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<DIV><FONT size=2>Galen here...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>First, the rain just wasn't that bad. All you guys who
bailed on Sat. nite, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I told you so: premature evacuation. It rained
some on Wed., and less</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>on Thurs. Then, Sat., we had a small amount of rain
between the castle</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>battles. Sat. nite, amid reports of a major front coming
through (due, they</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>said, to hit at midnight and storm ferociously through the
night and all</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>day Sun.) a batch of our folks packed up and left in the rain
around midnight.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>But that storm never came. We had pretty much the same
showers through</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>most of Sat. night, but they stopped, and we who waited it out
packed and</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>left -- in neither dark nor rain.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Ansteorra took most of the war points, and was able to
successfully defend</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>the castle for the first time in many years. Naturally,
our rapier fighters</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>dominated, but we also won the ravine battle, the champions,
and the </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>field battle. I'm pretty sure we took the volunteer
point, but I've heard</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>conflicting reports of whether we split the A&S points or
took both.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Sounds like a tie to me.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Our King and Queen were the pride of Ansteorra, comporting
themselves with</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>such nobility that even the royalty of other kingdoms were
inspired. Between</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>fort battles, the Queen of the Midrealm came by and delivered
a speech to</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>the Arthurian Company about how inspiring our King Alaric is
to her and her</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>King, and how they've told their people back home about the
glory of Ansteorra's</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>rulers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>The Arthurian Company did very well. As has already been
mentioned, we </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>achieved all our goals, which included being a visible,
committed and disciplined</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>fighting unit, recognized and respected by our commanders,
allies, and opponents </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>alike; too,</FONT><FONT size=2> it was one of our goals from
day one to earn the King's Battle Ribbon, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>and we</FONT><FONT size=2> did that, too. The Arthurian
Company now faces new challenges, such</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>as keeping the King's Battle Ribbon when the Liondragon Guard
comes out</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>next year to take it back, and the Coastal Region and Bryn
Gwlad each decide </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>that we </FONT><FONT size=2>haven't done anything that they
can't do (which is true). So we'll need</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>to build on the successes of this year to do even better
things next year. </FONT><FONT size=2>I </FONT><FONT size=2>hope
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>we'll have a good corps of returning veterans to train with
new recruits and</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>a new commander (applications for commander now being
accepted). And </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>everybody I talked to had a great time in it. I'll leave
to others the task of</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>describing for you Commander Wolf's something-eating-grin,
which grew ever</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>larger over the course of the week.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>And the Elfsea Camp was a wonderful home-away-from-home.
Thank you so much</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>to all the folks who worked so hard to set it up and keep it
running so well.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>So, Armand, are the pictures up yet? David, when's
the video-watching party?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>- Galen of Bristol</FONT></DIV>
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