Interested in Joining

[Cuchulainn]

Hey, I am Cuchulainn and I'm interested in joining the Winds of Dawn. I've hunted a few times with members, most notable Nugget. I hope to see more of you around. I'm a fairly new exile not really too close to making 2nd circle. Though I can kill two of the large vermine. Anyway, I hope I can join the clan. I'll see you around!


-Cuchulainn

[Konoko]

Welcome!

[Farhope]

I hope to see you and hunt with you Cuchulainn.
I remember that I have already met you, quickly, chaining you to town. I hope I could take more time with you later :-)

[Sargon]

Hewwo Cuchulainn!

Hope to see you in the lands so we can hunt together? (translation: you kill stuff, I run away or hide =)

Sargon

[Nunul]

Howdy Cuchulainn,
I have indeed hunted with you in the lands, or rather another of my incarnations raised you a couple times. Please join in one of our meetings if at all possible!

Nunul

[Corwin]

Hi, Cuchulainn!

Glad you're interested, but for me, there's one reaaalllly pressing question about you:

How the #@^*$!@#$ does one pronounce your name?

Corwin
Gaelteacht-ignorant Clown

[TerraHawk]

Hmm, it's either pronounced Coo-lane, or Coo-choo-lane, or just do what i do and call him Cuch! :-/

Regardint the first pronounciation, if a letter is followed by a h, then that letter becomes silent.

I have a friend who's name in Dubhghail (or some such spelling), but actually pronounced Doyle.

Anyway, as one applicant to another, I share your pain in the waiting time :-)

TerraHawk.

[Cuchulainn]

Heh heh, I figured that people would be wondering how to pronounce my name. Anyway, it's pronounced Ca-cull-an with the emphasis on the middle syllable(sp?). It's actually a celtic name. Do a search for Cuchulainn if you want to know more about who I was before I was eventually exiled...

-Cuchulainn

[Corwin]

Thanks!

I took your advice:

"The heroic tales of Cuchulainn are so old that they were almost forgotten when they were revived by 7th century bard named Sechan Torpeist.

Cuchulainn was born Setanta, but changed his name when he placed a geis upon himself after accidentily killing the watchdog of the smith Culann.
He vowed to take the place of the dog, guarding the pass into Ulster, and thus became known as the Hound of Culann. Several women in Celtic myth
are said to be his mother, some human and other divine. The god Lugh is sometimes also mentioned as his father, but this relationship appears to
be more of a spiritual link than a biological one. Cuchulainn's human father is Sualtam.

He studied under the warrior goddess Scathach on the Isle of Shadow and returned to Ulster to be a great warrior and leader of the Red Branch, a
semi-chivalrous order of warriors of Ulster whose exploits make up an entire cycle in Irish mythology. He became semi-divine himself through his
adventures and is now honored as a pagan god.

Many of his stories are recorded at length in The Book of the Dun Cow. A statue in Dublin portrays his dramatic demise in battle when, while his
men were asleep, he held off Maeve's armies single-handedly by being tied to a tree to remain standing. Cuchlainn's image may have once been that
of a minor sun or sacrificial god. His great enemy, the sovereign Queen Maeve of Connacht, seemed ready to replace her husband with Cuchulainn
who resisted the sacrificial role and battled her instead. Predictably, she won the war and his blood was spilled on the earth in the manner of the
sacrificial gods. During his death battle he failed to recognize the Morrigan flying over him, and many believe that was what really killed him -- failure
to realize the role he was born to play as symbolized by the death-bird in ages of the triple crone.

He had many lovers including Aife, Emer, and 'the faery woman' Fand."

Too cool! Can I call you Dog-Boy?

Corwin
Scholarly Clown

[Konoko]

Dog-boy! LOL!

So you can be like our official watch dog!

I can just see our meetings now:
"Watch-Dog, what time is it?"
"Is it time for our meeting Watch-Dog?"
"What time is it now Watch-Dog?"

But seriously, that's an interesting history for you to live up to. So that part of you actually being killed - I'm guessing that is just a symbolic death marking the start of your exile to Puddleby? :)

Konoko