Oh, I've seen backwards shooting -- e.g. a blind Marignon mage/priest blithely firing off fire flies NE/SE/NW/SW in a single cast.
It does happen. A Cyclops firing Flying Shards may not fire backwards, but also can be hilariously bad at aiming...
Hm. Is it deliberate that the nation appears to have no scouts?
Other random note -- the Unborn hero appears to have no feet; I take it that he's based on a #mounted unit?