Aurora of Dragonship Haven - Silver Wheel

Using calm with zeal, breaking work to sections. 
Coordinating: have all the players pieced: 
The tasks of the day ordered with directions! r
This labor has caused one gentle’s rank increased. 
Today Aurora of Dragonship Haven
Here now before Their Royal Majesties East 
Brennan & Caoilfhionn give a rise in station
By bestowing upon her: The Silver Wheel
AS 57, at Balfar's tradition
Holding forth arms by Our will Imperial 
Per fess azure and Or, a sun Or and an elkhound courant sable 
We end these praises with a final appeal:
We find Our Aurora most commendable

Word Count 95

Calligraphy and Illumination by Cwenthryth Wine

Terza Rima Key
11 syllables long

ABA

BCB

CDC

DED

EE

Using calm with zeal, breaking work to sections. 

Coordinating: have all the players pieced: 

The tasks of the day ordered with directions! 

This labor has caused one gentle’s rank increased. 

Today Aurora of Dragonship Haven

Here now before Their Royal Majesties East 

Brennan & Caoilfhionn give a rise in station

By bestowing upon her: The Silver Wheel

AS 57, at Balfar's tradition

Holding forth arms by Our will Imperial 

Per fess azure and Or, a sun Or and an elkhound courant sable 

We end these praises with a final appeal:

We find Our Aurora most commendable

C&I By Cwenthryth Wine

Yes, they named her after the dawn, for she filled their lives with BLOG

The recipient has a detailed wiki and a lovely recommendation. However they do not have much in the way of a persona to base their scroll on. Instead I chose to focus on their mention that their favorite garb is 14th Century Italian and I chose the Terza Rima from Dante's Inferno, 14th century. 

I have researched Terza Rima previously. And I jumped right into the composition. 

FIRST TERCET: 

Using calm with zeal, breaking work to sections. 

The opening line was worked on quite a bit. Originally I had written, 

"Why is this one before Us, you may ask?

Paying attention to all the connections

Administrating events is no small task

Using calm and zeal to work all the sections" 

Eventually I dropped the question and answer nature of the opening verse and opened with the third line of the verse. It is the nature of Terza Rima that if there is a change in the rhyme it can affect the entire piece!

Coordinating: have all the players pieced: 

One of the most important jobs of an event steward is to organize people who can be in charge of different parts of an event. To be able to delegate jobs with the assumption that those jobs will be completed is a praise worthy skill. 

The tasks of the day ordered with directions!

While largely a repetition of the phrase above it, it bears repeating. To be able to organize and delegate is praise worthy! 

SECOND TERCET

This labor has caused one gentle’s rank increased. 

After the praising description of the recipient, this sentence tells us what the award will do. 

Today Aurora of Dragonship Haven

The naming of the recipient ended up in the middle of the second verse. 

The ebb and flow of many scrolls leaves pertinent information being the word that is rhymed. It is a source of pride when it occurs naturally. But also frustration as seen in the next line as East is yet again a word to rhyme with. 

Here now before Their Royal Majesties East

The middle rhyme of the proceeding tercet and the first of this were all chosen to rhyme with East, the last line of the 2nd tercet. 

Though this is the end sentence of the tercet it flows naturally into the beginning of the penultimate verse. 

THIRD TERCET

Brennan & Caoilfhionn give a rise in station

Though I described their rank and role in the preceding verse, here Their Majesties are named. 

By bestowing upon her: The Silver Wheel

And at last the award itself has been named. 

AS 57, at Balfar's tradition

I took some liberties here in the name of the event. The full name of the event is "Balfar's Challenge & Dragonship Haven Baronial Investiture." That was shortened down to "Balfar's." Then "tradition" was added, to indicate the annual nature of the event. When dealing with counted syllables and particular rhymes, phrases needs must be adapted to fit the scroll.

FOURTH and last verse - Not a tercet

Holding forth arms by Our will Imperial 

The lead in sentence to the recipient's arms. The Imperial/wheel rhyme was fortuitous. TRM have Roman persona and while not addressed by their preferred titles in this piece, this became a reference to that.

Per fess azure and Or, a sun Or and an elkhound courant sable 

The recipient’s arms. Though this went beyond the syllable count, they were included as is. The final word, sable became the rhyme for the end rhyme.

We end these praises with a final appeal:

This second to last line essentially became the set up to the final line of the scroll. Which worked well with the heraldic Latin before it, essentially breaking the Terza Rima scheme with the extra syllables I afforded it.
I think the effect worked well, while still adhering to the scroll requirements and the poetic requirements.

We find Our Aurora most commendable

One way to end a Terza Rima poem is with an end cap sentence or couplet. This would rhyme with the E rhyme above it (or whatever letter the Terza Rima had gone on for) 

The other option is to repeat the e rhyme. Thus we have the Sable/Commendable rhyme that finishes the scroll. 

The word count was getting high and in an effort to not exceed 100 words, the scroll finished with the E rhyme repeated.

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