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I was holding well till this, this made me cry ! May you never be forgotten old friend ! Lothar On 6/22/2013 12:57 PM, Steven Boyd wrote: > > Her Highness mentioned that I had made a proposal for a tribute to > Master Pavel at Pennsic.Now that I have some basic details worked out > here it is. > > The Calontir Army, and the spirit of camaraderie that fuels it, is the > greatest tribute to Pavel that shall last long after this Pennsic.But > for this year’s War, we shall do this:Fifteen cloth scutum covers > shall be made, each bearing the Arms: *Vert, a pale cotised argent, > overall a wren close proper. And for augmentation, on a canton purpure > a cross of Calatrava Or**.We will fight, for one war, behind shields > marked not with a Falcon, but with a Wren.* > > *One shield shall be left uncovered, Pavel’s.It shall be used every > battle, traded off as much as possible through resurrections, and held > aloft whilemarching to and from the battlefield, and given a place of > honor within the Royal Pavilion. * > > *One Pennsic, staggering home from an exhausting yet successful Bridge > Battle, he turned to me and said, “Well, I have justified my existence > for another year.”* > > Andrixos