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[[Alexander Aethelwulf]]<br>
fallen in [[A Chronicle of Fall Crown Tourney A.S. XLII|Fall Crown Tourney, A.S. XLII]]

Through the gate of dreams he went,<br>
Thence to seek the crown.<br>
Kathryn’s champion, Aethelwulf,<br>
he of bright renown.
 
First to face the bat-winged cat,<br>
to brave the lion’s jaws.<br>
The hammer’s swing drives Aethelwulf<br>
to fall beneath sharp claws.
 
Another lion, tawny gold,<br>
tries a mailed thrust;<br>
Aethelwulf sends compass star<br>
spinning to the dust.
 
Behold, the storied pithon comes,<br>
this serpent wise in ways of war;<br>
and Aelthelwulf considers well<br>
—this head has worn the crown before
 
And so the battle now is joined<br>
with measured step and deadly glance.<br>
Here Aethelwulf and Edric <br>
meet each other in the ancient dance.
 
Where Saxon fire meets pithon’s grace,<br>
the list-field crucible tries each<br>
and Aethelwulf now falls at last;<br>
the crown, for now, just out of reach.
 
Some day again, the call will come<br>
However far the day now seems<br>
And Kathryn’s champion, Aethelwulf,<br>
Will breach once more that gate of dreams.
 
:— Baron [[Riordan Robert MacGregor]]
::... is a 15th Century Scot of no fixed address, who amuses himself arranging words and beads.  If only this talent would work in his cupboards and storerooms!   

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