Dedit Arma

William arms Harold — a new helm, fine mail, dressed in the Duke's own colours. A gift ceremony where every smile is itemized, and to accept the armour is to accept the man.

The Gift

Power-pop, bright but barbed, a chiming generosity with a bill folded inside it.

Note

HIC WILLELM DEDIT HAROLDO ARMA. In the grammar of the eleventh century, arms from a lord make you his man.