[Steppes] A Warlord Question

[ironwyrm@juno.com]

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.
> 
> 
> 
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> 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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