[Bryn-gwlad] Garrison Practice

[Sean Gulick]

Guards! Guards! is a great book.  We were hoping thought that Bryn  
Gwlad's garrison would be a particularly nasty one as they would  
attack 3 or even 4 at a time :-)

Gideon

On Jun 5, 2006, at 6:19 AM, Chris Zakes wrote:

> 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
>
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