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Youth Combatants Inspire Ladies of the Rose at Crown

07 Thursday Nov 2013

Posted by East Kingdom Gazette in Events, Heavy List, Youth Activities

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Armored Combat, children, combat, Crown Tournament, Crown Tourney, fighting, Ladies of the Rose, poem, Tournament Results, Tourney Results, Youth, youth combat

youth combatAt Her Majesty’s whim, a Youth Rose Tournament was held before Crown Tournament this past weekend. For those unfamiliar with youth combat, it is run much in the style of adult combat. Each fighter was sponsored by a Lady of the Rose, or a few Ladies of the Rose. The tourney was run as a bear pit. When a fighter won a bout he brought his Rose or Roses a rose, and returned to the list to fight the next combatant. The honor and chivalry of the young fighters was so inspiring that it caused Baroness Aneleda to set words to paper in commemoration.

An Account of the Youth Combat Tournament at Crown Tourney, on the Feast Day of All Souls in Carolingia, as seen by Baroness Aneleda Falconbridge.

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