Pennsic 22. A cohort from Ireland (Etienne) and I were working like slaves running the Drachenwald Embassy (with help from several spies from Carolingia
too!) and the first ever Shopping War Point. I had rushed from one camp (East Kindom Royal, where I slept) to another camp (Clan Kilkenny, where I ate) and was rushing
back to the barn to open the Embassy. The day before Etienne had bribed the Pennsic Paper into printing The Shopping War Point as their lead article. As I crossed the
blanket sellers there was one woman who had, very clearly, just bought the paper and was reading the lead article. I heard her exclaim as I passed (not to me, I was behind
her) "At last! Something I can participate in!" The thought that I had been able to do something to bring the war experience to a previously disenfranchised group of people
really made my war.<p>
The very first war I ever fought in (Pennsic XX) I fought under the command of the lady who had given us endless hours of help on-line and on-phone and got my Shire
fighting. I died at her feet.<p>
Watching, against all hope or expectation, Seosamh Ui Maille from Carolingia come second in Eastern Crown Tourney.
