<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">To the Grand Barony of Elfsea,</div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Please allow me to echo their Excellencies very kind words. To all those who stepped up to make this event successful my most sincere thank you. </div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Elfsea Defender could not have happened without your support.</div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">To your Excellencies, thank you for trusting me to be a co-autocrat.</div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">To Sir Arthur of the Fen, thank you for allowing me to team up with you in this endeavor.</div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">In Service</div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Sebastian Frobishire</div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">----- Forwarded Message -----</div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><b>From:</b> Baroness of Elfsea via Elfsea <elfsea@lists.ansteorra.org></div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><b>To:</b> Elfsea <elfsea@lists.ansteorra.org></div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Cc:</b> Baroness of Elfsea <baroness@elfsea.ansteorra.org></div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 05:11:57 PM CDT</div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Subject:</b> [Elfsea] Elfsea Defender Thanks</div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div id="ydp438e13e4yiv6197743374"><div>Wow. Elfsea Defender was amazing! Thank you so much to everyone that gave of their time and skills to make it so good. </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you to our autocrats, Sir Arthur and Master Sebastian. You took the time to find and make a great site.</div><div><br></div><div>Lady Gwenfrewi, thank you for stepping up as our gate coordinator. For those of that took gate shifts, we sincerely appreciate you.</div><div><br></div><div>Duchess Sonja, thank you for stepping up as our sanitation coordinator. You and Sir Arthur did a great job keeping the bathroom facilities clean and stocked.</div><div><br></div><div>Honorable Lady Astrid, thank you so much for being our head of entourage and ensuring we had our needs met throughout the day. Honorable Lord Sean, Lady Esmeralda, Lord Sigmund, Lord Gilli, Lady Hotaru, Bhann Mhearai, M’Lady Mjoll, M’Lady Julia, and M’Lady Bjorna, thank you all so much for giving up part of your day to help ensure we had a good day. It was great having all of you as part of our entourage.</div><div><br></div><div>Mistress Adelaide and Mistress Jean-Marie, thank you for your skill at running all of the lysts for our champion tournaments. You both did such a great job keeping the tournaments going smoothly and quickly.</div><div><br></div><div>Lady Gwenllyan, thank you so much for your amazing sideboard! You gave such great hospitality to the visiting royals and made them very welcome in Elfsea.</div><div><br></div><div>Honorable Lady Aline, Lady Elionora, and Lady Aseleif, thank you for your skill and talents in creating such beautiful, cute, and fun scrolls for our champions!</div><div><br></div><div>Lady Elizabeth, Lady Aseleif, and Bhann Mheari, thank you for painting beautiful charters and originals to give to members of our populace for their baronial awards. All of you gave us such a boon by sharing your art.</div><div><br></div><div>Duchess Sonja, Count Floki, Baroness KerMegan, Master John Drake, Centurion Rande, Lord Kenneric, thank you all for marshaling our tournaments throughout the day. You ensured all participants got the most they could out of the fighting and shooting.</div><div><br></div><div>To all entrants to our tournaments, thank you for participating and giving us enjoyment to watch. The skill displayed was most wonderful!</div><div><br></div><div>To our stepping down champions, Count Floki, Master John Drake, and Lord Kenneric, thank you all for running the tournament and for choosing fun formats for the participants. It was a joy to witness. </div><div><br></div><div>To our new rapier champion Don Feodor ‘Fifi’ Nikolaevich Gorodets, our new armored champion Lord Dominus Scaevus, our new archery champion Aldwin Greenleaf, our premier cut and thrust champion Duke Gabriel of Maccusswell, our youth rapier champion William Flokisson, and our youth archery champion Honora Alricsdottir, congratulations and welcome! </div><div><br></div><div>Mistress Amelot and Mistress Rosamund, thank you for honoring Elfsea by having your elevations at our event.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you so much to everyone who attended and helped in any way. The kind words, the smiles, the hugs, and the camaraderie was such a joy to see and experience. It truly warmed our hearts. We cannot begin to fully express our gratitude. Our very first Elfsea Defender as Baron and Baroness was a success because of so many of you.</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely, </div><div>Absolon and Silvana</div><div>Baron and Baroness of Elfsea</div></div></div></div><br></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br><table style="border-top: 1px solid #D3D4DE;"><tr><td style="width: 55px; padding-top: 13px;"><a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" target="_blank"><img src="https://s-install.avcdn.net/ipm/preview/icons/icon-envelope-tick-green-avg-v1.png" alt="" width="46" height="29" style="width: 46px; height: 29px;"></a></td><td style="width: 470px; padding-top: 12px; color: #41424e; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Virus-free.<a href="http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" target="_blank" style="color: #4453ea;">www.avg.com</a></td></tr></table><a href="#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"></a></div></body></html>