Way to go Karl!!!! I'm sure I'm leaving out his other titles, but at least three of them are Master and Sir and Viscount Karl von Sussen. I bet he has his own page in the East Kingdom OP.
He may be startled to hear this but He is one of the number Princes that I respect the most. He is one of those who disagreed with my ideas of how Drachenwald should run, and the Coronet's Word is Law (Gag, hack, spit!) which I despise almost as much as the Crown's Word is Law, which is far too often brought out, even by the Queens as "The King's Word is Law, which IT IS NOT (yes, I'm yelling in a good natured type of way. If you don't believe me read your Kingdom Laws. Bet they say: The Word of the Crown is Law and then defines the Crown as the King AND Queen reigning jointly. So much for your important history lesson today. Those who forget that it is the same with the President, Congress, and Supreme Court sharing power are likely to find them Cold, in danger, and away from home in a strange place this Christmas. Along with those who remembered and are doing their DUTY as sworn to when they enlisted: "I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God." (Title 10, US Code; Act of 5 May 1960 replacing the wording first adopted in 1789, with amendment effective 5 October 1962). While some only hear the part about the orders of the President of the United States, the Constitution actually has precedence. At any rate, we disagreed and he came to Curia expecting blood to run. Fortunately I had been warned about what the Seneschal of the time had engineered and the two of us took the newly written piece of junk and made it a working document. Interestingly enough, I've noticed that the present Laws look a lot like those we hammered out those first 10 years of being a Principality. The Europeans have "been there, seen that, and know what the laws of their medieval countries REALLY said and meant. At any rate, he is an honorable man who I would recommend in a heart beat. Not only because of his titles (we all know how much they can be made to mean!) but because he is and was a reasonable man who wanted what was best for the Principality he co-ruled (Princess) but for her people as well. Regina Romsey OL, OP, Drachenwald/East, Now Proud Resident of the Laurel Kingdom of AnTir and the Pacific NorthWet > . > > And, darn it, he doesn't have any of the Viking-style small > knives he often > has> Here's URLs to a 16th c reproduction and a late medieval one: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/16th-C-utility-knife-historic-repro-of-museum- > find-H_W0QQitemZ300180719258QQihZ020QQcategoryZ156374QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > (This one is $50, but claims to be an exact reproduction of an > actual find.) > > http://cgi.ebay.com/14th-15th-Century-belt-utility-knife-with-Bone > -handle_W0QQitemZ300179816992QQihZ020QQcategoryZ475QQcmdZViewItem > (This one is much cheaper, and the shape checks out with my > memory of belt > knives from 14th-15th c art. They sometimes have this shape with horn or > wood handles, and the prices differ a little depending on which > substance is > used.) > > My own eating knife is a reproduction of a standard, single-edged > small Viking > knife that I bought from Ragweed Forge, but he got the last of their > production runs, and I don't think he has them any more. It was $40. > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
