[Ravensfort] War of Ages
David Brown
lddevin03 at yahoo.com
Mon Oct 25 08:58:21 PDT 2010
In the words of His Majesty, "Court will be longer than usual but it will be
epic." And epic it was. Many Sable Comets were given as well as AoA's and a
Sable Thistle and A Lion of Ansteorra. 2 Court Baronies were also given (Don
Robert McFarland's wife was one) & of course the Knighting, which was beautiful
and moving. The Raven's Fort table had in the front asile seats so we saw all
the action.
I sat the first gate sift with Mirabelis and Sir Everits and we had an awesome
time meeting people and welcoming them to War of Ages. The site was beautiful,
the fighting heroic and dusty, the A&S and Bardic were great...and the feast was
delicious and plentiful! After the feast Porkulus played to the many revelers
and Lady Tarieja was enchanting as she entertained the crowd with her belly
dancing.
It was one of the best events I have been to in quite some time. The people of
the Shire of Ffynnon Gath are warm and hospitable. If you missed this event then
you missed something truely wonderful.
Lord Devin
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From: Carolyn Pace <ridgetopfarm at me.com>
To: Raven's Fort <Ravensfort at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Mon, October 25, 2010 9:37:39 AM
Subject: [Ravensfort] War of Ages
Greetings everyone,
While I could not hope to compete with our Lemoine's talented writings of
his travels, I will tell of our going's on at War of Ages simply enough.
We had a good showing from Raven's Fort with approximately 15 members
going! We had a great encampment in two areas of the site. Pace and I sat gate
in the evening and morning respectively. Our own Mirabelis ran the entire gate
and was tirelessly at the job for many hours on both days. We got to see many
peoples entering the site as over 400 showed up to celebrate the many
happenings to occur there. The site, our first time, had many awesome buildings
and I was impressed at all that had been built in such a short period of time.
It was dusty however as no rain had fallen in many a day and the sticker burs
were a constant source of discomfort. None the less a great time was had by all.
The vigil was fun to listen to with much laughter and merrymaking until the wee
morning hours. Then the fighting began and it was awesome. The list was large
with much fighting , archery bolts flying and laughter and grunting etc. on both
sides. And true to period it was very dusty as well. Great clouds of dust arose
as the fighters charged each other constantly. The rapier tourney on the
village streets was fun as well. Much clanging of swords was heard as they went
at each other.
There were a few nice merchants to visit too. The bardic was fun and
entertaining.
Then in the evening, feast was served and it was very tasty and the food
just kept on coming!!! We had a Raven's Forters table right near court and all
the action! Many awards were given by the Crown and Their Heirs. The knighting
ceremony was moving and many a tear was shed as each person told of Sir John's
great deeds.
After court our own Porkulus gave a mini concert and did all of us proud. And
I am still picturing beautiful Tareija balancing a sword and her exotic and
intoxicating dancing to the music. I can also still smell the BACON! that was
served to everyone! The hafla after wards was a nice ending to a wonderful
event. Pace and I got to practice the beats on our drums until we retired to bed
and listened to the rest of the fun and merriment until the morning hours. A
nice lullaby after a long weekend of eventing and fun.
If I forgot something I apologize and encourage others to add to the
memories.
A tired but happy, Giovanna
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