Thread:Arthas Menethill/@comment-26383377-20170308162225/@comment-26383377-20170309032649

Armor was made out of the same material as their blades.

If their metal armor would corrode over sea voyages, then what's to stop their axes and swords from corroding too?

They used well-crafted weapons. It would be much like any other poor individual in history. A poor Viking would be equal to a fighting peasant, of course they wouldn't have armor.

But Vikings did sport chain mail, shields, swords and axes. They wore Norman helmets that protected their skulls reliably.