[Steppes] A Warlord Question

[John Mays]

HFD was a farse. It was created as an excuse for having the ducks present.



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----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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