ANST - Past GW stories -- GW I

[Amy Forsyth]

What do I remember about Gulf War I?

For one thing, of the Gulf Wars that I've been to, it's still my favorite.

The layout of the site was very different.

The broad, flat field where the merchants are located now was the melee
field.  Pavilions were set up along the back side of the field where the
road runs.   The Ansteorran encampment was in the area of the cabins ---
and it wasn't crowded by any means.  There were also a lot more woods
(which have now been cut out to make more camping space).

For the most part, the days were very hot and very dusty, and the nights
were cool and humid.

The one thing that everyone talks about from GW I is the woods battle and
how the woods won.  The woods battle took place behind the Ansteorran
encampment.... most of those woods have now been cut down.

I stayed up by the melee field during the battle.  We could occasionally
hear a clash of metal and some yells, but mostly everything at the melee
field was hot and still; simply a bunch of ladies having a conversation and
trying to stay cool.  After a good length of time we saw Duke Sigmund come
trotting up the road out of the Ansteorran encampment, coming from the
woods battle.  He trotted up to the Royal Pavilion, knelt, gave a brief
report to Her Majesty, and then got up and trotted off to the Royal
Encampment to report....

I went down to the woods to see what was going on and saw the first
fighters beginning to emerge from the woods.  Everyone that came out of
there was soaked through in sweat, overly hot, and tired.  Fighters were
coming out arm in arm, carrying each other as it were.  Some fighters had
stripped off their armor in the woods and were either carrying their armor
out, or had left the armor in the woods.  Some of the fighters still in
good condition were carrying both another fighter and that fighter's armor.
 Several fighters made trips back into the woods to rescue those that
couldn't make it out.  There was a line of waterbearers just inside the
edge of the woods checking on each of the fighters and trying to safely
rehydrate them.  

[Hint for the future:  If you're ever in a situation like this, leave your
armor on and walk out if you can (even with assistance).  Armor on the body
is easier to carry than armor off the body.]

What I can't get over, to this day, is how fighters that were half the age
of Duke Sigmund were struggling to get out of the woods...... and yet he
trotted out of the woods and all the way over to the Royal Encampment, with
a detour by the Royal Pavilion.



Who else has Gulf War stories to tell?

Adela






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