Axes were first designed as tools, to break apart timber for human use, but from the simple woodsman's axe to the mighty double-bladed axe, these are dangerous weapons. The basic rules for an axe is simple: take a wooden shaft, stick metal on the end, carve one end down to a blade. The end product is often surprisingly effective. While widely used across Fastheld, axes are in especially common use within House Lomasa, being the weapon of choice of a majority of its nobles.