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To Whom it may Concern:
While I was away, (as some of you may know) I was crowned as a Lord. Now, it may be hard to believe, but I was actually Lord for an entire year.
The greatest thing about being a Lord was the servants. I had very few peasants or slaves; most of my help were serfs. They actually pledged life-long loyalty to me, even though they’d never even met me before!
There were a few months during the beginning of the year that were a bit hard on my body. Many of my servants fell ill, and a great bit of them died. I had more life-volunteers after the fact, however.
What is also interesting is that I was Lord to many people, mainly my Vassals. They protected me in exchange for a fraction of my land. We had a few barbarian attacks throughout the year, but my Vassals and Knights protected me.
Occasionally, I had to make an appearance in the city. Not for the people, but at one of the guilds I supported. The Gentlemen there were fairly courteous; they asked me to come and give a speech once a month. As you can imagine, I am quite good at writing speeches now. (Well, perhaps just organizing them, one of my serfs took dictation for me, although his penmanship was horrendous.) It definitely feels strange to be writing for myself again.
On the days I went into the city, I spent about an hour giving my speech at the guild’s meeting-house. Then I spent the rest of the time I could “window shopping”. One of my Vassals escorted me, and insisted I stand on the inside of the streets, nearest the shops, as to avoid the falling rubbish. It was terribly embarrassing for me, for walking as such was considered a Lady’s place. However, I howled with laughter the one time my Vassal was hit.
I am terribly sorry if I caused any trouble or delay in progress while I was gone, but as you can probably tell, it was a bit unexpected. I will try to get back in touch with everyone over the next few days if I can remember how to work the technology.
Lord Samuel
_____________________________________So, this was supposed to be speech for students at a "college" or something, like I'd just gotten back from the Middle ages, but I decided to take creative license and make it a letter explaining what had happened. I hope you like it. Please comment if you do!*
*Please note, negative comments or spam will be deleted.* =^__~=
<3 Naomi
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