Announcements from the Storm Thrones

January 29th 2008

By Royal Proclamation of His Highness Prince Owain ap Einar Tournament Shield Conventions of Tir Righ shall be as follows:
        

            Round shields shall measure elbow tip to elbow tip with fists closed and knuckles touching to a maximum of thirty inches. Exceptions for larger shields for extremely tall people may be made on an individual basis by the Coronet.

            All other shield shapes shall be cut from a base rectangle measuring shoulder to shoulder, out of armour and chin to crotch. Chin to crotch shall be measured sitting with the shield tip between the legs and the top edge of the shield under the chin.

            To encourage the use of persona appropriate shields (kites for example) you may take up to six inches off one dimension of the base rectangle and add that same amount to the other dimension.

Owain ap Einar
Prince Tir Righ

Adwen Wrenn

Princess, Tir Righ

 

Coronet Lists during the Reign of Owain and Wrenn A.S. 42

 

            The list shall be standard double elimination with a best two out of three finals.

            All fighters shall have a persona (geographical area and time period i.e. 9th century Norse).

            All fighters shall fight with persona appropriate shield and weapon styles. If your persona /shield/weapon combination is at all unusual bring documentation.

            There will be one weapon per fighter. You may fight shield and weapon or great weapon; you may not fight two weapons.

            There will be one thrusting tip per weapon. You may have a butt spike or a thrusting tip. You may not have both.

            Tir Righ shield conventions shall be enforced. Rounds: elbow to elbow with closed fists, knuckles touching max thirty inches. All others: shoulder to shoulder chin to crotch. Six inches may be taken off one dimension and added to the other for unusual shield shapes.

            There will be no visible plastic. Black plastic hand protection will be overlooked. The coronet will be extremely pleased by those who cover their plastic hand protection.

 

Owain ap Einar
Prince Tir Righ

Adwen Wrenn

Princess, Tir Righ

 

November 2007

Hear ye! Hear ye! Unto all of the good people of the Principality of Tir Righ!

Let it be known to all that a new award has been created in the Principality of Tir Righ - the Order of the Raven's Blood.

The Order of the Raven's Blood - Created by Prince Ulf and Princess Caoimhinn, a mark of favour given once per reign to an individual who embodies the ideals of the Society.

The Order of the Raven's Blood is an Armigerous Award and gives the recipient the right to create and bear arms.

The first recipient of this award was Thegn Einar Guntharson, of the Shire of Lionsdale, at the recent event known as Odin's Playground in the Shire of Lionsdale on September 22, AS XLII.

Dated this 16th day of October, Anno Societatis 42, being 2007 in the common era.


Ulf, Prince Tir Righ

Caoimhinn, Princess Tir Righ