explanation (razo):

If I had to pick one drottkvaett to perform or submit or let people analyze this would be it. I was lucky enough to be asked to autocrat the Coronation of Ragnarr III and Anneke I and I also wrote the flyer. I’ve never been a fan of boring flyers (I’ve written a few) and this one wasn’t going to be any different. This was also the first time the SCA had been able to use Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Center in Reidsville and the site is, quite simply, mind-blowingly nice. Cabins, rec hall, feast hall, air conditioning, etc etc etc. So I threw together the first four lines (Hiding deep in Hindscroft / Mighty sounds the horn-call / Crown a King and Queen here / Call to arms eternal) because I liked the way it sounded; to me it sounded like the opening bars of the theme to Superman: The Movie.

Then I left it completely alone because I had what I needed, i.e., the lines for the flyer. Those lines sat there for months until somebody reminded me that there was going to be a Viking poetry competition for Ymir. I had all of two days to write something and I had no inspiration, no motivation; I didn’t really care, basically.

Then I was flipping through the flyer I’d written for that Coronation, looking for the street address of the site since we were using the site again for the Coronation of Valharic II & Arielle III, and those four lines jumped off the page and slapped me in the face.