[Annheiser]

A lot of people gripe over the fact the Lord's dual wield skill bonus is almost useless. True to a point. The only big difference between a Valkyrie and Lord (besides sex) is that a Valkyrie only needs to concentrate on one weapon, polearms, and thus be able to stay behind front formations (which doesn't really matter since most of the time any of your characters can be hit from anywhere), whereas with a Lord you need to work on Dual Wield and two weapons (if you're going with the standard sword/mace styles). Phew! That's one heckuva sentence.

Oh yeah, Valkyries have this Cheat Death thing.

With a Lord you really need patience to build him up because he'll be missing probably more often than your Valkyrie early in the game. I can really go with either class. They both share the same HP level, and they both learn the same spells. Like I said, the only difference is the number of skills you need to build up.