[mac5732]

my good gryphin, archers back in the older days, carried various types of equipment, usually short type sword/dagger oriented weapons not true swords in the weapon sense, they were smaller, shorter, lighter not meant for shock or heavy fighting but enough to defend themselves or as Last resort attack. Others carried other type defensive weapons, depending on time period involved. But yes they did carry back up weapons, some were just odds and end individual weapons, again depends on time period

just some ideas mac