Of Lord Stickey and the Summer of War

It came to pass that the Paisley Glen was at the highest point in its civilization to date. Brotherhood and good feelings were lying about all nimbly-bimblylike, projects and neophyte members were wherever one looked, and King Edmund, with various members of the household had just claimed a large parcel of land in "The New World," as every and all had been forcibly expelled from the old country. All things were set for a glorious new golden age in The History of The Glen. Instead, a bitter battle occured that threatened the Glen's very existence, and which, indeed, the Glen has not fully yet recovered from.

Opinions were many and diverse on what should be done with the new parcel of land. New departments of government were set up and dissolved on a daily basis, and one of the newest shining lights in His Majesty's Service was a fresh-faced Lord Stickey, newly initiated and eager to be of use. He was passed from beaureu to beareu, until he finally wound up in Lord Smegford's corps of engineers, which was traditionally responsible for drawing up the layout/floorplan of The Glen prior to The Faire.

This only became problematical when it was discovered that Lord Alucard Cuervo and Lady Barbara Ragle, being in charge of His Majesty's armed forces, and therefore in charge of conquering the new territory, had cleared a certain portion of the New Site, for their personal use, that would not work with any layout design that the corps of engineers could devise. Both sides claimed King Edmund's instruction and permission, which they both quite likely had - with so much to oversee, and so many departments being created and vanishing, it is supposed that he dropped the ball on this one. At any rate, battle lines were drawn.

Lord Stickey argued most eloquently for the corps of engineer's point of view. In the end, the issue could not be resolved by any ammount of reasonable discussion or arbitration. While the fact that The Faire was cancelled for that year, and was forced to move the next, did much to alleviate the tension, the careful feeling of brotherhood that had taken years to cultivate was devastated, and there is - from that day to this - some very ugly sentiment on both sides of those bald-faced battlelines etched so many years ago.