The Notorious Company of Minstrels

The last of Strumm's 3 surviving pieces of writing dating back to my Ultima Online addiction. This was to celebrate the creation of Strumm's own guild. It was neither notorious nor even really a company as such, it being mostly Strumm on his own with a few transitory members. But it was good fun to play the slightly eccentric British Bard (and maybe assassin too?) on the Pacific server in the USA.

The Notorious Company of Minstrels

This happy band of players has…
no reason to be gloomy.
For though much change is on the way...
Our Tower’s still awful roomy ;)

We have a healthy comradeship -
a sense of hope and honor.
And while the others fade away...
our guild will just get stronger.

Our aim is clear (our method's not!).
We don't yet have the skill.
To find first time an easy path…
that will not get us killed.

But watch this space my merry friends…
and do not get depressed.
For we shall go from strength to strength…
until we are the best.

We'll stare Old Evil in the face…
and dance around Good's table
And when we've earned the Land's renown..
we'll write our own damned fable!