[Steppes] Invitation to our Friends and Loved Ones.

[Trish Kvamme]

Greetings Steppes List!

Once in a great while in the SCA, you meet a very special person amoungst 
the wonderful, talented and diverse populace of your Kingdom who brings to 
you the special light of enthusiasm, the muse of creativity, and rekindles 
your eagerness to explore the current middle ages to the full extent of your 
abilities.

Ansteorra and verily the Knowne World have many fine Peers with which I am 
honored to stand shoulder to shoulder in the caring hands of Service to the 
Dream, and of the endless pursuit of the Arts and Sciences.  This is a truly 
great honor, and a dedication that will last me all my days as a member of 
the SCA, and as a lady in the mundane world.

It is with great pleasure that I announce that I was priviliged to be asked 
to retain a new apprentice by the most noble and beautiful Lady Elizabeta di 
Valore della Rosa of the Barony of the Steppes, and after a lenghty 
discussion over the last few days, in these last few moments before I send 
these letters unto all of you our friends and family, did we decide to do 
this bond between us at Gulf War in a mere few days.

Earl Sir Duncan will also be honored with the addition of a new Squire, but 
that is his honor and priviledge to write about, so I will let him tender 
his own words unto you.

The Society is about caring for each other, nurturing the dreams and hopes 
of others as we all strive to recreate a more perfect picture of courtesy 
and chivalry in the current middle ages we so lovingly recreate.

Lady Elizabeta di Valore della Rosa, Earl Sir Duncan, Clann Ross and I all 
extend unto each of the members of our home barony the invitation to come 
and witness this event in our lives, and the bonds cherished and created 
there.

I am honored to bring you these glad tidings, and find my heart filled with 
joy and love at the future.

In service to the Dream, I remain.


Duchess Larissa Alwynn Clarewoode of Aquitaine, OL, OP