I'd say no Orc spells at the least.  Most of those are death spells, except maybe excepting Whirlwind and Haste.  It's definitely outside the mage archetype of Arcane or Elemental Spells.  I wouldn't mind more spells on my mage (if I made one that is), but I can understand leaving it as is.

Oh, are all the footman class going to be sword and board? Or are there also going to be like, two-handers as well?  Questions, questions. XD