Talk:School of the Bear/@comment-5320789-20160415162953

I think it would be reasonable to assume that Bear School witchers were taught to use and carry axes alongside their swords. Being stationed in Skellige, it would only make sense that witchers old enough to mentor witchers-to-be would be natives to the island, and as such would probably find it a useful trait.

In other senses, they're still pretty much vikings. The heavy armor makes them good for assault, built more for wars and skirmishes than other witcher schools.