Addressed to the members and veterans of the great and glorious Water Vikings,

Hello Water Vikings, my name is Aaronstone. I have had the great pleasure of leading this amazing army three times, twice in OG CPA and once in the CPPS era. Since my retirement from the commandership in October of 2022 I have held the position of Head of the High Council of Vikings. Throughout the majority of Water Vikings history we have always been branded as an army filled of what ifs and the community wide opinion of us has always been can we overcome and finish the job that lies ahead of us.

These opinions have been accurate because in OG we were never able to overcome the hump after losing back to back Legends Cup Finals to the RPF and it was more of the same when we made it to the Legends Cup Finals in 2022 and AUSIA Arena Finals in 2023. I would like to think that the opinion of us has changed, especially after we won Christmas Chaos and March Madness back to back, an incredible feat by the people in this army and it was no easy job, however we collapsed in epic fashion after the Fornlosing War and it took us half a year to reclaim our mojo.

This Saturday there is more on the line than a berth in the Legends Cup XV Finals. We have seen an insane growth over the past two months this is due to everyone’s hard work ranging from the Commanders and the Advisory to our Higher Command and Staff team and our hard working troops who have bought into what we’re doing here and want to contribute more than the average troop. What we are doing here is not about someone’s leadership performance, it is not about how well our team works together. It’s about the Water Vikings name itself. For so many years we have been treated as the younger child of the major armies in this community, it is time that this has changed. Our army has had so many legendary moments and so many legendary people lead it through those moments, just to be written off as a flash in the pan. It is time that this has changed.

What lies ahead of us will be no easy task, the Rebel Penguin Federation is well led and well trained and has an active well trained veteran group. They have won so many tournaments over the past five years that this probably feels like just another Saturday to them. Despite being our brother ally, the Rebels are our fiercest tournament rival, our paths always cross and the only time we have beaten the Rebels in a tournament was during the March Madness XI Finals. Respect where it is due they are fantastic at this, however, this stops this Saturday. We have beaten them before and we can do it again. We did not come this far, we did not sacrifice so much and work so hard for us to be walked over again.

This next battle and god willing the one after, will be the culmination of all your hard work. Cabin wrote a fantastic speech about this a couple of weeks ago with his quote from Cato of Utica.

“Bitter are the roots of study, but how sweet their fruit.”

This work has not been easy, it has been draining and hard. I can tell that many of you are tired, however after last weekends victory over the Templars goes to show what is possible when you embrace the grind and work as hard as you possibly can. That fruit was a sweet one and it should leave you craving more. Embrace the suck, embrace the grind and we will accomplish our goal of finally winning this thing and the Raven will claim what was stolen from her twice. We are in this together and we will win this together, our faith in each other, our work that we do together and our heart will be what sets us apart from the rest of the armies participating in this tournament. We do this not for ourselves, but for the Water Vikings name, we do it for the Raven.

We can change history! Believe it!

Signed,

FOR THE RAVEN.

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