More True stories

[Peter Adams <redduke@earthlink.net>]

Poster: Peter Adams <redduke@earthlink.net>

Firstly, I think tha Vis's adventure's with the Nat Guard occurred
while he was a master at arms in the east, well before he had won any
crowns.  He told me that story a lonnnng time ago. He was still
accounted the best pole fighter this side of the Mississippi, though, at
that time.  It is very possible that oral tradition has added in another
similar encounter, its not all that shocking really...
	Another interesting story, also quite documentably true, dates from
very early in the East Kingdom's history.  
	Traveling home via the New York subways from and event somewhere in New
York, a party of one gentleman and an undefined number of ladies was
first harrassed (presumably they were "freaking the mundanes" as it used
to be called, and were in garb) and then set upon by a gang of subway
toughs.  The gentleman, (it is my discredit that I can not recall his
name, however Gyrth knows all tells some...) held the exit stairs (with
weapons as diverse as a rattan sword to a pot metal dagger in oral
tradition) as best he could to effect the escape of the ladies.  This
resulted in his (hopefully brief) hospitalization with major lacerations
(bike chains) and broken bones.
	This warrior had been under observation by the Chivalry of the East,
the popular story is that he didnt look good enough to knight, based on
his combat skills.  The actions he took to defend the ladies were enough
to convince the Chivalry of his essential Knightliness, and in fact he
was knighted for his valor.

	Another story of Knighthood involves a US Airforce Serviceman in
-Denmark or Holland is it? wherever my namesake Baudouin is currently
king-
	He was an avid kayaker, and entered a significant race.  It is
important to know that King Baudouin is an avid Kayak fan.  The
serviceman and his partner knew no Walloon (the local language) and ran
the race as best they could, though they were impressed by the fortitude
of the local kayak racers, as there was one section of very rough water.
As they came around the final bend, the crowd went wild!  Our Boys had
done us proud and won the race, beating all previous course records by a
considerable margin.
	In fact, the King decided to knight them, did so, and Congress ratified
the foreign title.
	The Kicker? Our Boys had kayaked (Tough word to parse there) right past
signs (in Walloon) that said "Dangerous water, must Portage"
	Naytheless, Chevalier (insert name here, he did a CA on games) came
home and became a squire, and took his knight (so it is said) as his
modern squire, so in fact somewhere there is a knight who has a squire
who is a knight who has a squire that is a knight.
	
	The Truth is Stranger than Fiction
	Badouin
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