Following Orders

[Femme Falchion]

Aye, M'lady femme. I'll be your confessor. 

* Sigh, the convent looks better everyday *

Many thanks for your, um, generous offer, Ranger.  I'm sure you can understand it is not fitting that a secular take the confessions of a godly woman.  However, after reviewing your proposal, I am quite certain that it is you that requires long and serious penance, given your clear familiarity with the flesh.  I suggest you begin with some robust self-flagellation.

So tell me your dirty little secrets sister hatchet....I'll figure out yer pennance later.....

And please note...My hatchet is the only thing that's dirty   

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

The "my hatchet is the only thing that's dirty" was priceless!

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Hospitaller,

We too are looking hard at the TRF. Gas prices have jumped since the inception of the Crusader Rally, but we haven't written it off just yet. It's a 12 hour ride out there. I have to look at my deployemnt schedule for work, since October has no less than 4 missions in it, one of them to Kuwait and one to Germany. I have to see where my team is headed.

If something couldn't be worked out, maybe we could schedule our own gathering at a place like the LA castle that holds ads in the Renaissance magazine, or another more central location.

As you might have seen, our defender in Iberia, Brother Mikael has been rendered combat ineffective at the moment. Not sure the lasting effects of this maledy.

[Femme Falchion]

Our defender in Iberia, Brother Mikael has been rendered combat ineffective at the moment. Not sure the lasting effects of this malady.

Tis' why it is such a blessing from Above that the Order of the Hatchet has once again risen to assist in the absence of our Brother warriors....

As I pray vigilantly for Brother Mikael's speedy recovery, rest assured that the Order of the Hatchet will fiercely defend the Iberian Peninsula from any Moorish attacks!

"no hay moros en la costa"

[Eternal Ranger]

Alright m'lady.....I will bow to your chaste ways of late and not press the issue much more...for now!  We shall see when the Tempernillo flows well how close to god you really find yourself.

You know one of the ways to tell the quality of the tempernillo or any fine red wine is to give it a swirl around the goblet and see how long her legs are.  I will say nothing more.

[Eternal Ranger]

Now on to more of a serious question....
Sister Hatchet and I were discussing this amidst our morning bath and thought it best to bring up here.

Templar Knight= protector of the Temple Mound in Jerusalem
Inside the Temple on the mound is the Holy of Holies - the inner sanctum
Inside the inner sanctum- the Ark of the Covenant!
Inside the Ark of the Covenant.......the resting place of the tablets that God gave Moses on Mt Sanai...

Here is my question....which set?.......and is there anything else?...

Keep in mind the first set of the Commandments was destroyed when he cast them at the golden idol the Israelites had created.

ER

[Mikael of Aragon]

Like Brother Hospitaller, I have just caught up on some 40 odd pages of posts. Still typing one handed, so expect brevity. Still on pain meds, so DEFINITELY expect nonsensical verbage at times. 

I see the Order of the Hatchet has been seeing to the defense of Iberia in my absense; I thank thee, miladies!!! You see? While us Spanish Templars may have strayed a bit in swearing allegiance to a king (cough, cough, that probably aided in us being the last commandery to fall, cough, cough) our fair continent also had the wisdom and foresight to arm the members of the fairer sex.

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...was that really a good idea? I mean, don't they already have us by the nads as it is? But I digress...

My fair Queen, our Princess and I will still be making TRF. I had to nail down a date with her because we're also taking my niece. We'll be going the weekend that's fairy tale themed; I figure with all the pagan creatures running around, they will need an injection of Godly might that weekend. In the midst of my medicated stupor, I forget the name of the hotel we were looking at, but room rates are around $90 a night, and it's about a 20 minute drive from the fair grounds. I can provide more info if anyone's interested. I believe Frere Hospitaller may be available since he moved near there.

As to recovery...I can raise my arm unaided ALMOST to a 90 degree angle. Still in a fair amount of pain; that increased when I started therapy as I was then moving the arm when it had gotten used to being strapped at my side all the time. I'm hoping that by the time TRF gets here, I can raise my arms up enough to slither into my maile. I HATE going to faire without full armor. The doc said that I'm about 3 weeks ahead of recovery, though. I'm sure that's a result of all the prayers and well wishes from those here. I thank you, all!

Some good has come from this, though. Laid up at home, without my (good) computer, I picked up pen and paper and started drawing by hand, something I haven't done in several years. I've really been enjoying it, I forgot the fun I used to have by drawing. In fact, I'm working on a comic book, now. Here's a little tease...



I hope all are doing well, and I'm going to try to start getting active here again!!!

(If for no other reason it's very time consuming to catch up on 40 pages of posts!!!)

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Here is my question....which set?.......and is there anything else?...

Keep in mind the first set of the Commandments was destroyed when he cast them at the golden idol the Israelites had created.

ER

As with any good organization, things were put down at least in duplicate. Rumor has it the fragments of the set you mentioned were also put in the Arc, along with some manna and a rod. As a Catholic Warrior Monk, if I divulge any more, I would have to kill you. 

BTW, interesting display of secular banter!

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

A loud and thunderous Deus Vult! and welcome back Frere Mikael! 

[Sir William Marcus]

    DEUS VULT!!

[Femme Falchion]

Sister Hatchet and I were discussing this amidst our morning bath and thought it best to bring up here.

Your words mislead to insinuate an intimacy unfitting of my station (and given my tenuous relations with the Council!)

I had hoped my presence at the public baths would serve to show my young sires the downfalls of immoral living.

Pax et bonum!

[Lady Christina de Pond]

our fair continent also had the wisdom and foresight to arm the members of the fairer sex.

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...was that really a good idea?

brother Mikael of course it was a good idea.  some woman are known to be fiercer competors and fighters than men. As quoted via Kevin Costner in Robin Hood Prince of thieves " one man defending his home is more fiercer than twenty paid arm guards"

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Sister Hatchet and I were discussing this amidst our morning bath and thought it best to bring up here.

Your words mislead to insinuate an intimacy unfitting of my station (and given my tenuous relations with the Council!)

I had hoped my presence at the public baths would serve to show my young sires the downfalls of immoral living.

Pax et bonum!

[Lady Christina de Pond]

  thats who keeps moving my mouse

[Sir William Marcus]

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