THE ICE DRAGON

In the later days of the Barony, around about
A.S. XX, Dwarf worked with James O’Neill
and Roderick of Basing to establish the Frieland
Legion – the East Kingdom Artillery –
under the patronage of Morguhn Sheridan,
then King of the East. In addition to assisting
with the building of the guns, he helped establish
the routines and safety practices used
when acting as signal corps for the Pennsic
battle staff. There are several photos of him
commanding one of the cannon crews at field
and woods battles. His son had an interesting
childhood explaining to his teachers and
classmates that he really DID have a cannon
in his backyard.
Around A.S. XV, Kat and Dwarf stepped
back from the Society to concentrate on raising
their son though they kept in touch with
their many friends, eventually moving to the
Canton of Beau Fleuve where Kat still lives.
Many old friends continued to game regularly
with Dwarf. He was also active in other
groups including Klingon Fandom.
Dwarf was a good man with a wicked sense of
humor and an abiding love for and allegiance
to his friends. He could be called on and
counted on in the Society and outside of it.
His work enabled the progress of others in the
Society, including Master James O’Neill,
Baroness Morgan Elandris, Mistress Arianna
of Wynthrope, Duke Sir Morguhn Sheridan
and Sir Andreas Hak. He influenced the people
who built the Society we have today.
He was a good friend and I will miss him
fiercely.
Mistress Cori Ghora, OP, OL
I first met Dwarf in the fall of 1978, I believe. I
was a student at SUNY Fredonia, and I think
he was a computer programmer in the college's
IT Dept. He became one of the core members
of the then *Shire* of the Rhydderich Hael. We
all played D&D together regularly, and of
course went to SCA events. Dwarf was kind
of quiet and shy but had a fun sense of humor
and was always willing to lend a hand when
asked. I remember one particular event for
which one of our members had made several
gallons of an alcoholic beverage called
"Glog" (except the "o" should have an umlaut
over it, I think - it's pronounced sort of like the
o's "book"). Glog was made by steeping raisins
in red wine mixed with something stronger -
vodka, maybe? Anyway, it was very sweet, and
a lot of us got a little more inebriated than we
expected on the stuff. Dwarf was on kitchen
cleanup duty for the event, called the "Feast of
Good Friends." Anyway, the cleanup crew were
all a little merrier than usual due to the glog,
and at one point Dwarf got up on the conveyor
belt that sent the dish racks through the site's
industrial dishwasher and ended up sliding on
through. Fortunately, no one tried to turn the
water on and he was no worse for wear coming
out than he was going in. We were a lot sillier
in those days, I think. One of our bywords for
years after that event was "Watch out for the
raisins!" meaning the raisins in the glog, which
soaked up the alcohol to an amazing extent.
Dwarf and Kat also hosted the very first rehearsals
of the Rhydderich Hael Singers in
their home for several years in the 1980s. Dwarf
wasn't a singer but he was gracious about allowing
us to invade their home every week.
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