It is indeed sad, considering that I originally only started the clan to fill the gaping hole that was the lack of Saxon clans - at the time there were a lot of viking ones, a couple of Norman ones too, but few clans were active. With my new love that was Vikingr in hand I built the Fyrd. I didn't intend to lead it but ended up doing so and the clan just grew and grew!
I think the Fyrd of Lewes was my highpoint in M&B:Warband. Whilst I still lead two clans, the Lucky Dogs in The Deluge & The Harras for when the chaps & I feel like dipping our toes back into Vikingr, it's not the same as the fun, and stress, of running the Lewes Fyrd. At one point we were the largest clan in Vikingr, mustering 10-20 players just for an evenings play on the servers. We ran very successful 100-player siege events for a while, which I enjoyed immensely, we were at the forefront of events & battles and we were always full of energy & suggestions for the previous development team. It is a shame that, six months after the clan had been formed, that I could not stand Warband any longer and stopped playing entirely for about 3 months - the commitment to running a large clan, well 30+ members is large to me, can be quite a strain, especially when problems crop up such as clan members TKing each other or other people, 'trolling' players (Dante & Gadric spring to mind with their seax+kick disarm routine), and various other problems & commitments to the clan, such as working out things to train each sunday that were different from the previous weekend without having it go on for too long.
All that is left for me to say is thank you to everyone who joined the LF, you all know who you are, you were a fantastic bunch and it's sad that the clan itself is coming to an end but then nothing lasts forever. Thank you to those who carried it on after I ran away from Warband, as well as to the previous Vikingr development team for their support & to Moeckerkalfie & Barabas for not only keeping me amused when we were in LF together, but for carrying on with the mods development after the previous team left it. We all owe you for your superb work.
As þegn Léofwine is now an old man, long retired from the role of Reeve of Lewes, I hope that Moeckerkalfie & Barabas will retire to his hold near the village of Claytón, in Suthseaxa, and serve as his spiritual ministers - plenty of food & drink awaits, as does a roof over your heads and many old comrades with whom they can live out their days.