letter of intent

[aryanhwy]

And not the heraldic kind.

To:

Their Royal Majesties of Drachenwald, Sven and Siobhan,
The Kingdom Seneschal, Duarte.

Notice of intent to contest crown tourney, Spring 2012.

Master Paul de Gorey and Lady Aryanhwy merch Catmael

I'm entering Drachenwald's next Crown Tournament. In one month's time.

This morning I awoke to an email from Robert of Canterbury subjected "Are you sitting comfortably...?" containing a proposal I'd never expected to receive in my SCA career. Master Paul de Gorey is entering Crown, and his lady, Anne, prefers to be the king's mistress rather than his Queen. Robert wanted to know if I'd be interested in being Paul's consort.

My first response was "King Paul? How cool!" There are a handful of people that I would dearly love to see sit on thrones -- Robert and bend_gules were two, and I'm still miffed that it was ID and not Drachenwald that they ruled, since that means I wasn't their subject; jpgsawyer and edith_hedingham are two more; and Paul is a fifth. I'm delighted and honored and excited and flattered at the thought that he might be king and that he'd be willing for me to be his queen.

So! The letter of intent went off last night, I've got to make travel plans and register for the event, and I suppose now I really do need to make Gwen some garb. badgersandjam, I owe you a big sloppy kiss for listing the Oxford scriptorium event in the DT! For awhile I thought I hadn't attended enough events in the last 18 months, because I didn't see the scriptorium on the kingdom calendar online. But then Robert found it in the DT, so there we go!

Comments

[armillary.livejournal.com]

Whooooah.


And here I wasn't going to Crown. Guess some plans may have to be altered.

[math5.livejournal.com]

That sounds like fun.

[eliskimo.livejournal.com]

So ... details for those of us not in Drachenwald. When and where is your Spring Crown to be held?
Since Kol & I are stepping down from the baronial high seats, we're going to be entering our crown as well.

Do you need some direction on baby garb? I wrote an article on garb for pregnancy, nursing and babies.

[world-rim-walke.livejournal.com]

Woah. Congratulations.

[bend-gules.livejournal.com]

Don't give up on us just yet! We're entered too.

And yes, the thought of King Paul amuses us no end. There will, at least, be plenty of beer and dancing.

For thems that are interested - Drachenwald lists are usually small, like fewer than 10 entrants. This one may be smaller still.

So typically, the lists are round-robin, so everyone who has hauled armour across Europe at least gets to fight everyone in the tournament.

In the regional rotation of kingdom events: If you win in the UK, Coronation is in Sweden or Finland in June, Crown in Germany or Austria in October, and stepping-down is back in the UK at 12th night. You always step down in the same region that you won the tourney.

...and of course, this is a summer reign. :-)

[silme.livejournal.com]

Technically, I believe that the Scriptorium is in the DT by mistake, as it's a shire revel. However, it's in the DT, so you benefit. :)

See you in Oxford and Manchester! What a good reason to travel to England twice in one month. :)

[edith-hedingham.livejournal.com]

that is excellent news from both fronts! Also very sweet that you think John and I would make a great King and Queen! Highly unlikely to happen, but sweet that you think so.

[zevabe.livejournal.com]

If you do end up Queen, please visit Maale Giborim.