Rhiannon the Innocent - Award of Arms

Ozurr! Fortune! Great Monarchs of the East!
Observe and see their people’s ranks increased
We’ve heard of Rhiannon the Innocent
Her guile is bioluminescent
Standing there, Like a beacon in the night
Persuades many with her loquacious light
Aiding this fine Barony all around
Working with children and their raucous sound
A fine Deputy to the Seneschal
Aiding in Our events, traditional
In light of this, we give Rhiannon Arms
******** SPACE FOR ARMS ********
An act, we trust, that will raise no alarms
Done at St. Andrew Crosses the Alps, today
In the Barony of An Dubhaigeains’ offray

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Ozurr! Fortune! Great Monarchs of the East!

Observe and see their people’s ranks increased

We’ve heard of Rhiannon the Innocent

Her guile is bioluminescent 

Standing there, Like a beacon in the night

Persuades many with her loquacious light

Aiding this fine  Barony all around 

Working with children and their raucous sound

A fine Deputy to the Seneschal 

Aiding in Our events, traditional 

In light of this, we give  Rhiannon Arms 

******** SPACE FOR ARMS ********

An act, we trust, that will raise no alarms

Done at St. Andrew Crosses the Alps, today

In the Barony of An Dubhaigeains’ offray

Good feeling BLOGGED!

I chose the 10 syllable rhyming couplets in the style of Chaucerian English.  This proved to be a good frame for us to put in the story of Rhiannon and an anglerfish! When we first discussed the scroll, I was told the tale of a time Rhiannon “impersonated an anglerfish to get into a party.”

Fiona was planning on making the main imagery of the illuminated anglerfish.  With that in mind, I planned  to include several references in the words.

We’ve heard of Rhiannon the Innocent

Her guile is bioluminescent

I quickly found that "Innocent" with "bioluminescent" rhymed, mostly.  The endings of the words are the same; “cent.” While essentially rhyming the word with itself, I hoped the different body of the words would suffice.  Besides, “bioluminescent” fit the story we were referencing too well to not include it.

Side note on “bioluminescent” - The first conjunction of bio and luminescent dates to around 1915-1920.

 

Standing there, Like a beacon in the night

Persuades many with her loquacious light

This is a direct reference to the tale.  I was particularly pleased with  the night/loquacious light rhyme.

The rest of the scroll came together fairly easily.  Although it is only now that I realize I did not include the date or the year that the scroll was handed out.
Argh!
I hate mistakes like that! For the record, this scroll went out September 28th, 2019 at Climb Every Mountain - St. Andrew Crosses the Alps in the Barony of An Dubhaigeainn.
I used Rhymezone and Thesaurus for this scroll.

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