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Gryphon’s Fest Archery and Thrown Weapons Schedule

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9:30am – Open Practice

10 am – Hoard the Dragon’s Coins Shoot by Lady Emeline – Try to hoard to as many coins as possible by shooting other peoples’ coins

11am – Team Challenge Shoot by Lord Franz – Teams of 2 will try to best the Three Rivers Team

12 – 1pm – LUNCH BREAK

1pm – Popin-phoenix (formerly known as popinjay) Shoot by Lord Franz – Spinning 3D shoot to hit the phoenix and its minions (balloons)

2pm – Knock Down The Hydra by Lady Emeline – Stop the threatening hydra by hitting knock-down targets

3pm – Stop the Beasts – Hit both flat and 3D targets of demobison and other mythical creatures

Children are welcome to join in any shoot. If they are 13 or younger, a parent must accompany the child to the shoot and be on the line while the child is shooting.

Thrown Weapons will include axes, knives, and spears. One must wear open-toed shoes to play! Lady Hanne will be hosting a competition at 11am. Otherwise, the thrown weapons range will be open as long as a Marshal is available, and at the Marshal’s discretion. There will be loaner equipment to share. Minors 14 years and younger are not eligible to do thrown weapons.

Her Majesty Gwen Calls Muster for Diamond Wars

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Calontir! Your Queen calls you to war!

Her Majesty Gwen will be attending Diamond Wars in the Kingdom of Gleann Abhann October 16-19. This will be an official muster, as requested by Her Majesty, so yes, the purple pavilion will be there to shelter the army!
If you are able to go, sign up on the muster list!http://www.calontirfyrd.org/muster/

More info about the event is here: http://smallgraybear.org/diamondwars/

I will be there! Will you?

Phaedra

Gryphon’s Fest 2014 “BEASTS” Rattan Fighting Scenarios

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Overall Schedule:

  • 9 am Authorizations and Inspections
  • 10 am : Battle scenarios
  • 12:30 pm Break for lunch (field open for pick ups)
  • 1:00 pm Man at Arms Tourney
  • After the tourney, the field will be open for pick ups

Archery:

ONLY Calontir style golf-tube and tennis ball arrows allowed. Thrust and throw javelins allowed. NO baldar blunt or Asgard tipped arrows/bolts will be allowed.

Battle Scenarios:

Team A: Humans. No weapons restrictions (combat archery allowed as below), no unusual fighting conventions

Team B: Beasts. No weapons restrictions. All “beasts” will be separated into teams of 2-4 people. Beasts must remain within arm’s length of all “limbs” (team members). If a “limb” is killed, the fighter must drop to their knees, and the beast can only move as fast the “dead” limb can move. A beast is killed only when all “limbs” are dead. Approximately 50% of the beasts will be considered “flying” for the swamp battle below. In order to resurrect, all parts of the beast must go to resurrection point together, and each “dead” limb takes 1 resurrection.

Village battle: (no archery)

Humans begin in the buildings, beasts outside.
Humans must protect the “grain” (pillows) from the beasts. Grain belongs to the humans if it is in a building AND at least one human is inside.
Beasts are considered in control of the grain if it is removed from the building AND a beast is within weapons length of the grain.
20 minutes res battle with a pause at 10 minutes to count “control”. The number of bags of grain in control of each team is added to the # of resurrections available for the castle battle.

Bridge battle: (no archery)

Last man standing. Winning team gets additional resurrections for castle battle.
Swamp battle: ARCHERY for the HUMANS only
All grain is in the center island. The island has 4 access routes. Fighters must cross on their knees to the island, and may stand on the island. “Flying” beasts may walk to the island. To “ground” a flying beast, they must be struck by an arrow or javelin (thrust and throw spear).
Grain must be removed from the center of the island to your base (near res point).
20 minute resurrection (or until all grain is captured, whichever comes first). The number of bags of grain in control of each team is added to the # of resurrections available for the castle battle.

Open field battle: (no archery)

No archery. Teams are attempting to capture “grain” and return it to their base.
20 minute resurrection. May be reset before 20 minutes if all grain is captured.
The number of bags of grain in control of each team is added to the # of resurrections available for the castle battle.

Castle Battle: ARCHERY for the BEASTS only

Humans are defending. Beasts are attacking.
Beasts have archery. Humans may throw shots down from above/over the walls of the fort.
To open a sally port the beasts must strike the door 6 solid blows.
Last man standing, using the resurrections earned from earlier scenarios.

Man At Arms Tourney:

3 man teams (at least one Fyrdman per team)
Two fights each at the village, bridge and castle.
Each team will attack once and defend once at each location (6 fights). Teams will be randomly assigned on the day of the tourney. We will try to put you with people you have never fought with before. Opponents will change for each location. Any weapon (no archery).

