It was too far a dodging distance to then dash back in, and carve them up with his weighty axe, which, naturally, was why the cavalrymen were intent on committing so readily. Theirs was an attack that they knew a counter to be all but impossible to.
Yet, the melee was not the only area Vol had perfected his skills. He had known, since he had very first begun training as a child, that there would come a time when he would need to strike at enemies beyond the reach of an axe. Most Yarmdon men knew that. And most Yarmdon men knew to practice with a throwing axe, at least for a time. Few, however, had perfected it to the degree Vol had.