[Cynnabar] A tale of a former Cynnabarian from afar

[David Hoornstra via Barony]

Yep, that's the Gerhardt I knew. He worked very hard to be the very best
person he could be.


> From: Wendy Gouine via Barony <barony at cynnabar.org>
> Reply-To: Wendy Gouine <wgouine1 at mac.com>
> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 08:26:18 -0500
> To: Derian le Breton <derianlebreton at gmail.com>
> Cc: Barony of Cynnabar <barony at cynnabar.org>
> Subject: Re: [Cynnabar] A tale of a former Cynnabarian from afar
> 
> 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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