[Cynnabar] A tale of a former Cynnabarian from afar
Heidi Lemon via Barony
barony at cynnabar.org
Sat Feb 23 10:38:44 EST 2019
Wow.
That is truly the best of humanity!
Ilse Strauss
On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 8:26 AM Wendy Gouine via Barony <barony at cynnabar.org>
wrote:
> Many thanks, I need to hear heartwarming stories like this.
>
> > On Feb 22, 2019, at 7:49 PM, Derian le Breton via Barony <
> barony at cynnabar.org> wrote:
> >
> > A friend of mine, formerly of Caid, reports the following:
> >
> > "Estrella War, 2003
> >
> > I was on Gerhart and Una's court. We'd arrived on Tuesday, and it had
> rained everyday, all day. Friday night was the worst, and the Caidan
> encampment flooded.
> >
> > Saturday morning the skies had cleared, but much of the Caidan
> encampment were under six inches or more of water.
> >
> > Gerhart (who I'm sure many Caidan's remember, is a big, strong guy) was
> helping everyone carry, well, everything. Una was keeping it all organized.
> It was cold, wet work. They could have delegated the unpleasantness to
> others, and gone about the morning's business, but They didn't.
> >
> > We'd just finished turning the Caidan Royal Pavilion into a drying
> center when the King of Atenveldt and His entourage arrived.
> >
> > "Your Majesty" He said addressing Gerhart, "I've come to talk to you
> about today's battles."
> >
> > Gerhart didn't hesitate a moment...
> >
> > "I have a better idea." He said "You win. I have people I need to get
> out of the mud."
> >
> > And then he went back to taking care of His people. It's been 16 years,
> I can still see him standing there, muddy to his knees and unwilling to
> leave us to fend for ourselves.
> >
> > I have served many Kings and Queens, as well as a few Princes and
> Princesses. I have never been prouder of any of them than I was of Gerhart
> von Cynnabar in that moment."
> >
> > -Derian.
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