Role

Chapter 3

Hullo, brothers and sisters! As most of you know, Lady Baerinika offered me
the responsibility of Marshall of the Fortress, and I have graciously
accepted! I write now to describe what I consider my duties as Marshall, and
how I will personally fulfill those duties. I have talked to many of my Maran
brethren, as well as the leadership of our lovely Fortress. In doing so, I
have received so many good ideas! All of you are full of eagerness to improve
each other, my heart swells to near exploding!

In the tome The Duties of Leadership, within the Hall of Light, the
responsibilities of the Marshall are described as preparing the Squires and
Scribes of the Fortress on how to defend the Fortress itself, and themselves.
After a discussion with our esteemed Captain Coqui, we believe this also
relates to the general morale of the Fortress.

First, I want to describe how I will evaluate pledged candidates to the
Brigade. I know in the past that we have required pledges to be bloodied
before they become Squires. Coqui has not required that, and I will not
either. However, I will require pledges to receive at least one
recommendation from a Maran. This recommendation should be well thought out,
and come from a place of mentorship. For example, with a recent pledge, I
taught and led them where to get poppy juice and explained what it does. This
seems like basic knowledge to many of us, and because we think that we often
forget to share it. And it's easy to do! Who doesn't like a swim across the
sea with a new pledge?!

Second, after many conversations and some inspiration from the fundraiser last
elven night, I will be hosting sparring and trainings sessions! Each of these
will be scheduled with a missive, and I will try to vary the times so everyone
gets a chance to attend. The first one will be this Sunday as the elves tell
time. I will send a separate missive to describe this training, but the first
topic will be how to fight those of my guild, naturally!

Lastly, I am going to strive to always be accessible. If you do not run into
me and want to chat, give me advice, or just complain about your latest fall,
please send me a missive! I love missives, and I will try to arrange a time
for us to speak for whenever you're awake.


I love you all. Each of you strengthen the Light with your presence. We will
push the Darkness back, because we have hope and they do not.


Iroenyphe Tatterstep, Marshall of the Fortress