NR - Rundel's Margrave/Vormund sorta long

[Sigen3 at aol.com]

Greetings to the North!

The event was wonderful.  There were lots of folks in attendance, and the day 
was one fun thing after another.  The bardic competition was one of the 
largest I have seen in some time, with Signeur Etienne de St. Amaranthe 
winning the finals.  The arts and science competition was won by Lord Aldric 
de Kerr, with beautiful leatherwork.  Knife, ax, spear was won by Lord Magnus 
Dufosse (who just wins an awful lot of these!).  Lord Angus Gunn  won the 
archery...and also received an AOA.  The new Vormund is Lord Puck Oneshoe, 
with Lady Kelandra Carmichael a close second (by one vote).  The new Margrave 
is Hersir Thorgrim Nordvirk.  

Court was a little long, but well worth the time.  I cannot remember all the 
names, but I am sure that Signeur Etienne will post a list.  There were 
several AOA's for folks from Mooneschadowe, and they were all congratulated 
loudly and heartily by their friends (with much amused laughter from the 
court!).  Valstar (from Rundel) is now Lord Valstar.  Please congratulate him 
the next time you see him!  There were also two Rising Stars, and an Iris of 
Merit ( Ismet just changed her name, and I don't have the new one).  There 
were also four new Cornerstones of Northkeep, Lord Ian dun Gillan, Lord 
Wilhelm der Wolf, Lady Britta the Red, and Her Fabulosity Mistress Catrin 
ferch Gwillym o' Gonwey.  Vivat all these deserving gentles.  We would also 
like to mention Sir Iain McClanach(sp?) who was visiting from out of kingdom. 
 He presented a fine example of Chivalry for the event.  He generously took 
time to teach after the tourney, sparring with some of the newest fighters in 
the region, and explaining how and why he did things.  We look to seeing him 
in Northkeep in the future.

The feast was very, Very GOOD!  The food was delicious, and as is usual with 
the folks from Mooneschadowe well served and plentiful.  There was 
entertainment provided by Puck (hope he isn't mad at me), and the musicians 
played beautifully.  All in all, a wonderful time.  Thanks to Lady Sasona 
(sp?) and her crew for working so hard.

We would like to thank everyone who helped our Canton with their event.  They 
are growing, with quite a few new members, and when everyone chips in to help 
at an event, the new folks get to see the best of our society.  We would also 
like to thank everyone who attended the event.  We don't have any numbers 
yet, but it appeared to be the largest Margrave/Vormund to date.  Your 
support of the Northern Region is very much appreciated.

I remain in service,
Sigen Nordvirk
ps <HUMOR ON> thanks to all the Northkeep fighters who didn't come, since you 
probably would have been the ones to take Thorgrim out of the tourney!! <OFF> 
<SEG> :-)
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