100 Minutes War
In Rusted Woodlands
In the East Kingdom
What is the date?
November 19th, AS LVII
Who is before Us, Monarchs Mohammad and Corotica?
Oissíne mac Bróccín, known as Oz.
Yes.
Take care.
He has reached an achievement
We like this young Tyger. He plays well and does not give up.
What is this Tyger’s Dream?
This Tyger dreams of friends and crafts.
Dreams of tents and summer.
Dreams he creates and destroys.
Dreams he fought, triumphed, and was defeated (dramatically).
Sometimes this young Tyger dreams he was in the game.
We, the East say Oz has played Our game well
Oz is stronger than he knows
Oz is not alone
Oz is not separate from every other thing
We, the East, see Oz, Our young Tyger.
Oz is the East
Stand up.
Turn around
Join your Order.
The Order of the Tyger’s Cub.
Word Count 149
This scroll was a lesson taking out words.
My son was written in for his Tyger’s Cub and I jumped at the chance to write it - so much so that I started researching it and putting it together long before I got the assignment.
Right now, his absolute favorite activity is to play Minecraft. He loves it above all other things. Watching him have internet parties with 3 different SCAdian friends across the East Kingdom playing one game is a joy to behold. At events, the friends are inseparable. This made the choice of my inspiration piece clear.
The credits for Minecraft are an 8ish minute poem called "The End." When I was looking for inspiration for this scroll a friend looked at the words and exclaimed, “This is the scroll right here! It’s practically written for you!”
As the wiki says, “The poem takes the form of a scrolling dialogue between two speakers who are discussing the player's accomplishments, dreams, and relation to the rest of the universe.”
The poem has 1,545 words. So this was clearly going to be an inspiration and not a straight filk of the piece.
My first draft of the scroll was 228 words - not bad, but not short enough. The final draft ended up at 149 words, which is more than the standard 100 for these sorts of awards - but I had a very understanding Calligrapher and Illuminator.
The end poem is set up as a dialogue, either in a computer or another world, and much of the terminology had to be changed. I changed “Player” to “Young Tyger,” feeling that "young" was important to emphasize. The East Kingdom has several awards with Tyger in the name.
I changed “And the Universe” to “We, the East."
Whenever the poem addressed the player as, “you” I changed that to “Oz” - his nickname since he was a baby. He chose his (fully registered) SCAdian name, Oissíne mac Bróccín, after it.
My goal was to write the scroll as if the conversation was happening between the Royals about the recipient. I'd like to say that this was a nod to the debate poems, in an effort to be more period, but no - it's a filk scroll through and through.
I put in references to Oz going to Pennsic, the Youth activities he plays in and even a reference to Youth Combat, and how he once won for “best dramatic death,” and was called up to court to receive a prize.
I love writing scrolls for my family and this was a joy to write.
The Calligraphy and Illumination by the amazing Cwenthryth wine The inspiration for the design comes from Oz's reputation for collecting the Tyger Kitties Camille des Jardins makes for the toy box. He has loved them for years and has amassed a Tyger Kitty Army!
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