Crown Tournament Begins
The tournament to determine the heirs of the East has begun in the Barony of Bergental. The tournament will be run as a double elimination tournament through the semi-finals. Please see the bottom of this post for the full format.
The following combatant couples have begun the tourney:
Group Azure (First to March)
- Duke Ronald Wilmot for Duchess Bronwyn Dawntreader
- Duchess Caoilfhionn inghean Fhaolain for Duke Brennan mac Fearghus
- Jarl Valgard Stonecleaver for Lady Gracia Vazquez de Trillo
- Viscount Culann mac Cianain fighting for Viscountess Sefa Hrafnsdóttir
- Sir Zhigmun’ Czypsser for Bannthegn Leda Zipyos
- Master Aethelhawk Keyfinder for Mistress Siubhan Wallace
- Master Tiberius Iulius Rufus Primus for Lord Vopiscus Rufius Donatus
- Sir William MacCrimmon for Lady Susana Fitzgerald of Clan Houston-Hay of Glasgow
- Sir Matthias Grunewald for Baroness Æsa feilinn Jossursdottir
- Doyen Richard Crowe, Master at Arms for Lady Ameria Browne
- Sir Ryouko’jin of Iron Skies for Lady Indrakshi Aravinda
- Sir William Lockhart, called Galvyn for Rhiannon of Ayres
- Sir Hákon habrok for Lady Eleanor Bywater
- Baron Mark Red Hand for Baroness Gwenllian ferch Llewellyn
- Baron Angus Gove MacKinnon for Mistress Ciara McRobbie
- Baron Elglin of House Eagle for Mistress Juliana von Altenfeld
- Baron Wulfhere of Stonemarche for Viscountess Gwenllian Rhiannon of Dragon Keep
- Honorable Lord Sigurdr Berserk for Mistress Eleanore MacCarthaigh
- Honorable Lord Finan mac Bressail for the Honorable Lady Alys Treeby
- Honorable Lord Duarcaín MacWard for Herrin Catháin Reiter
- Honorable Lord Vlad Iliescu for Mistress Molly Schofield
- Baron Brick James Beech for Lady Isabel the Vulgar
- Don Robert Tytes for Don Alastar Tucker
- Honorable Lady Aciterix Caldius Julius Cittinius called Kit for Mistress Albreda Aylese
- Honorable Lord Pandarus and Baroness Timbrien Sthenone fighting for each other
Group Or(Second to March)
- Baron Talan Gwyllt for the Honorable Lady Alison Wodehalle
- Honorable Lord Sigvardr Halfdanarson for Lady Bjargey Geirr Hrafnsdottir
- Honorable Lord Corwin Blackthorn for Lady Ada Wright
- Honorable Lord Fearghus mac Cailin for Lady Catriona bean mhic Cailin
- THL Ciarán Ua Baoighill for Runa
- Baron Vladimir Báthory for Lady Andrea Noelle
- Baron Pádraig Ó Brádaig for Lady Martha Bean Ui Bhradaigh
- Baron Alexendre l’Espangol de Orlienz for Mästarinna Margreþa la Fauvelle
- Lord Abel atte Watere for Lady Mjaðveig Gormsdóttir
- Lord Laurence Vaughn for Lady Lillian Hutchinson
- Lord Albrecht Ostergaard for Lady Daniela Rosa da Venezia
- Lord Volmar Sollons for Baroness Iulia Baebianna
- Lord Cassian Arminious for Lady Nyfain merch Coel
- Lord Michał Biały for Lady Robin Baillie
- Lord Ceòl of Glenwood for Anya of La Familia Gladiatoria
- Lord Damhan MacRonan for THL Agnes Marie de Calais
- Lord Marcus Atilius Pansa for Artemisius (Artemis) Octavia Pansa
- Lord Aelfwine Akeworthe for Lady Vitalia la Soliel
- Lord Thorvald Olafsson Kveld-Hrútssonar for Lady Melisande De La Mer
- Aidan of La Famlia for Idris of La Familia
- Astrapia Gorgopa called Astraea fighting for Camillius
- Caccia Trice Stenone for Sir Cassius Pontianus
- Guillaume Du Chantier for Ezra Di Bazzi
- Perseus of La Familia Gladiatoria for Crixus of La Familia
- Tavish Mackinnon for Saga Bjornsdottir
- Zarya Gorgoniya for Thordis Hamrama Gargan
Tourney Format
The tourney will be a standard double elimination tourney.
The first round will consist of a Challenge In round with the combatants split into two groups based on their standings in the Order of Precedence. Those combatants that are in the group with the lower Order of Precedence must challenge a combatant that is in the group that is higher in the Order of Precedence.
After the first round is completed, any necessary Bye fights will be destructive. If you are in the Winner’s List, losing your Bye fight will put you in the Loser’s List. If you are in the Loser’s List, losing your Bye fight will eliminate you from the Tourney. The Bye fights will be fought by that great friend of the East, Syr Beatrix from Aethelmearc.
The Tourney will proceed down until there are four combatants remaining in the Semi-Finals, two from the Winner’s List and two from the Loser’s List. The combatants will be matched up into two rounds with one combatant from both the Winner’s List and the Loser’s List fighting each other. The combatants entering the Semi-Finals from the Winner’s List will only need to win one fight against their opponent to advance to the Finals. The combatants entering the Semi-Finals from the Loser’s List will need to win two fights against their opponent to advance to the Finals.
The Finals for Crown Tourney will be a best of five series. The weapon selection for the five rounds is as follows:
- Round 1 Two weapon
- Round 2 Sword and Shield
- Round 3 Single Sword
- Round 4 Great Sword
- Round 5 Individual combatants’ choice (Bring your best)
The Gazette thanks our reporters on the ground, the MoLs, heralds, Earl Marshal Staff, and their Majesties for their hard work. Any mistakes are entirely on our part, and not theirs.