ANST - restictions on reigns

[Alys Roke]

> >the least qualified fighters?  A duke may very well be the best
> >fighter on the field.  If he doesn't intend to win, why ruin it for
> >perhaps the second best fighter on the field, who, had the duke not
> >entered, would have won crown?
>
>
>     He might be testing the mettle of fighters in the list. He has the 
>right..in my opinion the responsibility..to make sure that the winner truly 
>has what it takes. If you are going to fight, fight the best. You will 
>never improve with easy fights, but every duke I have ever fought has 
>taught me something. If you would be King you should be fighting as well as 
>those dukes, if not better.
>
>Ivan the Hedgehog
>

This really isn't my conversation, but I feel the need to say something.  
When I first started heavy training, I was told not to be discouraged if I 
didn't win at first, and to remember that any fighter can win any fight at 
any time.  I have never felt that Right of Arms is the best way to choose a 
king, but being the way it is done, I certainly do not think it fair for a 
Duke to enter Crown List with the intention of weeding out the weaker 
entrants and then dropping out before the end.  I feel that if you enter a 
Crown List, you should do so with the full intention of being king, and if 
you lose, learn from your loss and try again.  I know I would be angry if I 
lost to someone who never had any intention of accepting the crown.
The strongest arm does not make the best king.

In service,
Lady Alys Roke


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