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The City of Lydius
&
The
Admiral of the Lydius Fleet
Admiral
Cronus Cristian

Welcome
All to the
Fourth
Annual
Tournament
of Blades!
Who
will be this En'vars Champion of Blades?

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Crowds will
soon gather
in the Lydius Harbor, adjacent ship decks will fill with on-lookers
as the massive ship, the Steel Wrath sways gently secured to
its moorings; the crowd on board cheering as the Warriors
lift their blades.
The
City of Lydius wishes to welcome all it's citizens,
visitors and guests
for their participation in making this en'vars
Tournament of Blades great fun for all.
And a special thank you to Trentons ayana, Katie Brant, Meira Shayne and Isabeau Saintus
for their assistance and participation in scoring the
spars.
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Come
one, come all and show your skills in the Fourth Annual
Tournament
of Blades!
The
tournament is open to all RWoGH, RRaMC, RSCW and City
Registered Warriors. |
The
Tournament will begin Friday, May 16th
at 9:00pm est and will run
consecutive weekends until we have a Winner! Each night the
Tournament of Blades; Gladius spars will begin promptly at 9:00pm est.
The
Tournament will be held aboard the deck of the Steel Wrath, moored in
the Lydius Harbor. All spars will be with blunt swords and a
selection of swords will be available for those competing. Your weapons will be left with members of the City
Guard before you board the Steel Wrath and may be collected upon disembarking
the ship.
All
guests staying in the City of Lydius for the tournament may reside at
the Sea Breeze Inn or you may stay aboard your ships berthed in our
harbor. Staff at the Sea Breeze Inn are always on duty to tend to
your check in and accommodate your needs. The Harbor Master will assist
with the berthing of your ships and the Lydius Tarn Cots will be
available to all.
The
Lydius City Guard, City Watch, Tarnsmen patrols and Tharlarion Mounted
Calvary will be on watch
throughout the tournament and will escort anyone from the city that
should possibly attempt to cause any disruptions. No City
Passes will be required for those participating or attending the tournament, however if
you desire to remain in the City of Lydius after the completion of the
tournament you are welcome to do so, please then request a City
Guest Pass from the Administrator/Ubar, Trenton DeShea.
Prizes
for the Tournament
| First
Place Winner |
5 Gold Coin, Engraved Tournament Sword
and
your choice of Tarn or Kaiila
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| Second
Place Winner |
3 Gold Coin and Engraved
Tournament
Shield
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| Third
Place Winner |
1 Gold Coin and a set of Turiam Daggers |
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Rules:
Your
caste dice will apply to all participants.
All
registered participants will be sent the itinerary for the event in
advance. All participants must be registered with the RWoGH, RRaMC,
RSCW or City Registered Rarii, no
exceptions and all must register in advance for the tournament.
If more than two warriors register from any city, that city may
send along one merchant for the duration of the tournament and
will be provided a space to work from in the Lydius Marketplace.
You
may select your Gladius sparring partner in advance from the list of
participants you will be sent, or you may decide at the
tournament. As participants are
eliminated each will be matched with the remaining. If there
should be an odd number left, then at random any warrior who has
competed and was eliminated and who is present may elect to compete in
the final round. All dice will be your caste dice, no exceptions with a
dice roll of 1d/6 to determine 1st Strike and Honors. These are friendly
spars amongst Brothers demonstrating their strength and skill with the
Gladius. There will be no other challenges allowed during
this tournament by any warrior for any reason. The Harbor Bay
Cafe will be catering food and
drinks to the ship for all at nae charge to any for the entire event.
Free woman and slaves are welcome.
(Slaves will be asked to exit if
the room is too full.)
Please
copy/paste the Registration form below and send to:
TOURNAMENT OF BLADES REGISTRATION
no
later than Wednesday, May 14th
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Tournament
of Blades
Registration
Form
Name:
Home
Stone:
I
understand that this is a friendly tournament of skill. The fee for this Tournament is the sum of twenty (20)
coppers, sent along with this registration. It is further
understood that should I fail to be present for this Tournament that I
would forfeit my entrance fee.
