Hello, Altavia!
Spring is just around the corner and, after a relatively quiet February, event season is about to go into high gear!
Since we last met, we’ve attended two events. The first ever Red Star Rapier War in Wintermist and last weekend’s Crown Tournament in Naevehjem.
Rapier War was a blast with many fun times both on and off the field! It was so much fun facing off with our baronial cousins from Dreibergen and then getting to laugh and dance and sing with everyone in the tavern at night. It was great community building event for the kingdom and we both highly recommend attending next year, even if you aren’t a rapier fighter. Thank you to all the Altavians that came out and played!
Crown Tournament was windy and cold, but all our hearts were warmed by the excellent fighting and chivalry shown on the field. We cheered on our marshal, THL Griffith and his lady, Amabel, in the lists and then watched as the finals came down to a three-way Many congratulations to TRH Adam and Staeina! Thank you to all who huddled with Altavia on that chilly day and to our Cousins of Dreibergen who provided hot drinks to all who needed them. On a personal note, thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday both online and in person and especially to all those that came out to karaoke at the Moose Lodge to celebrate with me!
Coming up this weekend is the start of Gulf Wars where TRM will be in attendance and the online West Coast Culinary Symposium. If you are interested in period cooking, I highly suggest checking it out (info is posted on the book of Faces) and consider moderating a session for them as I know they are still in need of people to help out with that.
The following weekend on the 19th of March is the Gyldenhot/Calafia Friendship event. While there will be some fighting, mainly in the form of melees, the focus of the day is the living history artisans village. Come hang out with us in the dragonwing and investigate some new skills during the day. We will bring the baronial kuub set and perhaps get a bit of a friendly tournament going on with that!
That will take us to the end of March but April promises to be busy with two baronial investitures at the end of the month plus lots of planning for our own Anniversary on the horizon. We will need a lot of largess in the coming months, and I have spoken to a few people on some special items. Thank you to all those that have already contributed largesse this year including Niko, Edith, Allesandra, Battista, Caterina, and many more! I will also try and host a couple of ring-making events so we can get a good stock of those going and I am always happy to hear suggestions for other items we should be gifting. Please reach out if you’d like to help!
We hope that you all have a grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat month and don’t forget to spring ahead this weekend.
We love you, Altavia!
Yours in Service to the Dream,
Baron Nikolaos Phaistos
Baroness Briana MacCabe
