[Ansteorra] Gothic Wars

[Dragonetti]

Unto His Excellency Donnchadh Beag mac Griogair, beloved Baron of Namron,
does your cousin Armand Dragonetti, Baron of Elfsea send exuberant
greetings!

Learned cousin, you indeed show yourself to be wise beyond your years. To
objectively take stock of the situation, I applaud your keen intellect and
most eagerly welcome your forces to aid in testing the security of our
kingdom!

In the service of Ansteorra, I remain,
HE Armand Dragonetti
Baron of Elfsea
Lord Dragonsfire Tor

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ansteorra-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org 
> [mailto:ansteorra-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of 
> Donnchadh Beag mac Griogair
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 3:45 PM
> To: Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc.
> Subject: [Ansteorra] Gothic Wars
> 
> Unto my most Noble Cousin Armand Dragonetti, Baron of Elfsea, 
> do I Baron 
> Donnchadh Beag mac Griogair send greetings.
> 
> My good cousin, in the past weeks I have heard your upcoming plans to 
> test the security of our western borders met with dark rumors 
> of a power 
> hungry quest for lands.  I must admit, that I myself was at first 
> brought in by these rumors and spoke out against your plans.  
> For this I 
> offer my humble apologies.
> 
> In the past weeks, I have heard council from those in whom I 
> trust, and 
> have had time to judge these rumors in contrast with your honorable 
> actions in the past.  There is also the issue of the troubles 
> that time 
> after time rear their ugly head in the West.  In light of all this, I 
> can only come to the conclusion that you truly have the good of the 
> Kingdom in mind. 
> 
> It is my sincere hope that your fears concerning our good 
> cousin Kainin 
> are wrong, but I can not let my hopes endanger the security of the 
> Kingdom.  I have therefore decided to join you in testing HE Kainin's 
> defense of the lands in the west.  If HE Kainin can show, 
> through this 
> test, that he is indeed capable of defending our western borders, so 
> much the better.  But if not, then it is much better that 
> this weakness 
> is discovered by friends, then by the next band of foes who 
> would attack 
> our fair Kingdom.  I have charged my men to make ready for 
> the march to 
> the West that we may put these fears to rest once and for all.
> 
> In Service to Crown and Kingdom,
> Donnchadh Beag mac Griogair
> Baron of Namron
> Lord of Skorragardr