The Guild of Saint Barbaras
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Welcome to the internet home of
The Guild of Saint Barbaras |
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Allow us a moment to introduce ourselves, if you please. We are Don Juan de Maraña of
España and Lord Geoffrey Elliot of Dover, England, and are traveling about these British isles to
provide a grand service to those in need. What service would that need be, you ask? Well, continue on,
and you will soon find out. Trust us, you'll be glad you did!
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Here is none other than Her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth I, taking instructions from Don
Juan on how to properly operate our premiere product, the mighty Trebuchet!
Yes, you did indeed read that correctly. We of the Guild of Saint Barbaras specialize in, among many other things, the construction of various siege weapons. We will gladly come to your Keep or Manor, survey your surroundings (or pesky and annoying neighbors), and custom build you the siege weapons you need to protect your holdings. Our portable demonstration model, shown here, can easily be transported to the village faire, harvest festival, or joust of your choice, as long as we have enough notice to hire the proper cart and oxen team required for the safe transport of such a magnificent weapon. |
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As you can clearly see, the Trebuchet is truely a weapon well suited for nobility! But never
fear, the Guild of Saint Barbaras is willing to work with anyone, no matter your class or station. We are
most assuredly a equal-destruction opportunity company!
To contact us, please email us at guildmaster@danceanddestruction.org and we will get back to you as soon as our travels allow. Below you can see Don Juan resetting the Trebuchet for another firing. Our model can be reset and refired in a matter of minutes, so we can easily give actual firing demonstrations as often as you would like. Siege weapons are our passion, after all! |
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We will happily discuss our passion with anyone willing to listen. And believe us, a few
demonstration firings are all we need to drum up plenty of interest!
As you can see below, the Trebuchet, although our finest demonstration model, is not the only siege weapon that our expertise covers. Below you can see Don Juan instructing an eager young lad in the use of the catapult. We have to miniature firing models, and a small castle model to practice firing upon. As funding allows, we plan to add larger scale models of not only the catapult, but also the ballista and mangonel as well. |
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Here we even find Don Juan discussing business with Don Giovanni of the Italian Guild of
Santa Maria. The Spanish and Italians collaborating? The rest of
Europe better beware!
We of the Guild of Saint Barbaras await your your contact and look forward to doing business with you in the very near future! (Webmaster's disclaimer: Despite the above, we are *NOT* actually available to build you a trebuchet in the year 2007, as much as we'd love to! We, too, have mundane jobs to pay the bills...) |