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<p class=MsoNormal>Our Barony has done very well at our neighbor’s celebration
and selection of defenders. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>After a very long, hot, and hotly contested competition for
the Chivalric Defender (or Warlord) of the Steppes, our own Lord Lochlann Dunn
faced Count Timotheos Kalamanos in an exciting fight. Lord Lochlann did win the
title becoming, I’m told, only the second non-knight to win it (the first
being Duke Inman MacMoore).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>HL Ker Megan of Taransay, known as Pyro, won the Novice
Shoot on Saturday. Not being content with that, she went on to enter the finals
of the Warlord Archery Defender against Sir Carl and Gavin the Younger. In the
finals they shot a dummy knight in armor (choose your own name here) with a
helm that had two eye slits that were about 1 inch by 3 inches horizontally each.
This was at about 30 yards. Only an arrow in the eye slit counted and the first
one to accomplish that won. It took four rounds with the competitors getting
tighter and tighter groupings around the eyes before Pyro finally landed in the
eye slit. The Baroness of the Steppes said she is the only person to ever win
both the Novice and the Defender competitions at the same event. She thought
Pyro was also the first woman to win that title.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Vivat to our victorious Elfsea competitors! And I don’t
think anyone will begrudge me an extra Huzah for my lady Pryo!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>In service,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Caelin on Andrede<o:p></o:p></p>
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