ANST - Re: ansteorra V1 #2066

C.L. Ward gunnora at bga.com
Tue Oct 19 08:54:42 PDT 1999


Sir Burke said:
>In our Order of March all current and former rulers, 
>including current Landed Baron/ess but excluding Court 
>Baron/ess, march in front of everyone else including peers.  
>In Ansteorra a current landed baron marches ahead of even a 
>triple peer.  

And let me point out what a grievous injustice you've just explained.

Countess Sara already pointed out how hard 6 to 9 months of sitting the Throne
were.  Being a landed baron or baroness doesn't stop after 6 months.  It can
go on for 3, 6, 7, even 10 years of service, where the landed is "on-stage"
all the time, assailed with political foo instead of having time to just play
the game.  When they are good at their job, the landeds work their butts off,
and they are a vital part of this game we play.

There should be some difference between plain court baronies (mine, for instance)
and those given to former landeds who have rendered so much service to our realm
(all those wonderful people who have put in years of service, and *ack* getting
up early *every* time for court!)  At the very least, I'd expect to see the
former landeds considered members of the Royal Family, and continue to march
ahead of the peers.

I also have a comment to make about "royalty and royal titles being their own
reward".  For that matter, we can include barony and peerages in this as well.
 We all know of nobles and peers who render exemplary service -- if however
they are brought up in discussion for a Pelican for the service they have rendered
as a landed noble, or as a peer, you'll frequently hear, "Oh his/her duchy/county/baronial
coronet is all the reward he/she needs" or "Oh, that's just the job expected
of a Laurel/Knight"

I think that's a bad answer.  We also all know of peers who, well, just rest
on their laurels and never contribute meaningfully thereafter.  And landed nobles
who were awful rulers, didn't contribute, etc.  I don't propose that we should
penalize these people -- but I think that we should reward landed baron/esses
and those peers who *do* render exemplary service as a noble or peer.

Sometimes a little thing is all that's needed -- word fame and court baronies
are a couple of ways of rewarding the service a peer renders, and I've seen
Laurels given Thistles for new artforms they've taken up since their Laurelling.


But how do you reward a noble for exemplary service, service which usually continues
after they step down from their landed position?  I think if they were really
good and served us well, especially when they continue to serve, then the Pelicans
should consider them.  I don't like the practice of adding a patent to the county/duchy
for reasons that Galen outlined.  But by golly, if those people are doing the
work of a peer, they should be considered just like any other candidate.

::GUNNORA::
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