A celebration of the Kingdom with the Castles!
“Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye!
Let all princes, lords, barons, knights, squires and men-at-arms of the marches of Nordmark, and Insulae Draconis, and Knights Crossing, Aarnimetsä, Styringheim the blessed, Gotvik, and Ad Fluemen Caerulum, Isengau and also Meadowmarsh, and Veerfoerden, and Polderslot and Alcazar, and also Adamstor and Griffinstor where the stars are strange, and the College of Saint John, and all others of whatever marches that are in this kingdom and all other Christian and Noble kingdoms, who are not banished or enemies of the King our lord, may God save, know that at the Drachenwald Twenty Year celebrations on the day after Midsummer being Saturday the twenty second of June, at Schloß Ludwigstein in Drachenwald, there will be a very great festival of arms and a very noble tourney with maces of one measure and rebated swords, appropriate armor, with crests, coats of arms covered with the arms of the noble tourneyers, as is the ancient custom;
Of which tourney the captains are the very noble and powerful princes and my very redoubted lords His Grace Duke Thorvaldr Skegglaus, appellant, and His Grace Duke Elffin O'Mona, defendant, being the first and fortieth Kings of Drachenwald.
And to make this better known, all princes, lords, barons, knights, squires and men-at-arms of the above marches, and others from whatsoever nations they are, not banished or enemies of the king, our lord, who wish to tourney to acquire honour, may carry little shields, so that everyone may know who are the tourneyers. And anyone can have them who wants. The little shields are marked with the signs of the two princely captains, appellant and defendant. And if anyone cannot get one of the little shields, or if he has no servant who can make one, he can wear instead a sprig of forest leaves. And this is in honour of the forests of Drachenwald.
And at the tourney there will be noble and rich prizes given by ladies and damsels. And the White Lady, whose name and countenance are secret, shall bestow her favour.
Moreover, I announce to all of you princes, lords, barons, knights, squires and men-at-arms who intend to participate in the tourney that you must come to the inns the day before the day of the tourney, and display your arms at the windows and your crests to the judges, on pain of not being allowed to participate; and this I tell you on behalf of my lords the judges, so please excuse me."
Athestan of Wortham
More information on this event including background on the tourney may be found at http://www.greydragon.org/dw20yc/
