[Ravensfort] Fwd: [Ansteorra-announce] Pas at Elfsea Defender

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Tue Sep 24 15:56:20 PDT 2002


--- Timothy Rayburn <timothy at elfsea.net> wrote:
> From: "Timothy Rayburn" <timothy at elfsea.net>
> To: <ansteorra-announce at ansteorra.org>
> CC: <dfw-announce at ansteorra.org>
> Subject: [Ansteorra-announce] Pas at Elfsea Defender
> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 15:04:48 -0500
>
>
> Unto the heroic warriors of Ansteorra does Seamus O'Dubdah and Genevieve de Lironcourt send
> heartfelt greetings and word of the coming Pas d'Arms at Elfsea Defender which shall be presided
> over by Qadi Abd al-Mahdi Jamal ibn Hakim.
>
> As was customary in the times of our ancestors, it is hereby Our desire that in the midst of the
> Defender tournament in the Barony of Elfsea, that We celebrate through skillful and noble deeds
> of arms the wedding of Lady Genevieve de Lironcort. It is thus Our desire to test the mettle of
> knights and other men-at-arms in a pas d'armes to provide a chance for the knights, squires and
> men-at-arms of the Kingdom of Ansteorra to demonstrate their prowess, their courtesy, and their
> eloquence. We intend that they defend Our field, beginning after evening court on the night of
> September 28th, 2002. In the words of the chronicler Froissart, "We beg all those noble knights
> and squires who are willing to proffer challenge, not to imagine for a moment that we are doing
> this out of pride, hatred, or malice, but in order to have the honor of your company and to get
> to know you better, a thing which we desire with our whole hearts. And there shall be no unfair
> advantage, fraud, trickery, or evil design, nor anything not approved by those appointed to
> guard this lists."
>
> Item: This pas d'armes will be held in the customary manner, being contested solely for honor
> and renown, rather than for the base spirit of victory.
>
> Item: The list shall be defended by a those knights and men-at-arms selected by the gallery of
> Ladies at the commencement of the tournament to do them honor.
>
> Item: All who would fight in this pas d'armes, be they knight, squire or man-at-arms, should
> come to the field at the closing of evening court, to the list enclosure before the wedding
> pavilions, bearing their pennant and arms as are appropriate for knights to bear: poleaxes,
> swords, masses, or axes.
>
> Item: Shortly after the close of evening court the King of Arms for the tournament shall let all
> know the rules of the list and begin the procession before the ladies gallery at which time each
> shall be divided between defenders and challengers by the gallery, and the combatants might
> introduce themselves to the gallery.
>
> Item: Following the introductions, there will be a Grand Mêlée, in which all combatants are
> invited to take to the field, armed with but a one single-handed sword and no shield, to be
> fought for the entertainment of the gallery and for the joi de combat of the combatants. This
> combat will use counted blows, there each combatant may be struck with three good blows before
> they must retire from the field.
>
> Item: The defenders will form a line on the Gallery’s right side of the lists, holding
> themselves ready to receive their challenges and then shortly to report for combat.
>
> Item: The challengers will then form a line on the Gallery’s left side of the lists, offering
> persuasive words of challenge while the previous combatants arm and prepare to take the field.
>
> Item: For the challenge, the attackers should indicate the kind of combat they desire: counted
> blows (thrown); Combats over the barrier; Single combats in the field, the number of blows
> received to be one, three, or five; or any two combatants with single swords only, fought in the
> usual way.
>
> Item: After everyone has had an opportunity to challenge, a barrier will be erected across the
> center of the field, and gentles may defend their side of the barrier with single sword. When
> struck, they must retire to their banner issue their war-cry, at which point they may re-enter
> the fighting. This combat will take place for fifteen minutes.
>
> Item: The ladies of the gallery will then choose five of the challengers whose virtue stands
> out, requesting of them single combats in any style that is pleasing to the gallery. These
> gentles may in turn take this commandment to any member of the defenders, sharing their honor
> with them. These five fights will take place one after the other, for the pleasure of the
> gallery and the combatants.
>
> Item: If there is time, other single challenges might be accepted by the defenders following the
> five champions.
>
> Item: We will close the pas d'armes with a grand mêlée over the barrier, fought with spears. A
> single kill will be sufficient to eliminate a combatant, but they might petition the gallery to
> allow them to rejoin their companions. The combat will end when there are no companions left on
> either side, or when the combatants determine that the fight should be ended.
>
> Item: In celebration and recognition of the feast of Our Lady of Mercy, which celebrates when
> the Blessed Virgin did in the year of Our Lord 1218, through holy miracle, ransom all Christian
> knights from the Moors, all ransom shall be considered paid in full by the grace and beauty of
> the Gallery.
>
> Item: The Gallery will be recognizing the deeds of the knights and men-at-arms with prizes from
> their own hand.
>
> Written this 6th day of September by our hand in the Barony of Elfsea, peacefully nestled within
> heart of the Kingdom of Ansteorra.
>
>
>
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