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=== [[Kubla]] [[Khan]], of [[Inland Ocean]] in the [[Kingdom]] of [[Blackspire]]===
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=== [[Squire]] [[Kubla]] [[Khan]], of [[Gypsy Hollow]] in the [[Kingdom]] of [[Northern Lights]]===
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''”If Amtgard were a card game, I'd be a foiled rare.”''
 
  
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at [[Pac War]], 2007
 
  
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Kubla Khan first encountered Amtgard in 2001 at the [[Barony]] of [[Greenwood Keep]], at Olympia, WA, during an invasion by the [[Barony]] of [[Inland Ocean]]. Kubla became an instant convert to the game.  
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In 2004 Kubla relocated to Seattle, WA and joined [[Inland Ocean]]. Kubla has served several offices including multiple terms as [[Prime Minister]] for the [[Principality]] of the [[Northern Lights]], the [[Barony]] of [[Inland Ocean]], and the [[Barony]] of [[Greenwood Keep]].  From 2005 to 2006 Kubla served as Monarch of [[Inland Ocean]] for two terms.
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=== '''Biography''' ===
  
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Kubla is a regular participant at [[Pac War]] and [[Thousand Stars]] in the pacific northwest. In 2007 he attended [[the Gathering of the Clans]].
 
  
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Kubla first encountered Amtgard in 2001 at the [[Barony]] of [[Greenwood Keep]]. In 2004, relocated to Seattle, WA, near the [[Barony]] of [[Inland Ocean]]. He has served at various times as Monarch, Regent, and Prime Minister of Inland Ocean, as well as Regent and Prime Minister of the Principality of the [[Northern Lights]].  In 2007 at Knoblander 9, Kubla received the title of Khan. In 2007 he attended [[the Gathering of the Clans]].
  
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== Titles: ==
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Kubla is the author of bardic tales based on Battlegames played the Pacific Northwest. See [[The Conquest of Gypsy Hollow]] to read more.
  
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Khan - Given by Prince Damian - NL, March 2007
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Currently playing at Gypsy Hollow in Everett, WA.
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=== '''Titles''' ===
  
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== Offices: ==
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[[Khan]] - Given by [[Prince]] [[Dogboy]] - [[Northern Lights]], March 2007
  
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#Chancellor (GWK), May 2003 - November 2003
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[[Master Druid]] - Given by [[Prince]] [[Drilillithon]] - [[Northern Lights]], May 2007
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#Chancellor (IO), July 2004 - June 2005
 
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#Baron (IO), September 2005 - March 2006
 
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#Baron (IO), March 2006 - September 2006
 
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#Prime Minister (NL), December 2006 - May 2007
 
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#Prime Minister - IO, May 2007 - January 2008
 
  
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== Class Masterhoods: ==
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[[Walker of the Middle]] - Given by [[King]] [[Sir]] [[Trenton Kenmark]] - [[Blackspire]], June 2012
  
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Master Druid - Given by Prince Drilillithon - NL, May 2007
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=== '''Offices''' ===
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*[[Champion]] of the Realm - [[Northern Lights]], August 2013 - March 2014
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*[[Guild Master of Reeves]] - [[Northern Lights]], March 2011 - June 2013
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*[[Regent]] - [[Northern Lights]], March 2010 - March 2011
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*[[Regent]] - [[Inland Ocean]], September 2009 - March 2010
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*[[Monarch]] - [[Inland Ocean]], September 2008 - March 2008
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*[[Prime Minister]] - [[Inland Ocean]], May 2007 - January 2008
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*[[Prime Minister]] - [[Northern Lights]], December 2006 - May 2007
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*[[Monarch]] - [[Inland Ocean]], March 2006 - September 2006
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*[[Monarch]] - [[Inland Ocean]], September 2005 - March 2006
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*[[Chancellor]] - [[Inland Ocean]], July 2004 - June 2005
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*[[Chancellor]] - [[Greenwood Keep]], May 2003 - November 2003
  
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=== '''Affiliated Groups''' ===
  
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*[[Templars]]
  
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Kubla takes his name from the 1798 poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge:
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*[[CDXX]]
  
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*In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
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===[[Belted Family]]===
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*A stately pleasure-dome decree :
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*Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
 
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*Through caverns measureless to man
 
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*Down to a sunless sea.
 
