ES - Elfsea Defender Chivalric Tourney

[Ladyarabella]

In an effort to make the Rapier Community a feature activity this is not a
bad idea and the Chivalric Tourney at spring faire a secondary activity and
the roles of these 2 activities switched at Defender.  I like it. I believe
his Excellency Galen wanted to do some feature activity thing at ATYC and it
got just toooo big for that.

> Darius responding
> I certainly advocate making our tournaments more period. Having been to
> Lyoness I found the Tournament style very interesting and entertaining.
> I would like to point out though that the Chivalric list was not only a
> major focus of Lyoness it was also the Primary Focus. The A&S while on a
> Theme and very very impressive was a much more secondary thing. At
> Defender we also have the Rapier Defender and Archery Defenders. These
> are also major focus points for Defender. I know it is difficult to
> spread the attention of both the populace and the Nobles to three
> separate activities. Unfortunately I think doing this type of tourney
> might subtract well deserved attention away from these other two
> championships. That is unless we possibly moved one to SpringFaire.
> (insert gasp of surprise and horror here) Moving the Rapier Defender
> might not be such a bad idea. It would allow most of the daytime
> attention to be focused on two championships at Defender, Chivalric and
> Archery.  At the same time more focus could also be given to the rapier
> tourney without competing with the Chivalric Defender.
>
> Now that the Can o' Worms is open who wants to kick it? Anyone????
>
> At Home in Elfsea
> Darius
>
>
> baron at elfsea.ansteorra.org wrote:
> >
> > Galen here...
> >
> > I've been talking for some time about what I want to do
> > for the chivalric tourney at Elfsea Defender.  I want to
> > toss out the ideas I'm presently working with, and get
> > the barony's feedback on them, especially the fighters'
> > opinions.
> >
> > In period, a tourney would last more than a few hours, or
> > even more than a full day.  They would last up to a week,
> > with different scenarios being tried on different days.
> >
> > In Ansteorra, there have been very few efforts to re-
> > create a tourney of the high middle ages (say 12-14th
> > century), and none that I am aware of that were part of a
> > baronial championship event that included other
> > competitions.  Most familiar to Elfsea fighters is
> > probably the Tournee de Lyonesse, held for several years
> > by Bjornsborg, which in turn was a descendent of the
> > earlier Tournament of Lions.  The Lions tournies
> > simulated different tournament days by seperating the
> > tourney into rounds.  All combat was assumed to be fought
> > _a plaisance_, that is, with blunted weapons.  To be
> > killed or wounded by SCA standards meant to be
> > incapacitated for the remainder of the "day", so you had
> > to wait until the next round to fight.  (However, there
> > was a round fought "a outrance" with sharpened weapons,
> > to settle affairs of honor; wounds taken in this round
> > were retained throughout the tourney.)  Fighters hired
> > heralds and made great shows of their performance on the
> > field.  A herald might even provide a "play-by-play"
> > account of his patron's fight, highlighting his patron's
> > best moves and chivalry, of course.  And the day started
> > with a march of precedence of the fighters, to present
> > them to the Baron of Bjornsborg, Sir Jan.
> >
> > Within the context of Elfsea Defender, there simply isn't
> > time in the schedule to do as much as we'd like, but we
> > can do a smaller version of it, to give us all a taste.
> >
> > I'm thinking of starting with a march of precedence of
> > the fighters and their consorts, in which the fighter may
> > provide his own herald to announce him, if he wishes.
> > The Baroness will preside over a ladies pavillion, who
> > will bestow largess on the fighters that catch their eye.
> >
> > Challenge Round
> > Then the field would be open for challenges.  For 45
> > minutes, fighters could accept or give challenges and
> > fight them out on the field.  Wounds would be retained
> > throughout the round, slain fighters would be out until
> > the next round.  Multiple fights would be fought at the
> > same time.
> >
> > Limited Blows Challenge Round
> > The second round would be also be 45 minutes, and run the
> > same way except you have a limited number of blows:  3
> > blows with each of the traditional "weapons of chivalry"
> > sword, mace (or axe, depending on your persona), spear,
> > or dagger.  Challenge as many fighters as you can, but
> > you can't throw more than 12 shots total during the
> > round.  Perhaps you'd challenge a fighter to all four
> > weapons, or choose a different opponent for each weapon.
> > This sort of limited-blows combat was commonly done in
> > period tournies.  If you haven't done it, you'll find it
> > to be a very challenging sort of combat.  As before,
> > wounds are retained through the round, and killing shots
> > take you out of the round.
> >
> > Defenders at the Barrier
> > In the third round the former Defenders of Eflsea would
> > defend the barrier against any and all comers, for 45
> > minutes.  Challenge them alone or en mass.  Wounds will
> > be retained through the round.
> >
> > Grand Melee
> > Finally, the ladies pavillion will choose a Lord
> > Challenger, and then the Baron will choose a Lord Tenant
> > and his team.  They will lead the sides of a grand melee.
> >
> > After this, the Baron will consult with the prior
> > Defenders of Elfsea to choose which participant is most
> > worthy to become the new Defender of Elfsea.
> >
> > How's it sound?  Do you love it?  Do you hate it?  Do you
> > want to tweak it a little?  A lot?  This _is_ the time
> > for negative commentary.  (Positive, too.)
> >
> > Please be gentle!
> >
> > - Galen Elfsea
> >
> >
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