[Artemisia] Court Report from TRM's Timmur and Tianna

[K Ice]

Greetings unto all of Artemisia,

Please feel free to pass this message on to any appropriate lists and/or 
individuals.

This last weekend saw Crown Tourney, held in the Shire of Arrow's Flight. It 
was a beautiful site with great weather!

Their Royal Majesties held two Courts during this event. The following are 
the Court Happenings and Report from this event.

At Opening Court on Saturday morning, Their Majesties Timmur and Tianna 
inducted Lady Rowan of Loch Salann into the Order of the Gold Scarf.

TRM's then called forth all members of the Golden Gryphon's Talon, and made 
Lord Sieg Geirolnir of Loch Salann a member of this order.

Their Majesties then called forth Baron Sir Tryggva Halfdan. He received an 
amazing Knight scroll, all carved on a wooden Round Shield. HE had been 
knighted 2 1/2 years ago.

Court was then recessed so that the Crown Tourney could begin. It was a very 
large list; I believe it numbered around 20, give or take. I am not positive 
on the exact number. It was an exciting list to watch, with many excellant 
fights and many acts of chivalry.

It came down to 8 fighters in the quater finals (in no particular order) and 
I apologize for any spelling mistakes:

Count Morgan d'Antioche
Viscount Sir Gareth ap Llwewlyen
Viscount Sir Thomas the Diminuitive
Sir Gregory of Bec
Sir Ralph Bigod
HL Raven MacLeod
Master Bartholomew Hightower
Lord Hauk Maclean

It then came down to 4 fighters in the semi-finals:

Count Morgan
Viscount Sir Gareth
Viscount Sir Thomas
Sir Ralph

The finals were between Count Morgan d'Antioche, fighting for Countess 
Esabell Grant, and Sir Ralph Bigod, fighting for Countess Kassandra de 
Catania.

In a best 2 out of 3 finals, Sir Ralph won and became Artemisia's new Crown 
Prince!

There was Peerage meetings and then the Bard of Artemisia competition was 
held during a dinner break. There were many entrants; it was impressive to 
watch these performaces.

Evening Court then began at 7:30pm, with Their Royal Majesties Timmur and 
Tianna, the new Crown Prince and Crown Princess, Ralph and Kassandra, TE's 
of Gryphon's Lair, Baron Thorvald and Baroness Bianca, HE Baroness 
Antoinette of One Thousand Eyes and Vicar Morgan of Loch Salann in 
attendance.

Follows is the list of awards given during TRM's Court:

Trefoil and Mace      Count Morgan d'Antioche and Countess Esabell Grant 
from Arn Hold
Award of Arms      Ruth Wayne of Greenhills  from ?
Gold Key and Cross      Teresa Angelina de Salomanca from Gryphon's Lair
Golden Pillar      HL Hrothgar Hrothgarsson (Fluffy) from Sentinels Keep
Maple Leaf      Countess Esabell Grant from Arn Hold
Quodlibet      Sieg Gierolnir (outgoing Bearer of the Shield of Chivalry) 
from Loch Salann

The new Bearer of the Shield of Chivalry was not present during Court, so 
TRM's presented the shield to his consort. I was given permission directly 
from HRM Tianna to announce that the new Bearer of the Shield of Chivalry is 
Master Bartholomew Hightower from Cote duCiel.

The new Bard of Artemisia is HL Raven MacLeod from Loch Salann.

TRM's were able to formally add Mistress Kelwin Ratslayer to Their guard, 
and Crown Prince Ralph Bigod and His Grace Duke Konrad von Krixen to Their 
Cavalry during Court.

Countess Esabell made announcements on behalf of the Artemisian War Council; 
please plan to volunteer at Estrella this coming year!

Their Majesties called forth Baroness Bianca de Ravenna, Baroness of 
Gryphon's Lair and Mistress of Their wardrobe. HE Bianca spoke to the 
populace, asking that if anyone would like to help sew for TRM's, please 
contact her. Then in a very stealthy way, TRM's called forth all members of 
the Order of the Laurel. They have asked HE Bianca to give Them an answer at 
Gryphon's Lairs' 12th Night event in January, as to whether she would like 
to join the Order of the Laurel.

Their Majesties then called forth all people that were present, that this 
was their first event. Their Majesties gave them tokens from Their 
Coronation, with a dragon on one side (representing the year Her Majesty was 
born) and a boar on the opposite side (representing the year His Majesty was 
born).

There being no further business, Court was then adjourned.

In Service,

Baroness Katya in Raudhara
Principal Lady in Waiting to TRM's Timmur and Tianna
raudhara at hotmail.com