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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9665" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9667" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Viking Tournament at Steppes Artisan!</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9669" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9671" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9673" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9675" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Raven banner of tournament sponsor Jarl Hrafn
Olafsson will fly under the aegis of Baroness Ekatarina of the Steppes on 15
August 2015!</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9677" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9679" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9681" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9683" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">As the finest artisans of the kingdom vie for the
title of the 28<sup class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9685">th</sup> Artisan of the Steppes, the fighters of the
kingdom are invited to honor their efforts in a display of martial skill.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9687" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9689" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9691" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9693" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Viking Tournament Rules</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9695" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9697" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9699" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9701" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The format will be a standard 2 out of 3, single
elimination tournament. However the arms and armor in this tournament will be
restricted to those used in the Viking Age (793–1066) within SCA conventions. </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9703" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9705" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9707" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9709" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Weapons will be limited to the following:</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9711" class="" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9713" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9715" style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9717" style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9719" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#252525;background:white;mso-highlight:white">Sverð<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9721" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>(</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9723" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Single-handed
sword)</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9725" class="" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9727" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9729" style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9731" style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9733" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#545454;background:white;mso-highlight:white">Øx<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9735" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>(</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9737" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Hand
axe)</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9739" class="" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9741" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9743" style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9745" style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9747" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Breið-øx<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9749" style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>(Dane Axe)</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9751" class="" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9753" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9755" style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9757" style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9759" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Höggspjót<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9761" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>(short hewing spear)</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9763" class="" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9765" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9767" style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9769" style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9771" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Atgeir<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9773" style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>(halberd)</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9775" class="" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9777" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9779" style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9781" style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9783" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Seax<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9785" style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>(long knife)</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9787" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9789" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9791" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9793" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Shields will be limited to the following </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9795" class="" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9797" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9799" style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9801" style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9803" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Center-grip round</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9805" class="" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9807" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9809" style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9811" style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9813" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Center-grip oval</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9815" class="" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9817" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9819" style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9821" style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9823" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Center-grip kite</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9825" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9827" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9829" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9831" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Armor is encouraged (but not required) to be as
close to as possible as what was worn in the Viking Age. This can include:</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9833" class="" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9835" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9837" style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9839" style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9841" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Hidden armor</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9843" class="" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9845" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9847" style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9849" style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9851" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Full chain shirts</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9853" class="" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9855" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9857" style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9859" style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9861" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Lamellar</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9863" class="" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9865" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9867" style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9869" style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9871" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Spangen or Valsgärde style helms</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9873" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9875" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9877">
Loaner gear will be available.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9879" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9881" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9883" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9885" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The winner of the tournament will be the one that
emerges victorious in the list, and will receive a hoard worthy of a Viking
champion! <span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9887" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>However, there will be other
prizes for those who the hidden judges feel exemplify the look and bearing of a
Viking warrior. </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9889" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9891" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9893" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9895" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">(Showers will be available for combatants after the
tournament. Please bring towels and soap, and be prepared to leave the shower
as clean and tidy as you found it!)</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9897" class=""><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1438792347812_9899" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></div>
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