Well, as a guy who loves beer, I feel for Eorl. Even if you drink one pint, you still end up stinking like an ale barrel. :lol 

As for how armoured Saptheth, even though I'm obviously neither the GM nor the character's owner, I feel like he wouldn't be brought before the king with his mask on? I thought Eorl basically cut him at the neck a bit, which would be exposed due to the lack of a a helmet. At least that's how I imagined the scene anyway.