[Wrana]

To Sombre:
I see. BTW, was Conceptual Balance a cooperative one?
Light chariot can work against haevy infantry - in _almost_ the same way as heavy cav - which was why I mentioned the latter. And elite infantry makes the need for such units less because it can crush non-elite infantry troops on their own. A real-life example could be Greeks & Romans which had weak cavalry with one of the reasons being that their heavy infantry could beat almost anybody who hadn't similar one. When Hellenistic states started to war against each other, though, they started to seek counter-measures against such infantry - using ballistas, heavy cavalry (cataphraktes), scythed chariots and elephantes. I see Sidhe of Tirnanog as being in similar situation - initially their infantry can beat most opponents on their own (for their neighbors and main opponents are Fomors and probably Marverni).
Pity about heroes - I get an idea for MA (most probably) Arcoscephales - an Athlete - sacred low-Leadership commander with high stats, armed with cestes (2h, 2 att, otherwise similar to Gloves of Gladiators, but non-magical) + koppo, with background of an aristocrat trained from childhood to take part in sacred games (such as Olympic ones) and going to use gained skills in war.. It can be used as recruitable commander (you didn't mean them also?) or even as troop, but the latter seems wrong for me.

To Foodstamp: thanks, I'll send something in a week possibly.