We bring forth Lord Micah of Brighton Hall, to join as brother those who are as enchanted by the fields of war as he, the Companions of the Order of the Tygers Combatant.\u00a0 Here we laud his prowess and delight of all that one embraces in the fight. But hear, assembled ones of this fine court, the history of this man whom we exhort:<\/p>\n
A farmboy once, as all good
\nheroes are,
\nHe\u2019d run across the
\nNorthshield fields afar,<\/p>\n
A lanky lad then, lean and
\nfair and tall
\nWith large sticks he would
\nmake the straw man fall.
\nA sapling bow he used to
\nkeep at bay
\nThe spurred cock whose beak
\nwould ankles flay.
\nHe frightened tinkers
\nwho would tread the land
\nAnd helped his family\u2019s
\ninfluence expand.<\/p>\n
As he grew up, his weapons
\ndid as well
\nFrom humble stick to staff,
\nfrom straw to pell.
\nFrom charging through the
\nfields of wheat and hay
\nTo charging through the
\nfields of foes to slay.<\/p>\n
He took to hand the axe, the
\nsword, the pike,
\nThe bow, the mace, the
\nspear, the brutal spike,
\nEach one to play and see
\nwhat was its art
\nFor each one had its wisdom
\nto impart.<\/p>\n
This noble lad, and brave
\nand good, but wild,
\nWas skilled by Eastern men,
\nwhose tempers styled
\nThe man before you here, who
\nyou now see
\nInto the very tale of
\nchivalry.<\/p>\n
This vibrant one whose joy
\nupon the field
\nHas all support within this
\norder sealed,
\nCombattant Tygers\u00a0of
\nthe noble East,
\nRejoice today as your ranks
\ndo increase.<\/p>\n
You have heard this tale
\ntoday, in Birka\u2019s marketplace in the January cold, on the twenty-ninth
\nday, Anno Societatis
\nforty-five
\nin the Barony of Stonemarche.<\/p>\n
With pleasure do our brave King Griffith and beauteous Queen Aikaterine sign this writ to
\nhistory.<\/p>\n
Well, this is what comes of having someone who’s known you a while write your scroll text.\u00a0 It was the fourth rewrite, I just couldn’t get the tale short enough!\u00a0 At some point, I will just tell the tale in full and feel like I’ve done my job!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We bring forth Lord Micah of Brighton Hall, to join as brother those who are as enchanted by the fields of war as he, the Companions of the Order of the Tygers Combatant.\u00a0 Here we laud his prowess and delight of all that one embraces in the fight. But hear, assembled ones of this fine … <\/p>\n