ANST - Grants and "qualities"...

[James Crouchet]

> > What I understood about the Centurion when Inman started it at Ansteorra's
> > 15th year (?) was that it was supposed to be for those fighters who would
> > probably never be knighted for whatever reason, but who were extremely
> > competent fighters who were the backbone of the Ansteorra Army.  It could
> > have been told to me wrong, or the standards changed.

The other nasty rumor was that it was created with the intent of 
being the equivalent of the WS, thereby pointing up the fact that 
the WS is not a peerage. I suppose if one really wants to know the 
intent one would have to ask the creator in person. 

However, whatever the intent, the Centurion has found it's place in 
our awards structure an is being used in a very constructive way. I 
suppose we are lucky, but most of our crowns have been good 
people who honestly try to do their best for their kingdom. In 
addition, I know some of the Centurions and they have worked hard 
to make their order something to take seriously. When you have a 
lot of Ansteorrans working to make something better, I guess it 
does not really matter how it started.

Don Christian Doré
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