Honor War A.S. LIX/2025

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Date

April 11-13, 2025

Branch

College of Lyonsmarche

Autocrat

Site

Chief Timothy State Park, Silcott Island

EVENT COPY

Honor War 2025 April 11, 12pm - April 13, 2pm College of Lyonsmarche

Event Stewards: Event Fee: Weekend Adult non-member $30, Youth 17 and under are free. SCA Members receive a $10 discount. Make checks payable to SCA Inc, College of Lyonsmarche.

Site Address: Chief Timothy Park, 13766 US-12, Clarkston WA 99403. 7.3 miles west of Clarkson WA. Our Snake River Port on Silcott Island is once again besieged by roving Atemesian bands of brigands from the East, and South, and North… well from all over. Thus do we call for aid from our Great Neighbors, those brave souls of the Inlands! Ties of old call to the Baronies of Wastekeep, Wealdsmere, and Vulkanfeldt, as well as good cousins throughout the lands of An Tir. Come to our aid, and a share of our lentil bounty! Fighting and food, merry-making and beer! Let us all protect these lands of our Great King Ulfgar and Queen Juahara from the foul highwaymen. Rapier and Heavy WAR!, merchants, bardic, classes and fellowship. Who will fly their flag over our fair island this next year? Championships: A&S, Target Archery, and Rapier.

Weather

Attendance

200 Adult, XXX Youth

ACTIVITIES

Saturday

Heavy and then Rapier War

Cut and Thrust

Archery Championship

A&S Championship

Cooking Championship

Bardic Championship

Court

Sunday

The War

Heavy Scenarios

Honor War 2025 Heavy Scenarios - Based on ancient Corinth and the Corinthian War. by Jorundr Skogarnef

1- Open field battle to warm up. 20 minute unlimited res battle. No war points awarded for this battle. We may adjust sides after this battle.

2- Ambush at Haliartus Based on the 395 BCE battle where Thebans ambushed the Spartans and killed Lysander, their military leader.

Defenders must escort their leader across the field at a walk. defenders have 2 lives, 1 res. The leader has a single life. Attackers have unlimited res but can not leave the res point with fewer than 5 people. 1 war point awarded for success of either side. Swap sides and run it again.

3- Siege of Corinth's Hexamilion wall- The wall guarded the isthmus of Corinth, guarding the Peloponnese peninsula. Defenders guard against a siege from their fortified wall. Defend the two gates. If attackers get in and lower your flag the wall is lost. Unlimited res both sides. Best time is awarded a war point.

4- Ships were transported across the isthmus on the diolkos. Conceived in the 7th century BC by Periander of Corinth, the diolkos (land track way) was used to pull ships across the narrow section of Greece at the city of Corinth, guarding the Peloponnese peninsula.

Defenders pull 4 stray bales across the isthmus. it takes 3 people to move your "boat" across. Success grants you a war point. Stopping the transport grants a war point. 3 res, 4 lives. Swap sides and run a second time. 20 minute time limit.

5- The fortress of Acrocorinth defended the Peloponnese peninsula from attack. Within the fortress were 3 cisterns. As this area was quite arid, the cisterns were very important to troops defending the area.

Defenders start at the gates of the Acrocorinth. Once they die they move back into the fortress to defend the cisterns. defenders have 3 res, 4 lives. Attackers must push into the fortress and raise their flag at the cistern to claim it. Attackers have unlimited res. 20 minute time limit. Swap sides and run it again. Fastest time is awarded a war point If anyone is still wanting to fight after all this we can do a town battle. A chivalry prize will be awarded for the most chivalrous fighter.

Rapier Scenarios

Honor War 2025 Rapier Scenarios - Based on ancient Corinth and the Corinthian War. by Melike bint Mihail riffed off Jorundr Skogarnef

1- Open field battle to warm up. 15 minute unlimited res battle. No war points awarded for this battle. We may adjust sides after this battle.

2- Ambush at Haliartus Based on the 395 BCE battle where Thebans ambushed the Spartans and killed Lysander, their military leader:

Defenders must escort their leader across the field at a walk. Defenders have 2 lives, 1 res. The leader has a single life. Attackers have unlimited res but cannot leave the res point with fewer than 3-5 people (final number will be decided dependent on number of participants). NO RBGs. 1 war point awarded for success of either side. Swap sides and run it again.

3- Siege of Corinth's Hexamilion wall: The wall guarded the isthmus of Corinth, guarding the Peloponnese peninsula. Defenders guard against a siege from their fortified wall. Defend the two gates. When attackers get in and lower your flag the wall is lost. Defenders have 4 res, 5 lives. Attackers have unlimited res.

