East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
Ten days more…and we of Ostgardr will be welcoming the people of the East Kingdom to Crown Tournament. The feast is set, the field is being prepared, the site tokens are made. Some notes on activities – Archery: unfortunately the Boy Scouts have strict rules about use of their range at Camp Pouch, and our …
The list is in order of precedence. Tribune Omega Aurelius Serpentius for Duchess Roxane Farabi Shahzadeh Duke Konrad Der Lowe Von Ulm for Lady Aibhilin Fhionn Jarl (Count) Valgard Stonecleaver for Lady Gracia Vasquez de Trillo Earl Kenric aet Essex for Countess Avelina Keye
The autocrats of the East Kingdom’s Spring Crown Tourney this year, having a site that allows plenty of space for fighters, have added a fighting activity that should appeal to all the chivalrous fighters in the East: a Rose Tournament What is a Rose Tournament? It’s a tournament where fighters pair up as they choose, …
As the topic of the language change around the Inspirational Equality debate heats up around the East Kingdom, I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who has responded here and on Facebook and commend the civility and courtesy with which you have replied. I expect nothing else of our readership, but when an issue is …
At every Crown Tourney, the Ladies of the Rose present tokens to individuals who demonstrate joy for fighting and/or chivalry of note. They also consult with the Queen on the presentation of the Shield of Chivalry, which the Queen bestows on the fighter considered to have shown exceptional chivalry. The following tokens were presented this …
Please note that we have edited the Sweet 16 post to reflect the correct Ivan. Baron Ivan Ivanov syn Dimitriov vynuk Tzardikov fighting for Baroness Mathilde DeCadenet is now listed. We are still ironing the kinks out of our process, and apologize for the mistake.
This photo is by Lady Camille des Jardins, who has graciously shared all her photos of the day at: https://picasaweb.google.com/105277130246371473226/1027CrownTourney
After Gregor was crowned Prince, he addressed the crowd. He said that the previous day had been his fiftieth birthday and he could think of no better present than to make this woman who changed his life princess of the East.
The final two combatants are: Eorl Kenric of Warwick for Hlæfdige Avelina Keyes Duke Gregor von Heisler for Countess Kiena Stewart Two combatants remain and will again fight best three out of five. The weapons forms are similar to what as it was for the semifinals. The first two are Dane Axes and Longsword. However, …
The two combatants from the winners’ list and the two from the losers’ list advanced to the semifinals. This round is decided by the best three out of five fights. At this point the combatant from the winners’ list is considered to have won one fight and the combatant from the losers’ list to have …