True! Or it's possible the image of the canard plumé represents an act of martyrdom, similar to St Sebastian's (who wasn't, to my knowledge, plucked). I don't know where the whole 'pizzled Or' thing comes from, mind.
'To pluck', of course, has offensive connotations in durulz dialects of Theyalan. "Go pluck your mother!"; "You randy plucker!"; "(I'll) pluck you, asswipe!"; "I'll be plucked if I know..." etc. Plucking is a ritual humiliation that has been inflicted on the ducks (not least by themselves) throughout history.
One thing I always liked about the Arthurian tales was all the foreign knights, such as Palamedes. I'm not suggesting their Western counterparts were/are ducks. Morokanth or baboons would be cool, too.
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