[Ansteorra] Defender of the Flame

[Chris Baran]

Great pictures JP!  Those last ones are great perspective shots!!!  I know
I'm not really that small on the field!  No..really!!!  Really??

Sir Romanius

>From: cchipman at nomadics.com (Carl Chipman)
>Reply-To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
>To: <Ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: [Ansteorra] Defender of the Flame
>Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 14:38:59 -0500
>
>I apologize for the lateness of this post, but I wanted to send out
>congratulations to the Canton of Glaslyn (and her Barony of the Steppes)
>for a wonderful, wonderful event this weekend.  Many times in the
>stories do we talk of being Heroes, but this weekend I (and many others)
>truly got to feel like one for the first time.
>
>For those who've never been, and I highly recommend that next year you
>address such a situation, the tournament for the armoured combatants is
>a sliding scale in which victory and triumph breed greater adversity.
>The first round of the tournament, fighters were paired off and allowed
>to fight a best two-out-of-three round.  The winners were then the
>defenders in the subsequent rounds, while those who lost became the
>attackers.
>
>In each round, you, the defender, fought with your weapon of choice
>versus a number of attackers carrying single handed sword only, starting
>with two, and then increasing by one attacker every round.  If you fell
>to the attackers, you would then join their ranks.  The winner would be
>the defender who defeated the most attackers.
>
>This year, Sir Romanius successfully defended his title of "Defender of
>the Flame" by defeating 5 attackers, although he fell to six.  Me, Lord
>Louie, and Master Airaklee Wolf were close all having valiantly defeated
>4 opponents, but all three of us fell, although defiantly, to the 5
>swords of our attackers.  Don Llewellyn held off three with his trusty
>glaive, but the four monster attackers swarmed over him.
>
>Also, of equal status to the Defender was the "Keeper of the Flame",
>which was awarded to Lord Armand Dragonetti by the ladies of Glaslyn for
>his chivalry, dapper smile, and dashing good manners.
>
>I cannot speak upon the rapier portion, as it was held simultaneously
>with the chivalric combat.
>
>As much fun as the combat was, the display of the artisans put our
>martial artistry in perspective.  Very rarely have I seen so many high
>quality, well-documented, and just plain gorgeous entries in my life.
>The hand-done scrolls by Airaklee's lady (I'm sorry your name has
>slipped my mind), the wood-working with the earth-based pigments, the
>glass etching all were phenomenal.  It was truly amazing.
>
>Finally my compliments to the lord who ran the sideboard.  Although new
>in the society he ran a wonderfully delicious fare throughout the day.
>The chicken cacciatore was in particular especially well done.  This
>chubby man left in fine spirits...
>
>For any wanting to see pictures of the tournament, they can go to :
>
>http://cchipman.homeip.net/Fighting/images/Defender%20of%20the%20Flame%2
>02002/page_01.htm
>
>Centurion Jean Paul de Sens,
>
>Carl Chipman
>Nomadics, Inc.
>cchipman at nomadics.com
>http://www.nomadics.com
>
>
>
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