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<DIV><FONT size=4>Don't listen to a word he says, he lies. A wise woman
has checked the hat for curses and said the only thing that was wrong with it
was Hanse's lice and nits. She said the drool that was on it was harmless
due to the vast amounts of rum within the drool. The lice and nits have
been rendered harmless (dead). As per her instructions 7 times widdershins
around the holly tree gave the True Baron Brian du Val and his people of Raven's
Fort protection from the vile and evil pretender Hanse.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Lady Runa of The Thundering Herd<BR><A
href="http://www.bedlambazaar.com">http://www.bedlambazaar.com</A><BR><A
href="http://bedlambazaar.blogspot.com">http://bedlambazaar.blogspot.com</A><BR><A
href="http://runa-herd.livejournal.com">http://runa-herd.livejournal.com</A>
<BR><A
href="http://thethunderingherd.net">http://thethunderingherd.net</A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=seoseaweed@gmail.com href="mailto:seoseaweed@gmail.com">Casey
Weed</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=ravensfort@lists.ansteorra.org
href="mailto:ravensfort@lists.ansteorra.org">ravensfort@lists.ansteorra.org</A>
; <A title=herrdetlef@gmail.com
href="mailto:herrdetlef@gmail.com">herrdetlef@gmail.com</A> ; <A
title=runa.herd@earthlink.net
href="mailto:runa.herd@earthlink.net">runa.herd@earthlink.net</A> ; <A
title=sftester2@gmail.com
href="mailto:sftester2@gmail.com">sftester2@gmail.com</A> ; <A
title=twinoak@austin.rr.com href="mailto:twinoak@austin.rr.com">Brian
Martin</A> ; <A title=jareuter1066@sbcglobal.net
href="mailto:jareuter1066@sbcglobal.net">jareuter1066@sbcglobal.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 23, 2010 8:20
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> A one-eared sailor has been
caught smuggling a letter into the hands of the Resistance!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>[A captured letter from a filthy sailor reads as
follows:]<BR><BR>Vile peasants and thralls of My Barony of Ravensfort!
Lord Hanse, your rightful master greets you and acknowledges your efforts to
free me. The faithful shall be rewarded... the guilty sold to the first
Barbary crew I find after my escape.<BR><BR>I write to you from the hold of a
rotting Seawinds brig- quite possibly the only place that smells worse than
the breath of that usurper, Du Val.<BR><BR>I have been cast into ignominy and
these chains. But fear not, my taxable people... these pirates are
getting more than they bargained for and my chances for escape rise every
day. Here is the tale you must know...<BR><BR>As Dutch luck would have
it, there is an ancient Aztec carving topped with a polished skull locked with
me, Lord Hanse, in this fetid hold. I thought nothing of it, really, as
there is an entire keg of rum down here to help salve the passing of time...
until I discovered, wrapped in some rat-gnawed rags, the Journal of none other
than Don Juan Diego Pedro Javier Vasquez de Garcia de Balzon... that famous
Ansteorran explorer of old! In great detail Juan describes the curse
that killed him and his entire crew: they forced one of their captives- the
Aztec chief Ono Udiddun- to wear the Spanish Cap of the Conquered and danced
the Castillian Dance of Gloating around him on the deck of our great war ship,
the Infanta Ebergardis. Few proud men have endured such awful
torture.<BR><BR>Chief Ono died of his shame three days later but with his
dying breath he cursed Juan and his crew: "I die of the shame heaped on my
brow," said he, "but I curse you all with that same shame. May it poison
you like a sickness, weighing you down like gold to the bottom of the
sea." The five remaining servants Chief Ono had with him removed the
Chief's head and affixed it to a man-shaped totem carved of finest bloodwood
after which they cast themselves into the waves. It is that very statue
and skull that sits here in the hold of this wreck with me today.<BR><BR>A
harmless tale? I thought the same but every sailor in this port sings
the same song: the crew of the Infanta Ebergardis were doomed, each of them
dead of strange circumstances. Juan Diego himself was lost at sea during
a freak Spanish wake-boarding accident never to be heard from again. The
Infanta had only one more voyage before she was lost heading towards the
Trimaran coast on a raiding mission. Even so, I would never have
believed it but for seeing my trusty (and loud) green parrot, Don Pendaren,
keel over suddenly after lighting on the grisly tiki. I do not know how
this godless thing came to rest in the hold of Seawind pirates but is
cursed... and it is that with that curse I intend to win my escape and
revenge!<BR><BR>I made sure that my own hat- the very one they would use as
proof of my capture- was on the statue like a coat rack when they came to
fetch it. Whatever circumstances arise- DO NOT PUT ON THAT HAT!
Three of my captors here donned it to gloat and have since disappeared in
sudden sicknesses, leaving only Stinky Jones and Bogbritches Bob to guard
me. I will be free soon.<BR><BR>Here is your call to arms, my men: If it
were to happen that any of those who might intend to supplant me could be
encouraged to try on that hat... luxurious awards- buffet lunches, Skynard
tickets, grog, and even a day off from work in the Ravensfort sand
mines- would rain down from the cloud of my favor after my eventual
return. A true and innocent man, blessed by God and our Crown could
never be affected by such a curse- so think of this as more of a "screening
process" for future Baron's and Baronesses of MY BARONY.<BR><BR>Keep faith,
Faithful- Hanse will be with you anon... and make sure to remind Tell-Me-Twice
Tony not to get caught delivering this note!<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>