Ghyll:Lord Glosfordshier - Revision history

Morbus Iff: Fixing links to point to Iganefta-on-the-Sea.

2005-07-27T00:00:21Z

Fixing links to point to Iganefta-on-the-Sea.

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2005-07-07T18:08:03Z

Fixing mispelling of Rancticirchiretic.

Jcowan: Fixing my name

2005-06-12T03:36:26Z

Fixing my name

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2004-12-17T00:11:36Z

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Morbus Iff: Copyediting, and other annoying tics of TEHR MORBUS.

2004-12-17T00:11:09Z

Copyediting, and other annoying tics of TEHR MORBUS.

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2004-12-06T21:12:04Z

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Jcowan: Bad link, diction

2004-12-04T03:33:48Z

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2004-12-04T03:22:50Z

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2004-12-03T21:50:55Z

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2004-12-02T14:12:10Z

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Dibbo. --[[User:Jcowan|Jcowan]] 09:12, 2 Dec 2004 (EST)

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Originally, the twin cities were a loose confederation of settlements, Iganefta being the largest, but, in the year -260 [[EC]], [[Lord Glosfordshier|Lord Fredrick Paul Glosfordshier]] took control of the already established Iganefta Council of Lords and declared himself Lord-Mayor of Iganefta. At first, there was a bit of resistance to his new ideas for governance, but since [[Lord Glosfordshier]] had already started the First Iganeftan Mercenary Company, the political winds quickly blew elsewhere. After his successful succession to the Lord-Mayorship, he promptly ordered the construction of a "summer retreat" by the sea, which promptly became known as Iganefta-on-the-Sea.

The Iganeftan [[Furious Apple]] has been seen on many a battlefield during the [[Conflict That Is Not Happening]]. In fact, it was so common a sight on the proud chests of mercenary troops during the [[Extraordinarily Bloodless Revolution]] that the Iganeftan soldiers became known as [[Pickers]], short for "apple-pickers". The pride which this appellation created in the troops loyal to [[Lord Glosfordshier]] became so ingrained in Iganeftan consciousness that the name survives today, carried proudly by the local Iganeftan [[Bindlet Ball]] team.

While depictions vary widely, the official version as set forth in the ancient Heraldic Index of [[Lord Glosfordshier]] of [[Alezan]] is an image of a red apple with mouth open wide, showing teeth and tongue in a cry of rage, its eyes squinted shut or nearly so.

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 With the backing of his goons and his hired fifth-columnists, bearers of the [[Furious Apple]], Glosford was able to seize control of the Iganeftan Council in -260 [[EC]] with no significant opposition other than scattered and ultimately ineffectual protests.  (It is quite anachronistic to call it the "Council of Lords", a term first used some sixty years after Glosford's time.  It is true, however, that he was the first to call himself "Lord-Mayor of [[Iganefta]]", an entirely extra-constitutional and dictatorial office, though reduced in the course of time to a mere sinecure whose only duties at present are those of opening the Iganeftan Free Fair every summer and presiding over municipal banquets.)
-Nor was Glosford truly responsible for the construction of [[Iganefta]]-on-the-Sea.  In fact, he merely officially renamed the existing [[Wakanpantricism|Wakanpantricist]] fishing village of Thungerbarg, at the same time upgrading the road connecting it with [[Iganefta]] Old City, and built for himself a summer palace there -- entirely with embezzled public funds, of course.  The palace has long since fallen into ruin, and the few remaining fishermen call their quarter of town "Thungerbarg" to this day.
+Nor was Glosford truly responsible for the construction of [[Iganefta-on-the-Sea]].  In fact, he merely officially renamed the existing [[Wakanpantricism|Wakanpantricist]] fishing village of Thungerbarg, at the same time upgrading the road connecting it with [[Iganefta]] Old City, and built for himself a summer palace there -- entirely with embezzled public funds, of course.  The palace has long since fallen into ruin, and the few remaining fishermen call their quarter of town "Thungerbarg" to this day.
 In the usual fashion of illegitimate and tyrannical rulers everywhere, Glosford passed from mere shakedowns and corruption to the wanton murder of the citizens and the outraging of their sons, daughters, and wives.  After eight years of relentless misrule, he was finally assassinated by the ''ad hoc'' Committee of Public Safety, which installed Lord [[Wapsipinicon of Aghquabamticook]] (a legitimate aristocrat and landowner this time) as his successor under a revised constitution.  Shards of Glosford's body were displayed in the various settlements of [[Iganefta]] for more than a year, and his head long remained on view in the Council Hall as a warning to would-be despots.

