Wrestling's Fake!

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

Shield Wall: Separated into two groups: this is determined beforehand. They then proceed to demonstrate the power of a shield wall and the formations to break said wall.

Reminds me of time we were at an SCA fighting event. We were pretty tired and shagged out after a long day of fighting. Our unit wanted to call it quits and go and hit the showers, grab a drink and head to the feast where we planned on swapping many great lies of battle.

The Baron on the other hand had other plans. He wanted "just one more bridge battle".

Can't say no to the tin hat.

So we look at each other, grab a bunch of shields, one for each hand and report for duty. The king asked "What the hell were we doing?" We announced that we were the "Polish Florentine Unit".

The Baron's response was "<blink><blink>...<twitch>...<blink>...<shrug>...f orm up the shield wall!"

Wish I could say that we were awesome. But the other Barony's troops took one look at us, formed a wedge, and ran straight through us.

But that's what happens when a unit that is a dedicated shield wall unit is stuck fighting battle after battle after battle when the other guys get a more relaxed pace of playing "Whack-a-mole" on anyone who looks like they might get past us.