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History: |
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The Mercenaries Medieval Combat Guild is now more than a decade old. To learn how the madness began (and still continues) follow the links below. |
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Prehistory |
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In the beginning,
there was Ben, born into the family of Roberts.
And Ben was
raised on the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien, and Willow, and Dungeons & Dragons, and upon images of brave knights in their burnished plate
armor. And his parents took him to an SCA event called Mayfaire when
he was but a small lad....
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The First Year or So |
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It was not long after Ben's sixteenth
birthday party that he and his friends were going into the hills of
Palmer Park just about every chance they could get, armed with padded
boffer swords and wooden duct-taped daggers.... |
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The Birth of the Mercenary
Wars |
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Well, once it had been said, it seemed
like the most obvious thing in the world. "We should have a war." Of
course! And so, the four friends excitedly started to sketch out the
plans for the first Mercenary Wars there on an old white-box style
Macintosh in the computer lab, much to the annoyance of the lab
supervisor.... |
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Resurgence |
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For Zane had been inspired - whether by
the Mercenary Wars or his own fencing experiences, it is not known. And he gathered together many of his own friends and founded the
fighting group known as Parable... |
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New Directions |
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And it was in the winter following the sixth Mercenary War that the group decided another event was needed to entertain the lust of the fight. It was in early January that the first Frost War was held. |
