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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=400132808-03022001>Hi
there.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=400132808-03022001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=400132808-03022001>I was
wondering...my mailer kept saying you were illegal or some such
garbage.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=400132808-03022001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=400132808-03022001>Previous reply (sent 3 times)
below.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=400132808-03022001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=400132808-03022001>Tadhg</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> owner-northern@ansteorra.org
[mailto:owner-northern@ansteorra.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Aunt
Dwen<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 02, 2001 10:11 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Northern
Net; Wolfstar List; Wastelands List<BR><B>Subject:</B> NR -
Offline<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greetings to the List:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Johann (<A
href="mailto:wolfstar@peakonline.com">wolfstar@peakonline.com</A>) and I (<A
href="mailto:auntdwen@peakonline.com">auntdwen@peakonline.com</A>) have been
temporarily offline due to our email server crashing. We have not
received anything since the 29th. Anyone who had prior communications
with us, please repost.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>Ceridwen<FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=400132808-03022001> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=400132808-03022001></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=400132808-03022001>******************************************************************</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=400132808-03022001></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001>Dear, Curious.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>I
understand your concern. Offense was taken, yes...but none you could correct,
dear. The problem has not been</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>in
the handling of the event (until this year)...it has been on the
field.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>Two
years ago, the politics of this region emerged on the field...unchivalrous
behavior, efforts to</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001>prevent certain factions from attaining the title
though they brought superior forces to the event.
Frankly,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001>there was a discernible effort to ensure that only
individuals associated with Northkeep would be</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001>allowed to win. Steps were taken to forge the
outcome.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001>During Johann's hiatus, the fun simply left the
event. </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>As a result of the politics, a good
number of us refused to participate last year...Viggin won by
default.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>Our
greatest concern was that politics had invaded the field...which is simply
unacceptable.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>The
current situation was compounded by Arianne's inept handling of Northern
Regional Tribute...her </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001>slight is but a month past us. From our
perspective, the die has been cast...this is how our NR seneschale
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>will
transact her business...with bald-faced nepotism. At present, she
chooses the site, the sponsoring</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001>group, and the autocrat...none of which need be
associated with each other--hence, the problems here.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>I'm
sorry, Dwen. This message is filled with frustration and
disappointment...but things have come too</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001>quickly on each others heels.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>As
for the presence of the Crown, the determination to boycott the event was made
before TRM announced</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001>Their intention to be here. By then, the
decision to have an alternative get-together had taken on a life
of</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>its
own...it is too late to turn back.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>I
called last night when I heard that Johann had been approached to help...I'm
sorry that this has fallen on</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>him
since NR Warlord is so dear to him. Please let Johann know I will
</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001>be happy to help him in any way </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>I
can. I can only pledge my support but I don't want to see a friend
injured in this.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>I
believe that when you are afforded no other recourse, you vote with your
</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001>feet...Ariane hasn't given us </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>any
recourse. Alas, <FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001>I am much to blame for this...it is my philosophy
that they give action.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001>The overall impact on the event will be small...it is
about 20 or so fighters. The only activity affected
will</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001>be on the heavy field...the effect will be more
symbolic than anything else. If we had known
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001>Johann was</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001>doing NR Warlord, we would have been there with bells
on...literally! You know these guys.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>And
Namron still roils...Duncan has decided to move our populace meeting to a
different city...one week's</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001>notice...no discussion with the
populace...ARRRGHH!!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>I
shall certainly be at your event. I have a lot to make up for with
Johann, yourself, Wastelands, and </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001>Mooneschadowe. And if the Crown needs someone
to flog for the sparcity of fighters, it is certainly my</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>duty
to be there and stand tall for what I have set in motion.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>As
for boycotting all regional events, I can't say what will happen. These
two have been botched by </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001>Arianne...she waits to the last moment, selects
someone associated with the 'Route 44 Gang', and</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>then
tells you "get over it" or "you need to grow up". I feel more often than
not that I am dealing with</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>the
6th-grade bully on the playground. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>Some
of this is fallout from NR Tribute...some of this is left over
from recent NR Warlords. I wish you</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>or I
could remedy the situation but decisions and assignments not our own have
precluded that...we </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>have
to walk this </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001>path instead.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>I
commend you on your desire to change things up here...and your example is
noble as always. But</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>I
must travel a different route...I must fight my own fight, my own way.
In the end, our paths will meet</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001>again...and the tales will be
glorious.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=720401001-10022001>My
regards to you and yours,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001>Tadhg</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=720401001-10022001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Aunt Dwen
[mailto:auntdwen@peakonline.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 30, 2001
10:22 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Tadhg<BR><B>Subject:</B> Curious<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greetings, Good My Lord:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Jeeze, I hate not having any
voice! I would have loved to say hey and visit with you this
evening. I am hoping you can clarify something for me online,
however.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Johann tells me that there
will be a non-event event scheduled across from Warlord. This saddens
me greatly. Jean Paul approached Johann and me to help with Warlord
since he really likes the event and wanted to see it continue. Johann,
as one of the founding autocrats, was glad to help. I then sought out
Arianne and have worked openly with Arianne, Jean Paul, Walter Robin and
others to see that this event comes off. Besides pride in my lord
husband's authorship of the original event, Jean Paul and I laughed about
being able to actually have a regional event the way it was supposed to be
done. I wonder what, specifically, "folks" are reacting to that
they feel they need to schedule their own thing. If there has been
offense given, I would like an opportunity to address it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> If this is just a hangover
from being pissed--understandably or not--about past offenses by others, I'm
sorry that this is going to get dragged out into another reign. I
believe, as of this posting, that Their Royal Majesties are planning on
attending the event and holding not one but two peerage circles. Seems
ill advised to offer such an offense to a new Crown. Especially since
His Majesty has expressed his hope to encourage and promote this event and
this region.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> If you can offer any insight
into what has spurred this action, I will be glad to hear it. I would
hate to think that things have come to such a point that every time there is
any kind of regional event a large faction will choose not to
participate. I still live in the hope of being able to change how
things are done through cooperative effort and example.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just Curious,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Auntie Dwen</FONT></DIV>
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