 Eric Bearsbane (Lord Defender of Oertha) Sable, a lion, tail nowed, argent and a griffin combattant and in chief a compass star Or. |
 Marthe the Aardvarkkeeper (Lady of the Snows) (No arms registered) |
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Eric Bearsbane (Lord Defender of Oertha) Sable, a lion, tail nowed, argent and a griffin combattant and in chief a compass star Or. |
Marthe the Aardvarkkeeper (Lady of the Snows) (No arms registered) |
Personal Reminisces:
"This event was a wierd one for me. Three weeks before, at Kingdom Twelfth Night, I had been named a member of the Order of the Laurel, in absentia (something I am glad is no longer done, but at the time no one thought it was a problem). A lot of Oerthans had attended that event, but I was in college and couldn't afford the trip. I was envious, but oh well. Everyone but ONE PERSON was told "Don't tell Hirsch about his Laurel!" because they wanted to surprise me with it. The problem is, the one person they forgot to tell didn't think about it ... he was talking about how cool the event was, the herald's meeting the next day, etc., and as he left my dorm room he said something like "Oh, and by the way, congratulations on your laurel!" This stopped me dead in my tracks ...
"I walked two doors down the hall to the room of my friend Wolf Federweiss, and asked him about it, since he had gone to the event (this would, of course, explain why he was cagey when I asked about any Oerthans who got awards - I wasn't expecting anything for me, I was just hoping someone I knew had been recognized ... anyone!). He said "Who told?" Sigh. So I found out three weeks in advance of when I was supposed to.
"I decided to be prepared, and ordered a Laurel Medallion from Raymond's Quiet Press (to the best of my knowledge that medallion is still in Oertha, as I had passed it on to a friend when she got Laurelled), and had a little time to adjust to this cool change in status. At the time there was only one other Laurel in Oertha, so that was just plain spiffy to me. Of course, as I was a Laurel for my jewelry, one might wonder why I didn't make my own medallion. The answer? I have no idea. For some reason the idea just never popped into my fuzzy head.
"So we got to the event. At this point I was doing a lot of heraldry, but I don't think I was yet the Stellanordica Herald. So I did courts, and all that. I had to protect the poor guy who told me about my Laurel, several people offered to kill him. I had to tell them it was just a simple mistake.
"The tourney happened, and in evening court, before Kylson and Eitel stepped down as Lord Defender and Lady of the Snows, my Laurel ceremony happened with Kylson and Eitel filling in for the Crown (this was arranged in advance). Despite having had three weeks to get used to the idea that I was a Laurel (the date of the recognition is that 12th Night), I got weak in the knees during the fealty ceremony, the whole bit. It was touching and I still mist over a bit thinking about it. The worse part is that I had to do the court right after that one, and I didn't have much time to get over the mental state from the ceremony. It wasn't my best court, but I think everyone was okay with that.
"It will of course be a special event to me, because of that ceremony." -- Hirsch von Henford
Description of this event (if any) taken from The Page.
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