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*So twice five miles of fertile ground
 
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*With walls and towers were girdled round :
 
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*And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
 
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*Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree ;
 
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*And here were forests ancient as the hills,
 
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*Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
 
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*But oh ! that deep romantic chasm which slanted
 
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*Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover !
 
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*A savage place ! as holy and enchanted
 
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*As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted
 
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*By woman wailing for her demon-lover !
 
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*And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething,
 
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*As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing,
 
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*A mighty fountain momently was forced :
 
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*Amid whose swift half-intermitted burst
 
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*Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,
 
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*Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail :
 
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*And 'mid these dancing rocks at once and ever
 
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*It flung up momently the sacred river.
 
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*Five miles meandering with a mazy motion
 
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*Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,
 
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*Then reached the caverns measureless to man,
 
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*And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean :
 
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*And 'mid this tumult Kubla heard from far
 
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*Ancestral voices prophesying war !
 
  
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*The shadow of the dome of pleasure
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*Floated midway on the waves ;
 
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*Where was heard the mingled measure
 
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*From the fountain and the caves.
 
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*It was a miracle of rare device,
 
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*A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice !
 
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*A damsel with a dulcimer
 
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*In a vision once I saw :
 
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*It was an Abyssinian maid,
 
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*And on her dulcimer she played,
 
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*Singing of Mount Abora.
 
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*Could I revive within me
 
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*Her symphony and song,
 
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*To such a deep delight 'twould win me,
 
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*That with music loud and long,
 
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*I would build that dome in air,
 
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*That sunny dome ! those caves of ice !
 
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*And all who heard should see them there,
 
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*And all should cry, Beware ! Beware !
 
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*His flashing eyes, his floating hair !
 
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*Weave a circle round him thrice,
 
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*And close your eyes with holy dread,
 
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*For he on honey-dew hath fed,
 
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*And drunk the milk of Paradise.
 
  
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===Affiliated Groups===
 
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*[[Templars]]
 
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*[[Principality]] of the [[Northern Lights]]
 
  
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=== ''Kubla Khan'' ===
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by Samuel Taylor Coleridge:
  
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===Additional Photos===
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:"...Five miles meandering with a mazy motion
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:Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,
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:Then reached the caverns measureless to man,
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:And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean :
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:And 'mid this tumult Kubla heard from far
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:Ancestral voices prophesying war ! ..."
  
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at [[Greenwood Keep]], 2001
 
  
 
====More Information====
 
====More Information====
  
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http://www.myspace.com/fluxbusker
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[http://www.nwamtgard.com]www.nwamtgard.com
  
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[[http://www.amtgardrecords.com/player.php?playerID=8862 ORK]
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{{ork_player|id=8862|id2=9347}}<br>
  
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[[Category:Inland Ocean People]][[Category:Blackspire People]]
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[[Category:Inland Ocean People]] [[Category:Northern Lights People]] [[Category:Walkers of the Middle]]  [[Category:Squires]] [[Category: Master Druids]]

Latest revision as of 18:20, 21 March 2014

Squire Kubla Khan, of Gypsy Hollow in the Kingdom of Northern Lights

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Biography

Kubla first encountered Amtgard in 2001 at the Barony of Greenwood Keep. In 2004, relocated to Seattle, WA, near the Barony of Inland Ocean. He has served at various times as Monarch, Regent, and Prime Minister of Inland Ocean, as well as Regent and Prime Minister of the Principality of the Northern Lights. In 2007 at Knoblander 9, Kubla received the title of Khan. In 2007 he attended the Gathering of the Clans.

Kubla is the author of bardic tales based on Battlegames played the Pacific Northwest. See The Conquest of Gypsy Hollow to read more.

Currently playing at Gypsy Hollow in Everett, WA.

Titles

Khan - Given by Prince Dogboy - Northern Lights, March 2007

Master Druid - Given by Prince Drilillithon - Northern Lights, May 2007

Walker of the Middle - Given by King Sir Trenton Kenmark - Blackspire, June 2012

Offices

Affiliated Groups

Belted Family

Inactive





Additional Photos

DSC00197.jpg


Kubla Khan

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge:

"...Five miles meandering with a mazy motion
Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,
Then reached the caverns measureless to man,
And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean :
And 'mid this tumult Kubla heard from far
Ancestral voices prophesying war ! ..."


More Information

[1]www.nwamtgard.com

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