Hello Altavia!

It’s been a year already since we stepped up, and we have had such a fantastic time! Altavia Anniversary on Saturday was everything we could have hoped for, and there were so many people who put in time and effort to make it an amazing day.

The William Marshal Ransom Tournament format was such a fun change, and it brought in both fighters and negotiators and got them to work together throughout the day. A huge thank you to Giacchino and Brianna for being our stewards for the event and putting together such a fun and unique tournament format.

Our champions from the tournament were tested throughout the rounds of fighting against many opponents, and we are pleased to have Duke Adam Makandro (armored), MoD vigilant Nafar Sämé (rapier) and the Honorable Dark Lord Diago de las Casas (cut and thrust) as our martial champions, as well as Lady Caterina Sanzio as our Arts and Sciences champion.

A heartfelt thank you as well to Caterina who designed this year’s champion favors and the site token bag designs as our A&S champion last year, and to Merlin Wynn who carved and block printed the designs for the champion favors and the site tokens.

Thank you to the many, many people who helped make this anniversary a success. We could not have such a fantastic event without you all, from working with the park to get the permits to setting up, running lysts, to tearing down, you are all appreciated, and it truly does take a populace to run an event, and a Barony, and we love you all. Thank you.

Yours in Service,

Baroness Amabel

Baron Griffith