[Ansteorra] Bard on a mission seeks help.

[Tina Michael]

ooooo, We have one of these in Trimaris as well and to hear it told , and by
the bard who composed it is truly inspiring. It is getting kinda long and he
told it to the gathered assembly in sets and it was awesome. Please help
this good bard by giving her your knowledge, you won't regret it.
 Tina
 Minstrel of Moonschadowe

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 11:57 PM, Catrin ferch Maelgwn
<ladycatrin at gmail.com>wrote:

> Gentle People of Ansteorra,
>
> I write to beg a boon of you.  I have need of your knowledge, and your
> memories.  Indeed, having caught word of the noble undertakings of Master
> Robert Fitzmorgan and the Ansteorra History Project, I hope it may prove
> that my request is well-timed.
>
> I aim to compose a poetic genealogical record of the rulers of Ansteorra --
> a Lay of the Kings, as it were -- similar to one which may be found on the
> following page, written for the Crowns of Ealdormere by Hector of the Black
> Heights:
>
> http://nicolaa5.tripod.com/articles/Hector/hist/HGene.htm
>
> ...in which each King and Queen is named with a kenning or an epithet (in
> the classical sense, mind you!) that uniquely describes them.
>
> It is here that I am in need of help.  I have walked the lands of Ansteorra
> only a little while, and Her history is longer and broader than such as I
> could hope to grasp.  I have not gazed upon the beauty of Queens gone past,
> yet I know their beauty must live on in the hearts of those who were graced
> by their smiles.  I have not stood at the shoulders of yesterday's Kings,
> yet I know there are those among us, still, who could remember to me their
> valor.  So I ask for your aid, each and every one of you, from all of those
> who remember.  Every ruler in our history has had characteristics that set
> them apart--a booming voice, or a crystalline laugh, or an unswerving
> arrow,
> or an unusual predilection for marmots.  Well, that one's just a shot in
> the
> dark.
>
> But I would be grateful for your recollections of those rulers you have
> known.  Perhaps you remember a certain Queen's generosity, or your favorite
> King's sense of humor.  There have been sixty reigns thusfar, and to be
> successful in this I must have memories of them all.  I would be most
> grateful if you would write to me and share your own, and perhaps have a
> hand in how our monarchs are remembered in this particular humble
> composition.  And if your recollections and descriptions don't feel
> particularly poetic, don't worry!  That's my job, for better or for worse.
> Speak as plainly as you wish--but, pray you, speak as truly as you can.  A
> complete list of the Crowns of Ansteorra can be found below (thank you,
> Ansteorra History Project!).
>
> http://historian.ansteorra.org/wiki/index.php?title=Crowns_of_Ansteorra
>
> I thank you for your attention, and for any assistance I might receive in
> this matter.
>
> In service to Crown and Kingdom,
> Catrin ferch Maelgwn
> Premier Bard of Ansteorra
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