The fantastical fury of Failbe

No one can destroy the metal. You can only continue to melt it. I got the opportunity to try my hand at some pewter casting! This post will be scheduled for after the event to maintain the surprise. My friend  Solveig Bjarnardottir  ( Her Blog ) had agreed to do site tokens for Mirmir's Well  in Shire of Mountain Freehold . They needed 80 tokens. Solveig and  AegirBalref  had made a Silicon mold for this token (among many other molds) and I had asked for the experience in casting! As Solveig said, "we're truly practicing creative anachronism. We're blending modern and period techniques for our craft". Solveig spent some time showing me the equipment, safety gear, and how to do the work before I set off. I ended up casting 69 tokens from hundreds of attempts (I figured out the pouring and tweaks by the end...). I really enjoyed learning the process and getting to see the fruits of my labor. Pewter casting is actually pretty easy t...

It is a cold day for all malweardians. I feel truly on the rack. My feet are pinned by Spears to the Barony of Endewearde. My arms pulled by bow and blade to the Province of Malagentia. The lands of Endewearde are vast but mostly filled with potatoes and moose. It is tragic that they will not show the compassion and courtesy of our great Queen Vienna and release the lands to the Riding of Ravensbridge so that a few good gentiles can further improve the East kingdom. That bein g said... Only a Viking warmonger could find pleasure in violating a treaty during an exchange of power... It shows no courtesy, no chivalry, no respect. All the East kingdom, including it's Crown, watches as the right and left hand of the Northern region scuffle for dominance, not even a fortnight from the great war of Pennsic. I still do not know, where to lie blade and bow. For their Excellency need, We the peasants will bleed. A Viking Warmonger demand, Would strip Endewearde of land. Yet the people of...