[Artemisia] Rose and Butterfly Tournament at Uprising Silver Jubilee

[Mike Bradley]

Just a quick update...

Having heard from the powers that be on the schedule for Uprising, the Rose
and Butterfly Tourney will be on Saturday, roughly around 10 AM, NOT on
Friday.

Couchbar

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 8:07 AM, Mike Bradley
<connor.mac.michil at gmail.com>wrote:

> Unto the rapier fighters, Ladies of the Rose, and Ladies of the Papillion
> of Artemisia
>
> as well,
>
> Unto the visiting rapier fighters, Ladies of the Rose, and Ladies of the
> ... (Viscountesses*) coming to Uprising in the Splendid Peacock Lands of One
> Thousand Eyes in the Noble and Glorious Sovereign Lands of Artemisia
>
>
> Does HL Conchobhar mac Michil, by the Grace of Their Gryphon Majesties of
> Artemisia, Defender of the White Scarf, send most humble and heartfelt
> Greetings and Salutations,
>
> First, let me apologize for the lateness of the announcement for this
> year's tournament.  Real life has been conspiring against allowing me the
> time to dictate to my scribe.  Thankfully, my scribe kept a copy of last
> year's missive for me to quickly edit. Secondly, feel free to forward this
> letter around the Known World if you think it necessary, as it is only being
> sent directly to the rapier lists of Artemisia, Atenveldt, and the Outlands
> (they being the two Kingdoms with the most visitors to Uprising each year).
>
>
> This year, at the 24th anniversary* of the (failed) revolt of the Northern
> Atenveldt shires, I Don Conchobhar will once again be running and sponsoring
> the Rose and Butterfly Tournament in the manner that I prefer.
>
> To wit:
> Those fighters wishing to enter must have a sponsor. Said sponsor must be a
> member of the Order of the Rose (i.e., a Countess or Duchess), a Lady of the
> Papillion** (Viscountess) or a currently seated Queen, Princess, or Heir to
> one of those titles. Those Ladies eligible to sponsor fighters may sponsor
> one fighter for each reign that they did serve; any variance from that rule
> is at the whim of myself.  It should be noted that my whim always includes
> reigning Queens and Princesses being able to sponsor as many fighters as
> they wish, and to allow Crown Princesses and Tanistas (or whatever
> Principalites call the Princess' Heir these days) to count their upcoming
> reign when determining the number of fighters they can sponsor. (For
> example, HG Renee could sponsor three fighters, twice Queen of Artemisia and
> once Princess of Artemisia.) All fighters must have a letter of marque from
> their Lady Sponsor, or be presented in person to the Marshal of the
> Tournament (HL Conchobhar) on the day of the tournament before the
> tournament starts.  My personal preference is for an e-mail from the sponsor
> in advance, but hand-written and mailed or delivered by hand are fine as
> well.  Due to the lateness of the announcement, even if you will have a
> hand-written letter (some of which have been beautifully done and I love
> receiving) a quick email of intent from the fighter or sponsor would be
> greatly appreciated (and by 'greatly appreciated' I mean 'pretty pretty
> please?' as the more paperwork and tourney prep I can get done before the
> tourney, the less time fighters are waiting to cross blades while I get it
> all together).
>
> The tournament will be held (TENTATIVELY) on Friday morning at Uprising (I
> say tentatively, because there was much discussion about fighting schedules
> for this year, and things may or may have already changed). The format of
> the tournament (round-robin, double elimination, etc.) will be determined by
> the number of entrants. As host of the tournament, I will also be providing
> a prize to the sponsoring Lady and fighter who is victorious on the
> field.***
>
> I would like to remind everyone why I started this tournament.  This
> tournament is not about fighting for personal glory.  It is fighting for the
> glory and honor of those Ladies, that by tradition in Artemisia and other
> places, that we fight for.  The King and the Prince, they have had all those
> that wear armor to serve them; the well dressed, well rounded, articulate
> Renaissance men and women of the Arte of Defense chose to serve the Queen
> and the Princess, and they allowed us to fight for them.  They let us fight
> in their name, so, let's fight in their name.
>
> So, as of right now, the list for the Rose and Butterfly Tournament is
> open. My challenge to you all is to have as many of the Ladies whose honor
> we have taken onto the field as Queens and Princesses represented in the
> tournament. I look forward to seeing you all at Uprising.
>
> Don Conchobhar, DWS Artemisia
>
> *Yes, I am very pedantic about language; it comes from being a herald, a
> software engineer, and minoring in linguistics. While this year *is* the
> 25th Uprising, it is the 24th anniversary of Uprising 1, and there was no
> Uprising 0.  It's a fairly common 0-based/1-based index problem.
>
> **Throughout, Lady of the Papillion should be read to include "and all
> other similar Principality Orders for former Princesses".
>
> ***No, I have no clue what the prizes will be right now, and probably
> wouldn't say even if I did.
>