Battle Axe is an arcade topdown hack slash. For as long as you and your people can remember, your homeland of Mercia has been held in the tyrannical grip of “Etheldred”, a despotic sorceress in the distant icy wastelands to the north. Every seven years she sends her armies south to handpick inhabitants from each township who will be subjected to a life of slavery, and they will never come back. A call is sent out to champions across the land pleading with them to put an end to her rule. Collectors Badge Edition includes a set of pin badges based on the game.