#StandFast

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Player's Handbook - Standfast by Ralph Horsley

[higherentity]

[adenhoru]

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[world-of-wales]

The Princess of Wales visited Standfast & Barracks printworks in Lancaster || 26 SEPTEMBER 2023

[princesscatherinemiddleton]

The Princess of Wales leaving Standfast & Barracks printworks | September 26 2023

[thestuffedalligator]

For context I’ve been running a folk/gothic horror D&D campaign based on fairy tales, and the party will have to break into a toy store in the next village they come to as part of a quest from a hag.

The toy shop will be guarded by a one-legged sentient animated armor named Standfast, and when the party first meets them, they will be distracted and looking up at a window of a dressmaker’s shop, where a tailor will be working with a sewing mannequin.

And I can’t decide if I want to do something sweet and romantic or something silly and goofy, so I’m just going to put it to a vote:

[theroyalsandi]

The Princess of Wales chatted with Emily May Catto, 7, who gave her flowers and her grandfather Peter Ellison, who has worked at Standfast & Barracks for 50 years during her visit to Standfast & Barracks printworks in Lancaster, England | September 26, 2023

[mrmrswales]

The Princess of Wales will visit textiles manufacturers @AWHainsworth in Leeds and Standfast & Barracks in Lancaster on 26th September to learn more about the heritage, history and innovation of the industry, the processes involved and how vital the sector is to the UK economy.

[princesscatherineblog]

Catherine, Princess of Wales visiting Standfast & Barracks printworks on September 26, 2023 in Lancaster, England. 

[warsofasoiaf]

So they have just announced knight of the seven kingdoms tv series, will you be watching that at all? Or will you be abstaining from it as you did from GoT and HotD?

Depends on the quality.

I've actually been a big supporter in adapting Dunk and Egg over the Dance or other stories like that, because the stories are smaller, and the action driven by dialogue. This necessitates less use of gonzo spectacle and green screen and instead a focus on solid writing for dialogue and actors to deliver it. It's more effective as a story to see the smaller conflicts of The Hedge Knight, where the Ivanhoe-esque tournament is a background feature compared to Aerion's shittiness, the moment where the people hail Dunk as the knight who remembered his vows, and the Trial by Seven. The smaller scale devastation of Standfast and the revelation of Eustace Osgrey is personal, and can be made impactful, because of how small they are.

So if they're good, and they focus on the real meat-and-potatoes of good writing and good acting, then I will very much be on the couch for it.

Thanks for the question, Anon.

SomethingLikeALawyer, Hand of the King

[highlyspecificsigns]

the signs as 16th century criminal aliases

(Source!)

ARIES: Speedy's Woman TAURUS: Brother Standfast GEMINI: Shifty CANCER: Furry Cathy LEO: Grinder Girl VIRGO: Brains LIBRA: Playbunny SCORPIO: The Devil's Knave SAGITTARIUS: Mercenary John CAPRICORN: Pointy Head AQUARIUS: The Moulder PISCES: The Crawler

[inkymoonbunny]

when u get this, list 5 songs u like to listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers or moots (positivity is cool) 💖

Thanks for the ask! 🥰 So the music I've been listening to lately has mostly been what makes me think of tiefling Astarion and OC Flare in Brand Blood.

Moonlight by The Weather Station - this is *the* Astarion pinning for love song

Serenade of Water by Men I Trust - I listen to this when I write scenes of Flare & Astarion exploring intimacy

Devil by Standfast - another intimacy song, but getting lost and drowning in it

Amber by Maria BC - for the angst

Bloom by The Paper Kites - Astarion thinking about Flare

And one last bonus song for how this fic ends 😈:

The Horror and the Wild by The Amazing Devil

[racefortheironthrone]

Following on the castle question, do more nobles in ASOIAF have castles compared to real life history

It's more the case that most of the nobles we meet in ASOIAF are from the higher end of the nobility - the Lords Paramount and Principal Houses of the Seven Kingdoms - who are more likely to own castles.

By contrast, in the Dunk & Egg stories, we see more of the lower end of the nobility. Given our protagonists' point of view, in these stories we encounter hedge knights and sworn swords and landed knights like Ser Eustace Osgrey, whose Standfast is described as a fortified towerhouse:

This is exactly what a major type of fortified manor house looks like - because the artist probably referenced a photo of a surviving fortified manor house from our world. And in Sworn Sword, we see major intraclass inequality between marginal landed knights like Ser Eustace and the more well-established and well-capitalized small lords like the Webbers of Coldmoat - who can afford to maintain a small castle (with its eponymous moat), which happens to include having enough soldiers to back up its monopoly over the Chequey Water against rival claims.

While George R.R Martin's chops as a medievalist are often called into question, I think his knowledge base is a lot stronger when it comes to topics that older historiography focused on (wars, arms and armor, castles, dynastic politics) and a lot weaker on social history topics that have become more prominent in recent decades (the material life of the masses, medieval race, gender, and sexuality, etc). I would be very much surprised if GRRM hadn't collected the same illustrated books of Arms and Armor, the Medieval Castle, and so forth that I had when I was a young nerd.

[world-of-wales]

The Princess of Wales departs following a visit at Standfast & Barracks printworks in Lancaster || 26 SEPTEMBER 2023

[princesscatherinemiddleton]

The Princess of Wales’ Year in Review: September

September 8th - The Prince and Princess of Wales undertook engagements in St David’s, Wales. First, William and Catherine attended a Service in St David’s Cathedral to mark a year since the death of the late Queen and afterwards met members of the local community. Then, they visited Câr-y-Môr Seaweed Farm. Finally, they met volunteers from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution St David’s Lifeboat Station September 9th - The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Princess Royal joined Mike Tindall, James Haskell and Alex Payne on an episode of 'The Good, The Bad and The Rugby' released today. The Princess of Wales, Patron of the Rugby Football Union, attended the Rugby World Cup Pool Match between England and Argentina at Stade de Marseille September 12th - The Princess of Wales, Patron of the Forward Trust, visited HM Prison High Down September 13th - The Princess of Wales, Joint Patron of the Royal Foundation, held an Early Years Meeting September 14th - The Prince and Princess of Wales visited Stirling Lines. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall then visited Madley Primary School's Forest School. Finally, William and Catherine met Members of We Are Farming Minds at Kings Pitt Farm September 18th - The Princess of Wales, Commodore-in-Chief of Fleet Air Arm, visited Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton September 19th - The Princess of Wales visited Streets of Growth September 20th - The Princess of Wales, Joint Patron of the Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, held a meeting at Windsor Castle September 21st - The Princess of Wales, Joint Patron of the Royal Foundation, held an Early Years Meeting September 22nd - William and Catherine were seen attending Prince George's football match at Lambrook School September 26th - TEXTILES! The Princess of Wales visited A. W. Hainsworth and Sons Limited - which owns a woollen manufacturer once owned by her father's ancestors - in Leeds, and later visited Standfast and Barracks in Lancaster. Catherine was also seen at Leeds West Academy September 27th - The Princess of Wales, Joint Patron of the Royal Foundation, visited the Orchards Centre September 28th - The Prince and Princess of Wales received Mr Timothy Cook (Chief Executive Officer of Apple Incorporated) at Windsor Castle September 29th - The Princess of Wales, Joint Patron of the Royal Foundation, held a meeting at Windsor Castle