I'm guessing he assumed they would be at the front gateWeren't Basamak's people supposed to be competent? Classic case of underestimate the enemy even though they surely know all about Charlotte and her magic power.
If they have a stone block floor there on top of the wall, there's more or less solid rock beneath. If they actually have rooms beneath of any decent size, it would've been wood. Or maybe lots of arches and pillars. Stone is heavy, so you need a lot of support for it. It looks too wide for a solid wall, and when it crumbles after Charlotte's attack it's very thin.
I'm not sure I'd call that a "spear". Looks more like a double-bitted axe, which wasn't anything you'd find as a real weapon. He also needs quite a bit of magical strength to use it.
Also not sure what those siege towers are supposed to be. There's no reason to have three openings like that on the front.
The trebuchet on page 1 and on page 11 aren't the same. The one on 11 doesn't make structural sense.
tl;dr: The artist doesn't know medieval stuff. She could try doing any amount of research instead of just guess
As far as I know, that was always a ceremonial axe, rather than an axe meant for combat. The reason it's not used for combat is that you add a whole lot of weight to it without adding any functionality, which makes it a sub-par weapon. You want weapons to be reasonably light, so you can handle them better. Pure power is good for felling trees, but not for fighting human opponents.Minoans (ancient Cretans) used a double-bitted ax, called the labrys, according to murals we've found. But probably not a lot of medieval representation, no.
We literally don't know. We don't have enough records from that time period. But the fact that it existed and was a prominent symbol suggests it saw at least some use on the battlefield. Ceremonial weapons may not always be combat capable but they don't exist in a vacuum, either- they borrow their forms from weapons that see regular use.As far as I know, that was always a ceremonial axe, rather than an axe meant for combat. The reason it's not used for combat is that you add a whole lot of weight to it without adding any functionality, which makes it a sub-par weapon. You want weapons to be reasonably light, so you can handle them better. Pure power is good for felling trees, but not for fighting human opponents.
Not really. There are a lot of ceremonial objects that didn't saw use on the battlefield.But the fact that it existed and was a prominent symbol suggests it saw at least some use on the battlefield.
Not really. There are a lot of ceremonial objects that didn't saw use on the battlefield.