Markers
To keep the book-keeping to zero some markers need to be used. However, the whole purpose of Waelstowe is to make the battle as attractive looking as possible and help the players get away from gaming and get to story-telling.
To that end, every marker that is used can and should be represented by things that are not jarring to the eye. Viz
Wound Markers
Use Shields for Wounds on Heroes, Fallen Figures for Wounds on Warriors
Ravens
In this instance we use Ravens!!!
Devotion
For this I use ghostly warriors from my GW Lord of the Rings collection.
Below is Ragnar and his Kinsmen and two ghostly warriors showing that Ragnar has two Devotion