Following Orders

[Marcus of Ibelin]

Thank you all.

It's good to be back.  It seemed like it'd only been a week or so that I'd been absent, but it was much longer than that I see.  Cant get so absent minded in the future! Lol.

[Sir William Marcus]

Once again, its good to hear your doing well. Unforeseen obstacles and just being busy in the mundane world can easily send one astray for a time.  It happens and its all good.  Besides, we're always around brother.

[Sir William Marcus]

Tuesday, August 4, 2009
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10-11pm -- Lost Worlds - Knights Templar.
They defended the Holy Land through bloodshed and prayer. Founded in the 12th century, these Christian warrior monks reigned supreme for nearly 200 years before suffering a spectacular fall from grace. Tried for heresy, they were disbanded and their Grand Master burned at the stake. We'll search behind the legend for their lost world. We recreate the city they knew as Tortosa--now hidden among modern homes in the Syrian city of Tartus. We reveal secrets of their headquarters at Temple Mount in Jerusalem, with magnificent underground vaults that could stable 1,000 horses. And we visit the circular church in London built to resemble the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and the site of the Templar's mysterious initiation rites. We bring to life the hilltop fortress that Lawrence of Arabia called "the finest castle in the world", and return to the Mediterranean island where the Knights Templar made their last stand against Moslem enemies.

[Sir William Marcus]

Just when you thought you had everything for the fortress...

Crusader Great Helm Trash Bin

[Sir William Marcus]

Oh yeah, don't forget about a NEW...

Royal Throne



If they only had it in red

[Lady Christina de Pond]

actually i like the blue but you can keep the tp

[Sir William Marcus]

Represent

[Sir William Marcus]

Perhaps, another cover available?

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

That was Mr Napier's original concept for the book cover, but the publisher had different ideas. They wanted to use the very same suit of armor on the very same orange background that showed up on Helen Nicholson's new book on some sales sites.

[Femme Falchion]

.....and orange really isn't Warrior Monk's color.   

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

Let it be known throughout the thread, that Mother Confessor has returned!!!



And then there was much rejoicing......

[Femme Falchion]

How refreshing to be associated with angels.  

My sincere congratulations Brother Marcus.  Since the discussions on this thread typically surround the sorrows of life, please allow me to share a blessing for this joyous occasion;

Sun, Moon, Stars, all you that move in the heavens, hear us!
Into your midst has come a new life.
Make his/her path smooth, that he/she may reach the brow of the first hill!

Winds, Clouds, Rain, Mist, all you that move in the air, hear us!
Into your midst has come a new life.
Make his/her path smooth, that he/she may reach the brow of the second hill!

Hills, Valleys, Rivers, Lakes, Trees, Grasses, all you of the earth, hear us!
Into your midst has come a new life.
Make his/her path smooth, that he/she may reach the brow of the third hill!

Birds, great and small, that fly in the air,
Animals, great and small, that dwell in the forest,
Insects that creep among the grasses and burrow in the ground, hear us!
Into your midst has come a new life.
Make his/her path smooth, that he/she may reach the brow of the fourth hill!

All you of the heavens, all you of the air, all you of the earth, hear us!
Into your midst has come a new life.
Make his/her path smooth, then shall he/she travel beyond the four hills!

(Native American Children's Blessing)

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

New book alert:

I purchased this one at B&N today-

The Siege of Jerusalem, Crusade and Conquest in 1099; Conor Kostick



And a small find:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxdgcEptQRk

[Richard de Graeme]

Congratulations Brother Marcus. It is my wish and prayer you, the Mother and child be blessed with good health, long life and a light heart!

All Blessings be upon thee, thy kith and kin.

[Femme Falchion]

I believe I saw some Sisters in that reenactment.....in line with the "Roles of European Women" reading that Warrior Monk posted a few weeks back....