Ghyll:Odgar IV

• The Budgerigar Master is a mysterious historical figure, often taken as a symbol of great political or social change that is not associated with death. He is noted as appearing and serving in the court of Odgar IV from c. -250 EC, right before the Extraordinarily Bloodless Revolution, which occurred in the Conflict That Is Not Happening.
• Some links have been made between the battle's occurrence and the time the Budgerigar Master joined the court of Odgar IV.

Early childhood

As silly as this may seem at first, the key to understanding Odgar IV is in the pronunciation of his name. That's "IV", pronounced as in "I've". It is not the numeral four. It is not "I Vee".

Odgar IV was extremely sensitive about his name. On the one hand, he was continually distraught that people insisted on mispronouncing it. On the other hand, since it was an ancient and honored family name, he couldn't very well discard it.

Thus, in everything, from the earliest age, Odgar IV strived to excel, not so that he would be the best, but so that everyone would know his name, and its correct pronunciation. He figured that if he was announced as the winner of anything, everyone would hear the correct way to say his name, and they would remember it. So, for this reason more than any other, Odgar IV rose to prominence in the arts, sciences, and athletics, and was soon seen in publications all over Ghyll.

Unrelated ramblings which may prove useful at some later date

--DrBacchus 13:25, 18 Jan 2005 (EST)