Meridian Fall Coronation

Sorry I didn't post anything before now about the event last weekend. It was full of momentous happenings, but work has been kicking my tired butt and after work has been nearly as busy lately. At any rate, on with the show.

Sadly, the turn out for the rapier tourney at Coronation was disappointing. I suspect this had to do with the sudden, vicious gasoline shortages and price hikes that struck over the weekend due to Hurricane Ike. In all, we had five fighters enter the list, each with an eloquent and moving work of poetry about our fair Kingdom to secure the first of 5 potential points. The list consisted of myself, Ysabel, Hawk, Feodor and Dragonet. After the fighters fought through a gauntlet to "deliver" their poems to Her Majesty (each receiving two chances to do so) and the Queen and Her ladies had chosen their favorite works, the fighter with the best combination of wins and poetic prowess turned out to be.... Ysabel! Additionally, because two of the poems (Hawk's was the other one) were so moving to Her, the Queen ordered them read to the populace at Feast. For some reason, my limerick (written just minutes before the tourney on a 3x5 notecard with a black and white pen left over from RUM) was not so well received. Ah, well, ce la vie.

In other Coronation news, previous to the tourney, Ysabel was also selected by Her Majesty to serve as Her Premier Queen's Rapier Champion! For those who have not heard, the Queen has decided to choose Her rapier champion a bit differently this time around. She will pick one fighter of note at each event She attends to represent Her at the following event(s). Sometime prior to Gulf Wars, those gentles so chosen shall be invited to fight in a tournament to determine who gets the Honor of being Her official Champion at the War. It's a unique spin on the QRC selection that we hope will encourage fighters to come out and try to impress Her Majesty in order to be chosen.

The other significant bit of news is that we have a new member of the Merdian Order of the Blade! Lord Feodor Razin was inducted into the Order during the last court of Their Former Majesties, Caspar and Cecelia. Congratulations Feodor and welcome to the madness.

So, that was our weekend. The only real downside, apart from working ourselves to exhaustion helping run the event, was having to eat at Denny's on the way home. Not our choice, but we didn't want to be anti-social. Denny's is, for the most part, vile and unwholesome. Ah, the sacrifices we make for our Shire. But, the event was a success, the weekend was fun and good people got recognized. Can't ask for more than that.