Following Orders

[Lord Magnus]

Sahara Desert?

Good Sir William, that is a Bactrian Camel, native to the steppes that is under the control of the Mongols ( having seen and rode a few in my travels as a caravan guard east of the Empire...). I believe what you  want is an artists rendition of a Dromedary Camel ( single hump), native to the Levant

[Sir William Marcus]

Why yes my good friend to be geographically correct a Dromedary Camel would be the right choice for the Sahara Desert.  Although the Bactrian Camel I thought looks cooler, was imported, and readily available (its actually all I had available to me in my photo imaging zoo at the moment, besides two humps are better than one..right?). I thank you for the crash course in cameltology and will make note to use the correct camel that is native to its region in future post  

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Brothers William and Josef,

I do realize you will be presenting a pristine Warrior Monk appearance at Fishers Faire this weekend. I have a good friend who is going to try and visit with you. He will be traveling in the fashion of a mundane pilgrim. He will probably have his lovely bride and princess in company with him. I have asked him to seek out the Beausant and make himself known. It's a possible recruiting effort in the making. You won't miss him, he's taller than myself!

[Sir William Marcus]

We will keep our eyes & ears open my brother.  It appears the list of friends attending for the first time this year grows rapidly.

[Lady Christina de Pond]

Brothers William and Josef,

I do realize you will be presenting a pristine Warrior Monk appearance at Fishers Faire this weekend. I have a good friend who is going to try and visit with you. He will be traveling in the fashion of a mundane pilgrim. He will probably have his lovely bride and princess in company with him. I have asked him to seek out the Beausant and make himself known. It's a possible recruiting effort in the making. You won't miss him, he's taller than myself!

He's taller than you??   

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Oh yes, absolutely!

[Lady Christina de Pond]

i didn't think they made warrior monks any taller

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

New Book Alert:

The Crusades, History and Myths Revealed by Michael Paine

Found it at B&N this moning. Cool new graphics I've not seen.

[Sir William Marcus]

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Well done! Huzzah! It does appear that Lord Clisto is more comfortable with the Brothers of the Hospital though....

[Sir William Marcus]

I'm gonna bet Lord Clisto was quite comfortable with the Templars as well  . They were one of the reasons I think he decided stay an extra day and finish out the "God Wills It!" tour.    


Image by Everett Buel

[Lord Clisto of York]

Yes, indeed it was the templars. They pleaded with me that they needed my help on crusade of the Meade booth. And, me being a knight of the Holy Blade, of course I had to go along with the order to conquer that evil liquid.  As a matter of fact, not only did I decide to stay another day, I also was not going to drink the second day. But, for some strange turn of events, there was an uprising and one of the two Hospitallers yelled God Wills It, so I had to once again take up the cause. It was a heavy battle of a bottle, but we were victorious and took over the holy land once again.

And, I can tell you it was both the Templars and Hospitallers of equal standing for me staying. They just healed me the day after so I could once again do battle with said EVIL liquid.


GOD WILLS IT!!!



Lord Clisto  

[Sir William Marcus]

Excellent!  I might also ad that the mead flowed so freely that they RAN OUT ON SUNDAY!  They did however manage to have delivery of a limited amount on Sunday and we destroyed that as well..God Wills It!

We also discovered that our tankards will actually hold an entire bottle of mead captive.  I might also add that the three pictures above and the one below are just a few of the rare images that we were NOT holding our tankards! 

[Lord Magnus]

Great shots guys. Love the one with Clisto having his sword drawn. And the hill shots are always cool.

[Sir William Marcus]

Thank you Lord Magnus. One must give credit to you for the hill shots as you were the one that initiated the idea in the past.