ES - Elfsea Defender Chivalric Tourney

The Hermit blakrose at swbell.net
Wed Jun 14 12:48:01 PDT 2000


personally----I think it sounds like a good idea

Cian


arthur starkey wrote:
> 
> 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 Li! ons 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 d! agger. 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
>      Defe! nders 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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> What obout including an Archery round where the opponents shoot at the
> combat sillouette targets we have used in the past?  A challenge or
> two could be in progress at the same time the other challenges are
> happening.
> 
> Just a light hearted suggestion
> 
> Artair Macmora
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