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Rapier news from Gulf Wars. Midream did real well, of special not is
the outstanding performance of Azriel and Drache who are first and
foremost citizens of Cynnabar.<br>
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Johannes<br>
Baronial Rapier Champion<br>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Bob
Scheltema (Max) <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:scheltem@yahoo.com"><scheltem@yahoo.com></a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Mid-MOF
Group <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mkmof@yahoogroups.com"><mkmof@yahoogroups.com></a>; Bronze Ring Group
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Monday, March 19, 2012 12:15 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b>
[Mid-MOF] A Gulf War Report - Crossposted<br>
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<div>Below is Don Blayde of the West’s account of
rapier activities at Gulf Wars. I chose to forward
it unedited since many of us here have friends
throughout the Known World. I also chose to
forward it to demonstrate how the Middle Kingdom
DOMINATED there. And also to brag about how well
Drache, Azriel and Fearghus did because not only
are the three of them from Pentamere and more
specifically my region of SE Pentamere, but even
more specifically, Azriel and Fearghus are my
Cadets (and they are also both members of the
Black Tigers, along with Drache, which creates
some interesting familial relationships for me and
Blayde) <br>
<br>
Warder Max<br>
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Gulf Wars was a blast! Starting Monday, the
revenge tourney was a big success with Tiberius
Addams overcoming earlier losses in the round
robin and sweeping the finals. Congrats Tiberius
and great job goes out to Azriel le Fey for
putting it on. Once that was done her reward was
10 minutes of Black Scarf test as a reward.<br>
<br>
As usual, I had a twist for this candidate and at
about the 15 second mark, I went after her
relentlessly for about a minute or so. At one
point she uttered "you're so mean" and "I hate
you." All in fun of course. But, as expected, she
came through with flying colors and is now an
official Black Scarfed member of the Academie
cadre. Shortly afterward, she too Fearghas
Bucannon as a “Black Cord” candidate. Welcome
aboard brother!<br>
<br>
On Tuesday, Uther and I (Uther is King of the West
and Blayde is his rapier champion - Max) entered
the Diamond tourney which consisted of one Heavy
and one Rapier champion from each kingdom. Uther
(being Uther) made his fights look easy. I did as
well until the semi's then struggled a little, but
redeemed myself, and we took home the victory for
the West and the Tigers. <br>
<br>
The melee on Wednesday was fantastic. The combined
forces of Tigers, West fighters, our friends of
the Mid and Gleann Abhann made quite an impact. We
faced Northshield the first two battles and took
them out quite well, but certainly not without a
good fight. In the third battle, we took heavy
losses, but were reinforced by our friends from
Aethelmaerc (No clue how to spell that). Then
Atlantia did their job on the other side and we
won the war point for Trimaris. <br>
<br>
The ravine battle wasn't fun due to no side
evening at first. Eventually, King Uther made the
decision to switch things up and a target rich
environment suddenly appeared. It was good fun.<br>
<br>
On Thursday, Alexander Drache dominated the every
man tourney giving him half of his fourth rank. He
now needs to successfully defeat three people.
Looks like me and Tora are gonna have to up our
dagger budget. Good job Drache! Oh, and I won my
champions fight. Uther, apparently, wrote quite a
big check guarantee to the King of Trimaris, then
gave me quite the herald send off out on the
field. All I can remember is him mentioning a
"flash" and the nickname might be sticking... I'm
a little worried. So, a few seconds into the
fight, I saw an opening on the sword arm and since
I take my Zombieland training seriously, decided
to go for a double tap starting at the arm and
ending in the chest. I guess I surprised him.
Whew! <br>
<br>
The big news was the success of the Zen Warrior
Ladies Championship - Gulf Wars. We had 27
fighters and some very nice prizes donated by Zen
Warrior (Walter Triplett). He gave away a sword
and a pair of nice gloves. The Tigers donated a
mask from Zen Warrior as well, and the ladies were
very excited about the nice prizes. This tourney
is a qualifier for what will be the Zen Warrior -
Known World Ladies Championship at Pennsic after
another qualifier. Eight ladies have qualified by
participating in the tourney. When the fighting
was over, Azriel le Fey was our winner. I'm very
proud of her. Letia from Atlantia placed second
and Arnaz from the West placed third. <br>
<br>
Friday was the big "Ladies of the Rose" tourney
hosted by Ansteorra. It drew 150 fighters, even
bigger than last year when Hawk won. Wow! Our crew
did not win it, but I was very proud of where they
all finished. After six rounds every one was still
in with Azriel le Fey still clean. In the end, she
made the top 9. Fearghas Bucannon and Hawk made
the top six. Good job all. I was supposed to fight
some byes but it didn't happen. So, when the
Trimaris tourney came up next, I jumped in. It was
an hour bear pit, so I dug in and won my first 20
fights, then after a loss, my next nine. I sat
down and it was enough to take it... luckily...
since those two runs wore me out.<br>
<br>
The next tourney was the Midrealm tourney with an
all you can eat format for an hour. Hawk won it
despite Tiberius going 11-0. It was a good lesson
about playing with your food.<br>
<br>
Overall, I'm very happy with our melee experience.
Thanks to Anton, Sylvain and the crew from the
Mists, our hosts Radu and Bri... it was a great
war. And, I'm really proud of our Tiger Academie
fighters.... you all rock!<br>
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