Ghyll:Lord Glosfordshier

Dibbo. --Jcowan 09:12, 2 Dec 2004 (EST)

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Originally, the twin cities were a loose confederation of settlements, Iganefta being the largest, but, in the year -260 EC, Lord Fredrick Paul Glosfordshier took control of the already established Iganefta Council of Lords and declared himself Lord-Mayor of Iganefta. At first, there was a bit of resistance to his new ideas for governance, but since Lord Glosfordshier had already started the First Iganeftan Mercenary Company, the political winds quickly blew elsewhere. After his successful succession to the Lord-Mayorship, he promptly ordered the construction of a "summer retreat" by the sea, which promptly became known as Iganefta-on-the-Sea.

The Iganeftan Furious Apple has been seen on many a battlefield during the Conflict That Is Not Happening. In fact, it was so common a sight on the proud chests of mercenary troops during the Extraordinarily Bloodless Revolution that the Iganeftan soldiers became known as Pickers, short for "apple-pickers". The pride which this appellation created in the troops loyal to Lord Glosfordshier became so ingrained in Iganeftan consciousness that the name survives today, carried proudly by the local Iganeftan Bindlet Ball team.

While depictions vary widely, the official version as set forth in the ancient Heraldic Index of Lord Glosfordshier of Alezan is an image of a red apple with mouth open wide, showing teeth and tongue in a cry of rage, its eyes squinted shut or nearly so.