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−	[[User:Jcowan\|I]] think that after the lapse of more than two and a half centuries, the true story of '''Lord Fredrick Paul Glosfordshier''' can finally be told. The early investigatory work of [[~~Rancticircheretic~~]], while useful as far as it went, has now been definitively superseded by the hitherto-suppressed manuscripts of [[York of Brahang]], which enable me to tell the full story of the so-called "Lord".	+	[[User:Jcowan\|I]] think that after the lapse of more than two and a half centuries, the true story of '''Lord Fredrick Paul Glosfordshier''' can finally be told. The early investigatory work of [[Rancticirchiretic]], while useful as far as it went, has now been definitively superseded by the hitherto-suppressed manuscripts of [[York of Brahang]], which enable me to tell the full story of the so-called "Lord".

	First of all, both his name and his territorial title "Lord of [[Alezan]]" constituted brazen falsehoods employed by him for propaganda purposes. His true parentage is unknown, but [[York of Brahang]]'s documentary evidence proves that he was born plain Paul Glosford -- the name which will be used for him in the remainder of this article -- in the year -280 [[EC]]. He was brought up in Treadleville, one of the constituent settlements around the Old City of [[Iganefta]] that later merged with it to form the Belly-Jewel of the South as we know her today. He rose to power at the age of 14 in one of the many criminal organizations of that place and time, the Dead Crabbits, due to his unparalleled ruthlessness and viciousness.		First of all, both his name and his territorial title "Lord of [[Alezan]]" constituted brazen falsehoods employed by him for propaganda purposes. His true parentage is unknown, but [[York of Brahang]]'s documentary evidence proves that he was born plain Paul Glosford -- the name which will be used for him in the remainder of this article -- in the year -280 [[EC]]. He was brought up in Treadleville, one of the constituent settlements around the Old City of [[Iganefta]] that later merged with it to form the Belly-Jewel of the South as we know her today. He rose to power at the age of 14 in one of the many criminal organizations of that place and time, the Dead Crabbits, due to his unparalleled ruthlessness and viciousness.

