[thejeff]

One annoyance with Jotunheim that I've run into is that you've got these great early thuggable commanders, but no early armor for them. No earth, fire, or air magic, so the first decent armor I found was at Construction 6, the breath of winter armor (Whatever it's called.)

Plenty of other gear, though, and Jarls have decent armor already.

Also, be aware that although the Skratti's werewolf form makes a good thug, he'll change to a wolf after the fight and lose most of his equipment.