The other day, I overheard someone talking about seeing The Quill and the Sword club (Q&S) down on BYU's campus. For those of you who don't know, The Quill and the Sword is an awesome club down at BYU for those fascinated with the midevil period. As a rule of thumb, if you see someone walking around campus wearing a cloak, a large, puffy dress, chain mail, or armor, then they are members of The Quill and the Sword. You will often see them practicing their sword-fighting skills with their wooden lances in the early afternoons. I always longed to join them. Twice, I went to lectures by professors on Lord of the Rings-related subjects. The lecture was awesome, and I was surrounded by Q&S members. It was awesome.
Out of curiosity, I googled them and came across this fantastic web site: http://clubs.byu.edu/qands/. It appears that the larger club is broken up into smaller "guilds" according to area of interest (i.e., armory, dancing, cooking, and web design). What I find even cooler, however, is that it appears that each member of the Q&S takes a midevil name for him or herself. There is 'Ravishing Pixie' and 'Isabella Slayrock,' among others. That got me thinking: I wish I had a cool midevil name. So I started thinking of what my midevil name would have been had I shed my false pride and joined the illustrious Q&S. I think I would have liked being called 'Ian, Bright Scales,' or 'Ian the Gray.' Perhaps I would have totally dropped my name and gone as 'Durin Stonerocka' or 'Sir Blade.' Any of those would have been cool.
If you were a member of Q&S, what would your midevil name be?
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Ah yes, a noble name indeed. You would have made a fine member of the armory guild of the Quill & the Sword.
as the first of the cousins to have a baby, i think my name would probably be "Strong Seed Booga."
Tis good to know i'm not the only nerd in the family sir blade.
Paige (aka, maid prance-alot.
p.s. we'll have to play LOTR trivia at a family reunion or something. i'll crush you!
Paige! I never knew you were a LOTR buff. That is awesome.
Trivia/fill in the blank: Aragorn's sword, Anduril, the sword that was broken and re-forged, is also known as 'the flame of the _______.' (this is a though one; the only reason I know is that when I went to an LOTR lecture at BYU, the professor was saying something about Aragorn's sword and couldn't remember its name. He asked the class what the name was ,and a cool Q&S member chimed in, "Anduril, the sword that was broken and re-forged, the flame of the _____." It was awesome.)
If I recall it is called the flame of the west. It took me a while to remember it though and I had to picture Elrond saying it. But yes, I'm a HUGE LOTR fan. My LOTR collection is quite vast. Perhaps one day it will be as good as your dad's Star Trek collection. But alas, my knowledge of LOTR has been diminishing. Tis indeed been a time since I've watched the movies, so I might just have to go do that right now!
Namárië (farewell in Quenya/Elvish)
Paige
Paige, you will be well accepted at my blog, http://scifinerdblog.blogger.com any time.
Darth Spencer
Wow! Now that is real LOTR knowledge. You are right; it is "The flame of the West." What a cool name. Enjoy re-watching the movies. I am glad you have a collection of LOTR things. Did you get any of the Christmas ornaments from Hallmark? I got Frodo and Gandalf the Grey, but they stopped making them this year for some reason. I was very dissappointed.
Success, I'm being accepted into the Davis clan! Soon I will win your love and affection and hatch a plan so diabolical towards you that neither of you can comprehend it. Can't say I know what it is yet...but it'll be stupendous. Bah, alas, no Christmas ornaments for me. But i have figurines of the fellowship! Plus books, games, etc...And as Napoleon Dynamite once said on David Letterman: "Lord of the Rings figurines-50. Friends-0."
Yikes- you're all nuts! seduced by the dark side! What ever shall we do! lament I guess.
Auntie Carol
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