RGBs Allowed – no reloading. Best time is awarded 1 war point.

4- Ships were transported across the isthmus on the diolkos. Conceived in the 7th century BC by Periander of Corinth, the diolkos (land track way) was used to pull ships across the narrow section of Greece at the city of Corinth, guarding the Peloponnese peninsula.

Defenders pull “ships” of stray bales across the isthmus. 3 res, 4 lives. Swap sides and run a second time. No RBGs. Success grants you a war point. Stopping the transport grants a war point.

5- The fortress of Acrocorinth defended the Peloponnese peninsula from attack. Within the fortress were 3 cisterns. As this area was quite arid, the cisterns were very important to troops defending the area.

Defenders start at the gates of the Acrocorinth. Once they die they move back into the fortress to defend the cisterns. Attackers must push into the fortress and raise their flag at the cistern to claim it. Defenders have 3 res, 4 lives. Attackers have unlimited res. Swap sides and run it again. RGBs Allowed – no reloading. Fastest time is awarded a war point

Cut and Thrust

Cut and Thrust Melee at Honor War! by Morganus Eternus

At the Illaþýttómálefnalegtnafn Monastery lies the famed treasure trove of Saint Phelan! While the war rages for control over the island, a separate battle must be had to secure these sacred artifacts!

We'll be running three CnT melee scenarios at honor war this year. In the first, we'll be playing armor as worn, with spears legal. For the second, spears will still be legal, but no armor-as-worn. For the last, no spears, no armor. Armor inspection will begin at 10AM on Sunday, and we'll run scenarios from 11-12.

The exact format of the scenarios will depend on how many folks we have. If you can, please bring a 3 person team, but if you can't, please come anyway!

What to bring: standard CnT kit, plus spears or armor if you have them/want to use them. Folks with extra gear, please bring it! With luck, we can get some more folks on the field.

We'll also be running CnT authorizations on an ad hoc basis on Saturday, so if you're not authed yet that won't necessarily be prohibative.

Rules for Spears:

Spears are legal, but at this point are *thrust only*

DfB will be legal, but not with spears.

Spear auths for CnT aren't available in An Tir yet--we're allowing folks to bring spear if either A.) They are a member of the An Tir Rapier Spear Experiment or B.) They have an out of kingdom authorization in spear.

Other Relevant Rules:

Standard Rapier Melee rules apply.

DFB will be legal.

Greater blow convention will *not* be in place for this event: Blows to the head, torso, or legals will be considered lethal. If you lose an arm, you may continue fighting with your other arm but you *may not switch*. This is to prevent issues with hand-protection on the field. This *does* mean that you can continue to fight with only a defensive secondary (checks are still legal!)

Cooking Competition

Good people of An Tir and lands beyond! by Elena Castillo de Hispaña I am happy to invite all of you to attend Honor War held on April 11th - 13th at Chief Timothy Park in Clarkston, Washington. We will be hosting an EPIC cooking competition. The populace will vote on the top three winners, who will receive wonderful prizes. A huge kitchen will be provided at the site overlooking the great war for the lentils. Between 12 pm and 4 pm. The kitchen will include grills (charcoal, gas, and flat top), camp stoves, two large dutch oven charcoal cooking tables, a pantry of ingredients, and spices from all over the known world. The only thing the contestants need to bring is their cookware and display wear for their entries. The true test of your skills will reside in how well you use and showcase the "Mystery Ingredients" given to you at noon on Saturday. If you are interested in competing, please contact Ellena Castillo de Hispania, at 509-308-7928 or blackorchidwhip@gmail.com. We want to ensure that we have enough "Mystery Ingredient kits" for all who wish to participate.

Court Report

Brett of Wastekeep (Wastekeep) Award of Arms

Elena Castillo de Hispaña (Lyonsmarche) Award of Arms

Sylvia Nash (Wealdsmere) Award of Arms

Zephfer Grimoult (An Tir) Award of Arms

Fausto Filippo da Firenze (Lyonsmarche) Award of Arms

Hrathi Larsson (Wealdsmere) Award of Arms

Gold Fish (Wealdsmere) Award of Arms

Marie of Wealdsmere (Wealdsmere) Griffe et du Lion

Salvador Rodrigo de Granada (Aquaterra) Iron Chain

Morganus Eternus (Lyonsmarche) Jambe de Lion

William MacKenna (Wastekeep) Pelican

Poseidonis Lákōn (Dragon's Laire) Sable Gauntlet

Kari Eyverska (Wealdsmere) Sanguine Thorn

Nafnlaus Hetison (Wastekeep) Sanguine Thorn

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