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Miscellaneous => The Sallyport => Topic started by: SirNathanQ on 2012-02-10, 02:53:45
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The Tower of Jerusalem
“Deus Vult! Deus Vult! Deus Vult!” The rallying cry of the army goes up as the sergeants drag the tower forward. That sacred cry is Latin for “God Wills it”. It was first spoken by his Holiness, Pope Urban II, and has reverberated off the lips of Christ’s soldiers since the first preaching of the grand pilgrimage. I have heard that cry throughout my pilgrimage to the Holy Land. It is what the bishop told me before I left my fief, family and land and embarked. I had heard it many times throughout the march.
That cry has effects that truly illustrate God’s love for this pilgrimage to secure our Eastern Christian Brethren and to establish a Latin state based upon Jerusalem. I have seen faltering men rally by its cry at the siege of Antioch. Inspired by those words, I have seen the armies of Christendom fight with a fury that I pray would only be seen in the service of Holy God and his Church.
As the tower draws forward, the defenders of the walls pelt us with projectiles. Arrows, Javelins, rocks, even axes are thrown, in a desperate attempt to repulse us and deny us our goal. My shield has many deadly shafts imbedded in its wood. As an arrow strikes me in the torso but is repulsed by my Hauberk, I say a silent prayer that God’s grace endures. An unfortunate knight to my right is slain by a javelin under the brim of his helm, straight into the poor man’s eye. A large number of the lesser soldiery, principally those unarmoured, are struck down and killed by the torrent of deadly missiles.
The tower is at the walls now. The gate has crashed forward and I, and a number of knights rush onto the wall. We do battle upon the walls of the Holy City, our Christ-beloved swords flashing in the hot Levant sun. After we slay or rout the immediate defenders, we pause for the rallying cry before retaking the Holy City. “Deus Vult!”
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do u goto berkeley springs high?
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Yes I do. I'm a junior this year. :)
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Are you going to honor us with the entire story at some later date because I enjoyed the
precursor! :)
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Agreed...that was an excellent opener, Sir Nathan. So...the rest then? ;)
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hehehe i was in your school yesterday. gave some product to your band director. trying to get a sale :)
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Look @ Sir Wolf and his ambiguous terminology...
lol
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Look @ Sir Wolf and his ambiguous terminology...
lol
HA! I had the same thought. It was even funnier when you consider how NOT Sir Wolf that is ;D
Sir Nathan, excellent opening! Post more please.
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This is great! Good job.
lol @ everyone else. Yes, Sir Wolf and his ambiguous "product". :)
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Look @ Sir Wolf and his ambiguous terminology...
lol
HA! I had the same thought. It was even funnier when you consider how NOT Sir Wolf that is ;D
Glad I wasn't the only one...and yes, knowing Sir Wolf is what made it even funnier because I KNOW that isn't what he was thinking/doing when he posted it.
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you guys are horrible hehehe
Sir Nathan that was cool thanks for sharing it. didnt mean to derail your thread
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No problem, it's fine.
I'm actually in the band! Yeah, Cheek's a bit of a miser. We're not exactly living like Rockafellers up in the band department. :P
and It's really just a little snippet I designed for a writing competition. I don't really have a great epic story to go with it, it's kinda a snapshot of history. Although that would be some fun writing to do.
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Nothing wrong with being in the band, Sir Nathan...I was in the band...loved every minute of it too. Well that's not entirely accurate...I loved the performances, not necessarily the practices. lol
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sweet, tell him you wanna do Joe Corbi's Pizza and Cookie Dough for your big fundraiser! hahahah ;)
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UGH @ Corby goods...nasty stuff. NASTY. lol
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UGH @ Corby goods...nasty stuff. NASTY. lol
lol, Sir Wolf is going to hurt you. :)
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ya man that's my lively hood ehhehe www.joecorbis.com (http://www.joecorbis.com)
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Well, he might be my brother but I still don't have to like it! I think it'd be better if kids just solicited money instead of trying to sell us that nasty stuff. lol
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sigh.... ???
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Sir Wolf, do you actually like and eat any of it? The cookies are ok...overpriced tho, considering you can get them in the tube for a fraction of the price and they're just as good. I have not heard anything good about the pizzas...a few years back, someone in my office convinced some of us to buy for her kid's fundraiser...there were two tubs of cookie dough that sat in the fridge I know for at least a year before they just disappeared.
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been eating it for 20 years. family has owned the distributorship that long so it's been longer eating it. but nuff said about this. i think there good so u musta gota bad one. lets not take up Sir Nathans post.
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Hey, it's no big deal. It's just getting around the school's rabid hate of E-mail so I can copy and paste at home ;D
And band isn't so bad. What's annoying though is those that take it wayy to seriously, and those who don't take it seriously at all.
"GASP!!!" Sir Wolf is.... The Cookie Guy???!!!??? :o
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It's kinda like finding out about Santa Claus.
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shh i'm him too
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"GASP!!!" Sir Wolf is.... The Cookie Guy???!!!??? :o
(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQOi6MJFgJrab5g-md9pL_aJ1mU_E_AmK0pfkSwU_lYOFihPYHC4HIUNGCvWA)
:o
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"goat cookies" ? ? ?
Do I even want to know what that is?
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Conspiracy! Someone call the History Channel!
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This is like sitting back and watching a Melee with boffer weapons, everyone swinging in good fun.
Sir Nathan good story.
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Thank you Ecox. Yeah, we have lots of fun "Boffer Swinging" amongst the brethren here. :)