[SCA-BMDL] Many thanks for. . .

[Mike C. Baker / Kihe Blackeagle]

My thanks indeed to all who have responded with greater detail concerning 
the Tale of Graedwyn's Shield.

(Boy-howdy, am I gonna have fun with THIS!  Including, among other things, a 
short class on the forming of tales from incidents... outline will be 
offered once committed to document form.)

Adieu, Amra / ttfn - Mike / Pax ... Kihe

Mike C. Baker
SCA: al-Sayyid Amr ibn Majid al-Bakri al-Amra, F.O.B., OSCA
"Other": Reverend Kihe Blackeagle PULC (the DreamSinger Bard)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cara and Char" <caram at imap.pitt.edu>
To: <KiheBard at hotmail.com>
Cc: <sca-bmdl at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 7:52 PM
Subject: Fw: [SCA-BMDL] Many thanks for. . .


> So this is the true story, as Sir Graedwyn (who is known for his modesty)
> chooses to rough it out.  However, one could add some more absolutely true
> details.
> Ninety strong youths gathered to watch fighters battle at Sarah Heinz 
> House.
> After watching for over half an hour, without swinging swords yet, their
> eagernes (fervor, really) had reached berzerker levels.  Sir Graedwyn, 
> never
> tiring, met the onslaught with his scarred shield of many battles.  After
> countless blows, each struck with all the youth's might, the shield's edge
> began to splinter and crack.  The enlarging hole in the shield spurred the
> youths to attack Sir Graedwyn with even greater fury.  The site of the
> battle was littered with splinters of the knight's shield.  His Highness 
> of
> Aethelmearc, Sir Malcom, viewing the knight's courageous battle, gathered 
> a
> splinter of the shield to save for a reliquary.
>
> In Service,
> Ariella
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Nascone" <aandjnascone at hotmail.com>
> To: <sca-bmdl at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>
> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 5:30 PM
> Subject: [SCA-BMDL] Many thanks for. . .
>> The shield in question was already on its way out.  But once the kids
>> realized they were actually demolishing it and no one was going
>>  to yell at them, they redoubled their efforts and kept calling friends
>>  over from other groups to join in the orgy of destuction.
>> I now know how a pinata feels at a birthday party (but it in not
>> candy that I am full of).
>> -Graedwyn
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike C. Baker / Kihe Blackeagle"
>> <kihebard at hotmail.com>
>> To: <sca-bmdl at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>
>> Cc: "Cara and Char" <caram at imap.pitt.edu>
>> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 3:56 PM
>> Subject: Re: [SCA-BMDL] Many thanks for Sarah Heinz House demos
>>
>>     "shield ended up in bits all over the floor"?
>>
>> Is this a tale of mighty blows, or a simple failure of a well-worn piece 
>> of
>> equipment -- or perhaps simply a further part of the demonstration, as to
>> how such things are constructed in the Current Middle Ages?
>>
>> (Itching to turn this into an appropriate tale, even though I reside in
>> other lands... [Barony of the Steppes, Ansteorra])
>>
>> Adieu, Amra / ttfn - Mike / Pax ... Kihe