Rowany Festival - Part 2 - Fighting & fun continued
Okay - last time I wrote I covered up to Friday.
Saturday
Day starts with the market - wander in to see what's cooking & help with arranging a few tables - then wander back with money & do a little shopping once things kick off. Some nice stuff (and silly swords) around, however not really looking to buy much this year - saving money for Pennsic and my new helmet. I did buy some great Lochac dice though (must get around to sending that email to Sir Gregory) and some really good beef jerky (Bowen of BordersCros is really good at making it - I should have bought more than just 4 bags).
I am however soon snatched away from the market to sell children (its a calling). Holy cow but we had a lot of children this year in the childrens boffer tournament (Vandel really has created a monster & since he was pushed by Yolande, we know where the blame really belongs - good job guys). Anyhow, after selling off 48 or so children (and making as much money in one year as we have in the last 3) with my assistants, I left the children to fight it out for the tournament. I was enjoying a day off and relaxing & went shopping a little more.
I mulled through the day, relaxing and not running a quest for the kids (which I have done for the past few years), watching the occasional troop come past our campsite (although Lorchan did set a bunch of them after me in my campsite).
In the afternoon we had the big court of the day - with Vandel announcing both the victor of the boffer & his successor (he'll still be involved of course). Court continued with some nice role-playing leading to the spliting of war forces between Alfar (the Usurper) & Draco (the Pretender). Night came & more sociallising, fire-hopping, etc.
Sunday
War day - glorious war day.
Up with eagerness, because of all days, this is the one that I had been waiting for. Up, breakfasted & armoured up - off to the battle field for war (I forgot to mention in my previous post that I had a nice new red & gold surcoat to fit in with the Colus guys - much brighter than theirs & quite cool if I do say so myself).
During the initial preping at the field I noticed my Marshal's Tabard in Sir Steven's hands (I had lost it the previous Festival). I got it back & then got to Marshal the first set of 3 battles - no dramas.
Ute unfortunately had bow troubles during the first set of 3 battles & by the time I knew, she had walked back to camp (bow twisted and she couldn't fix it - I did eventually - it took 15 mins of fine tuning (without armour on)).
Steven is to be congratulated (& Cortain). They did an excellent job of planning out the battles - the spray paint start lines were great & made assisting as a step in Marshal much easier.
This year I was fighting with Blayney - unfortunately, due to various factors the Colus shield wall was down from the hoped for 12 or so fighters and there was just 3 of us - but we had fun. I really like working with Blayney - we get along well & both have a good battlefield awareness - I just have to get used to operating in a primary group rather than a fringe flanking unit.
Best fight of the day was probably the field battle where I got legged early & then killed 3 people from my knees (including lots of travel) and survived.
Lunch came & everyone left (except me). I camped out at the Battlefield, had some lunch, then caught up with Baron Gabriel (St Florians) - quite good really, he's a nice guy with a good view of the world & always interesting to talk with.
Everyone came back & we fought some more - some plans didn't go as planned but we still won the day and had a ball doing it. Only downside was that we only used the town 4 times & the fort once. After the really long walk back to camp I went for a shower, then got back to camp in time for dinner (Richard had cooked up a brillant Roast in our Camp Oven). I got my serving, a beer & then headed off to the Marshals meeting).
Another good night with many friends.
Its late & I should go to bed - the rest will have to be in part 3 - good night.
On a side note, the big travel plans are in final confirmation with travel agent.
Saturday
Day starts with the market - wander in to see what's cooking & help with arranging a few tables - then wander back with money & do a little shopping once things kick off. Some nice stuff (and silly swords) around, however not really looking to buy much this year - saving money for Pennsic and my new helmet. I did buy some great Lochac dice though (must get around to sending that email to Sir Gregory) and some really good beef jerky (Bowen of BordersCros is really good at making it - I should have bought more than just 4 bags).
I am however soon snatched away from the market to sell children (its a calling). Holy cow but we had a lot of children this year in the childrens boffer tournament (Vandel really has created a monster & since he was pushed by Yolande, we know where the blame really belongs - good job guys). Anyhow, after selling off 48 or so children (and making as much money in one year as we have in the last 3) with my assistants, I left the children to fight it out for the tournament. I was enjoying a day off and relaxing & went shopping a little more.
I mulled through the day, relaxing and not running a quest for the kids (which I have done for the past few years), watching the occasional troop come past our campsite (although Lorchan did set a bunch of them after me in my campsite).
In the afternoon we had the big court of the day - with Vandel announcing both the victor of the boffer & his successor (he'll still be involved of course). Court continued with some nice role-playing leading to the spliting of war forces between Alfar (the Usurper) & Draco (the Pretender). Night came & more sociallising, fire-hopping, etc.
Sunday
War day - glorious war day.
Up with eagerness, because of all days, this is the one that I had been waiting for. Up, breakfasted & armoured up - off to the battle field for war (I forgot to mention in my previous post that I had a nice new red & gold surcoat to fit in with the Colus guys - much brighter than theirs & quite cool if I do say so myself).
During the initial preping at the field I noticed my Marshal's Tabard in Sir Steven's hands (I had lost it the previous Festival). I got it back & then got to Marshal the first set of 3 battles - no dramas.
Ute unfortunately had bow troubles during the first set of 3 battles & by the time I knew, she had walked back to camp (bow twisted and she couldn't fix it - I did eventually - it took 15 mins of fine tuning (without armour on)).
Steven is to be congratulated (& Cortain). They did an excellent job of planning out the battles - the spray paint start lines were great & made assisting as a step in Marshal much easier.
This year I was fighting with Blayney - unfortunately, due to various factors the Colus shield wall was down from the hoped for 12 or so fighters and there was just 3 of us - but we had fun. I really like working with Blayney - we get along well & both have a good battlefield awareness - I just have to get used to operating in a primary group rather than a fringe flanking unit.
Best fight of the day was probably the field battle where I got legged early & then killed 3 people from my knees (including lots of travel) and survived.
Lunch came & everyone left (except me). I camped out at the Battlefield, had some lunch, then caught up with Baron Gabriel (St Florians) - quite good really, he's a nice guy with a good view of the world & always interesting to talk with.
Everyone came back & we fought some more - some plans didn't go as planned but we still won the day and had a ball doing it. Only downside was that we only used the town 4 times & the fort once. After the really long walk back to camp I went for a shower, then got back to camp in time for dinner (Richard had cooked up a brillant Roast in our Camp Oven). I got my serving, a beer & then headed off to the Marshals meeting).
Another good night with many friends.
Its late & I should go to bed - the rest will have to be in part 3 - good night.
On a side note, the big travel plans are in final confirmation with travel agent.
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