RE: More True stories

[E L Wimett <silverdragon@Charleston.Net>]

Poster: E L Wimett <silverdragon@Charleston.Net>

> Poster: Peter Adams <redduke@earthlink.net> wrote

> 	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.

	Baudouin, the knight in question was Koppel fun Baurieux who ws knighted on 18 March, 1970, in a world much simpler than our own.  Koppel later moved to Trimaris (and was still there the last time I saw him). He was active as a herald for years in both kingdoms and I saw him at heraldic symposia frequently.  (One of the first and few men to wear a stringed cap in the proper manner, which is what many people knew him best for.  A truly modest and gracious man with a very quiet demeanour.)

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