[Steppes] A Warlord Question
John Mays
john_l_mays at hotmail.com
Fri Apr 30 14:50:01 PDT 2004
HFD was a farse. It was created as an excuse for having the ducks present.
There are 2 rules for success:
1. Never tell all you know.
----Original Message Follows----
From: ironwyrm at juno.com
Reply-To: "Barony of Steppes - SCA, Inc." <steppes at ansteorra.org>
To: hpockets at verizon.net, steppes at ansteorra.org, john_l_mays at hotmail.com
Subject: Re: [Steppes] A Warlord Question
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 12:12:43 -0700
Was it House Flaming Duck or Jon & Gabrielle whom first brought
the ducks for the Viking encampment?
Ironwyrm
On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 11:34:29 -0500 "Gerita/Carolle Cox"
<hpockets at verizon.net> writes:
> Greetings Lady Kathryn,
>
> House Flaming Duck, some four years ago to my knowledge brought a
> small
> flock of woad-painted ducks to War Lord in an effort to keep the
> rain
> away. The ducks were granted a small bucket to swim in, and lo and
> behold, we had a bit of a storm on Sunday afternoon.
> A year or so later, representatives of the House were unable
> to
> attend War Lord and gave the ducks to one Lady Alienor to care for.
> She
> in her wisdom left the ducks high and dry for the weekend. There
> was no
> rain.
> Another year or so later, the ducks again attended the event
> alone, and took over a small swimming pool brought for the benefit
> of
> House Arkham. That event will go down in history, as it rained and
> rained, and the wind blew so that even cars were floated away. Our
> Baron, the father of Baron Mahdi, sent them to the gaol and decreed
> that
> they should be punished at Fall Court.
> There was no time at Fall Court to deal with this, and
> anyway a
> different theme was chosen. The ducks remained with their gaoler.
> At Gulf Wars XIII, the House Flaming Duck did beg our Baron
> for
> the lives of these ducks, which were in attendance at the event but
> kept
> securely jailed and dry. The Baron did return them to the gaoler,
> instructing her to keep them well until he should call for them.
> This
> she has done. The ducks are fed well, and occasionally taken out
> for a
> swim in the same pool from which they allowed havoc to be wreaked
> last
> year.
> The gaoler awaits the Baron's instructions for further
> handling
> of these ducks. You say he might have need of them at War Lord?
> Then
> they shall surely be in attendance yet again, kept securely away
> from
> any water at all (beyond the tiny bowl they get from which to drink)
> until our Baron shall have use of them.
>
> Ever in Service to Steppes and her Baron and Baroness,
> Gerita del Mare
> Gaoler Extraordinaire.
>
>
>
> People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when
> the
> sun is out, but when darkness sets in, their beauty is revealed only
> if
> there is a light from within. -- Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
>
>
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