Cool Peerage Ceremonies
Jeanne Stapleton
jstaplet at adm.law.du.edu
Mon Mar 24 08:42:14 PST 1997
> > Reading the stories has been so great, thanks everyone for this
> > window into your kingdom's proud history.
> >
> > My question: what's the coolest peerage ceremony you've ever
> > seen?
> >
> > Countess Berengaria de Montfort de Carcassonne, OP
> > Barony of Caerthe
> > Kingdom of the Outlands
>
> I have to go back to Rowan's knighting on the field at the first
> Outlands War, as the two armies were drawn up into their shield
> walls, the king rode in on horseback, dismounted, and called for the
> Chivalry. Rowan was knighted amidst great cheering from two armies
> and the assembles populace.
>
> - Galen
Galen's commentary, and the stories of other peerage ceremonies,
bring to mind a question: do you go more for peerage ceremonies
that *look* cool, with memorable visuals like the king on horseback,
or ones that *sound* cool with poems and speeches? (The ideal,
I guess, being both.)
Countess Berengaria de Montfort de Carcassonne, OP
Barony of Caerthe
Kingdom of the Outlands
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