This was a fun scroll to work on, as it was fun to work with Ozzur and Fortune’s reign, and see the new ideas that they brought. Also this gave me a chance to work with Eva Woderose, one of the scribal giants in the kingdom.
Scroll requests were
It starts with an ‘I’, so if you want to go with that, cool, but anything is fine. There are lots of fun examples in that text, so I don’t even have to be creative about it.
I think somewhere between 200 and 250 words will be about right.
Based on the Ozzur persona / period I looked at early period sources and ended up in Beowulf for inspiration as Ozzur was war time king, and the first unbelted King since Duke Balfar. This is what I came up with:
Lo! Margarita first of her name heard tell of the might in days anear, of the Stormborn, scion of the Rainbringer, folk-king whose deeds of prowess were wrought with Sword, Shield and Bow. Oft Ozurr reft away the branches from his foes nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do. Fear came of the Jarl, after many a Winged-Wyrm Hús was laid low.
A moderate amount of redress he won for that, waxed under the clouds, throve in his glories, till of them that dwelt nigh over the whale-road, each must obey him, and pay him tribute. That was a good king! In such wise worthily among his eastern populaces by goodly gifts of boots must a man in his youth so prevail, so that in later age, when war shall come, willing comrades may cleave to their lord and do him service, among every people the Bootgiver shall thrive by deeds of praise.
And so Margarita being so moved were charged by ancient custom with recognizing the fullness of valor of Ozurr the Bootgiver and bade him take up the belt, chain and spurs as a knight of the society, and further granted the foresaid Ozurr arms by letters Patent, Argent, goutty d’huile, a boot proper and a base vert.
Lest the noble deeds of Ozurr be lost to the passage of time, we have caused these matters to be rendered in text. Done upon October 5, AS 54, at their Coronation in the Shire of Owlsherst
Words by Matthias Grunwald
Scroll by Eva Woderose
Something that was particularly fun with this one is the ability to work in some in jokes for Ozzur into the text. Namely
Oft Ozurr reft away the branches from his foes – This was in reference to Ozurr slaying a fell branch with but one arrow
nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do — This is lifted directly from Toto’s Africa. One of Ozzur’s favorite songs and song during a particularity wet eastern court at pennsic.
A moderate amount of redress he won for that — In joke between Ozzur and his knight Anton that that would be used when someone did something particularity good.