2005-5-5 12:00:00 AM

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Charney wrote:
Saint George who fights the dragon of Lydda in the Near-East
But what did that halfling do to him?
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Charney wrote:Saint George who fights the dragon of Lydda in the Near-East
It was not a dragon exactly but the Pendragon of Wales. St George was an English general sent to subdue another Welsh uprising and his success was put down as "slaying the dragon". Seeing how the Pendragon is still the national flag of Wales (we do not come under the Union Jack, so does that still mean we are part of the UK? lol), his success wasn't much of one.

Of course, St George was said to slay the dragon Lydda in the east, but from what I gather, he failed in that one according to some reports given that his army was crushed.

You see, he he'd been Welsh like Saints David and Patrick (patron saint of Ireland, he was born in Cornwall while it was still within the Welsh territories) he might have been more successful ;) lol.
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I'm afraid Saint Georges isn't Welsh Wiccy. Unless there's more than one dragonslayer named Georges, the earliest Saint Georges legends are Copt (christians from Egypts) and it was the tale of a Roman officer tortured by Persian pagans. It's really gory in fact. His martyrdom was first recognised by the greek church (which became Orthodox) and his legend and cult spread to the West via the Byzantine reconquest of Rome by emperor Justinian in the 5th century AD. The dragon myth seem to have be grafted upon him between the 8th and 11th centuries but it's hard to tell.

It's true that his cult did spread to the British island and he became holy patron of England sometime after Richard Coeur de Lion's reign.
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We definately have different Georges then ;) The one I am thinking of was after England properly became a country, which would have been after the Norman invasions. But it appears there are two Georges who were dragon slayers, one of whom was sent to subdue a Welsh uprising (that later turned toward the rise of the House of Tutor and them ascending to the throne of England).
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Drinnik Shoehorn wrote:
Charney wrote: Saint George who fights the dragon of Lydda in the Near-East
But what did that halfling do to him?
She was polymorphed to a dragon by an evil mage who then casted on her a terrible curse that lowered her mental scores enough and also binded her to his will. She was ordered to eat virgins and kill people, burning their farms and the fields. For the curse to be broken, she had to be slain by a pure heart.
In her final moments, as the curse was seeping away from her along with her life-blood, she thanked the Saint for freeing her from the clutches of this horrible sorcerer.
With her final breath as the dragon body was transformed back to the lovely halfling we all know so well, she cursed the Sorcerer to practice his magic from the same shell as she but to never be able to change back to human and forever hunger for the pleasures of life of the mortal halfling.

As the St. George raised his sword to put an end to this foul sorcerer's career and prayed to God to help him resist the spells, he saw mists gathering at the distance. Supernaturally thick mists moving against the wind. At his amazement and horror the mists covered completely a distant, partially ruined tower and then subsided leaving only the hillside behind. There was no trace of the old tower.

As for the sorcerer, he was transported to Ravenloft transformed to an old shadow dragon with increased spellcasting abilities as a boon from the Dark Powers but unable to change his shape back to human. He dwells in a huge cavern complex under the mount Ghakis unable to sustain himself with anything other than the vermin of his cavern and rotten flesh of disfigured, ugly humanoinds (Callibans, Broken ones or humans sufficiently burned and disfigured).
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I'll say it again, you have too many thoughts.
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Actually 05/05/05 was my birthday. And I was 33. Nothing really occult happened to me though.


Aside from a growing urge to post here again.

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***ENVY***

How did you get that cute *Self-appointed paladin* logo?

*Want to have my personal logo too!*
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Desdichado wrote:***ENVY***

How did you get that cute *Self-appointed paladin* logo?

*Want to have my personal logo too!*
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Desdichado wrote:***ENVY***

How did you get that cute *Self-appointed paladin* logo?

*Want to have my personal logo too!*
Well I started posting like a paladin early when the board was forming in the mists (starting one post with "As the only self appointed paladin on the board..") And next thing I knew i had it. It must have been a curse.. AND I WILL SLAY ANY EVIL CREATURE IS SEE TILL THE CURSE IS LIFTED! I WILL TEAr THE THROAT FROM THEIR NECKS AND I WILL CHOP THEM INTO SMALL PEICES for goodness!

Any roumours about me and Dru are totally without foundation. just like those rumours of those passing a certain bedroom window on a certain night disapearing. Just so you know. :elena:
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:cry:

So, us ordinary evil doers can't hope to get *betitled*? :hazlik:

How odd - I will have to do something extraordinarily good to earn my title... But I am just a proud servant of darkness :misori: , no Silverleaf Halfmoon here :adam:

I could bake some cookies and send them to the Great Six... :Brain: Yeah, they could give me the title of *Dread Baker*, *Baker of Doom*, *Cookie Killer*...

*brabble*

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A half baked scheme if ever I heard one.. :D
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Sir T wrote:A half baked scheme if ever I heard one.. :D
:D

*I wonder if anyone got the allsuion to Silverleaf Halfmoon, the famous gay elf from the 2e FR Starter Set... Now, THAT campaign was funny...*
*:roll: Nothing against homosexuality in general here, but that chara was certainly the funniest ever to show up as a premade PC*
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Post by Jester of the FoS »

Hey, I'd been a memeber of the Fraternity for a few weeks before I got my title, and I've been posting since the begining. And a couple members of the Fraternity (ScS and Joel) are still title-less themselves.
Those better be *special* cookies.
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Post by Le Noir Faineant »

David of the Frat wrote: Those better be *special* cookies.
Baked from the dust I found in the interior of Strahd's coffin...

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