Re: True SCA Story?

[Dave Montuori <damont@wolfstar.com>]

Poster: Dave Montuori <damont@wolfstar.com>


> >But, my favorites have to be the ones about Cariodoc and the first Pennsic
> >War...which ironically, are the most believable of all of these legends.
> >At least, they sound like something that might really have happened.

> [And, ironically, that one is documentably true.  Cariadoc, during a reign
> as king of the East, declared war on the Middle.  Nobody in the Middle
> Kingdom answered him.  Later, while he was King of the Middle, he found his
> own letter declaring war on the Middle and said something to the effect of
> "this heinous challenge shall not go unanswered!"  And thus the war began.

This is not quite accurate. Caraidaoc, as King of the East, sent the
message to the Middle. A year later, the message was "officially"
received; in the interim Cariadoc had moved to the Middle and won Crown
Tourney. But he had not yet been crowned; according to the History of the
Midrealm Royalty, Cariadoc (already an Eastern Duke) was Crown Prince of
the Midrealm during Pennsic I.

However, if you ask him, he'll generally refuse to contradict the more
common story -- he says it sounds better that way.

Evan

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