Hamza is a barbarian of prodigious strength and no small endurance, who shrugs off the piercing and the slashing blade even when it carries an enchantment. He wields a great axe, and fights in the reckless manner, giving himself over to the frenzy, which makes of him a brutal hand at close quarters.
In the assault upon Yedikule Fortress it was Hamza who kicked in the door of the outer barracks and threw himself into the melee whilst his fellows lent their fire from the rear. He took a fearful quantity of punishment in the doing of it, the hurts mounting upon him, and drained more than one potion to keep his feet; yet his part told, and the crew cleared the ground floor of the fortress the better for having so plain a frontline man in the van.