

This guy is for the most part a farmer working the land for himself, his family and his clan. His has a bit more land than usual due to his grandfather's daring deeds but in truth they has little interest in the cuthroat world of barbarian politics. Mostly his family gives regular tribute in grain, firewood, beer or other such good they can come up to his chieftain , whomever he might be and that's enough. They may not be movers and shakers, but they are not easily moved or shook. Even so, sometimes a muster is called or a rival tribe sends out a raid and he has to go out. But where the warriors of the tribe generally like to get into the thick of it, this fellow and many mustered farmers prefers to pepper them with arrows from a safe distance





Living near the forests, many Barbarian Farmers supplement their diet with a little wild game and it's common to see children practicing with bows when there are not many chores to do under the supervision of their older siblings, mothers, fathers, aunts and uncles, eventually graduating to composite bows as they grow up. They are not the greatest bow culture, but a hundred archers can if nothing else force an enemy mob to put their shields up, slowing their charge and leaving them vulnerable. Ambushes from the woods are also popular. In a society without many blacksmiths armor is fairly rare. This fellow's antique helmet is pretty much as much armor you'd find among Barbarian archers. Even so, the general attitude of most Barbarian Archers is to stay out of melee combat and flee if large numbers of enemies are coming their way. Never the less, sometimes touble catches up with them and as such this fellow carries his grandfather's old heavy shield breaking battleaxe when he goes out into battle. Just in case.