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 '''Citations''':  [[Iganefta]], [[Wapsipinicon of Aghquabamticook]], [[York of Brahang]].
---[[User:Jcowan|Jcowan]] 16:50, 3 Dec 2004 (EST)
+--[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 16:50, 3 Dec 2004 (EST)
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 In the usual fashion of illegitimate and tyrannical rulers everywhere, Glosford passed from mere shakedowns and corruption to the wanton murder of the citizens and the outraging of their sons, daughters, and wives.  After eight years of relentless misrule, he was finally assassinated by the ''ad hoc'' Committee of Public Safety, which installed Lord [[Wapsipinicon of Aghquabamticook]] (a legitimate aristocrat and landowner this time) as his successor under a revised constitution.  Shards of Glosford's body were displayed in the various settlements of [[Iganefta]] for more than a year, and his head long remained on view in the Council Hall as a warning to would-be despots.
-'''Citations''':  [[Iganefta]], [[Wapsipinicon of Aghquabamticook]], [[York of Brahang]].<br>
+'''Citations''':  [[Iganefta]], [[Wapsipinicon of Aghquabamticook]], [[York of Brahang]].
 --[[User:Jcowan|Jcowan]] 16:50, 3 Dec 2004 (EST)
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 [[User:Jcowan|I]] think that after the lapse of more than two and a half centuries, the true story of  '''Lord Fredrick Paul Glosfordshier''' can finally be told.  The early investigatory work of [[Rancticircheretic]], while useful as far as it went, has now been definitively superseded by the hitherto-suppressed manuscripts of [[York of Brahang]], which enable me to tell the full story of the so-called "Lord".
-First of all, both his name and his territorial title "Lord of [[Alezan]]" constituted brazen falsehoods employed by him for propaganda purposes.  His true parentage is unknown, but York of Brahang's documentary evidence proves that he was born plain Paul Glosford -- the name which will be used for him in the remainder of this article -- in the year -280 [[EC]].  He was brought up in Treadleville, one of the constituent settlements around the Old City of [[Iganefta]] that later merged with it to form the Belly-Jewel of the South as we know her today.  He rose to power at the age of fourteen in one of the many criminal organizations of that place and time, the Dead Crabbits, due to his unparalleled ruthlessness and viciousness.
+First of all, both his name and his territorial title "Lord of [[Alezan]]" constituted brazen falsehoods employed by him for propaganda purposes.  His true parentage is unknown, but [[York of Brahang]]'s documentary evidence proves that he was born plain Paul Glosford -- the name which will be used for him in the remainder of this article -- in the year -280 [[EC]].  He was brought up in Treadleville, one of the constituent settlements around the Old City of [[Iganefta]] that later merged with it to form the Belly-Jewel of the South as we know her today.  He rose to power at the age of 14 in one of the many criminal organizations of that place and time, the Dead Crabbits, due to his unparalleled ruthlessness and viciousness.
-Within six years, he had transformed the Dead Crabbits from a mere teenage gang into a well-organized and well-armed group of thugs-for-hire, at which time he changed its name to the grandiloquent "First Iganeftan Mercenary Company".  He was quite successful in obtaining contract work both within and without Iganefta, and was generally known as a man of his word, at least in matters of business.  During this period he also began, without any shadow of right, to call himself "Lord" and add the pseudo-noble suffix "-shire" (characteristically misspelled) to his family name.
+Within six years, he had transformed the Dead Crabbits from a mere teenage gang into a well-organized and well-armed group of thugs-for-hire, at which time he changed its name to the grandiloquent "First Iganeftan Mercenary Company".  He was quite successful in obtaining contract work both within and without [[Iganefta]], and was generally known as a man of his word, at least in matters of business.  During this period he also began, without any shadow of right, to call himself "Lord" and add the pseudo-noble suffix "-shire" (characteristically misspelled) to his family name.
-With the backing of his goons and his hired fifth-columnists, bearers of the [[Furious Apple]], Glosford was able to seize control of the Iganeftan Council in -260 [[EC]] with no significant opposition other than scattered and ultimately ineffectual protests.  (It is quite anachronistic to call it the "Council of Lords", a term first used some sixty years after Glosford's time.  It is true, however, that he was the first to call himself "Lord-Mayor of Iganefta", an entirely extra-constitutional and dictatorial office, though reduced in the course of time to a mere sinecure whose only duties at present are those of opening the Iganeftan Free Fair every summer and presiding over municipal banquets.)
+With the backing of his goons and his hired fifth-columnists, bearers of the [[Furious Apple]], Glosford was able to seize control of the Iganeftan Council in -260 [[EC]] with no significant opposition other than scattered and ultimately ineffectual protests.  (It is quite anachronistic to call it the "Council of Lords", a term first used some sixty years after Glosford's time.  It is true, however, that he was the first to call himself "Lord-Mayor of [[Iganefta]]", an entirely extra-constitutional and dictatorial office, though reduced in the course of time to a mere sinecure whose only duties at present are those of opening the Iganeftan Free Fair every summer and presiding over municipal banquets.)
-Nor was Glosford truly responsible for the construction of Iganefta-on-the-Sea.  In fact, he merely officially renamed the existing [[Wakanpantricism|Wakanpantricist]] fishing village of Thungerbarg, at the same time upgrading the road connecting it with Iganefta Old City, and built for himself a summer palace there -- entirely with embezzled public funds, of course.  The palace has long since fallen into ruin, and the few remaining fishermen call their quarter of town "Thungerbarg" to this day.
+Nor was Glosford truly responsible for the construction of [[Iganefta]]-on-the-Sea.  In fact, he merely officially renamed the existing [[Wakanpantricism|Wakanpantricist]] fishing village of Thungerbarg, at the same time upgrading the road connecting it with [[Iganefta]] Old City, and built for himself a summer palace there -- entirely with embezzled public funds, of course.  The palace has long since fallen into ruin, and the few remaining fishermen call their quarter of town "Thungerbarg" to this day.
-In the usual fashion of illegitimate and tyrannical rulers everywhere, Glosford passed from mere shakedowns and corruption to the wanton murder of the citizens and the outraging of their sons, daughters, and wives.  After eight years of relentless misrule, he was finally assassinated by the ''ad hoc'' Committee of Public Safety, which installed Lord [[Wapsipinicon of Aghquabamticook]] (a legitimate aristocrat and landowner this time) as his successor under a revised constitution.  Shards of Glosford's body were displayed in the various settlements of Iganefta for more than a year, and his head long remained on view in the Council Hall as a warning to would-be despots.
+In the usual fashion of illegitimate and tyrannical rulers everywhere, Glosford passed from mere shakedowns and corruption to the wanton murder of the citizens and the outraging of their sons, daughters, and wives.  After eight years of relentless misrule, he was finally assassinated by the ''ad hoc'' Committee of Public Safety, which installed Lord [[Wapsipinicon of Aghquabamticook]] (a legitimate aristocrat and landowner this time) as his successor under a revised constitution.  Shards of Glosford's body were displayed in the various settlements of [[Iganefta]] for more than a year, and his head long remained on view in the Council Hall as a warning to would-be despots.
 '''Citations''':  [[Iganefta]], [[Wapsipinicon of Aghquabamticook]], [[York of Brahang]].<br>

