Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Gulf Wars Summary

Well, it's a bit late, but here it is. A synopsis of a summary of some of the highlights from my Gulf Wars 2009 experience. Enjoy.

We got there Sunday and managed to set up our tent right before the rain started. It didn't stop until Monday night. We spent all day Monday walking around in the wet, shopping with Her Majesty and one of her Ladies. I bought a new Cut and Thrust sword and a new buckler to go with it.

The weather turned really nice on Tuesday and we fought all day. Came damn close to winning the 6-man melee tourney. Won 3 out of 4 fights, just missing out on the finals.

Wednesday I got shot at with arrows in a Combat Archery Rapier battle. Then fought for the Queen in a tourney. Didn't win, though, sadly. That night we helped with the Meridian Party, which had a Goth theme this year. Hilarity ensued. I got a skull cane to go with my black outfit and it got dubbed "The Pimp Stick of Doom!". Respect the Stick!! I also facilitated the negotiations to hook up one of the North Shield Kingdom's better-looking Rapier people with one of Her Majesties Ladies. When he realized what was going on, he looked at me and said "You... are the Devil!". Well, duh!

Thursday we had our big Field Battle. We got stomped in the first two engagements due to lack of numbers on our side. We got some reinforcements for the friendship battle afterwards and Meridies went apesh*t crazy on the left flank. Tore it up reeeeeeal good. We won that one. Go figure.

Friday I was sick in the morning, but recovered in time to fight in another big battle. That one was a 45 minute long "resurrection" battle in the Ravine. We were heavily outnumbered (again), but Meridies charged bravely into the right flank over and over again and actually took it down a couple times. I was proud of our people even though we lost. Later that night we went shopping again and I got a leather cavalier hat and a new period long coat. Dashing, simply dashing!

Saturday we ran a charity tourney for the Sarah Cannon (Minnie Pearl) Cancer Foundation. Raised over $300 dollars. Very happy about that. Later we fought in the Fort battles. I got nailed in the ribs during the very first engagement hard enough to just about put me on the ground. Pretty sure I cracked a rib, but I fought the rest of the day anyway. C'est la guerre...

Sunday was relatively uneventful as we packed up and went home.

Overall, we worked our butts off, got the crap beat out of us and wound up bruised, sore, sunburnt and exhausted. It was awesome!