| On the topic of Zizka: that was really an interesting guy. He became a brigand after a powerful noble family of Rosenbergs in southern Bohemia killed his wife and impoverished him, but somehow he later obtained a pardon from king and even became a bodyguard of queen. He had a large sword wound over his face from an age of ten, so his face was entirely deformed and he was very ugly. Most of the statues show Zizka carrying a mace, but it is more a symbol of rank than a favourite weapon. Earliest depictions of him show him carrying a warhammer (thought warhammer is often considered a kind of mace, same difference). | 
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