ANST - Q? - War Tabards
Rollie W. Reid
carcassonnais at geocities.com
Mon Feb 16 19:56:14 PST 1998
Rumil said,
If you really want to make people ache for the chance to be Standard
Bearer, hold a tournament in which the only allowed weapon styles
involve
those skills neccessary for the job, such as sword in one hand and
spear in
the other, or hand-axe and glaive. The winner gets to be the
Standard
Bearer.
I agree with Don Dore, great idea, only I have an addition to the
idea. Rather than just a tournament between the various people who
would like the job, how about one where each combatant is put through
a series of tests, designed to simulate the ones faced by a banner
bearer. Facing sword and shield, outnumbered, with opponents with
various weapons. Working very close behind a shield wall, to show
that he can stay alive and keep the banner where it can be seen and
rallied around.
Also, the perfect person to act as a banner bearer is someone with
their own armor, but who will be of little use elswhere, someone who
is new for example. At the last Outlands War, my wife acted as a
banner bearer for Bryn Gwlad, and followed the Baronial Guard
Captain(Kein MacEwan) around through out the field battle. Kein did
not have the time to worry about whether or not she fell, or fell
behind, but when he had a break in the battle, he looked around and
found she was still behind him. She had a blast.
Conor
lucetis sicut luminaria in mundo
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