Baron Dyon's Memorial Tournament AS 44
- Date
- October 01 - 03, 2009
- Branch
- Wastekeep
- Autocrat
- Sir Styrkaar Jarlskald
- Site
- Sacajawea State Park :2503+Sacajawea+Park+Rd.,+Pasco,+WA+99301)
- Weather
- Cool and slight breezes Friday and through the tournament Saturday. It started raining at court and was coming down so heavy during dinner that the Bardic Competition and Best Excuse Not to Pay Taxes were postponed until Yule Feast.
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This year Baron Styrkarr and Baroness Stjarna are pleased to welcome King Cedric and all heavy fighters and rapier fighters to the best annual fighting event in the Kingdom (scientific fact)! In honor of the 30th year of our great Barony we are proud to offer the fighting tournament and event conceived by Baron Dyon so many years ago as well as feasting and dancing and a great deal of general merrymaking.
Activities:
Feast: Hosted feast Saturday night, all food for the feast provided by the Barony of Wastekeep and prepared by out excellent chefs. Site is discretely wet.
Dancing: By popular demand and insistence of the Baroness. Well, it says Baron’s “Ball”, right?
Heavy Fighting: Holmgang tournament on Friday night. The main tournament, in grand Norman style, will be conducted as a team melee divided in to four quarters of different scenarios: Open field, Castle, Woods, and Cliff battles. By convention you may only fight with a long weapon in one quarter. In all other quarters your weapon must be shorter than the Baron’s boarspear (7’4”). Prize: World famous custom rawhide-wrapped Styrkarr-sword with basket hilt.
Rapier Fighting: Glowstick tournament Friday night, Rose Tournament on Sunday morning.
Archery: Range on-site.