[Ravensfort] Queen's Champion

[Carolyn Pace]

Thank you for that! G 
On Sunday, May 23, 2010, at 10:37AM, "Lemoine Beers" <loco.cerveza at gmail.com> wrote:
>Queen's Champion
>by
>Lemoine de Gascony
>Apprentice to
>Mistress Shanahan the Fey
>
>On May 21st A.S. XLV bring 2010 in the common age 2010. My lady wife
>Rosalia of Raven's Fort and myself traveled to The Canton of Glaslyn
>to compete in the Queen's Champion tournament. In our travels we
>stopped at the home of Lord Conrad and his lady wife. The both of them
>had once lived in Raven's Fort. Lord Conrad made us feel very welcome
>and we enjoyed a wonder dinner and dessert cooked by his lovely wife.
>After dinner and with dessert we shared stories of days gone by and
>lifted a glass to those no longer with us. As in most things we turned
>into bed far too late in the night, the drawing of the early dawn was
>only a few hours away and we needed to be up early. We rose in the
>early daylight hours and after a good breakfast we set out. Upon
>arriving at the site we found friends and caught up on things that had
>happened since the last time we talked. The first part of the
>tournament was a Swiss Five with the first round being single sword,
>the second being sword and dagger, the third being rigid parry, the
>forth being flexible perry, and the last round finishing the same as
>the first with single sword. Then the best of the Swiss Five moved
>into the finals round to become the Queens Champion. Alas neither
>Rosalia or myself made it past the Swiss five but we did enjoy the
>people that we had the honor to duel with that day. We also enjoyed
>the fine hospitality of the Canton of Glaslyn and the fine job they
>did with this event. Returning to the home of Lord Conrad we rested
>and talked of the fun we had before making the long trip back to our
>home in Raven's Fort.
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