| Twelfth Night | ||
| Excerpts from the Court Report from Twelfth Night by Baroness Guillietta | ||
| Being the Report of the Court of Their Majesties, Christopher and Morgen, King and Queen of Æthelmearc, with His Highness, Rurik, Prince of Æthelmearc in attendance. Court held on 13 January AS 41 (2007), at Æthelmearc Twelfth Night in Their Shire of Hartstone. Baron Fridrikr Tomasson av Knusslig Hamn, reporting herald, with the assistance of THLady Matilda Bosvyle de Belle Aqua. Their Majesties and His Highness, Prince Rurik, invited Lady Renata Rouge, Seneschal of Hartstone into court. Lady Renata thanked many fine gentles who worked in the preparations for the day. She cited in particular one gentle, Luke, who did many and varied tasks. His Highness invited young Luke, age 2 and one half, into court and made him a present of a fine shield and body armor, and Her Majesty presented him with a fine toy. After a brief discussion of the lack of a sword in Luke's fighting kit, court continued. Their Majesties announced that due to the generosity of the kind folk of Æthelmearc, over 350 toys had been collected for Toys for Tots. Their Majesties thanked the Kingdom Bards who unfortunately could not attend, and called upon Gwendolyn the Graceful, Brehyres to announce the outcome of the Kingdom Bards' competition. Eight good and talented gentles competed. Their Majesties then named THLord Dagonell Collingwood of Emerald Lake as Kingdom Bard and invested him with the regalia of his office. Their Majesties invited Lady Portia de Sancto Lucianno into court and created her a Companion of the Keystone for her excellent service to her local group and her Kingdom, most especially to the Æstel. Scroll by Her Excellency, Una de Saint Luc. Their Majesties invited Gwendolyn the Graceful, Brehyres into court and noted her great service to the Kingdom through the Bardic College of Æthelmearc. They then invited the Noble Order of the Millrind into court and elevated Her Excellency to the Order to the great acclaim of the Companions thereof. Scroll by THLady Pleasance de Coignieres. Their Majesties invited Dona Illadore de Bedagrayne into Their court. They noted her long and distinguished service to the Barony- Marche of the Debatable Lands and the College of Cour d'Or and to the fencing community and elevated her to the Noble Order of the Millrind. …... Their Majesties ………. gifted her with the title and dignity of a Baroness of the Court. Millrind scroll by Her Excellency, Una de Saint Luc; Court Barony scroll by THLady Aerin Teine. Their Majesties invited the Most Noble Order of the Pelican into Their court. They inquired of the Order whether they had spoken with the two candidates for elevation and were assured that the Order had done so. Their Majesties then invited the candidates into their court. Their Majesties summoned Mistress Rhiannon y Bwa into Their Court. Mistress Rhiannon entered to the harmony of fine horns and wearing her personal crest atop her "very nice hat". She agreed to Their Majesties' offer of elevation. Her Excellency, Katja Davidova Orlova Khazarina spoke kind words of the joy of service. Mistress Rhiannon was then elevated to the estate of the Most Noble Order of the Pelican. Scroll by THLady Alheydis von Korckhingen, upon a text by Her Excellency, Daedra McBeth a Gryphon.Their Majesties then called forth the aggreived party, THLady Alienor Russeal, and bid her to consider her further independence from the grievous clutches of Dame Alicia. Their Majesties then presented Her Ladyship with a writ directing her to consider elevation to the Most Noble Order of the Laurel and to return to Their Majesties' court at the College of Three Ravens in the Barony of Thescorre on 24 February, there to give her answer. Scroll by Sir AEngus MacBain. The Court of Their Majesties was closed. |
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