<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><FONT SIZE=2>I feel that I need to "testify," since I was the only one who heard him,
<BR>besides Lord Geo, who was judging. I want to say that, although I did not
<BR>hear all the others, I am confident that the choice was a worthy one.
<BR>Lord Ivo has that rare gift of a storyteller, not only to come up with a
<BR>really good story at a moments notice, but to make the audience feel so
<BR>completely captivated, that they are able to slip away from all that is
<BR>around them, and simply immerse themselves in the tale.
<BR>Ivo, you tell your tales with such passion and conviction, I experienced a
<BR>moment or two when I taken by the realism; so much so, that I felt I had
<BR>indeed peeked into the Middle Ages, and caught a glimpse of a thing that had
<BR>actually taken place.
<BR>Bravo for a well deserved win - please give your story again at Castellan so
<BR>that others may hear it.
<BR>Anawyn </FONT></HTML>