Hello Altavia!

This was a busy, exciting month full of events and milestones.

First up was Angels Anniversary, which was a wonderful day of fighting, with lots of armored and rapier fighters, and Altavia was well represented in each.
We started the day off with Niko taking on Merlin as his Protege and were surprised with a well deserved Pelican offer for Tezar, which she accepted!
We had several Altavian rapier fighters make it quite far into the tournament, and were excited to see Nathaniel win, and become the new Angels rapier champion.

At CAID Rapier Open we saw some of our rapier fighters, Lyric and and Merlin awarded with their Dualists.
There was a great turnout, with 51 fighters in the rapier tournament and 16 in the cut and thrust tournament.
Lyric made it to finals in cut and thrust against Crow, who won in a best two out of three finals.
Both Merlin and Ceallach ended the tournament with only one loss (Bedford style tournament)

At Crown, we had a full day of peerage offers, awards, arts, snow cones and enough fighting to tire even the most energetic and high stamina fighters.

The fighting throughout the day was a joy to watch, and both Sir Christian and Duke Willhelm fought magnificently in finals. At the conclusion of an epic day of fighting we were able to welcome Duke Wilhelm and Countess Lorissa as our new Prince and Princess of CAID.

We’re looking forward to the next month, including a brand new camping event this weekend, Fire and Ice, which is focusing on ranged weapons, as well as our own archery championship, Agincourt, and Great Western War following closely behind.

In service,
Baroness Amabel
Baron Griffith

Hello Altavia!

We had a hot month, and hope everyone was able to stay cool.

Indoor activities are great in the summer, and our
Arts and Sciences night was a great example of things to do inside. Marianna taught a beginning drawing class, going over how to break down drawings into basic shapes and redraw and adapt marginalia. She got people with no drawing experience drawing dragons and birds, and everyone had a great time.

For those who braved the elements, Highland War was held with rapier, armored, archery and arts available. It was exciting to see the the Order of the Mark extend an offer to Ceolwynn of Galtris (Combat Archery) to join Order of the Mark and grow their numbers.

We took the day off for Labor Day, cancelling practice, and hope everyone enjoyed the holiday.

We are looking forward to the next month, which will be jam packed with events, including Lief Ericson, Angels Anniversary, Caid Rapier Open and Crown!

In service to the dream,
Baroness Amabel
Baron Griffith

Hello Altavia!

We started off the last month with Coronation, and it was a gorgeous, heartfelt day.

I want to give a huge congratulations to Matlens Dana Litwack Thomason, who was awarded with a court Barony for all her work throughout the years, highlighting all of the garb she has created for many different reigns over the years.

We got to see the first Peers be elevated into the Order of the Mark. Niko Phaistos, Cecilia de Medici Cybal Hall and Teka Turmanov Tammy Anderson are a wonderful core to start the new Order, and I’m so proud and happy for them.

We also would like to thank everyone who donated to the largesse basket for their incoming Majesties both before and at Coronation. All your generosity and talent is greatly appreciated!

The next day was consorts champion martial, and while we were unable to attend, we heard the day was wonderful, and Nathaniel won in rapier, becoming one of Roisin’s champions.

The next weekend was another double booked weekend, with Calafia (uncollared) Rapier tournament, and we are proud of Ceallach who won the cut and thrust tournament.

The next day was a hot Consorts Champion Ranged out in Dreiburgen. The food, company and ranged prowess were all excellent!
The day ended with two Altavians becoming her majesty’s champions: the newly elevated Order of the Mark premier, Niko, became the Thrown weapons champion, and Achillious became the Handbow champion.

We had a midweek arts and sciences evening, with Merlin teaching a block carving and printing class, and each of the attendees got to carve a block and make prints onto bookmarks.

While the rest of us took some time off, a Caidian contingent that was heavy in Altavians set off to join their Majesties at Pennsic.

Fighters joined their Magesties on the rapier, armored and archery fields, for melees, tournaments and great fun, and Ceallach and Sadhbh were awarded the Cord de Gare for their melee fighting.

CAID fielded a team of Dragoons for Atlantia’s five man tournament and had a strong showing.

On the archery field, Merlin won the Baronial Championship, representing the Barony of Naevajheim as their champion. He and Paganus also both made the tryouts to be primaries in the Allies Championship team, and contributed to the win of both available war points.

We are looking forward to the next month’s events, and as always appreciate everything that all of you do for the Barony.

In service to the dream,
Baroness Amabel
Baron Griffith

Hello Altavia!

We started off this month with Lyondemere Anniversary and a wonderful day of tournaments and friends.

I was thrilled to get to welcome one of our regulars, Gideon, to the order of the Chiron. He is such a a helpful, friendly and skilled presence at our practices, in addition to his home Lyondemere practices.

The tournaments were a pleasure to watch, and we were well represented, with Master Colwyn winning the rapier field and Lyric winning on the cut and thrust field.

We were unable to make it to Gyldenholt Anniversary, but were also well represented there, with Ceallach winning rapier.

Archery practice continues to be well attended, and we hosted our first round of the seasonal challenge, getting Altavia on the board along with Starkhafn for CAID.

This week we hosted a Practice tournament for rapier, cut and thrust and armored formats.
It was great to see everyone come out to practice for consorts champion coming up, and a huge thank you to Giaccino for setting up the event, Colwyn for bringing Eric poles and ropes, and Alexander and Tezar for running Lists.

We are looking forward to Coronation this weekend, to see off Kahn Valentine and King Brocc and welcome in Bjorn and Roisin as our new sitting Royals.

In service,
Baroness Amabel
Baron Griffith