[Steppes] [Glaslyn] [Elfsea] Practice today & Defender of the Flame

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Thank you, Ceinwen, for forwarding this.

> Greetings Glaslyners,
> This was from Lord Armand Dragonetti (past Keeper of the Flame) sent
> on the Elfsea list.
> In service,
> Ceinwen~
> -------------
> >From: "Armand Dragonetti" <dragonetti at generich.com>
> >Reply-To: elfsea at ansteorra.org
> >
> >Indeed, I hope you, (Virgil), will not be out too long. Had I known
that I
> >should be using list poles against you rather than sword and shield, I
> >might
> >have faired better. :-)  We missed you today at another great practice
at
> >Veteran's. Jean Paul remained in town, Centurian Almar, Duncan,
several
> >members of the Fray and many others all helped to make our practice a
> >resounding success. And this on the heels of Saturday's fantastically
fun
> >tournament put on by Master Airaklee and the wonderful Ladies of
Glaslyn,
> >and many others. I don't remember when I've had such a fun and
satisfying
> >weekend. This is the 3rd year that I've attended Glaslyn's Defender of
the
> >Flame with their unique tournament format. It seems to grow each year.
The
> >twinkle in His Majesty's eye and smile on His face as he acknowledged
the
> >fun all were having confirmed the sincerity of His words when he
expressed
> >his desire to not miss this event in the future. There's no doubt in
my
> >mind that Glaslyn's event will continue to grow.
> >
> >For those who may not know, Glaslyn's tournament format begins with a
> >typical first round, usually best two out of three, where the
combatants
> >enter the list with their choice of weapon styles. At the conclusion
of the
> >first round, the victors continue in round two (as "defenders") with
> >weapons
> >of their choosing, but they face two combatants from the first
round's
> >defeated, each armed only with single sword. If the "defender" defeats
2 on
> >1, then they take on three in the 3rd round, and so on. Once defeated,
they
> >join the "attackers" and everyone gets to fight all day.  Saturday,
Virgil
> >and Tomas were the only two to successfully defeat 5 attackers. In
round 6,
> >both Virgil and Tomas were defeated by their six. It was decided to
let
> >them fight 6 again, but the same 6, chosen by Her Majesty. (She chose
well :-)
> >Again, both were defeated and another group of six were picked. Again,
> >stalemate. His Majesty then decided to skip 7, 8 and 9 and go straight
to
> >10, but rather than 10 on 1, the fight was 10 on 2. The victor would
be the
> >man who felled the most attackers before being subdued. The 10 were
chosen,
> >5 by the Ladies of Glaslyn, 1 by Their Excellencies of the Steppes,
and 4
> >by Their Majesties. (I was honored beyond words, to be chosen by the
> >Ladies of Glaslyn to fight as one of the 10) Both Lord Tomas and
Centurion
> >Virgil faced the overwhelming odds with great courage and valiant
effort. In the
> >end, after brutal battle, Centurion Virgil emerged as Glaslyn's newest
> >Defender of the Flame. I leave it to others to recount the Archery and
> >Rapier lists, as I arrived too late to witness them. I do know that
Don
> >Edward Mercer is Glaslyn's Rapier Defender and I believe it was John
(or
> >perhaps Joseph) of the Sphinx (Spinks? forgive me) is the Archery
Defender.
> >Don Brendan was selected Rapier Keeper of the Flame for his
willingness to
> >forfeit an attempt to defend his title in order to marshal the rapier
list.
> >His Excellency Baron Fritz was chosen as the Chivalric Keeper of the
Flame
> >and since part of the prize afforded the Keeper's included items for
their
> >Ladies, and Baroness Caitrin declined to award a prize to herself, she
> >ackowledged the intrepid efforts and resolve of a lady she observed
all day
> >in the list, Melissa of Glaslyn, with those prizes. Well I've run on
long
> >enough, can you tell that I *really* enjoyed this weekend?
> >
> >To the Ladies of Glaslyn, the autocrat, Master Airaklee and his
support
> >staff, the new Defenders and all the participating fighters I give my
> >personal "VIVAT!" for giving me such a memorable weekend!
> >
> >In the service of kingdom and crown, I remain,
> >Lord Armand Dragonetti
> >Squire to Sir Romanius
> >
> >
> > > Oh dear.  Get well soon ,Virgil!
> > >
> > > And those who missed seeing him take on TEN men missed something
worth
> > > seeing yesterday!
> > >
> > > Gerita
> > > humble chirurgeon
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: " Ron Walters" <rwalt5 at sbcglobal.net>
> > > To: <elfsea at ansteorra.org>
> > >
> > > > Greetings Elfsea,
> > > >
> > > >     Unfortunately my knee is swollen up like a grapefruit from
the
> > > >tournament yesterday (twisted it around the list rope poles). I
think I
> > > >am going to stay off of it today, yall have a great practice.
> > > >
> > > >Virgil von Augsburg

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