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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The militant arm was formed by Aureliane Rioghail,
the first Star Principal Herald, as a joke, when she warranted Duke Jonathan De
Laufyson and Duke Lloyd von Eaker (both competent heralds) as the militant arm
of the College of Heralds. It eventually grew into a more-or-less
unoffical honor given to a very few heralds who are also well-known
fighters. I believe the first one given entirely seriously was when
Tadhg made me a member and gave me the right to (try to) register the title
"Rapier Herald". Off the top of my head, I can remember:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Duke Jonathan</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Duke Lloyd</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Don Robin</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Duchess Rowan</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sir Mahdi</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sir Kief</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The first time Mahdi was king, he made Ansteorra
the envy of heralds across the Known World. He was visiting a herald's
meeting when he saw a particularly ugly shield. He pointed to it,
called it bad armory, and called for his militant arm to do something about
it. As he left, heralds from other kingdoms were in awe, saying,
"Wow! Your King cares about good heraldry."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=crandalltwo-scalists@yahoo.com
href="mailto:crandalltwo-scalists@yahoo.com">Crandall</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=heralds@ansteorra.org
href="mailto:heralds@ansteorra.org">Heralds List, Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA,
Inc.</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 06, 2006 7:47
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ANSTHRLD] Re: Gulf
War</DIV>
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<DIV>The MIlitant Arm of the Ansteorran College of Heralds could best be
classed as an appointment. Or an award. Often comes with a title. I cannot
remember when we last gave one out. You have to do special stuff, that I know,
regarding Heraldry and fighting. </DIV>
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<DIV>Those that I can remember as members: </DIV>
<DIV>Robin of Gilwell </DIV>
<DIV>Abd al Mahdi ibn Hakim, Banana Pursuivant of the Militant Arm </DIV>
<DIV>Lloyd von Acre </DIV>
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<DIV>Robin, can you answer that better? </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Crandall <BR><BR><B><I>robert segrest <aumbob@yahoo.com></I></B>
wrote:</DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I'll
be there all week. Fighting heavy and helping<BR>out with heraldry and
marshalling. What's this I've<BR>heard about a militant
arm?<BR><BR>Laslzo</BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>