[Bryn-gwlad] Archery and the Moustache War

[caladin]

Didnt' one of the archers (iolo?) also manage to lodge a combat bolt 
directly in some young lad's
bar visor, and get ti stuck as if it had penatrated. and scaring the lad 
so much that he fell over backwards
as if truely poleaxed dead... and thus scaring the said archer to great 
extreems.

Cal-

Robin Craig wrote:

>I was there, and these are my words -
>
>Duke Inman MacMoore did stride the field that day, and he was the  
>Commander for the army of the Steppes.  As Master Tivar related, His  
>Grace was the prime target for Bryn Gwlad's archers that day.
>
>At one point the Army of the Steppes was standing across from the  
>Bryn Gwlad War Company.  We were separated by a small river.  Those  
>of the Chivalry could ride their horses through the river, but the  
>rest had to ford the river in several places.  Duke Inman, his mighty  
>sword in hand, was at the fore, as always.
>
>Bryn Gwlad had set up a defensive position.  The knights of the  
>Steppes and their Chivalric allies began crossing the river, followed  
>by their men-at-arms.  Immediately the Bryn Gwlad archers took aim at  
>the mounted knights and started shooting.  Duke Inman weathered the  
>hail and rain of arrows and bolts for a few strides, but he was  
>felled by a bolt from Don Iolo Fitzowen.
>
>After the battle Duke Inman, a thundercloud upon his brow, strode up  
>to Don Iolo and spoke thusly 'Dammit, Fitzowen, stop shooting me!   
>Why do you keep shooting me?!'
>
>To which Don Iolo replied 'Because, Your Grace, you are the best  
>fighter on this field, and you fight for the enemy.  It would be  
>passing foolish of me to allow you to raise your sword against me and  
>mine.'
>
>At this, Duke Inman stopped, thought, and then strode away.
>
>Set down by my hand this 5th day of September, myself as witness
>Conor Drummond
>
>
>On Sep 1, 2006, at 12:34 PM, Susan Froebel wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Tivar's and my response to the request for Moustache War stories.   
>>I thought
>>you would enjoy.
>>
>>Rhiannon (helping keep history alive)
>>
>>
>>Duke Inman did indeed get to kill something that day, but only  
>>because he
>>got his way and one melee was fought without archery.  I don't  
>>remember if
>>Steppes won that melee or only got closer.  Bryn Gwlad was  
>>noticiably hyped
>>by their victorious day.  On the other hand Steppes was ready for some
>>payback.
>>
>>Somehow Duke Inman just did not understand the great honor in being  
>>the
>>first one killed each battle.  [evil grin]
>>
>>Rhiannon (who thinks Bryn Gwlad archers are the best!)
>>
>>------------------------------
>>
>>Message: 3
>>Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 06:43:41 -0500
>>From: Chris Zakes <dontivar at gmail.com>
>>Subject: Re: [Bryn-gwlad] Archery and the Moustache War
>>To: Barony of Bryn Gwlad <bryn-gwlad at lists.ansteorra.org>
>>Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20060901060552.03581600 at gmail.com>
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>>At 11:06 AM 8/31/2006, you wrote:
>>
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>>
>>>Thanks for telling me about the story and I look forward to hearing
>>>the rest of it.
>>>      
>>>
>>I can give some more details on this.
>>
>>The Moustache War was something of a spinoff from another
>>inter-baronial a few years earlier (In that one, Baron Bjorn of
>>Namron decided that since the Barony of Bjornsborg was *obviously*
>>named after him, it should therefore pay him tribute, or possibly it
>>belonged to him--stories differed. The fact that Bjornsborg had been
>>in existence since before Bjorn had even heard of the SCA was
>>conveniently ignored.<G> Much good-natured silliness with claims and
>>counter-claims being posted in the Black Star, ensued--sort of like
>>the posts about the Widow Ruspoli for Gothic War these days.)
>>
>>Anyway, My lady and I were driving back from a Steppes Twelfth Night
>>with Baron Johann and Baroness Erika, and got to talking about that
>>war, and decided it'd be fun to do it again. At that point, Don Robin
>>of Gilwell (whose coat of arms features a moustache) was Baron of the
>>Steppes; one of Bryn Gwlad's prominent citizens was Don Blayne
>>AtteWood, who sported a particularly impressive handlebar
>>moustache--an obvious infringement on Robin's arms. To emphasize the
>>seriousness of this situation we scheduled the war for April Fool's
>>Day. (Unfortunately, as Daniel pointed out, some people took it
>>seriously anyway, which just goes to show the Perversity of Human  
>>Nature.)
>>
>>At the war, the Steppes had recruited quite a few "hotshot" fighters,
>>most notably Duke Inman who was probably the best fighter in
>>Ansteorra and one of the best in the entire SCA. Bryn Gwald, on the
>>other hand, had mostly mid-level and beginner fighters but lots more
>>archers with *lots* of arrows. In each melee, as soon as "lay on" was
>>called, our archers started by picking off the top-level folks on the
>>other side, and kept shooting until everyone on the other side was
>>dead. I wasn't keeping score, but I'm pretty sure that Inman was
>>killed within the first thirty seconds or so of *every* battle, and
>>I'm not sure if he ever got to throw a blow all day. He was,
>>understandably, *not* happy.
>>
>>          -Tivar Moondragon
>>
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