_________
(Signature of Entrant)
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Congratulations to all past
Winners!
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Past
Champion's of Blades
(5.12.07)
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1st
Place Winner!
Tethrar Haran
Former Ubar of Treve
RRaMC |
2nd
Place Winner!
Merrick Varesh
Warrior of
Schendi
RWoGH
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3rd
Place Winner!
En'Sword of
Lydius
Commander of
the City Guard Lydius
Second Chair of the
RWoGH
LyCV~HRS~LyRC~RWoGH
House Rising Storm
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Past
Champion's of Blades
(5.27.06)
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1st Place Winner!
Cronus
Cristian
Admiral of the
of
Lydius Fleet
LyCV~HRS~LyRC~RWoGH
House Rising Storm |
2nd
Place Winner!
Darius N Riggs
Administrator/Ubar
of Bazi
Master of
House Emerald Thassa
RSCW
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3rd
Place Winner!
En'Sword of
Lydius
Commander of
the City Guard Lydius
Second Chair of the
RWoGH
LyCV~HRS~LyRC~RWoGH
House Rising Storm
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Past
Champion's of Blades
(5.21.05)
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1st
Place Winner!
Lukas
Falconaire
Former Tre'Sword
of
Lydius
Former Harbor
Master of Lydius
Administrator/Ubar of
Schendi
House
Tarns Landing-Schendi
House Tre'Falconaire-Lydius
RWoGH
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2nd
Place Winner!
Tarnstrike
Captain of the Tarnsmen Prides of Lydius
LyCV~HRS~LyRC~RWoGH
House Rising Storm
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3rd
Place Winner!
(CrypticSyn)
Plains of the
Tuchuk
RRaMC
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HarborFest
Feast
Catered buffet aboard
the Steel Wrath for
the duration of the tournament.
Complements of The
Harbor Bay Cafe of Lydius.
Round One
Seafood Chowder
A heady blend of suls,
bosk cream and a mixture of various shellfish and other fishes,
along with finely chopped vegetables, served with toasted herbed sa
tarna chunks
Sorps
On the half shell, served cold
Katch Salad
Leafy greens tossed with a
mild tospit vinaigrette
Grunt/Asparagus Salad
Grunt fillets on a bed of
mixed baby greens, tomatoes, carrots, verr cheese and asparagus
chunks, garnished with nuts and served with a kalana vinaigrette
dressing
Mid Round
Captain's Favorite
Puff pastry shell filled with
savory white grunt chunks and a ka la na sauce
Walk the Plank Plate
Boneless strips of Fish
(planks) deep fried in a meade batter, served with fried sul strips
Captain's Bounty
Steamed sorps, breaded white
grunt, Cosian wingfish livers on toasted sa tarna points, snails,
creamed eel
Deckhand's Delight
Rice served with savory spices
and mixed seafood, peppers, and confettied vegetables
Overboard Oarsman
Filet of white grunt with
tospit and pepper seasoning, served on a bed of buttered rice
Zesty Wingfish with
Mushrooms
Wingfish, boneless, with
mushrooms, butter, pepper, tospit zest
and green onions
Grunt Kabobs
Grunt chunks on skewers with
mushrooms, onions, peppers and larma chunks
Mate's Platter
Bosk Steak seasoned and
roasted to your specifications, smothered in mushrooms and onions
Vulo Bro
Boneless
Breast of Vulo sautéed in a mixture of fresh sliced
mushrooms
and the Chef’s own Kalana Wine sauce
Swabbing the Deck
Celan Melon Slices
Ramberries in Cream
Sugared Larma Slices
Candies, nuts, honeyed dates
&
The Laurius River Barge
Cake
Tre' layered confection of decadent chocolate
cake
chocolate fudge
between the layers
chocolate fudge icing and
sprinkled with chocolate
chocolate on
chocolate and more chocolate : )
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