[Bryn-Gwlad] Award Recommendations - August 21st

[Thomas]

Greetings Sir Gaston & All, 

A good discussion on award recommendations - 
and my thanks to those who have already sent me
some recommendations.  One of the reasons our barony
is so great is because we are generous with praise. 

The Cross Fleury recognizes any martial combat
which includes chivalric, rapier, archery, and 
plausibly even equestrian (especially jousting).  
Don Maelgwyn has also rightly observed that the 
Cross Fleury can recognize diligent efforts in 
combat and for service within the local combat 
community more than for a particular skill level.

The Guild Leaders recently recommended our 
non-armigerous awards be used more to encourage
people for their character and their efforts
in service, the arts, and combat.  I agree and 
add my own recommendations to those I receive. 

      Thomas 



-----Original Message-----
>Sent: Jul 26, 2007 1:44 PM
>
>Your excellency,
>  I'd like to get to know the baronial awards a bit
>better, and it's likely the discussion would be of
>interest to others.  
>  It's clear to me that The Cross Fleury is a martial
>award, but I'm having trouble gaging the level of
>prowess required.  All the names I recognize are
>Centurions, dons and knights.  I understand it's
>difficult to quantify, but how good a fighter does
>someone need to be to worthy of this award?  Is it
>really about individual ability or does melee prowess
>or war leadership count?  Are archers eligible?
>  The three baronial service orders got me curious. 
>I'll leave their descriptions from the web page below
>for easy reference, but what would qualify someone for
>one of these awards over another.  The wording implies
>there's a good, better, best thing going on.  Is that
>how others see the awards?
>  Regards,
>  Gaston de Clermont
>
>