Following Orders

[Sir William Marcus]

In a lot adjacent to the fortress you will discover clues of a Templar presence in the area

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

This gives me an idea......

[Sir William Marcus]

We managed to visit the Kentucky Highland Renaissance Festival Saturday. Even with the mercury hitting the 90 mark and humidity resembling that of a tropical rain forest we still managed to have a most excellent time.




We were asked questions all day, like....

"aren't you guys burning up?"

"theres no way I could wear all that on a day like today" 

"you guys gotta be roasting"

"thats gotta be so hot wearing that"

"I can't imaging wearing all that I would be dieing" 

" Man, looking at you guys makes me feel even hotter than it already is"

"Do those helmets make you head hot?"

And of course you know my immediate response was " Its not even half the heat my fallen brothers endured at the Horns of Hattin!" 

It was too much fun though as the staff is awesome, we were also able to reunite with some ole friends and met a lot of new ones too.  We even got to watch the Scottish pipe & drum band Albannach perform two shows and had the opportunity to hear Scottish historian David Ross speak as well.  We helped the King in the knighting of new recruits to shire, and I even got to indulge in some haggis, a few pints of Guinness and about 5 gallons of water.  All-n-all a great day!



Aaaaaaah..shade... shade good

[Sir William Marcus]

Sir Joseph Von Lamar

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

AWESOME!


BTW, that is not your typical Norman helm I see there, but both Brothers wear versions of the KoH line of noggin covers...

[Sir William Marcus]

Yes! We rarely wear our KoH buckets although decided to on this day. Do you know why???

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Springs of Cresson memorial tribute? The fall of Antioch in 1098?

[Sir William Marcus]

Nope! We wore them because...

God Wills It! 

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Well played! Can't argue with that! 

[Lady Christina de Pond]

alright who turned on the ultra heat?

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

It's called "Purification" Sister....if you can't handle the heat...stay out of the sin!

[Sir William Marcus]

[Sir William Marcus]

BTW, that is not your typical Norman helm I see there, but both Brothers wear versions of the KoH line of noggin covers...

Seriously though. The one nice things about the KoH helms are is that they are so lite you can't even tell your wearing them.

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Were you sporting the mail shirts? I did and I now endorse the Crusader Water Weight Loss Program.

Forget your AB and Thigh masters....throw out those useless dietary plans...........

30+ lbs and 30 minutes in the sun, and you'll notice the pounds just dripping away.........Deus vult!

[Sir William Marcus]

No maile shirts here.  It took enough WD-40 to dose the coifs when we were done. I couldn't imagine sporting a haulberk underneath everything.  I already had a continuous waterfall just coming off my nose.