[Steppes] Royal Huntsman Announcement

[Susan Hill]

Greetings to the good gentles of the Barony of the Steppes. It is my honor 
and privilage to announce that the new Royal Huntsman of the Kingdom of 
Ansteorra is none other than our own Honorable Lord Wiliam Ironwyrm. He 
outshot a field of 15 archers in a remarkable contest. Remarkable in that 
the contenders and their equipment all held up remarkably well despite 
incredibly adverse conditions. The event was held in bitter weather with 
wind chills in the teens.Thankfully the waterbearer's of Moonschadowe 
supplied us with hot broth and chocolate all day, standing out in the cold 
without complaint for several hours. Steppes was well represented with 
approximately 1/3 of the archers participating being from our Barony.

There was very nearly a major upset when Lord Alvin du Clairmont (please 
forgive me if I misspelled it) remained undefeated until meeting HL Ironwyrm 
in the finals. Lord Alvin represented our Barony and the future of Archery 
within it with great honor. Up until shooting against HL Ironwyrm in the 
final round, Lord Alvin was the ONLY archer that had not been defeated at 
least once in the double elimination tournament. This is especially 
remarkable as he has been shooting less than 6 months and has been to 
practice only half a dozen times or less. Lest anyone think that this 
acheivement was a fluke, he then shot at the grand opening of Weisenfeuer's 
new Archery range and shot more balloons than any of the archers there, 
includiing several past Royal Huntsmen and members of the Arcus 
Majorus....We will see great things from him in the future, I have no 
doubts.

Thanks yous to the Shire of Moonschadowe (especially the waterbearers), The 
Spinning Winds people who provided a large pavilion for shelter, Lord Arthur 
Blackmoon of Northkeep who had the good sense and thoughtfulness to bring a 
propane heater to keep the inside of the pavilion warm, Don Elric who 
provided a very challenging and entertaining contest, and to my travelling 
companions who made the trip a great deal of fun.

Congratulations, Wil on your well-deserved title, and congratulations also 
to Lord Alvin who was shooting in his first tournament. The past, present 
and future of Steppes Archery well represented.

VIVAT!

----Original Message Follows----
From: ironwyrm at juno.com
Reply-To: Archery within the Kingdom of 
Ansteorra<ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
To: ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org
Subject: [Ansteorra-archery] New member to the Order of Arcus Majoris:
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 18:44:35 -0800

Greetings all,

Tis' my great pleasure to announce that during
court last evening at the Mooneschadowe event
HL Eadric Anstapa was elevated to the Order of
Arcus Majoris by her Majesty Conal.

Pray join me in congratulating the newest member
to that noble Order!

YIS,

Ironwyrm

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