[MR] Rumors

[Ceara ni Neill]

hmm, perhaps we should erect stocks at the next event?
<muwahahaha>
--ceara



Karen Ziebell wrote:
>
> Lord X should perhaps stand up and identify himself. Who would dare to
> speak ill of our Beloved King and Queen? A challenge, Lord X, to a battle
> of wits - provided you know what wit actually means.....
> Kateryn
> ---- "Nicole E. Miller" <schnauzer2 at cox.net> wrote:
>
> =============
> Sadly, I too have heard some of these rumors. Personally I feel some of
> them are started out of jealousy. When I asked Lord X why he would think
> such an evil thing about our current monarchs, his answer was actually
> "They seem too good, too perfect. They have to be doing something wrong,
> I've never know a royal in any kingdom that hasn't had a personal agenda".
> I was completely shocked. At first I figured he had just hung out with a
> nasty crowd, but then I decided he was just a gullible gossip monger with
> the mental age of 12 who just did not have the qualifications required to
> converse with adults. Or that he wanted to become King just to promote a
> personal agenda and assumed everyone was that way.
>
> Now this was just one instance and I am sure there are others with similar
> experiences.
>
> This is a game people, every body needs to play nice!
>
> Sian
>
> ---- Sandi Rust <feo2mouse at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> =============
> It saddens me that such rumors have even been uttered. Who would even
> start such slander? Their Majesties are beautiful examples of the Dream.
> Sinclare is truly Chivalrous and Knightly; Kari is Beautious, and "the
> people's Queen"; they radiate all that is good in the SCA. They are also
> the ONLY royals I know that actually use the public forum to hear our
> opinions and ask the questions where they might not wish to hear the
> answers.
> I personally think the person(s) who started these rumors should have to
> stand on the field of honor. I can't see an Atlantian starting these
> rumors either.
> My 2 pence,
> Lady Marie Hélène of the New Forest
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: trey and janine sutter <scahound at bellsouth.net>
> To:
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 8:36:17 AM
> Subject: [MR] Rumors
>
> Greetings Atlantia,
>
>
>
> This weekend I was amazed to hear that there are at least 4 rumors
> floating
> around the Kingdom that are not true!  I chose to believe that these are
> just mis-speaks by one or two individuals who for whatever reason decided
> to
> pass on this information to others instead of check the facts.  So, here
> is
> what the actual truth is:
>
>
>
> 1)Â  Â  Â  Myth:Â  We made up the children of sitting monarchs award
> specifically so we could give it to our children.
>
>
>
>
>
> Fact:  As Royalty, we do not have to “Make up” awards to hand
> out...the
> Kingdom already has plenty of awards.  If this was truly our intentions
> (to
> give our children more awards), wouldn’t we be giving them all of the
> children’s awards that already exist, making them a court baron/ess,
> etc?
> Well, we have not done so and will not do so….if a future Monarch would
> like
> to give this Augmentation of Arms to our children, that is their call.Â
> Just
> so everyone knows, 1) other kingdoms already do this and 2) Duke Olaf
> originally approached us with the idea of starting an order for these
> children.
>
>
>
> There have only been a handful of Monarchs who have sat the throne of
> Atlantia with children.  I would bet if you asked them if the children
> lost
> out during the reign, they would all say yes.  The weekends at events,
> the
> HOURS on the phone and e-mail, it all takes time away from the children in
> the family. Is a purple shell on their heraldry really too much to give
> them
> in exchange for the many hours/weeks/months they give up their Parents to
> this society?Â
>
>
>
>
>
> 2)Â  Â  Â  Myth:Â  Sinclair and I do not support the archery community.Â
> This
> is proven by the fact that we did not attend Kingdom Archery Championship
> this past weekend.
>
>
>
>
>
> Fact:  Sinclair has a wonderful IKAC score…he shoots a lot as does our
> son.
> I try to stop by the archery field at many events I attend just to speak
> with the people down there.  Kingdom Archery Championship was up against
> The
> King’s Assessment of His Armies where we were doing 2 Peerages.  The
> autocrat of Assessments called us months ago and asked us what weekend we
> had free and arranged the event around one of our free weekends.  When we
> saw the beautiful brochure for KAC, we truly wanted to attend…it was
> VERY
> nicely done and His Grace Valharic’s cooking makes any event well worth
> attending, but we had already said we would be at Assessments that weekend
> and made plans for the peerages there.
>
>
>
>
>
> 3)Â  Â  Â  Myth:Â  We are not supportive of the Northern end of the
> Kingdom.
>
>
>
>
>
> Fact:Â  Out of 6 peers we are elevating this reign, 4 are from the
> Northern
> half of the Kingdom.  Since we began our Reign as Royalty, we have
> attended
> the following NORTHERN events:Â  Night on the Town, Blackstone Raids (not
> in
> our Kingdom, but A LOT of Northern Fighters go to this event), Sapphire
> Joust, Assessments and Sinclair will be attending Storvik’s Novice
> Tourney
> in July.  Since we only stepped up in April, by my calculations, that is
> over an event a month (and there are some weekends we had Baronial
> Investitures where we HAD to be in a certain barony or HAD to go to an
> event
> to do one of our 2 Southern peerages).Â
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Myth part 2:Â  We did not have our Crown Tournament in the North,
> therefore
> keeping the Northern end of the Kingdom out of the loop.
>
>
>
>
>
> Fact:Â  Please feel free to ask Duchess Simone about this (she is the
> Kingdom
> Events Bid deputy).  We searched for over 8 weeks trying to find a VA
> site
> for Crown.  Duchess Simone even called several groups asking them to put
> in
> a bid.  We desired to have it in Southern or Middle VA, to have a site
> with
> cabins, bathrooms, showers, parking and a place for the tourney.  We also
> needed a kitchen and feast hall.  For any other event, we would not have
> required so many items, but as anyone who has fought in a Crown
> Tournament,
> one of the worst things is getting off work at 6p.m., driving for 6 hours
> and having to set up your tent in the dark in the early morning hours
> before
> you are supposed to fight at your best.  We got in one bid with all of
> those
> things and that happened to be in SC.  So, we could have turned it down
> due
> to its location, but we did not as it was the only bid that fit the
> requirements of the event.  There were several other bids that would do
> wonderfully for an event with different needs and Duchess Simone has asked
> them to re-submit for those events.Â
>
>
>
>
>
> 4)Â  Â  Â  Myth:Â  There is a Southern Plot to keep control of the Kingdom
> in
> the South and give no power to the North.
>
>
>
> Fact:  I have always played in NC and SC…I have NEVER heard anyone say
> anything about the South needing to take and keep control of the kingdom.
> Sinclair fought in about 8 Crown Tournaments before he won several of
> which
> were in Virginia and Maryland...not a good bet if you need someone to
> ensure
> the South wins.  I promise….this might have been said by a few people
> at
> some event, but I HAVE NEVER heard a Peer or a member of the Royalty
> (Monarchs, Heirs or Baronage) say this.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I would just ask that if you hear a rumor and you do not know it to be
> true,
> please give the Royalty the benefit of the doubt.  I have not met any
> Past
> Monarchs who ruled without caring for the people of Atlantia.  They are
> actually some of the smartest, most caring people that I know.  Again, if
> you have a question or hear a rumor, please just ask!!
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> HRM Kari
>
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