One of the things that sets us apart from the Kingdoms and from the other Households of the SCA is our memory. We remember, the good and the bad, the joy and the pain, those who are here, and those who have ridden ahead.
Pale Horse is the Khanate for our Brothers who ride ahead. They ride in the darkness facing all of us. When we come to the end of this path, they are there, waiting to greet and welcome us to their numbers. They ride ahead, ever out of sight, but never out of touch. Through the Pale Horse Banner we remember their names, that they may never be forgotten. Through the hearthstones, we keep them as a part of our home. Every year, at Pennsic and Estrella, we read their names, that they will be remembered. In the West, we murmur our greetings and relationship with each, in the East we add a stone to the hearth and call up our memories of them, the support of a Brother, the joy of a Hordling, the worth of a friend.
Pale Horse is our memory of the members of our Family who ride ahead, but it is also our defiance of the dark, for we know that They wait there and we will all join them in the end.
So let us honor and remember our Brothers, Hordlings, and Friends who ride ahead, scouting the path we will all take.
~ Omar Khan
The pale horse that runs silently
The pale horse that runs silently
The pale horse, swifter than the wind,
The horse that is a fulfillment |
And thus our Khan is seated
Ere he comes for us. For all men
Look well upon the white horse hide, None may naysay his summons. |
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Members of Khanate Pale Horse |