[Central] Joint War Practice - July 3rd, 2005

[Mike]

Heilsa,

The 3rd day of July being the 11th day from the official beginning of 
summer lived up to the name of being within this time period. The day 
was bright with sunny skies with humidity in the air for all to feel.

Once, again people paced themselves, brought out water and gatorade, 
went out and fought, came back off the field and cooled down and 
replenished their fluids with water and/or gatorade, etc.

A wide range of combat skills were on display and employed by the 
combatants for the enjoyment of both those in armor, those watching from 
the shade pavilions or from the park and even from the dragons that 
transverse their way along the stone pathway of commerce. The different 
skills involved and demonstrated were the following:

Sword and shield (Buckler, Heater, Round and War)
Spear - both rattan and fiberglass
Schlager and Dagger
Del Tin and Dagger
Schlager and Buckler
Combat Archery: Recurve and Crossbow

A restricted area marked with color rope with a center piece to 
represent the contested area stood upon the field waiting for the few 
and the brave to venture forth to test their mettle against one another 
and day itself. The area marked off was 75 feet long and 25 feet wide. 
The set-up for this field was done by Lord CinaedOHosey and his three 
children - Tori, Jon and Nikko.

The purpose of the restricted field is provided to an accurate 
evaluation of fighters as oppose to the true chaos of an open field, 
while still allowing movement as oppose to a bridge or gate scenario. 
This enables both commanders and fighters to get a feel on how to work 
as a unit, the ability to see the manner in which tactics decided upon 
prior to laying on actually accomplish or failed to accomplish the 
objective of the various battle scenarios.

Weapons employed this day:
Sword
Spear - both rattan and fiberglass
  Combat Archery:
     1 Recures
     2 Cross bow
      Combat arrows:
       45 Cross bolts for Arkham
       46 Combat Arrows for Condottieri
Schlager
Dagger
Del Tin

Shields:
Heater
Round
Kite
Buckler
War Shield


The Light fighting involved only three gentles:
HL Rixende de Rouen (Seneschal of Elfsea)
       fighting with Schlager and dagger
Master Robin, the Oakenwald Herald for Steppes
       fighting with Del Tin and Dagger
Walter Robin
       fighting with Del Tin, Schlager, Dagger and Buckler.
(Thank You, Master Robin for supplying this information on the weapons
  being used this day and by whom)

The main Heavy scenario was to hold the center for as long as possible 
and it was a resurrection battle all day long. The sub scenarios either 
involved No Combat Archery or had Combat Archery.

The minimum shooting distance for combat archery is now 10 feet, since 
being being published in the Black Star.
 At the urging of Centurion Tomas full Gulf Wars rules applied:
  Top and sides of helms were proof against arrows for this day scenarios.

1st scenario - No Combat Archery
West side of the park
Commander: Centurion Morgan - heater and sword
Sir Baron Qadi 'Abd al-Mahdi Jamal ibn Hakim - heater and sword
Lord CinaedOHosey - war shield and sword
Rose with fiberglass spear
Brian with fiberglass spear

vs

East side of the park
Commander: Centurion Tomas with heater and sword
Lord Hrafn Olafsson with round and sword
Lord Damon Xanthns - heater and sword
Cuhlwch with heater and sword
Aryeh ben David ben Zecharia - kite shield and sword
Donyell - heater and sword
Till - fiberglass spear


2nd Scenario - with 1 Combat Archer Lord Michael Fray:
East side of the park
Commander: Centurion Tomas with heater and sword
Lord Hrafn Olafsson with round and sword
Lord Damon Xanthns - heater and sword
Cuhlwch with heater and sword
Aryeh ben David ben Zecharia - kite shield and sword
Donyell - heater and sword
Till - fiberglass spear

vs

West side of the park
Commander: Centurion Morgan - heater and sword
Sir Baron Qadi 'Abd al-Mahdi Jamal ibn Hakim - heater and sword
Lord CinaedOHosey - war shield and sword
Rose with fiberglass spear
Brian with fiberglass spear

Lord Michael was shooting at both sides at random.


3rd Scenario with 3 Combat Archers:

Since there were now 3 combat archers, all archers took the
field and were full contact. The two crossbows on the west side facing 
the one
recurve on the east side of the field.

West side of the park
Commander: Lord Hrafn Olafsson with round and sword
HL Chiara Francecsa Arianna d'Onofrio with fiberglass spear
Lord Damon Xanthns - heater and sword
Cuhlwch with heater and sword
Aryeh ben David ben Zecharia - kite shield and sword
Donyell - heater and sword
Till - fiberglass spear
HL William Blackdragon - crossbow (71 lb at 8 in)
Lord Alvin de Clairmont  - crossbow (51 lb at 8 in)

vs

East side of the park
Commander: Centurion Morgan - heater and sword
Sir Baron Qadi 'Abd al-Mahdi Jamal ibn Hakim - heater and sword
Lord CinaedOHosey - war shield and sword
Rose with fiberglass spear
Brian with fiberglass spear
Lord Michael Fray with 30 lb recurve


In attendance this day:

Sir Baron Qadi 'Abd al-Mahdi Jamal ibn Hakim - Baron of Steppes

HL Chiara Francecsa Arianna d'Onofrio
   Captain of the Steppes Baronial Guard and Apprentice to Master Fritz

HL Ker Megan of Taransay

Lady Honour du Bois

Clan Ross:
Centurion Morgan Buchanan (Squire to Sir Earl Duncan)  - Central Region 
Knight Marshal
     and his lady, Lady Ciannait Chaimbuel
Centurion Tomas Niallagain (Squire to Sir Earl Duncan)
    and his lady, HL Rixende de Rouen (Seneschal of Elfsea).
Lord Hrafn Olafsson (Squire to Sir Earl Duncan) - Steppes Knight Marshal
     and his lady,
        Lady Elizabeta di Valore della Rosa (Apprentice to Duchess Larissa)

Condottieri:
Lord CinaedOHosey and children
   daugther - Tori
   and sons - Jon and Nikko
Lord Michael Fray
Lord Damon Xanthns
Rose
Byorn inn Svarti
Cuhlwch


Fray:
Aryeh ben David ben Zecharia and his brother, Donyell
House Arkham:
  HL William Blackdragon
  Lord Alvin de Clairmont

Friends of House Porto:
Lord Geoffrey (Squire to His Grace, Sir Duke Miguel)
 and his lady, Lady Katheryn Cunningghame - Steppes Hospitaler


Till

There were some pick-up or individual fights at the beginning, I was not 
able to record those.
At the end of the War Practice scenarios was a Round Robin between:

Sir Baron Qadi 'Abd al-Mahdi Jamal ibn Hakim - Baron of Steppes

vs

Lord CinaedOHosey

vs

Lord Damon Xanthns

all three were fighting with buckler and sword


Schedule:
Regular schedule fighter practice - every Sunday starting at 2 PM.
Mary Heads Carter Park in Carrollton.


YIS,
 Lord Michael Fray
  Combat Archer for the Condottieri
  King's Archer
  Steppes Deputy Knight Marshal
  Steppes Deputy Hospitaler