Guardians of the Tor VIII
1999 Photos

Images on this page provided by Lady Ameline, Lady Arabella, Lady Nicollete, Lord Daniel Stewart & Lord Dragonetti.

On the left, the line for the bear pit has formed at the chivalric listfield. From left to right, Ld. Jevan the Fletcher ahead of Ld. Daniel Stewart, Baron Llywelyn, Sir Galen of Bristol, Ld. Hengist barely visible behind Sir Drake. Behind Ld. Hengist is Ld. Dugald Tearloch (squire to Sir Thorkil Magnasin) followed by Ld. Caelin, who stands behind Ld. Dermott and is talking to Ld. Dragonetti. Next is Lord Mableth infront of the barely visible red tabard of Ld. Valentyne Drake. On the right, Mistress Reginlief Ragnarsdottir and Baroness Xene are scrutinizing (or perhaps haggling) over items at the silent barter's circle. HL Mara of Rede is visible directly behind Xene, next to her ? significant other?. Lady Inez is sitting on the far right..

At left, Her Travestina, Raimonda Georgette is prepared for the upcoming Fool's Court. The Travestina was overheard commending her attire as being very airy and cool on this quite humid day. (I did not wish to inquire much further). At right, evening court was well attended at this lovely event site.

On the left, Lord Fearghus MacKenna has just received his splendid collar after being named the new Archery Guardian. Lady Lauretta d' Avenporte, (this event's Autocrat--who did a fantastic job), gives Fearghus' consort, Lady Arabella de Montecute, largess of her own. In the background can be seen Lady Pyro (the acting Herald), Baron Llywelyn, Baroness Xene, Lord Connor na Mara, His Travety Crandall and Travestina Raimonda Georgette (scratching her beard).  On the right, Lady Lauretta displays a fine cloak, also to be awarded Fearghus as the Tor's new archery champion. VIVAT! Lord Fearghus!.

At left, Baron Llywelyn & Baroness Xene announce Don Brendan as the new Rapier Guardian of Dragonsfire Tor. VIVAT! Don Brendan! On the right, Elfsea's rapier marshal, Lord Daniel thanks his list mistress, Lady Genevieve de la Gamba, with a bit of largess.

To the left , Desiree, the new deputy seneschal of Dragonsfire Tor and an emotional autocrat, Lady Lauretta announce Centurion Airaklee Wolf as the winner of the chivalric list and the new Guardian of the Tor! VIVAT! Centurain Wolf! After receiving the largess for the Guardian's consort, Airaklee announced that since he currently lacked a consort, it was his desire for the regalia to be worn by the consort of one who had shown great honor against him on the field this day.

At left, Wolf  was speaking of Lord Corbin de Heather who gave up a chance at victory on the day by honorably yielding to Wolf during one of their encounters. On the right, it must be the Fool's court as we see from left to right, the 'Sir' Geoffrey, the Naughty Peasant Knight (who Galen is quick to insist bears no resemblance), HL Mara the herald and Lady Who Is Tired of Waiting. In the distance is Lady Pyro, Don Llywelyn, Mistress Xene, His Travesty Crandal, Her Travestina Raimonda, the Fool's guard-Whitney and the Elfsea guard captain-Ld. Connor na Mara.

At left, His Travesty is calling for his Intelligencer (Dragonetti) to translate for the Wizard of Foolish Knowledge (Mableth) knealing and distracted by an ominous sight that oddly resembles a high ranking member of Firefall.(The Intelligencer demonstrated his qualifications for that office by being most reluctant to appear in court.) While on the right, we see a good shot of Their Traveties' entourage as well as a good view of His Travesty's Amazing Technicolor Kilt. There's a joke In their somewhere....no doubt.

On the left, the Naughty Knight is sent into a craze at the utterance of the word War by a careless herald during court. He charged out of court, literally leaping over the populace and running out of sight. Well, not quite, he was seen huffing and puffing profusely behind a tree during a brief pause on his way to war.  On the right, a fantastic shot of the new Gaurdians of Dragonsfire Tor. Centurian Airaklee Wolf (chivalric), Don Brendan (Rapier) and Lord Fearghus MacKenna (Archery). The bardic competition held later that night spawned one more champion in Lord Darius of the Bells as the new Titled Bard of the Tor. For all of these men of skill and honor, a hearty VIVAT!, VIVAT!, VIVAT!

Here we find Sir Galen relaxing in one of the many picturesque places on this site.  Whitney joins Galen to see the view for herself and, on the right, appears pleased with the results of her climb. With 100+ year old trees and a river for swimming, this location made for a beautiful event site and was a relaxing change from the hectic pace of many events.

These two Images provided by Lady Nicolette

On the left, Centurion Airaklee Wolf is fighting florentine against Lord Corbin de Heather's glaive. On the right, Lord Dragonetti engages Lord Dermont in heated battle.

PLEASE send corrections or more detailed descriptions to Armand Dragonetti.

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