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“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”

Hamstrung by LegBiter

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It’s mine own fault really :o(

For falling madly in love with a Medieval (Viking) Norwegian King called Magnus (Barelegs) Olafsson.

You’ve gotta love the name of his sword. When he wasn’t shooting arrows into Norman Earl’s eyes, he was hamstringing his enemies with a weapon called Legbiter.

He came back to bite me. Tut.

Mmmmmn. Strange but true (?)

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