Quote Originally Posted by kataphraktoi
ANyone see the IGN video with the Berdich Axemen, if u did, u also saw the Byzantine Varangian Guards too as they were dressed in purple and held axes. I'm sad :( They're not as nasty as I'd like them to look weepies weepies

I don't think that is them mate. The ones that were getting their arse handed to them? They just look like an armoured infantryman. I can see the shield on their back but i really can't see them being the Varangian Guards