User blog comment:Jar teh marksman/The Varden (Inheritance Cycle) VS Imperials (TES V: Skyrim)/@comment-143604-20120131203539

Drayco90's Edgy Edges of Edginess
 * Close Range- The Imperials. The Hunting Knife wasn't created for combat and isn't as durable or have the same killing potential as a weapon designed with the intent to kill another human.
 * Close Range 2- Even. The Imperial Sword is a little shorter than the average shortsword, but is faster and more manoverable. The average shortsword has more length, and a bit more bang for the buck, but itsn't quite as easy to use or as speedy. It balances out, as far as I'm concerned.
 * Mid-Range- The Imperials. The Spear is nice and all, and has some extended reach, but the Greatsword has more uses- it stabs, slashes, impales and severs. The Spear? It's mostly for jabbing, and is pretty easy to break, what with that wooden pole. The Greatsword will cleave right through the spear without much effort, dispite it's lack of speed.
 * Long Range- Even. There's not much information to make differences aparent.
 * Armor- The Imperials. While the Varden standard chainmail is effective, the Imperials are using chainmail in their own basic armor and have advanced plate armor as well.
 * Deadliest Warrior- The Imperials. They're better organized, better trained and for the most part, better equipped. The Varden don't have near the military training or construction to pose much of a threat to the armored hand of the Empire.