[Northkeep] found at missile ranges

[Jennifer Carlson]

The shaft was let fly from the bow of one new among us, and like all of us when new to these lands, his persona is not yet known.  Mayhap as he learns his name and story, we will see his true colors unfold in the light of the Ansteorran sun.
 
Talana
 
 
 
> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:09:41 -0800
> From: j.t.herring at sbcglobal.net
> To: northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [Northkeep] found at missile ranges
> 
> Literary quotes aside an archer who fires an all black arrows should have a good 
> story as to why.
> 
> Are they some vengeance seeker one who knows the tale of the outlaw company of 
> the Black Arrow Fellowship from the War of the Roses, are they a Mongol archer 
> who has choosen this path because of "The Legend of the Black Arrow", or perhaps 
> some Ukrainian, Slav, or Turk who bases their choice upon the legend of Bogatyr 
> and the Black sea, or are these "wound-bees" wrought with the feathers of ravens 
> to honor Odin and his servants Huginn and Muninn so that no arrow flies without 
> thought or wisdom.
> 
> There are many options an archer could use to explain why they choose to let fly 
> black arrows, finding that reason and working it into who they are in the SCA 
> could make for a great persona. 
> 
> 
> Kindly
> Ian
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