<table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0' ><tr><td style='font: inherit;'><P><FONT face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" color=#00407f size=3>Passing of an era... she will be missed! Salude the Egyptian Eagle!</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#00407f size=3>Chrystal</FONT></P>
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<DIV><FONT face="times new roman" color=#6000bf size=3>"Noli simul flare sorbereque"</FONT></DIV></DIV><BR><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 5/22/08, Sher M <I><runa.herd@earthlink.net></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: Sher M <runa.herd@earthlink.net><BR>Subject: [Ravensfort] Fw: [Ansteorra] Janet of House Morningstar, R. I. P.<BR>To: "Ravens Fort" <ravensfort@lists.ansteorra.org><BR>Date: Thursday, May 22, 2008, 3:27 PM<BR><BR><PRE>----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Rudin" <rudin@ev1.net>
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc."
<ansteorra@lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 10:15 AM
Subject: [Ansteorra] Janet of House Morningstar, R. I. P.
>I have just heard that Janet of House Morning Star has passed away.
>
> Many of you don't know her, or know her as a merchant in her later
years.
>
> When I joined she was a dynamo of action in all fields -- service, arts
> and fighting.
>
> Though of small stature, Janet was a fierce competitor on the field. Her
> shield was well known. I can still picture it --tierced per chevron
> throughout azure, gules, and vert, overall an Egyptian hawk displayed Or,
> crowned of a bezant and maintaining two bezants. She was loud, joyous and
> fierce.
>
> The records show that she was the fifth Queen of Love and Beauty in the
> Steppes, as Amra of Acre won the fifth Steppes Warlord tournament carrying
> her favor. What the records don't show is that, going into the final
> round, she already knew she'd won. She just didn't know which
title she'd
> have yet. The finalists were Amra, her husband Telbyrne, and Janet
> herself.
>
> In a war in which her knight, Sir Simonn, was legged, she stood at his
> side to defend him. A blow was aimed at Simonn, but Janet threw her own
> shield out to cover him, exposing herself for a half-second. Asked about
> it later, she said, "I did that? That's dumb."
>
> But nobody who knew her is surprised that, instantly and unconsciously,
> she did something dumb in service to somebody else.
>
> She was equally aggressive in everything she did. Disagreeing with Janet
> was never fun, because she would fight for her beliefs with every fiber of
> her being. She carried her passion into everything she did.
>
> She was known for her arts, but her greatest contribution to Ansteorra was
> her work with the Texas Renaissance Festival. She co-ordinated our
> extremely well-paid activities there, and thus made huge contributions,
> not only to her own group's coffers, but also those of every active
branch
> in Ansteorra. If your branch dates back to the seventies or early
> eighties, then Janet materially helped you fund your events and
> activities. All Ansteorran branches were relatively rich, at a time when
> the rest of Atenveldt (our home kingdom then) were close to scrounging
> Coke bottles on the side of the road to help pay for events. Her arms had
> three gold coins, and it was quite appropriate.
>
> But it isn't about the money. She was part of Ansteorra developing
its
> own character and its own identity, and was therefore instrumental in the
> rising of the Star from a principality to a kingdom.
>
> The Egyptian Eagle is no longer displayed. It has soared into the
> heavens, and has a crown more glorious than a bezant. But as long as
> Ansteorra is a kingdom, there will always be an Egyptian hawk following
> the Black Star.
>
> Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table><br>