Salvation by the Scots

Saturday was a day to remember.

Before the day, Quest Sean Mark successfully got a letter through, via Aranel’s carrier chickens, to his kin in Scotland asking for help against the Roamans.

On the day:

• Roam killed Woodren for treason.
• Sheriff Dirk Williams rallied New Falton, as Dimitri rallied Roam for war.
• The kilt-wearing Scots, led by The MacRagnell, came down from the hills and joined New Falton just as the battle lines formed.
• Dimitri and MacRagnell faced off for a showdown and MacRagnell won.   The battle was New Falton’s!
• We marched back into Falton to reclaim it.
• The Scot shared with us their culinary culture in the form of haggis.
• They shared with us a new dance called Strip the Willow.
• We knighted the town’s protectors, the original members of The Watch (one received posthumously by his brother).
• We had tournaments.
• We had archery and knife throwing contests.
• We shopped at the new Jester’s Closet, as well as enjoyed our old favorite haunts, the Lonely Rode Tavern, and the Salty Broth Inn.
• At the end of the day we were entertained by the death-defying Celtic Sword Dance performed by the MacRagnell triplets.
• We parted ways with the Scots as they returned to the hills following the singing of “The Parting Glass”.
• Then there was “open mic” at the acoustic theatre going well into the night were we sang and laughed and danced away the evening.  [And that, my friends, was one of the most special events to date in my life.  You people are AWESOME!  Both when you are on-stage, and when you are the audience!]

What do you say we do it all again August 5th from 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. with an outdoor movie to follow?

Stryder

Before we go, let me leave you a laugh with a limerick by Bastion Bedfellow, which I commissioned on Saturday for a shilling:

Ruler of Roam

There once was a ruler from Roam,

Whose head was covered with a dome.

That man was Dimitri,

Who’s mood, not quite peachy,

Caused his mouth to froth white with foam!

[Also check out the song Bastion wrote on the Tavern Tales and Stories page.]