Few sights are as intimidating as a great axe hefted toward you. It can only be carried in a pose that exudes raw strength, and a bearer of such a weapon can rarely look meek.
Bandos was also a fan of the aesthetic. While he favoured the sheer brutality of the kyzaj, he chose to wield a great axe against Velgar. He stormed Brakka’s Folly, great axe in hand, and challenged the dragon to single combat. A god versus a dragon, the outcome felt obvious, yet it did not play out how Bandos expected.
It should have been easy. Yet Velgar’s stone-touched flesh turned away blows, and his poisonous breath leeched even Bandos’ strength. Bandos cut a great scar down Velgar’s side, yet the wound was not fatal, and the counterattack sent Bandos reeling.
He never surrendered, but there was no victory for the big high war god. He sounded a tactical retreat, seeking superior tactics – far, far away.