[MR] A note concerning Crusades

[Troy Herring]

Cat, I knew the local net could not be trusted.  The EK has already 
heard about your note to their majesties.  Now I guess the Cat is out 
of the bag (padumb bump -- Ducking now)

I suppose it is too late to keep it a secret that we are building our 
rapier forces strong to beat back the impending Eastern attack this 
weekend, so lets just build it even stronger and take the game to them 
this weekend.

I want to also remind you all that we will be finding prizes for those 
that can come up with the best names for our Northern friends... I mean 
fiends... I mean foes.  Especially that Natalia "Thumbilina" Anastasiia 
Evgenova Sviatoslavina vnuchka (With a name like hers, its begging for 
something isn't it?

-Connor

> Good afternoon to all!  I hope to pass on a moment's
> amusement to this worthy populace....
>
> Easterners have (well, naturally) intercepted this
> missive from a careless Atlantian (a "Cat", with a
> burgundy hood like mine, who seems to be an imposter
> of some kind --hm Collin, won't they be surprised by
> your Connor impression? ;>).
>
> Judging from this note -- the skirmishes near our
> southern border were a great success.  I will leave
> the why of that for the foe to discover at war.
>
> Enjoy your preparations,
> Kat
> Tadcaster Militia
>
> --- Catalina dell' Acqua <akgnome at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> To: king at atlantia.sca.org, queen at atlantia.sca.org
>> CC: atlantianrapiernet at yahoogroups.com,
>> atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
>> From: Catalina dell' Acqua <akgnome at yahoo.com>
>> Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 11:38:39 -0700 (PDT)
>> Subject: [atlantianrapiernet] Report on skirmishes
>> to the north
>>
>>
>> Greetings to Their Majesties Atlantia, King Janos
>> and
>> Queen Rachel,
>>
>> I pray this missive finds you well and safely home
>> following your travels from University.  However, I
>> find I must inform you of recent activities from our
>> former allies to the north.  Please forgive the
>> tardiness in my posting of this, but I know that the
>> eyes of the East may see this missive and I wanted
>> to
>> make sure it was pure and accurate.
>>
>> Believing the East to still hold to our past
>> friendship, a small contingent of loyal Atlantians
>> and
>> I traveled to the border to investigate the rumors
>> of
>> upcoming activities.  Two Loyal Free Scholars
>> had informed us of these treacherous plans.  I
>> believe
>> that Stephen and Constanza had first heard wind of
>> the
>> northern treachery and called upon the rest of us to
>> assist them in finding out the facts.   Upon our
>> arrival, we were met with hostility in the form of
>> open arms, and much food and drink.  Knowing this to
>> be trickery, we chose to lull them into a false
>> sense
>> of security, in the hopes of discovering their true
>> motives.
>>
>> Alas, our suspicions proved true as later that
>> afternoon, after plying us with good food, liquid
>> refreshment, and conversation, the Easterners, a
>> group
>> called the Tadcaster Militia, took us to the field.
>>
>> I am sure they hoped that their bribes would make us
>> comfortable, leading us to share information and
>> tactics with them.  They were sorely mistaken.  Led
>> by
>> Don Ian and Don Duncan "The Co-Agitator," their
>> attempts to thwart our reconnaissance mission
>> failed.
>> Even with the apt skills of their "Cruise Director"
>> Lady Katrine Lyndesay we did all that we could to
>> keep
>> the invading East army at bay.  Don Duncan did
>> say at one point that he believed this village of
>> Delaware to be part of Atlantia, so perhaps the East
>> is willing to negotiate and give us more land for
>> your
>> rule.
>>
>> We fought various skirmishes throughout the day,
>> with
>> much glory and honor on both sides of the field.
>> While we took them to task early, they were later
>> aided by an Ansteorran scoundrel with questionable
>> allegiances, by the name of Don Pieter.  However,
>> his
>> assistance came too late to prevent the Eastern
>> force
>> from being thrashed by our lesser numbers, but
>> superior tactical skill.
>>
>> We held off their advances in several instances,
>> including battles which pitted our Atlantian Forces
>> against their Eastern troops, our Scholars against
>> theirs, our Free Scholars (3) against their cadets
>> (4)
>>
>> (those that were cadeted to the local dons) and the
>> White Scarves (which did bring Pieter to side with
>> Connor) against their OGR’s (Kitty Kabobs).  In
>> addition, a group of 5 Atlantians held the field
>> against all comers, several of whom had larger
>> groups,
>> for several rounds of both a bear-pit style and
>> grand
>> melee battle.
>>
>> Knowing that war is imminent, I do think that it
>> would
>> be advantageous to call upon all rapier forces in
>> Atlantia to send back this threat.  The East has
>> claimed that they can outcrazy us, but I understand
>> that Connor "Taller than a Natalian Smurf" is taking
>> charge of the Rapier forces in your stead.  This
>> being
>> the case I'm sure that our side will surely win the
>> day as we will indeed have more fun than should be
>> allowed on the field.  In an effort to perhaps
>> rebuild
>> the bridge of friendship to the East we will make it
>> our duty to make sure that they have as much fun as
>> possible as we understand this to be your truest
>> wishes.
>>
>> Our group of scouts was led by Stephen Bridewell and
>> Connor Levingstoune, and included Constanza de
>> Talavera, Donovan Morgan, Geoffrey ap Clywd, Seamus
>> O’Maoiliriain, Kenji (the Ginsu knife of the
>> East), Ihsan (of the Great Sands) , Bill of Bright
>> Hills, and myself.
>>
>> Catalina dell' Acqua
>> Loyal guard of the Crowns of Atlantia.
>> Scholar, Academie d'Espee
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