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 First of all, both his name and his territorial title "Lord of [[Alezan]]" are brazen falsehoods employed by him for propaganda purposes.  His true parentage is unknown, but York of Brahang's documentary evidence proves that he was born plain Paul Glosford -- the name which will be used for him in the remainder of this article -- in the year -280 [[EC]].  He was brought up in Treadleville, one of the constituent settlements around the Old City of [[Iganefta]] that later merged with it to form the Belly-Jewel of the South as we know her today.  He rose to power at the age of fourteen in one of the many criminal organizations of that place and time, the Dead Crabbits, due to his unparalleled ruthlessness and viciousness.
-Within six years, he had transformed the Dead Crabbits from a mere teenage gang into a well-organized and well-armed group of thugs-for-hire, at which time he changed its name to the grandiloquent "First Iganeftan Mercenary Company".  He was quite successful in obtaining contract work both within and without Iganefta, and was generally known as a man of his word, at least in matters of business.  During this period he also began, without any shadow of right, to call himself "Lord" and add the pseudo-noble suffix "-shier" (characteristically misspelled) to his family name.
+Within six years, he had transformed the Dead Crabbits from a mere teenage gang into a well-organized and well-armed group of thugs-for-hire, at which time he changed its name to the grandiloquent "First Iganeftan Mercenary Company".  He was quite successful in obtaining contract work both within and without Iganefta, and was generally known as a man of his word, at least in matters of business.  During this period he also began, without any shadow of right, to call himself "Lord" and add the pseudo-noble suffix "-shire" (characteristically misspelled) to his family name.
 With the backing of his goons and his hired fifth-columnists, bearers of the [[Furious Apple]], Glosford was able to seize control of the Iganeftan Council in -260 [[EC]] with no significant opposition other than scattered and ultimately ineffectual protests.  (It is quite anachronistic to call it the "Council of Lords", a term first used some sixty years after Glosford's time.  It is true, however, that he was the first to call himself "Lord-Mayor of Iganefta", an entirely extra-constitutional and dictatorial office, though reduced in the course of time to a mere sinecure, whose only duties are those of opening the Iganeftan Free Fair every summer and presiding over municipal banquets.)

