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Blustery Weekend away at EKC
May. 10th, 2010 08:22 pmGentle Readers,
I had a lovely little adventure with Shyska this past weekend heading off to East Kingdom Crown. Instead of making the trek Friday night, we decided to leave early (6am) Saturday morning and with stoppage we made it to the site by 11:30. The drive was not bad and the company was terrific so the trip felt pretty quick. The weather, however, was not so good. It was cold and rainy (which is better than the potential snow).
We arrived in time to catch about half of the procession of challengers for the throne. The moment we walked in, I was approached by a woman wearing a marvelously pinked doublet and holding a pamphlet. It was estela-dufrayse with a copy of the Polish Miscellany issue of CA that she had offered me ages ago but not had a moment to send. We chatted briefly and then she returned to her Lord who would be fighting for her.
After the procession, which I think went from lowest rank to highest (but not being sure of all the ranks, I'm not positive) Shyska and I took a tour of the site stopping for some snacks from the ample day board. Then it was back to the list to watch people smack each other around. There were quite a few well dressed fighters and even the worst dressed looked much better than I do in my armour.
The fighting was nice and clean and interesting to watch. I had running commentary from a number of people, including Lord John R. from IDD who I owe a picture of my rapier authorization card which is not where I left it. I think it might actually be in the bag of my rapier stuff. The last place I had it was at Ice Dragon, I think.
Anyway, We eventually made it to the finals where two exhausted titans fought with Greatsword, Florentine, War Hammer and Pole-arm until the victor, Count Gryffith defeated Sir Kenrick with a decisive blow.
At that point I fled for the feast hall to dry out (and also watch the court which lasted some time). Sadly all the protein was gone from the dayboard at that point but there were still lots of yummy apples. Eventually we got the the final (and best) item which was the replacements for Freya's regalia which was stolen.
Court turned into feast and we got to share our table with a IDD couple too far away for me to talk to, Athelhawk nee Taz and his lady who have returned to the sca after a long absence, Sir Wilhelm and his lady Baroness Vienna and also, I think, the Queen's champion who borrowed a bowl.
The feast was good with the highlight being an (eastern) Tiger Subtelety being decapitated at head table.
Apparently this was in retaliation for a blue dragon pelt being gifted to the magisties of the Middle at their coronation.
We headed for bed shortly after feast ended where Shyska made an unpleasant discovery about how much hot water the tank contained.
The next morning we woke up to snow.
This made for a somber ride home but fortunately the roads were fine and we still had the snow tires on the car. However the congestion and road closures in Montreal added an extra hour onto our trip.
Still we made it home safe and sound.
I had a lovely little adventure with Shyska this past weekend heading off to East Kingdom Crown. Instead of making the trek Friday night, we decided to leave early (6am) Saturday morning and with stoppage we made it to the site by 11:30. The drive was not bad and the company was terrific so the trip felt pretty quick. The weather, however, was not so good. It was cold and rainy (which is better than the potential snow).
We arrived in time to catch about half of the procession of challengers for the throne. The moment we walked in, I was approached by a woman wearing a marvelously pinked doublet and holding a pamphlet. It was estela-dufrayse with a copy of the Polish Miscellany issue of CA that she had offered me ages ago but not had a moment to send. We chatted briefly and then she returned to her Lord who would be fighting for her.
After the procession, which I think went from lowest rank to highest (but not being sure of all the ranks, I'm not positive) Shyska and I took a tour of the site stopping for some snacks from the ample day board. Then it was back to the list to watch people smack each other around. There were quite a few well dressed fighters and even the worst dressed looked much better than I do in my armour.
The fighting was nice and clean and interesting to watch. I had running commentary from a number of people, including Lord John R. from IDD who I owe a picture of my rapier authorization card which is not where I left it. I think it might actually be in the bag of my rapier stuff. The last place I had it was at Ice Dragon, I think.
Anyway, We eventually made it to the finals where two exhausted titans fought with Greatsword, Florentine, War Hammer and Pole-arm until the victor, Count Gryffith defeated Sir Kenrick with a decisive blow.
At that point I fled for the feast hall to dry out (and also watch the court which lasted some time). Sadly all the protein was gone from the dayboard at that point but there were still lots of yummy apples. Eventually we got the the final (and best) item which was the replacements for Freya's regalia which was stolen.
Court turned into feast and we got to share our table with a IDD couple too far away for me to talk to, Athelhawk nee Taz and his lady who have returned to the sca after a long absence, Sir Wilhelm and his lady Baroness Vienna and also, I think, the Queen's champion who borrowed a bowl.
The feast was good with the highlight being an (eastern) Tiger Subtelety being decapitated at head table.
Apparently this was in retaliation for a blue dragon pelt being gifted to the magisties of the Middle at their coronation.
We headed for bed shortly after feast ended where Shyska made an unpleasant discovery about how much hot water the tank contained.
The next morning we woke up to snow.
This made for a somber ride home but fortunately the roads were fine and we still had the snow tires on the car. However the congestion and road closures in Montreal added an extra hour onto our trip.
Still we made it home safe and sound.
