[Ansteorra-archery] New To The List....

[Keyna]

I also wear the white diamonds.
Keyna

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dewart, Charles R. --G3 Contractor (Anteon Corp)"
<Charles.Dewart at hood.army.mil>
To: <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 3:17 PM
Subject: RE: [Ansteorra-archery] New To The List....


> So what's Talon?  An avocado with an attitude?  He wears those white
> diamonds.
>
> Gilli
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eadric Anstapa [mailto:eadric at scabrewer.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 1:35 PM
> To: ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] New To The List....
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ciana O'Hara" <ciana_sca at yahoo.com>
> >
> > Yes, I do know what a killing blow is.  I live in Northkeep (Tulsa).  I
> > was told that Ansteorra does not have white diamond archers.  Is this
> > not true??
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ciana
>
>
> We do and we dont.
>
> There are provisions in our rules and in the society-wide rules for
> non-contact participants.
>
> However, some other kingdoms have two classes of archers.  One class is
the
> "Light"or non-contact archer which some would call a "white diamond"
because
> they would be wearing the white diamonds symbols.  These "light" archers
do
> not have to wear standard armor.  In some kingdoms they wear a very light
> helm that is not fit for full contact combat, a gorget, and very little
else
> in the way of rigid armor.  We DO NOT have this class of archer in
> Ansteorra.
>
> In Ansteorra our combat archery authorization is what some other kingdoms
> would call a "heavy" archer.  Meaning that it is a full-contact combat
> authorization and the participants must be fully armored.
>
> The "light" and 'heavy" archer thing is often particularly confusing to
> Ansteorrans because in this kingdom those terms have become synonymous
with
> "rapier" and "armored".
>
> We do have rapier combat archery in this kingdom.  It is a separate
> authorization from armored combat archery.
>
> Regards,
>
> Lord Eadric Anstapa
> Coastal Regional Archery Marshal, Ansteorra
> eadric at scabrewer.com
>
>
>
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