stuff at all, because of how it might make them more visible.
The Albionese, in this quest at least, function effectively as a prey species group that has to gang up/ambush/surround/etc. the predator group i.e. the Fimir. The biggest upgrade that they've all made is in terms of weapons, as that makes the biggest difference. Because yes, if a Fimir gets a good solid thwack on you, even a fully armored knight might be taken out in one shot, and thus it is mobility that is key. The rest is...personal preference.
first glimpse of something unique to Albion. I wonder how they're made?
Actually, Fenbeasts are actually not wholly unique to Albion, but Albionese Fenbeasts are themselves, different. It's...well...canonically, pretty much the one 'big' impact that the Shadows over Albion campaign had, is that the Dark Emissaries (the evil Truthsayers corrupted by Bel'akor) introduced the Old World to Fenbeasts. And then others started making them, or at least things similar to them. Necromancers and Sorcerers. People (Witch Hunters and Priests of Morr) were not happy about this.
The original flavor, though, are Albion's. Vaguely humanoid, powerful things of bone, rotting vegetation, mud, etc. with They are a type of elemental construct of wood/dirt/magic/etc. which are basically temporarily made golems. Mindless, shambling creatures, run/powered by the souls of the dead and animated in specific ways by the Druids, usually with a 'small Ogham Stone' inside, which I choose to interpret as dumb, and instead just make it a specifically created lodestone, rather than them just having piles of little bitty Ogham Stones hanging around, given what Ogham Stones proper are meant to do. They are also noted to be exceedingly physically powerful, feel no fear, no pain. If the summoner is killed, they collapse into nothingness, but can be directed otherwise to do various stuff/tasks.
Now, the Albionese...never really developed siege engines. No need, when you have unfeeling Fenbeasts to go bash at the gates of the castles that the Fimir create. Furthermore, conflict between the tribes was not necessarily rare, but it was certainly more ritualized. After all, the one thing all the tribes agree on, is that they have to protect and maintain the Ogham Stones. It's just about one of the few things binding them all together. Generally, when the Albionese need to fight one another, they did it through champions, or they'd pick a place and day and work it out there with the Druids not helping either side - the Druids are loyal only to keeping the Oghams safe and untouched by outside parties. Not that the Albionese have the time, energy, or will to spare in fighting amongst one another as they are slowly crushed beneath the twin millstones of the Fimir and the Druchii.
Of course, this will likely be better put in the next update proper, so that those who read threadmarks only will get it, but I figured I could say so now.
