Re: Midgard Vans
For Midgård, Vanherses share a capital slot with Vanjarls, who get +1 Holy, +1 Air, a Blood pick and +2 defense for 80 gp more. Both are good, but Vanjarls are probably chosen over Herses. In earlier ages, it's easier to mass Vanherses, so they might get used more.
Any way, in case you haven't already been crushed by Vanir, they're extremely efficient raiders. Few pointers:
Thugging: decent hp, EXCELLENT innate defense, they are sacred and commanders can self-bless, have innate mirror image and can cast Air Shield. Vanjarls add Mistform!
Leading Vanir: Sacred, mapmove 3, stealthy units are better when lead by a stealthy, mapmove 3 priests, and Vanherses are the cheapest for that.
Raiding: Now consider the fact that they have Sailing, the Stealth is very high (+25) for both troops and commanders, extra commanders double as thugs, and glamour means your enemy won't know where the Vanir are except right after a battle even if they don't sneak. Even worse, Vanjarls can Cloud Trapeze anywhere your enemies thought you couldn't get.
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