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Date: Sun, 10 Apr 1994 09:01:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: John A Cross <jcross@world.std.com>
Subject: rolls of the kings
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As is the custom, at East Kingdom Coronation yesterday, after the crowns
were safely upon the heads of Lucan and Jana, the rolls of the kings & queens
of the East were read, beginning with Maragorn. There were two points of
note on this reading however:

1. This time, the Barony of the Bridge (Inc.) had little plaques made
with the heraldry of each monarch (subbung in the royal arms for any
who still haven't passed their devices. (As a side note here, the audience
did surprizingly well at noticing when some device came in on the wrong
name.)

2. The named the queens who reigned Aoenghus (probably mis-spelled), but
the did not name him. Those of you who have followed his story know why,
those who haven't should know that he has been found guilty of a *very*
serious crime, and may never again see the light of day.


Personally, I do not know how far this censure has gone. I do not mind that
his name might never again be uttered in court, but hope that he is not
systematically removed from the history books. I believe that concealing
the embarrassing past is a crime. The Russians do not deny the reigns of
Ivan the Terrible, or Josef Stalin. The Rumanians do not deny the reign
of Vlad Tepis (the impaler). The English do not deny the reign of John
Lackland, or of Edward the Second (child molester). The acts of all these
men are still a matter of public record.

I suggest that Aoenghus be included in the rolls of the kings, because
the people that he elevated should still be elevated, and because you
cannot revile or defile that which you hide away. What is worse, like 
our corporation's financial trouble, hidden away, it can only fester and
get gangrenous. Out in the open it can dry out and be treated plainly.

I am (perhaps too allegorically) Anton of Winteroak