July 2014 LoAR Results

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From Gunnar Thorisson, Vert Hawk Herald, via the Calonlist:

Calontir Acceptances


Calontir, Kingdom of. Transfer of heraldic title White Tyger Herald to Ines Alfón.

Geva de Kent. Device. Lozengy purpure and Or, on a chief invected Or three bunches of grapes purpure.

Martush Aleksandrov. Name and device. Gules, a chevron rompu between five Russian Orthodox crosses two, one, and two Or.

Rodrigo Hernández of Vatavia. Device. Argent, on a chevron purpure three dragonflies palewise Or.

Rohese de Dinan. Badge for alternate name Casilda Manrique de Lara. (Fieldless) On an escallop Or, a rose proper.
Nice badge!

Sciath of Calanais Nuadh. Device. Quarterly gules and Or, two frets couped Or.
This device does not create the appearance of marshalling. The appearance of marshalling can be created by having charges that terminate at the edge of a section or having different types of charges in different sections of the field. Here, neither the Or quarters nor the sections with couped frets, since they don’t extend to the end of the section, appear to be an independent pieces of armory. Thus, this design can be registered.

Wulf Werner. Name.We note that the originally submitted name, Wulf filius Werner, would also be registerable. Ælfwynn Leoflæde dohtor documented patronymic bynames that combine the Latin filius with the unmodified form of the father’s name to 13th century Germany. An example is Wernlinus filius Ermenrich, dated 1267 (Socin, p. 579). As the submitter prefers the fully vernacular form of the name, we are registering the form that appeared on the Letter of Intent.

Calontir Pends

Gawain of Miskbridge. Acceptance of transfer of heraldic title Green Anchor Herald from Society for Creative Anachronism.
This name is pended to allow Laurel to include the transfer of the heraldic title in a Letter of Intent.
This was item 2 on the Calontir letter of April 4, 2014.

 

Gryphon’s Fest Feast Information

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First, a reminder of the menu for this feast:

Sur La Table:  Bread, Butter, “Puddleford Persimmon Chutney,” Assorted small pasties (beef, mushroom, pork)

1st course:  “Small game birds” with 2 sauces (one fruit, one rosewater), a “Tart of Greens”
2nd course:  Venison, Frumenty (a grain dish, similar to oatmeal, but with savory spices), Peas
3rd course:  Roast pork, Compote of apples and walnuts, Stuffed tubes (fried cheese)
Dessert: “Slices” (a pastry of figs, almonds, and raisins), Candied Orange Peel, and “Tart de Pommes” (apple pie)

As previously mentioned, there will be an “off board” option, for anyone interested. The off-board will be all the dishes that are NOT specifically “meat.”  (The idea, here, is to bring your own meat-of-choice.  We will provide a place for the cooking of said meat.  We will then provide all the side dishes, drinks, and desserts…all this, for the lowlow price of $5.  Limit of 20 off-board tickets.)

Vegan alternatives can, and will *cheerfully* be, made available, on request (in advance, please!  I’m not asking for a paid pre-registration, just let me know, so that I can plan for the vegan substitutes I will need to buy).

I would be very grateful if anyone who is interested in either the “off board” option, or the vegan option, would please let me know, some time before Thursday, 9/25 (since that’s when I’ll be doing the bulk of my shopping).

Thanks, much.

Fiondel
Feast Steward, Gryphon’s Fest

Allegories, Myths and Saints Costume Show at Kris Kinder

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Greetings unto the Populace of Calontir,

The Barony of Forgotten Sea will be holding a Costume Show based upon the theme of “Allegories, Myths, and Saints”. Often in Medieval Illuminations, ideas and allegories are personified in costumes that do not reflect what people actually wore. Saints, gods, and historical figures are also often shown in fantastical costumes. However, these costumes are intriguing and appealing to SCA folks precisely because they are atypical. So, let your creativity fly, and come dressed in garb that is inspired by the allegories, myths and saints of the Middle Ages. I look forward to seeing all the inspired garb.If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at artsandsciences@bfs-kc.org. Below are a couple of examples.

YIS,

Lady Cecilia de Gatisbury,

BFS Arts and Science Minister

When and Where:  Kris Kinder, Dec.  14th in the Barony of Forgotten Sea. Time TBA

Facebook Event page:  https://www.facebook.com/events/777921322264086/

 

Examples of Potential Costumes

 

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Philosophy” from Le Livre de Boece de Consolacion (Book 4) Bourges, 1477.

 

 

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John the Baptist and Saint Margaret. From the Master of Saint Bartholomew Alterpiece, late 1400s.

 

 

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Saints Genevieve and Apollonia, 1506, Lucas Cranach the Elder.

 

 

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Persian illumination showing ancient Persians as wearing animal skins.

 

 

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Valkyrie figurine, 800 AD, Denmark.

 

 

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Dionysus, 2nd Century AD. Roman copy of a Greek sculpture. The Hermitage.