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Heilsa,<br>
<br>
First - would someone forward this to the Elfsea list - Thank You in
advance.<br>
<br>
The Joint War practice held this past Sunday was outstanding in
attendance, the fighting and the training. <br>
<br>
Wishing all those going to Gulf Wars a safe journey - a good War!<br>
<br>
For those of us are NOT going, we will be gathering at the park same
time and location - we will carrying on as best as we can with what
personal armor that we have at our finger tips.<br>
<br>
I must apologized in that the list of both fighters and attendees is
incomplete - I do know that I missed approximately 10 to 12 people. And
I hope that I correctly ID everyone with their proper SCA names.<br>
<br>
In Attendance this day:<br>
<br>
Sir Duke Miguel Sebastian de Oporto and his lady, Duchess Conal
Alexandria O'Riordain<br>
Sir Baron Qadi 'Abd al-Mahdi Jamal ibn Hakim - Baron of Steppes<br>
Baron Armand Dragonetti - Baron of Elfsea <br>
Sir Earl Duncan Arthur Ross the Black<br>
Sir Earl Daffydd Whitarc and his lady, Countess Octavia de Verdon<br>
Sir Count Gunthar<br>
<br>
Centurion Stella Silvana<br>
Centurion Tomas Niallagain and I do not recall see his lady, HL Rixende
de Rouen (Seneschal
of Elfsea) being present this day.<br>
Centurion Morgan Buchanan and his lady, Lady Ciannait Chaimbuel <br>
<br>
Lord Hrafn Olafsson - Steppes Knight Marshal <br>
<br>
Lady Chiara Francecsa Arianna d'Onofrio and children - Alexandria,
Ioseph, and William. <br>
Lady Chiara whose is captain of the Steppes Baronial Guard.<br>
<br>
Lord CinaedOHosey and his children - Tori, Jon, and Nikko<br>
Lady Honour du Bois<br>
Lord Roc the Bold and his lady - Lady Icia<br>
Lady Maili Donnel MacGregor - the Deputy Earl
Marshal for Youth Combat, and children - Emily and Richard Nine
Fingers<br>
Lord Elias Korstansoen with his lady, Iliana.<br>
Lord Karlous and his lady<br>
Lord Damon Xanthns<br>
Lord Richard<br>
Lord Arya<br>
<br>
Till<br>
Louie<br>
Dallas - 1st time in armor this day.<br>
Wes<br>
Kaneki no Ryuto Akimitsu and his lady Hilary
<br>
<br>
Lincoln and his lady, Sandy.<br>
Lincoln is just coming back after a hiatus of 3 years.<br>
<br>
Doc<br>
Eric and his lady, Stephanie and children<br>
Jeremy <br>
TIm <br>
<br>
and myself - Lord Michael Fray<br>
<br>
<br>
Number in armor: 29<br>
Combat archers: 2<br>
Youth (13 through 17): 2<br>
1 whose parents were present father in armor - both father and son were
on the field and fighting.<br>
<br>
Number of children: 10<br>
Total attendance: 60<br>
<br>
Marshals: Sir Gunthar and Lord CinaedOHosey - a hearty Vivat to them
both!<br>
<br>
The fighters present were divided up into 3 different forces for
majority of the scenarios.<br>
<br>
The scenarios were arrived at jointly between Sir Duncan and Lord
CinaedOHosey for this afternoon of War!<br>
<br>
The division of the various fighters are what I recall - going by
memory alone here:<br>
<br>
Force One (F1):<br>
Sir Mahdi - kite shield and sword,<br>
Sir Duncan - shield and sword,<br>
Sir Miguel - spear,<br>
Sir Daffydd - heater and sword,<br>
Lord Roc - heater and sword,<br>
Lord Hrafn - spear,<br>
Lord Karlous - shield and sword,<br>
Lord Elias - spear,<br>
Wes - shield and sword,<br>
Doc - shield and sword,<br>
- commanding Sir Duncan.<br>
<br>
Force Two(F2):<br>
Baron Armand - shield and sword,<br>
Centurion Stella - 30 lb., recurve and ~24 arrows,<br>
Centurion Tomas - shield and sword,<br>
Lady Honour - shield and sword<br>
Louie - shield and sword,<br>
Lord Damon - shield and sword,<br>
Lord RIchard - shield and sword, <br>
- commanding Centurion Tomas<br>
<br>
Force Three(3):<br>
Centurion Morgan - shield and sword, <br>
Lady Chiara - spear,<br>
Lord Michael Fray - 30 lb., recurve and 50 arrows,<br>
Kaneki - shield and sword,<br>
Lincoln - shield and sword,<br>
Eric - shield and sword,<br>
Till - great sword<br>
Dallas - shield and sword<br>
- commanding Centurion Morgan.<br>
<br>
First part of the gathering was devoted to warming up - meaning
one-on-one bouts occurred. Then the above sides were chosen. <br>
<br>
The scenarios that were run started off with F1 taking on both F2 and
F3. With F3 being held in reserved for a short time before being
allowed on assist F2. This scenario was an open battle - number of
times ran 6 times that I recall. Combat archery involved.<br>
<br>
Bridge scenarios with F1 taking on both F2 and F3 forces on the bridge.
Both single death and resurrection battles. No Combat archery involved
with these set of scenarios - archers re-inspecting their arrows. I
recall approximately 30 minutes of constant fighting occurring during
this set of scenarios.<br>
<br>
Continuing with the Bridge scenarios after a short break - 1st three
battles were to the last man standing, then to a resurrection battle.
Sides were divided up again to even the numbers. Combat archery
involved in all battles - the archers stayed in until they ran out of
arrows. Then the heavy fighters continue to fight until time was
called. <br>
<br>
A de-briefs was held between scenarios to discuss the tactics and
methods/suggestions to improve each individual fighting.<br>
<br>
<br>
Michael Fray<br>
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