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2002-02-05 - 12:08 p.m.

From the MR...in case you missed it :)

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Actually...we could broaden the scope of Crown Melee to include other Kingdom offices...Imagine, if you will....[TOUNGE IN CHEEK]

A cool, crisp autumn morn...a light mist covers the battle field. The assembled populace looks left...and their is Attila the Vard...with his mighty army at his back. Perfectly formed, heraldically correct banners fly behind him, no conflicts, no metal on metal...the perfect army to claim the title of TRITON PRINCIPLE HERALD. But nothing so prized as that would go unchallenged! As the crowd looks left...Herveus the Red strides into view. A hundred heralds behind him, in unison crying out his many titles and ranks, each perfectly enunciated, in correct Order of Precedence. The crowd looks towards the viewing stands...

Michael Batcock nods, each contender having proven his worthiness as a herald. Now the time had come for the Triton Tourney's Heraldic Rumble. Gold trumpets signal the start, and the two armies roar out the names of their leaders. ATTILLA THE VARD!!!! HERVEUS THE RED!!! Five times a hundred voices crying out as the earth rumbles beneath their running feat...a mighty clash as the armies collide. OH THE HUMANITY!!!! Then, finally, as the sun burns off the fog...a victor stands, with the last, bleeding remnants of his army...around them, the bodies of their enemies lie broken. The victor strides towards Batcock, ready to assume the title of Triton, having proved not only his heraldic wisdom, but his might as well....

Can you see it...the bright glorious future? [TOUNGE OUT OF CHEEK]

MR W wrote:

>Boy, has this one brought out a lot of good discussion.

>I do not believe that we, in Atlantia, really want a change in how we do >Crown. As for An Tir, they have the right to go to heaven, or hell, any way >they want to. Yes, there is some points to be made about Royalty coming out of >a Generals rucksack. Most successful leaders in the world arena throughout >history were great generals. You do have to have strong leadership ability and >charisma to lead troops inn battle, and perhaps those skills would make a >stronger king. However, for we fighters that have come up in our fair Kingdom, >the chivalric ideal is best exspressed in the crown tourney, the dream to win >the Crown for the one we put our body in harms way for. In this, I think, is >the reason we train and take our lumps. The ideal is what we strive for.

>However, the abilities that a great General must have:Leadership, >organization, communication skills, a tactical mind combined with that of a >politician, are very good ones for one to hold the position of Kingdom Seneshal!

>So I propose that we move towards a War Tourney to deside who will be Kingdon >Seneshal every three years;)

>Beside the problem that we may not get anyone to enter, I think this would be >great fun to participate in, imagine all the negotiations that could be held, >the balistas throwing mounds of paperwork across a open field.

>Cry Stewart, and let slip the administrators of war.........

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