[Artemisia] Cote du Ciel Birthday, Special Tournament

[Jamukha Batu]

Seax on the Brain

The Shire of Cote du Ciel is holding a Five Weapons Tournament at our 
Shire Birthday celebration on December 5th, 2009. This tournament will 
be open to everyone who wants to fight, but there is a special prize 
that will be awarded to the winning fighter with three years or less 
experience in armored combat.

Because we love all things Viking here in Cote du Ciel, we have 
commissioned Sir Brian O'Barnum to make a one-of-a-kind seax knife. For 
those of you who have seen Sir Brian's work, you know that his blades 
are works of art. Sir Brian was recently elevated to Master of the 
Laurel for his work with armor and blades. His work is among the best I 
have ever seen. The lucky person who wins this knife will have a piece 
of art they can truly cherish for the rest of their lives.

But wait!...there's more; every fighter of three years and less 
experience who enters this tournament will be given a purple heart wood 
spear shaft that is intended to be given to the teacher of their choice. 
The teacher can be anyone whom the novice feels has helped to train them 
in armored combat. The teacher of the winning novice fighter will 
receive a spear tip to go with the spear shaft.

Of course, you're going to have to work for all this cool stuff. The 
five weapons are:
• Sword and Shield
• Single Sword (counted blows)
• Florentine
• Hand and a Half Sword
• Nine foot spear over barricade

If you have them, bring your own gauntlets and weapons, otherwise we 
will be happy to share.
This event will be held in Logan, Utah. Here is a link to the event website:

http://www.coteduciel.org/birthday.html

We look forward to seeing you at our first (and maybe only) 
Seax-onthe-Brain Tournament.