[Ravensfort] Crown List Results...

L T ldeerslayer at yahoo.com
Sun Nov 2 17:55:20 PST 2003


The day was humid and warm but beautiful. 
 
Morning court was short. Their Majesties did their greetings, the steward gave a rundown of things we need to know and Gwenneth BlackRose (the kingdom calendar deputy) was asked if she would like to be a Laurel. The ceremony and vigil are set for Bordermarch Melees. 
 
Then their Majesties had all the Contestants and their Consorts line up in precedence order to be announced. Kief and I were among them (between Burke and Vanessa and Rhodri and Kaitlyn) and so were several of my Amazon relations...including Aaron and Britta, Miguel and Conal, Evetts and Aleksandra, Dux and Vix, and Gerard and Fionna. 
Kief had his squire Dolfin process in with us holding Kief's fighting helm.
 
After the procession the Contestants were called up to swear the oath. This oath basically is a verbal recognition of the contract the contestants sign upon entry in the tournament to ensure that the contestants had the willingness and ability to financially and otherwise support the office of Crown.
 
The fighting was grand...Timothy of Glasonbury will be soon posting the rounds on Ansteorra-Announce ...so I will not go into detail about that ....
 
Since Kief was out in an early round, I was able to help others whose fighters were still in the tournament. I had much fun socializing with and encouraging the Consorts (as well as others in attendance) while Kief did his duty watching and marshalling fights and encouraging the fighters.
 
The final round was monochromatic...Aaron was in a red tunic with black trim and Miguel was in a flowing red tunic lined with yellow...there was little apprehension because all who attended knew that they had both proven themselves to be good Kings and their ladies to be good Queens...
 
Their Majesties came onto the field after the last fight and His Majesty crowned Miguel as his heir (and mentioned that he was his own grandfather) and Her Majesty gave the crown to Miguel who crowned Conal as princess and queen of his heart!
 
About an hour later there was a formal court to end the day... Their Majesties awarded the newest knight, Sir Virgil, the King's Blade of Honour. Court ended and the majority of the populace disperced...there was a Great Officers of State meeting for the Crown, Heirs and Kingdom Officers, a meeting for Ansteorran 25 th year Committee, and also a meeting for the Gulf Wars Committee. Kief and I left before feast commenced....and we left Dolfin in capable hands...
 
Lorraine DeerSlayer
 
 


Kief av Kiersted <sirkief at yahoo.com> wrote:
Heilsa all...

In a thrilling, well fought, final round that went three bouts. 
Count Miguel de Oporto and Countess Conal have received the
Coronets of the Ansteorran Prince and Princess from the hand of
Their Majesties Ulstead and Cateau...! 

Count Aaron, fighting for Countess Britta, were the
"not-quite-successful" contenders for the right to sit the Lion
Thrones once more.

And excellent list with Honor displayed and Chivalric deeds in
abundance.

During the course of the tournament Count Aaron displayed an
intense focus, relentless drive, and hammer solid blows from his
weapon in all his fights.

Count Miguel used crisp techniques, blinding speed, and pinpoint
thrusts to gain the final round and while tiring under the
onslaught of Aaron's attack found enough energy to dispatch His
Excellency Aaron with a final thrust to the eye slot.

All in all a most excellent day of honorable combat under a clear
Ansteorran sky made more gentle with the aid of welcome breezes.

Now, good neighbors, I am tired from the long drive home and will
close... The right good Mistress Lorraine Deerslayer may well
write at more length of the things she witnessed at Crown
Tournament.

Your good neighbor...





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Wæs Þu Hæl in FriÞ through TroÞ
Kief
"Better the Hammer than the nail..."

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