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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 3785362" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Nicely written, Nik. You always manage to make my games sound much more atmospheric than they actually are!</p><p></p><p>For everyone else - Piratecat and KidCthulhu were visiting for a couple of days and joined in the above session. Piratecat played the wizard Dokkin, and KidCthulhu played the fighter, Aaron Morglay. Interestingly, KidCthulhu named the character after an actual named sword we saw earlier that day in Arundel Castle while sightseeing - the sword was about six feet long, called "Morglay", and was allegedly wielded by a guy who was seven feet tall.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www2.prestel.co.uk/aspen/sussex/morglay.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><em>"Men of Myth often attained gigantic stature as their stories were retold, the list of their achievements and physical attributes often sounding like a title or an impressive string of letters after a learned mans name. Whether any of the giants mentioned so far are stories of men blown out of proportion or just local folklore of a different source is not known but another giant by the name of Bevis Of Hampton. The Hampton is thought to be Southampton but Bevis is usually linked with the town of Arundel as that was the name of his horse, Hirondelle. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>His sword, which goes by the name of Morglay is 5 ft 9 in tall and is currently kept in the armoury (or library) of Arundel Castle, from the battlements of which he threw the sword to mark his place of burial. There are three seperate barrows which have claim to be the spot where the sword fell.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Bevis was employed as a warden of the castle and was payed with a whole ox, two hogshead of beer as well as bread and mustard (according to one story) each week. He was said to be able to walk from Southampton to the Isle of Wight without getting his head wet. On the way from Arundel to Southampton lies Bosham where Bevis stopped to wash his dogs. Bosham church is said to have contained his staff which he left there as a keepsake. Bevis is mentioned as the hero in a poem from the fourteenth century, ample time to grow a few feet in the retelling. Part of the castle was named 'Bevis Tower' after him, though some think that this name came from someone called Bevis who fought at the Battle of Lewes."</em></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.circvsmaximvs.com/imagehosting/146ea7e100eff1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Inconsequenti-Al and KidCthulhu walking up the hill towards Arundel Castle</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 3785362, member: 1"] Nicely written, Nik. You always manage to make my games sound much more atmospheric than they actually are! For everyone else - Piratecat and KidCthulhu were visiting for a couple of days and joined in the above session. Piratecat played the wizard Dokkin, and KidCthulhu played the fighter, Aaron Morglay. Interestingly, KidCthulhu named the character after an actual named sword we saw earlier that day in Arundel Castle while sightseeing - the sword was about six feet long, called "Morglay", and was allegedly wielded by a guy who was seven feet tall. [center][img]http://www2.prestel.co.uk/aspen/sussex/morglay.jpg[/img][/center] [i]"Men of Myth often attained gigantic stature as their stories were retold, the list of their achievements and physical attributes often sounding like a title or an impressive string of letters after a learned mans name. Whether any of the giants mentioned so far are stories of men blown out of proportion or just local folklore of a different source is not known but another giant by the name of Bevis Of Hampton. The Hampton is thought to be Southampton but Bevis is usually linked with the town of Arundel as that was the name of his horse, Hirondelle. His sword, which goes by the name of Morglay is 5 ft 9 in tall and is currently kept in the armoury (or library) of Arundel Castle, from the battlements of which he threw the sword to mark his place of burial. There are three seperate barrows which have claim to be the spot where the sword fell. Bevis was employed as a warden of the castle and was payed with a whole ox, two hogshead of beer as well as bread and mustard (according to one story) each week. He was said to be able to walk from Southampton to the Isle of Wight without getting his head wet. On the way from Arundel to Southampton lies Bosham where Bevis stopped to wash his dogs. Bosham church is said to have contained his staff which he left there as a keepsake. Bevis is mentioned as the hero in a poem from the fourteenth century, ample time to grow a few feet in the retelling. Part of the castle was named 'Bevis Tower' after him, though some think that this name came from someone called Bevis who fought at the Battle of Lewes."[/i] [center][img]http://www.circvsmaximvs.com/imagehosting/146ea7e100eff1.jpg[/img] Inconsequenti-Al and KidCthulhu walking up the hill towards Arundel Castle[/center] [/QUOTE]
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