[NR] A question for those who fight in honor of others

[Cisco Cividanes]

Inspiration is such a personal thing that I hardly expect my answer to 
reflect anyone else's opinion. But non the less, here it is.

Personally, integrity and honesty (I consider then two sides of the same 
coin)  more than anything else are my inspiration. The idea that I am 
protecting, or representing something more honest or more noble than 
myself  both gives me a reason to put on my armor in the first place and 
gives me a reason to keep fighting long after my body wants to fold over 
and fall.  Being an honest person is, in my opinion, harder than any 
marshal combat. This means that honest people have traveled their own 
hard roads, but unlike fighting, their are rarely  scars to show for the 
effort. Honesty and integrity are part of what this game is based on, 
and when someone shows that they have these qualities, they  needs to be 
represented, and they deserve to be protected and upheld.

Lord Ivo Blackhawk


zubeydah at northkeep.org wrote:
> There was some discussion a number of weeks back, about ladies and the 
> chivalry -- I think Dutchess Willow was discussing the topic -- that had to do 
> with the behaviour of ladies and how it affects the gentlemen who fight on 
> their behalf.
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> So my question for those gentlemen who fight in honor for a Lady would be this:
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> What one aspect, behavior, action or demeanor of a Lady most inspires you when 
> you stand upon the field, fighting on their behalf?  
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> (I am not differentiating between chivalric or heavy weapons or archery or.. 
> etc. Just.. combat of any kind)
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> (I ask, because I'm holding a Tea/Salon for young ladies on the topic of Being 
> a Lady... and in some cases, there are gentlemen who fight bearing their favor -
>  sometimes brothers, sometimes fathers, sometimes household members.)
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> Ever curiously,
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> Zubeydah Jamilla al-Badawiyya
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