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<h3 style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-weight:normal">Fair
Greetings,<span></span></span></h3>

<h3 style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-weight:normal">Queen’s
Champion is less than three weeks away. It is traditional, on the morning of
Queen’s Champion, for the members of the Legion of Swashbucklers to come forward
and swear their Oath to the Queen. However, in this year of the plague, crowding
that many people that closely together—however briefly—would be ill-advised. <span></span></span></h3>

<h3 style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-weight:normal">Therefore,
after consultation with Her Majesty, we will do things a little differently. Instead
of forming an unbroken chain, hand-to-shoulder to my hands on the hilt of the
Queen’s Champion’s sword, as is usually done, everyone should bring one of their
fighting blades with them, spread out a sword-length from their neighbors, and
form the unbroken chain by laying their sword tips on the shoulder of the
person in front of them. I, in turn, will hold the tip of the Queen’s Champion
sword, while Her Majesty holds the hilt. That still gives us the unbroken chain,
but with less chance of spreading the plague.<span></span></span></h3>

<h3 style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-weight:normal">Also,
to help control the plague, everyone *please* wear a mask or other face
covering at Queen’s. Remember, we’re trying to stab our friends, not make them
sick.<span></span></span></h3>

<h3 style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-weight:normal">-Tivar
Moondragon<span></span></span></h3>

<h3 style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-weight:normal">Leader
of the Legion of Swashbucklers<span></span></span></h3>





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