[Bryn-gwlad] Garrison Practice

[Chris Zakes]

At 02:28 AM 6/5/2006, you wrote:
>On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 YSFAEL at aol.com <bryn-gwlad at lists.ansteorra.org> wrote:
> > This is a reminder to all those interested in helping AND/OR
> > participating in the Baronial Garrison that we have scheduled a
> > practice for this coming Tuesday.
>
>What is the Baronial Garrison?  Standing at the gates and accepting
>bribes from merchants who want to avoid guild restrictions: great.
>Walking on the battlements at night when Errol Flynn climbs over,
>sneaks up behind me, and conks me over the head: ungreat.
>(Especially because Errol Flynn has been dead for decades.)
>In movies, at least, garrison troops see a lot more of the latter than
>the former.
>
>Danett de Lincoln


Might I recommend "Guards! Guards!" by Terry Pratchett as the best work on 
this particular subject?

"They might be called the Palace Guard, the City Guard, or the Patrol. 
Whatever the name, their purpose in any work of heroic fantasy is 
identical: it is, round about Chapter Three (or ten minutes into the film) 
to rush into the room, attack the hero one at a time, and be slaughtered. 
No one ever asks them if they wanted to.

"This book is dedicated to those fine men."

         -Tivar Moondragon