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And what would an opening round be without a good merry bit of press from the Leprechauns...
 
(courtesy of William Allingham)
Little Cowboy, what have you heard,
Up on the lonely rath's green mound?
Only the plaintive yellow bird
Sighing in sultry fields around,
Chary, chary, chary, chee-ee!-
Only the grasshopper and the bee?-
    'Tip-tap, rip-rap,
    Tick-a-tack-too!
Scarlet leather, sewn together,
This will make a shoe.
Left, right, pull it tight;
Summer days are warm;
Underground in winter,
Laughing at the storm!'
Lay your ear close to the hill.
Do you not catch the tiny clamour,
Busy click of an elfin hammer,
Voice of the Leprachaun singing shrill
As he merrily plies his trade?
    He's a span
    And a quarter in height.
Get him in sight, hold him tight,
    And you're a made
        Man!
You watch your cattle the summer day,
Sup on potatoes, sleep in the hay;
How would you like to roll in your carriage,
Look for a duchess's daughter in marriage?
Seize the Shoemaker-then you may!
    'Big boots a-hunting,
    Sandals in the hall,
    White for a wedding-feast,
    Pink for a ball.
    This way, that way,
    So we make a shoe;
    Getting rich every stitch,
    Tick-tack-too!'
Nine-and-ninety treasure-crocks
This keen miser-fairy hath,
Hid in mountains, woods, and rocks,
Ruin and round-tow'r, cave and rath,
And where the cormorants build;
    From times of old
    Guarded by him;
    Each of them fill'd
    Full to the brim
        With gold!
I caught him at work one day, myself,
In the castle-ditch where foxglove grows,-
A wrinkled, wizen'd, and bearded Elf,
Spectacles stuck on his pointed nose,
Silver buckles to his hose,
Leather apron-shoe in his lap-
    'Rip-rap, tip-tap,
    Tick-tack-too!
    (A grasshopper on my cap!
    Away the moth flew!)
    Buskins for a fairy prince,
    Brogues for his son,-
    Pay me well, pay me well,
    When the job is done!'
The rogue was mine, beyond a doubt.
I stared at him; he stared at me;
'Servant, Sir!' 'Humph!' says he,
And pull'd a snuff-box out.
He took a long pinch, look'd better pleased,
The queer little Leprachaun;
Offer'd the box with a whimsical grace,-
Pouf! he flung the dust in my face,
And while I sneezed,
        Was gone!



From: Michael Sims
Sent: Wed 8/20/2014 4:04 PM
Subject: dc505 Haven s01 results!




Two bounces!  The Magicians and Undead clash over the West Sea of Shadows, while the Centaurs and the Rogues fight for the Orboros dot.  Everyone else got more or less what they ordered... tho it would seem as an uninformed bystander that many of these were not as expected from ones neighbors.  A few points catch my eye... Of the 4 nations that could, not one went for Dargaard Keep!  Usually hotly fought over, that will remain a neutral into year 2... And another highly contested space, the High Seas went completely vacant.  Interesting start!
 
Let's set the Fall for a little over a week... Thu 8/28.  12 noon.  Builds after Labor Day (9/1 in the US).  Things are a little slower than normal since there's some vacations criss-crossing and I want to be sure everyone has at least a few days.
 
Archers:
F Llyr - Endor
A Loxley - Critter Country
F Prydain - Drynwyn
 
Barbarians:
A GuTanoth - Pendaran Wood
F Paras Derval - Andarien Plain
A Brennin - Starkadh
 
Centaurs:
F Anvard - Cathal
A Tumnus - Calormen
F Grissel - Orboros (*Bounce*)
 
Dwarves:
F Mount Nimro - CHURNING REACH
A Diamond Mines - Spirit Pond
A Hollow Earth - Mount Nimro
 
Elves:
F Garthim Hold
F Gelfling - NORTH RAINBOW LAKE
A Prekkendorran Hts - Florin
 
Faeries:
F Vinyaya - Strawberry Fields
A Oz - Acme Acres
F Ella - NORTH MIRIANIC OCEAN
 
Gnomes:
F Hundred Acre Wood(ec) - Daniloth
A Khemri - Sleepy Hollow
F Newa River - Groves of Academe
 
Hobbits:
F Mordor - Two Towers
F Rohan - SEA OF FALLEN STARS
A Lindon - Nowwhat
 
Knights:
A Wing Hove - Ice Reach
F Arborlon - CRYSTAL LAKE
F Grimpen Ward - Aslan
 
Leprechauns:
F Knockshegowna - Merrow
A Lubrick - Hoarluk
F Fitzgibbon - Fafhrd(wc)
 
Magicians:
A Tarsis - Cyriss
F Ergoth - WEST SEA OF SHADOWS (*Bounce*)
F Krynn - Ithin'Carthia(ec)
 
Nomads:
F Fantastica - Duloc
F To-Gai-Ru - Walk of Clouds
A Auryn - Forbidden City
F Fionavar - Land of Sweets
 
Ogres:
F Horborixen - Uuno
A Nehwon - Devils Canyon
F Lankhmar - Sinking Shore
 
Pirates:
F Riku - Camelittle
F The Neverwood - PIRATE SHOALS
A Pans Labyrinth - The Neverwood
 
Rogues:
A Grimheim - Ranaar
A The Silver city - Orboros (*Bounce*)
F Ashan - BEAVERSDAM
 
Shades:
A Traal - Anhondon Plain
F Magrathea - Shining Stream
F Fjord - BABEL BEACH
 
Trolls:
F Sorrows End - TROG BOG
A Niflheim - Pygmy
F Kahvi - Grendel
 
Undead:
F Skullcap - SAVAGE SEA
A Everglot - Uhl Belk
F Skellington - WEST SEA OF SHADOWS (*Bounce*)
 
Wizards:
F Baldurs Gate - RAZORS EDGE
F Waterdeep - Candlekeep
A City of Splendors - Faerun