enrique , the sole one who was swarthy skinned , with overly long sable-colored hair reaching his bottom , and gleaming black eyes , as well as being heavily muscular and large and aged thirty-three , settled on a dark horse , his forceful hand clinging on to a lengthy axe which was double-sided at both the wield and the headpiece , and which could likewise be launched at the rival so as to chop him up and eventually wing its way back to its sender .