"Our family and household are home safely after one of the most enjoyable rapier events we have ever attended. The hospitality of our hosts in Cynagua and the comraderie of rapier fighters from all over the West was wonderful. That the West Kingdom can host a weekend event that is only about rapier, combining rapier and a pas de armes is too cool for words. The site was wonderful and provided an archery tournament as well. We all got to enjoy the chance to participate on the archery field and had a great time.
"What made this event so special was that first- everyone was there to watch and participate in the rapier tourney. Second- everyone participated in awarding for more than just rapier skills. We were all given beautiful strung glass lampwork beads in the shape of leaves, hearts and a coin. They represented chivalry (a white heart on a white cord), love (a red heart on a red cord), pinache (a leaf on a purple cord) and ferocity (fighting spirit and energy brought to a bought-a metal coin on a blue cord). These were handed out as fighters and viewers saw fit. The fighters only recieved a love token and the non fighters received all of the tokens. This gave everyone a chance to actively appreciate and participate in what they saw. They got to give awards for honor and chivalry above victory.
"Our stay would not have been so wonderful without the autocrat of this event. <snip> The Fellowship of The Martillodores hosted an event that had everyone involved in the fighting. Our children were able to approach adults and tell them what they enjoyed about various fights and fighters. It made them feel like they were a part of the whole day.
"Don't even start me on the food!!! When it takes three men to lift the spit and it starts cooking before even I started fighting, it has to be good!!
"Everyone went out of their way to thank our household and John James (the other Caidian attendee) for simply attending when they were the ones who put forth so much effort to make us feel welcome." -- Eogan Ua Confraich (Caid)
On behalf of House of the Fallen Oaks:
Griffin, Elizabeth, Liam, Morgan, Kyle,
Thomas, Cristeane, Caelfind - who all will be back ... rain be damned!
Description of this event (if any), taken from The Page, or from memory of at least one person who attended the event.
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