[Sca-cooks] East's Burdened Tyger award

[Avraham haRofeh]

> Why the requirement that the Crown be present? Is performing
> exceptional service of less importance when the Crown is not
> present?
>
> Or is having the Crown present such an onerous addition that the
> same service is much more difficult when the Crown is present?
> This just seems so strange to someone outside of the East Kingdom. I
> do however applaud the requirement that the award not be given at
> the same event as the occurrence since that allows time for reflection
> and avoids precipitous decisions.

No, the point is that its an award OF THE CROWN. If the Crown is not
present, they can't know how hard the staff worked, or how well things
turned out. The OBT isn't something given on someone else's say-so, much
like the King's or Queen's Cypher.

Avraham

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Avraham haRofeh of Northpass
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