[@Jbcool] To be fair, Saptheth is in full armour, and from the images I'm seeing of them from the LotR wiki, Easterlings do have armour in the general area of where you wrote Eorl as striking. And since he does have ale on his breath at all, one could mistake Eorl's actions as at least partially alcohol-influenced, as perhaps Saptheth did here (and myself, since it was mentioned). I can change how he reacts to the whole situation, if you'd like, maybe have him stumble a bit from the initial pommel strike?