Tryggvy's War XLIII/2008
Full event title: Tryggvy's War II: Boudica's Revenge
- Date
- July 25-27, XLIII/2008
- Branch
- Three Mountains (Multnomah and Clackamas counties, OR)
- Autocrat
- Boudica the Red
- Site
- Trojan Park
- Weather
- Sunny and warm, even relatively warm in the evening
- Activities
- War between the romans and the celts
- Boudica's Bash torchlight tourney
- Dance
- 2 evening bardic competitions
- Iron Viking/Iron Valkyrie Competetion
Event Highlights
- Slaine' inghean Ui Mhaille inducted into the Order of the Mountain Sun.
- Talieson Teagwas won Boudica's Bash dressed up as "Talia" the maid, in accordance with the rules of the tourney that all fighters must be dressed as women. Skamp (as Mary Meatcart) and Thomas naCourt (Tomasina) also participated.
- Skamp won the Iron Viking Competition
Pictures
Personal Memories
An ode to Mary Meatcart (Skamp's alter-ego for the 'ladies' torchlight tourney): "Mary, Mary, big and hairy, how does your pole-axe throw? With swings and strikes and tangled pikes and a shield line all in a row." --Malkom1366 18:19, 27 Jul 2008 (PDT)