Avacal Tir Righ War I

Royal Courts

Court of Their Royal Highnesses Owain and Wrenn, Crown Prince and Crown Princess of An Tir
Avacal Tir Righ War
June 28, 2008 being AS XLIII
Shire of Ramsgaard

Being the Report of the Court of Their Royal Highnesses Owain and Wrenn, Crown Prince and Crown Princess of An Tir. Court held on June 28, 2008 being AS XLIII at Avacal Tir Righ War in the Shire of Ramsgaard.

Their Royal Highnesses welcomed into Their Court His Highness Einar Vikingsson, Prince of Avacal, Her Highness Ifatahyo al-Jenne, Princess of Avacal, His Highness Savaric de Porte des Lions, Prince of Tir Righ, Her Highness Safiye Konstantiniyye, Princess of Tir Righ, His Excellency Toryn Davinsson, Tanist of Avacal, Her Excellency Natal'ia Volkovicha, Tanista of Avacal, Her Excellency Caitrin ni Cingeadh, Baroness of Lions Gate, His Excellency Beothuk of the Beothuk, Baron of Montengarde, Her Excellency Wilma the Still, Baroness of Montengarde, His Excellency Ming Lum Pee, Baron of Seagirt.

Her Royal Highness Wrenn, autocrat of the event, thanked the populace for the resounding success of the event. Giving the autocrat team a big thank you, Her Royal Highness asked those present to tell others of the fabulous time had, so that more people may attend next year. Originally, the autocrat team believed there would be approximately 175 people, but the final count was 389.

Her Ladyship Morweena of House Desdecardo gave the results of the Archery War Points. With very even numbers, the first scenario went to Avacal, the second scenario was a draw, and Avacal won the shoot-off to take the Archery War Point.

Her Highness Ifatahyo, Princess of Avacal, called forward anyone for whom it was their first event. Being then joined by Her Royal Highness Wrenn and Her Highness Safyie, They did welcome newcomers and thank them for coming and bringing new life to the SCA.

His Excellency Ming Lum Pee, Baron of Seagirt, made a presentation to Their Royal Highnesses.

Lord Draven McRaith gave the results of the Rapier War Point. Tir Righ took the first and second scenarios, winning the Rapier War Point for Tir Righ. For the third scenario, nine rapier champions took the field, showcasing the best fighters of both sides.

Lord Caemgen macGarbith presented to Her Excellency Caitrin, Baroness of Lions Gate, an application for the Lions Gate Sergeantry trials.

Sir Saif al Sirhan gave the results of the Heavy War Point. Avacal took the first scenario, Tir Righ took the second. The two princes and His Royal Highness met, and declared the Heavy War Point a draw.

Their Highnesses Savaric and Safiye did call forth His Lordship Mark of the White Hand (Ramsgaard), and welcomed him into the Order of the Silver Pillar.

His Lordship Duncan Darroch did present to Their Royal Highnesses, Their Highnesses and Their Excellencies gifts on behalf of the Shire of Ramsgaard.

His Lordship Duncan Darroch also spoke of the Avacal Tir Righ War tokens, available for sale at the event, and did gift war tokens to Their Royal Highnesses and Their Highnesses.

Her Royal Highness Wrenn, to the delight of the populace assembled at Court, did toss into the crowd Avacal Tir Righ t-shirts. Noting that the t-shirts were free to the first persons to pre-register, She encouraged the populace to pre-register for next year. Her Royal Highness also presented t-shirts to Their Highnesses of Avacal and of Tir Righ.

Viscountess Caoimhinn ingen Domnaille presented the results of the A&S War Point: Seige Bag – Expert went to Mistress Yrsa Kettilsdottir (Tir Righ), Seige Bag - Children went to Soleil (Tir Righ), Seige Bag – Adult went to Her Highness Ifatahyo (Avacal), and the Clay category went to Cynewulf (Avacal). The A&S War Point was a draw. Her Royal Highness Wrenn thanked everyone who participated.

Their Highness Savaric and Safiye called forth Her Ladyship Morweena of House Desdecardo (Lions Gate) and did welcome her into the Order of the Silver Pillar.

Their Highnesses of Tir Righ and Mistress Agnes Cresewyke did present to the His Highness Einar a war banner for the Principality of Avacal. The banner, a gift from the Principality of Tir Righ, was made by Mistress Agnes Cresewyke. Thanking Mistress Agnes for her work, Her Highness Ifatahyo did present her with a necklace of beads, made by Her Highness' hand.

His Royal Highness Owain announced the results of the Secret War Points. The Last Person at the Friday night party was the Her Excellency Natal'ia, Tanist of Avacal (Avacal). The last person on the war field on Saturday was taken by Tir Righ. The dumbest single act of the whole weekend was also taken by Tir Righ, thus Tir Righ took the Secret War Point.

Her Royal Highness received cheers from the crowd as She gave away another war t-shirt.

Her Royal Highness announced that Avacal has won the Volunteer Point. Aislinn (Ramsgaard) was the winner of the Volunteer draw, and Her Royal Highness thanked Soleil for helping Her with the draw.

Viscountess Bernadette Ebhilín Árd spoke of Kingdom Bardic, to take place September 27 to 28 in the Barony of Lions Gate.

His Lordship Thomas Lackland of Appledore spoke of the shield blanks, available for sale with proceeds to benefit the Tir Righ travel fund.

His Highness Savaric, Prince of Tir Righ, spoke of a person on site who had inspired Him for years, and that this person had also inspired others, including inspiring Her Highness Safiye to created her first original scroll for this award. His Highness indicated He was pleased to have achieved his rank so that He could recognize this person. Saying that this person literally had done too much to fit in one court, His Highness asked the Court Herald to read the words inscribed on the person's belt: Honour, Chivalry, Humility, Strength, Largesse, Valour. Calling forth Her Royal Highness Wrenn, Their Highnesses of Tir Righ did welcome Her into the Order of the Havoc, which welcome was made with His Highness' own Havoc token.

Her Royal Highness Wrenn did present gifts to Their Highnesses of Avacal and Their Highnesses of Tir Righ.

The War Points were tallied, and Their Highnesses of Avacal and of Tir Righ announced the first war was a draw. When asked by Their Highnesses of Tir Righ, Their Highnesses of Avacal said They would be pleased to meet again next year.

Her Royal Highness Wrenn asked for three cheers for the site owners, and did present them with gifts.

Thus ended the court of Their Royal Highnesses Owain and Wrenn, Crown Prince and Crown Princess of An Tir.

The herald for court was His Lordship Hraði inn Rakki

Written this twenty-sixth day of July, AS XLIII being 2008 in the Common Era,

Dame Elena de Maisnilwarin, OP
Royal Secretary and Court Reporter
To Their Highnesses of Tir Righ