Greetings Altavia.

We hope you all had fun at this last months’ events. We were able to go to Potrero and enjoy a wonderful weekend of war scenarios and all had a blast. Altavia was well represented on the Armored, Rapier, and Archery fields. As fierce as the fighting was that weekend there was an even fiercer show of force and fervor in the fighting by fighters at the St. Jude’s fund raising tournament. All fighters put forth their best efforts and gave all they could to fight the fight we wish we could vanquish. It was a heartfelt day of community and generosity and it was endearing to see so many people giving what they could for such a great cause.

We are looking forward to the anniversaries and investitures in the next month and seeing you all there.

Yours in Service,
THL’s Baron & Baroness
Griffith Vön Bremen & Amabel Radleigh

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

Hello Altavia! It’s been a busy month of events!

Academia Draconis started off the month with a full weekend of classes, camping and fighting! The wide variety of combat based classes was fantastic, and really allowed for indepth learning and teaching.

It felt like as soon as we were back home we were holding our practice ransom tournament in preparation for our Baronial Anniversary coming up in May. A huge thank you to Giaccino and Brianna, our event stewards who are putting together such a fun and unique tournament format. Thank you as well to everyone who showed up to help us work out all the kinks and get a greater understanding of how the format will work for all.

The next weekend, we had Consorts Champion -take 2- which went great, even with the reappearance of the rain. The mixture of sprinkles, winds, downpour and sunshine could not overshadow the joy of the fighters on the field, and her majesty’s excitement to finally have Champions.

A huge congratulations to the Armored Champion, Musa Black, the first Cut and Thrust Champion, Crow, and the Rapier Champion, Nafar, who not only won the rapier tournament , but was also offered to join the Order of Defense.

During the next week at our monthly arts and sciences class we got together a wonderful group to help start making the belt favors for our Altavian Champions for the upcoming year. We got all the favors sewn, and block printing started on both the champion favors and the site favors for Anniversary.

The month ended with our cousins in Al Sahid and DunOr celebrating their Anniversaries. While we were unfortunately unable to attend Al Sahid, we were happy to know that Altavia was well represented by our populace. We wish our DunOr cousins a happy first year, and had a great time at their anniversary.

We are looking forward to the next month, which is full of tournaments and Anniversaries, including our own!

In Service to the Dream,

Baroness Amabel Radleigh

Baron Griffith von Bremen

Hello Altavia!

It’s been a busy month, with lots of events!

We started off with Red Star Rapier War, where we had an excellent Altavian encampment. We got to enjoy the tournaments, melees, classes, and Bardic performances. Our Baron especially enjoyed getting to be a necromancer- raising the dead in one of the melees.

The following weekend we got to attend Lyondomere Arts and Archery, and Altavia made a great showing, with Altavian archers winning in many different categories.

In individual events, Merlin won the Royal Rounds, Marianna won the balloon melee, and Christof won the Dragon shoot. The day ended with
Christof as the archery champion, Niko as the thrown weapons champion, and Merlin as the crossbow champion! We are proud to have Altavia represented as the new Lyondomere Champions!

We also finished up our segment on Screen printing, with custom screens getting produced and utilized to customize garb and t-shirts. Thank you again to Christof for running the classes and coordinating with IStitch and Print for the use of their facilities.

Following right after, we headed up to Wintermist for the Crown Tournament. It was a good day of fighting, even with the rain and wind. We are excited to welcome Duke Sven and Lady Iseabail as our new Prince and Princess.

Lastly, while we were unable to attend Summergate Anniversary, Altavia was well represented, with Master Niko becoming the Cut and Thrust Champion and Dame Brianna becoming the Bardic champion!

We are looking forward to another eventful month, and are excited to see what the next month brings for us all.

In Service to the Dream,

Baroness Amabel Radleigh
Baron Griffith von Bremen