[Taqwus]

Lycantropos? Doesn't that force instant Berserk, which prevents the casting of Quickness? Added to that, there's the drawback of eventually turning into a skinshifter.

Armor of Souls is lovely, 'though, if you have the blood mages and blood slaves lying around, and the RoInv is decent -- although as it has no additional properties such as resistances, life-draining aura, speed, or whatever else, and Water Queens have 0 enc anyway, it might be reasonable to go with either the cheaper Marble Breastplate, or a more special armor.

Against indy tritons and thinking cheaper, I wonder how well a Shield of Gleaming Gold, a Snake Bladder Stick, a fear helmet, a rime hauberk, a dancing trident, and a luck pendant, would do. The underwater indy's aren't likely to Soul Slay or Enslave you *shrug*.