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-Dibbo.  --[[User:Jcowan|Jcowan]] 09:12, 2 Dec 2004 (EST)
+[[User:Jcowan|I]] think that after the lapse of more than two and a half centuries, the true story of  '''Lord Fredrick Paul Glosfordshier''' can finally be told.  The early investigatory work of [[Rancticircheretic]], while useful as far as it went, has now been definitively superseded by the hitherto-suppressed manuscripts of [[York of Brahang]], which enable me to tell the full story of the so-called "Lord".
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+First of all, both his name and his territorial title "Lord of [[Alezan]]" are brazen falsehoods employed by him for propaganda purposes.  His true parentage is unknown, but York of Brahang's documentary evidence proves that he was born plain Paul Glosford -- the name which will be used for him in the remainder of this article -- in the year -280 [[EC]].  He was brought up in Treadleville, one of the constituent settlements around the Old City of [[Iganefta]] that later merged with it to form the Belly-Jewel of the South as we know her today.  He rose to power at the age of fourteen in one of the many criminal organizations of that place and time, the Dead Crabbits, due to his unparalleled ruthlessness and viciousness.
-Originally, the twin cities were a loose confederation of settlements, Iganefta being the largest, but, in the year -260 [[EC]], [[Lord Glosfordshier|Lord Fredrick Paul Glosfordshier]] took control of the already established Iganefta Council of Lords and declared himself Lord-Mayor of Iganefta.  At first, there was a bit of resistance to his new ideas for governance, but since [[Lord Glosfordshier]] had already started the First Iganeftan Mercenary Company, the political winds quickly blew elsewhere.  After his successful succession to the Lord-Mayorship, he promptly ordered the construction of a "summer retreat" by the sea, which promptly became known as Iganefta-on-the-Sea.
+Within six years, he had transformed the Dead Crabbits from a mere teenage gang into a well-organized and well-armed group of thugs-for-hire, at which time he changed its name to the grandiloquent "First Iganeftan Mercenary Company".  He was quite successful in obtaining contract work both within and without Iganefta, and was generally known as a man of his word, at least in matters of business.  During this period he also began, without any shadow of right, to call himself "Lord" and add the pseudo-noble suffix "-shier" (characteristically misspelled) to his family name.
-The Iganeftan [[Furious Apple]] has been seen on many a battlefield during the [[Conflict That Is Not Happening]].  In fact, it was so common a sight on the proud chests of mercenary troops during the [[Extraordinarily Bloodless Revolution]] that the Iganeftan soldiers became known as [[Pickers]], short for "apple-pickers". The pride which this appellation created in the troops loyal to [[Lord Glosfordshier]] became so ingrained in Iganeftan consciousness that the name survives today, carried proudly by the local Iganeftan [[Bindlet Ball]] team.
+With the backing of his goons and his hired fifth-columnists, bearers of the [[Furious Apple]], Glosford was able to seize control of the Iganeftan Council in -260 [[EC]] with no significant opposition other than scattered and ultimately ineffectual protests.  (It is quite anachronistic to call it the "Council of Lords", a term first used some sixty years after Glosford's time.  It is true, however, that he was the first to call himself "Lord-Mayor of Iganefta", an entirely extra-constitutional and dictatorial office, though reduced in the course of time to a mere sinecure, whose only duties are those of opening the Iganeftan Free Fair every summer and presiding over municipal banquets.)
-While depictions vary widely, the official version as set forth in the ancient Heraldic Index of [[Lord Glosfordshier]] of [[Alezan]] is an image of a red apple with mouth open wide, showing teeth and tongue in a cry of rage, its eyes squinted shut or nearly so.
+Nor was Glosford truly responsible for the construction of Iganefta-on-the-Sea.  In fact, he merely officially renamed the existing [[Wakanpantricist]] fishing village of Thungerbarg, at the same time upgrading the road connecting it with Iganefta Old City, and built for himself a summer palace there -- entirely with embezzled public funds, of course.  The palace has long since fallen into ruin, and the few remaining fishermen call their quarter of town "Thungerbarg" to this day.