[Elfsea] Elfsea Defender Thanks

[Baroness of Elfsea]

We wish to offer our sincerest apologies. In trying to include everyone,
we seem to have forgotten some very important individuals.

To our cut and thrust list mistresses, Her Grace Mistress Ebergardis von
Zell and Her Excellency Mistress Jeanne Marie la Verriere, thank you so
much! We would also like to thank our herald, Don Alric Godwynson for
heralding the cut and thrust tournament.

To Her Excellency Mistress Adelaide de Bourbon and Her Excellency Mistress
Ameline du Bois, thank you both so much for running the rapier and heavy
lists on Sunday. Thank you to Master Sebastian Eton Frobshire for field
heralding the heavy tournament. Thank you to Lord Kellath Dun for being the
marshal in charge of heavy. Thanks to Maestro Diego Fortuna de Almeria for
running the rapier tournament, fighting as the bye, heralding the field,
and serving as marshal in charge.

Again, we cannot thank the populace of both the Barony of Elfsea and the
Kingdom of Ansteorra enough for making the event a success!


In Service to the Dream,
Absolon and Silvana
Baron and Baroness of Elfsea


On Wed, Apr 8, 2026 at 7:09 AM Baroness of Elfsea <
baroness at elfsea.ansteorra.org> wrote:

> Elfsea Defender 2026 was an incredible event! An SCA record was broken! We
> hosted the most elevations in one day! In total, there were 10 elevations.
> We ended up with a total of 293 people in attendance! Their Royal Majesties
> saw fit to elevate the following gentles: Her Grace, Mistress Margherita,
> was elevated to the Order of the Mark along with His Excellency, Master
> Isaac Bane, and Master Ryan Savage. Mistress Koia Karasova and Mistress
> Elizabethe de Salisbiry were both elevated to the Order of the Laurel along
> with His Excellency, Sir Vincenti da Murano (a surprise elevation). Sir Fyn
> Alreksson, Sir Meurik the Humble, and Sir Raulff Smeithberde, were elevated
> to the Order of Chivalry. The second surprise elevation was for Her
> Excellency, Mistress Katerine le Roux d'Anjou to the Order of the Pelican.
> Vivat to all of the Peers made!
>
> The event would not have run smoothly without the efforts of our event
> stewards, Her Ladyship Astrid Flokadottir and Lady Gwenllyan verch Wilkin.
> Thank you both very much for ensuring the success of Eflsea Defender. Her
> Ladyship Astrid also wore more than one hat. As our head of entourage, she
> ensured we had support all day Saturday and Sunday. If we didn't have
> someone, she stepped up and covered us. We would also like to thank Lady
> Cwenthryth of Northwice, Centurion Kobayashi no Hotaru, m'lord Winebald
> Everardson, Duchess Sonja Ryzaja, Honorable Lady Alhdryth ceorlstrang, Lady
> Roana Alys FitzStephen, Lord Kellath Dun, Honorable Lady Marion inghean u'
> Ruanadha, and Master Sebastian Eton Frobishire for giving your time to us.
>
> We would also like to thank the crew that helped with the event setup.
> This includes the people that joined us at our storage facility to get all
> the necessary items to site. Thank you Sir Arthur, newest Lion of
> Ansteorra, Master Sebastian Eton Frobishire, Lady Gwenllyan verch Wilkin,
> Lord Sigmund Ulfsson, m'lady Disa Einarsdottir, m'lord Einar, Honorable
> Lady Marion inghean u'Ruanadha, Honorable Lady Astrid Flokadottir, and Lady
> Cwenthryth of Northwice.
>
> We would also like to give a special thanks to Her Ladyship Gwenfrewi
> ferch Llewellyn for being our gate coordinator. We would like to thank the
> gentles that gave up their time to sit gate shifts: Honorable Lady Marion
> inghean u' Ruanadha, Lady Adelaide de Ruthven, Honorable Lady Megan Flower
> del Wal, Her Grace, Centurion Sonja Ryzaja, Grant Armiger Nalka Um
> Al-Jafna, Lady Machteld van den steinhuse, Carmen of Glaslyn, and Lord
> Kellath Dun. Also, thank you especially to those gentles that helped out
> Her Ladyship Gwenfrewi when calamity struck and the gate pavilion had to be
> rescued.
>
> We would also like to thank our outgoing champions for their service over
> the past year. Thank you Duke Ulsted the Unsteady, our outgoing cut and
> thrust champion, Maestro Diego Fortuna de Almeria, our outgoing rapier
> champion, Lord Martino Giovanni Arciere, our outgoing archery champion, and
> Sir Rande Robertson, our outgoing chivalric champion. You all conducted
> yourselves well and represented Elfsea with dignity. Thank you for creating
> fun formats for the tournaments and for being flexible with the event's
> needs to accommodate all the elevations.
>
> To our incoming champions, Marcus von Fürth, our new cut and thrust
> champion, Master Sebastian Eton Frobishire, our new archery champion, Don
> Mathias Grünwalt our new rapier champion, and Centurion Rollo Svensson our
> new chivalric champion, we are most excited to have you all and look
> forward to seeing what the coming year will bring.
>
> Thank you to all those that entered our lists!
>
> Thanks are also needed for Her Ladyship Alhdryth ceorlstrang for keeping
> the hydration station going!
>
> The announcements for awards and champions would not have been possible
> without the efforts of our court heralds. Don Alric Godwynson took very
> good care of us and performed well on Saturday and His Grace, Sir Gabriel
> of Macusswell, took very good care of us and performed well on Sunday.
> Thank you both for your efforts.
>
> We would like to give special thanks to Her Ladyship Alhdryth ceorlstrang
> and Lady Delfina de Borja. Both helped us create an on-site scroll. Lady
> Delfina loaned His Excellency a pen with which to verb the scroll and Her
> Ladyship Alhdryth embroidered the award insignia directly onto the scroll
> for us for the site manager Blake of the Lake that ensured the site was
> maintained for our use.
>
> We also held a fundraiser at Elfsea Defender to raise funds for our
> continued use of an indoor site for fighter practice, arts and sciences,
> and socializing. We are happy to inform our populace that we raised
> $391.00! This is enough to cover almost an entire month of the indoor space!
>
> We thank Lady Gwenllyan verch Wilkin, her neighbor, Ginger, Sir Arthur,
> and Master Sebastian Eton Frobishire for tearing down the event and
> ensuring everything returned to storage.
>
> Elfsea Defender would not have been a successful event without the efforts
> of the previously named individuals. Thank you all for your service, care,
> and time freely given. We sincerely appreciate all of you.
>
> In Service to the Dream,
> Absolon and Silvana
> Baron and Baroness of Elfsea
>
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