[MR] Crowns/Coronets & Service (was Re: Newcomers and coronets

[Gise]

 I've never had such respect for any Crown, Coronet, Peer or other highly placed person as I have on those occasions when they laid Their/their decoration aside and took on the least unpleasant task at hand.

I met the King of Aethelmearc one year while we were setting up Heralds Point at Pennsic. The guy who had insisted on helping us rehang our walls, set up tables, chairs and filing cabinets had to excuse himself when a page informed him the presence of the King was required in a conversation just outside the tent. He went to the pile of things that included his shirt, belt and pouch and uncovered His Crown. Took care of the business that required His attention. Took the crown and shirt off again and came back to finish.

I and the rest of my East Kingdom shire cooks' guild were chased from the kitchen after cooking all day so the King and the well-placed baron who was His court herald could do the dishes and clean the kitchen.

The super-duke from the East who salvaged the fiber arts and small child a woman had dropped in the mud at Pennsic and carried (with is entourage) for her to her camp. He might have been king at the time, I can't remember anymore. 

The super-duke from Atlantia who, serving on Pennsic security, came to get me when my daughter  was hurt, stayed with me and helped calm and control the craziness while I dealt with the situation ...

Just to be clear, I have seen similar actions from many ladies and lords in this game ... the squires from Quebec and Toronto who drove 8 hours to a southern region event in the East, cleaned the kitchen and gifted the staff with the most incredible maple whiskey; the new guy at WoW who spent the entire day of his first event schlepping water for the Chirurgeons; the lady at SAAD who, dressed in full gorgeous Flemish, gave her day to the kitchen for cooking, serving and then cleaning till the wee hours.

But for purposes of this discussion, Rorik, Darius, Ernst, Brion and Michael ... When They/they stood and DID and led by example, these are the moments in which I have felt amazed by those who would lead in this organization. It is the ultimate inspiration toward courtesy, honor and respect in my mind. 
 
What they wore on Their/their heads or what they were entitled to, was and is of much less significance to me.

~gise


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dexter Guptill <3fgburner at gmail.com>
To: Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
Cc: Atlantia maillist <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Sat, May 21, 2011 8:05 am
Subject: Re: [MR] Newcomers and coronets


Bingo.

The night I got my Goldfish (Atlantian service dangly, for those

out-kingdom), I felt it appropriate to baptize it in dish-water.

There was  a Duke scrubbing counters in there. I was scraping and

spraying dishes. The Crown Prince was washing and drying.



On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 3:35 AM, Stefan li Rous

<StefanliRous at austin.rr.com> wrote:

> In my opinion, the best Royals, and Peers, are the ones who are willing to

> pitch in and wash dishes or whatever needs to be done, Or at least who don't

> consider it below their dignity to do so. Many times the Royals are so

> caught up in running the kingdom, that working in the kitchen or whatever,

> is not a good use of their time.



Erich von Kleinfeld, CGD, mka

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