[MR] Royal Court Report - Golden Rose Tournament - 041611

[Craig]

Unto Your Majesties Michael and Seonaid, the Triton Principal Herald, 
the Atlantian College of Heralds, the populace of Atlantia, and all who 
read these presents:

Greetings from Cian mac Ceallacháin hUí Dubhlaich, Gordian Knot 
Pursuivant herald of the
Barony of Nottinghill Coill and Royal Herald for the Golden Rose Tournament.

On the 16th day of April, Anno Societatis XLV, Her Majesty Queen Seonaid 
did hold a Royal Court in the Barony of Tir-y-Don, on the occasion of 
the 3rd Golden Rose Tournament.

Her Majesty did process into court, and invited her landed Baronages in 
attendance to accompany her into Court.  Their Excellencies Tir-y-Don, 
Baron Jean-Claude and Baroness Alyna, Her Excellency Black Diamond, 
Baroness Gracia, Their Excellencies Marinus, Baron William and Baroness 
Sarah Beth, Their Excellencies Ponte Alto, Baron Drogo and Baroness 
Adina, and Her Excellency Raven’s Cove, Baroness Katharine processed 
into court and took Their place alongside Her Majesty.  His Excellency, 
Baron Maximilian von Fallingbostel, Baron of Shattered Crystal in the 
Kingdom of Midrealm was visiting Atlantia this day, and was invited by 
Her Majesty to also join her in Royal Court.

Upon the seating of the populace, Her Majesty did greet Her landed 
Vassals, and then welcomed the populace, inquiring if they had enjoyed 
the days tournament.  Resounding cheers were heard throughout the hall 
from the populace as they proclaimed their enjoyment, as well as their 
relief that the weather had held off.

Her Majesty did then have Christine of Marinus called forth into court, 
where in recognition of Christine’s service to her Barony and her 
Kingdom, Her Majesty did see fit to raise Christine to the ranks of the 
nobility by awarding her Arms.  Lady Christine then returned to her seat 
amidst many cheers!

Lord Aidan of Kingswood was then summoned before Her Majesty.  She 
praised him for his work upon the field of battle, and was minded to 
elevate him to the Order of the Silver Osprey.

Eoin mac Giric was called into court.  Her Majesty spoke of Her pleasure 
at the service that Eoin was doing as a Marshal-in-Training and within 
the fighting community, and thus She awarded him Arms.

The Newcomers were then called to present themselves before Her Majesty. 
  The Queen did thank the newcomers, and expressed Her desire that they 
continue to attend events in the future, as they are the lifeblood of 
Atlantia.  After giving the newcomers a token of remembrance, cheers for 
the newcomers echoed from the rafters.

Rose of Tir-y-Don was summoned into Her Majesty’s presence, and based 
upon her service, particularly in the area of waterbearing, was awarded 
the Hippocampus.

Her Majesty had Hannah of Kingswood brought before Her.  Due to Hannah’s 
long record of service to Barony and Kingdom, Her Majesty did raise her 
to the ranks of the nobility by awarding her Arms.

The children of Atlantia were invited to come forth and choose a toy 
from the overflowing toy chest of Atlantia.  The children were most 
pleased with their toys, and Her Majesty was most pleased at the smiling 
young faces before Her.

Lady Theodora Delamore and Lord Segehart Leutmericz were commanded to 
present themselves before Her Majesty.  The Queen spoke of Her 
appreciation and admiration for their work on the beautiful banners used 
for the Golden Rose Tournament, and was thus inspired to grant them both 
an augmentation of arms in the form of a Yellow Rose.

Lady Alana Urquhart was summoned into the Royal Presence, where Her 
Majesty was minded to present her with the Opal, in recognition of her 
service to the Kingdom.

Uilleam Gillecrist Ross was called before the Court, where Her Majesty 
made note of the fact that he was previously awarded an augmentation of 
arms, yet had not been awarded arms.  To recitify this conundrum, Her 
Majesty promptly awarded arms to William, and bade Lord William to 
continue his excellent work.

Her Majesty then rose to address the populace to formally announce the 
transfer of the position of Kingdom Minister of the List.  Mistress Kari 
Kyst, who has served Atlantia faithfully as KMOL, was stepping down, and 
Mistress Ceridwen ferch Owain has officially taken on the position.

The autocrat was asked if he had any words for the populace, which he 
did not.  Her Majesty then had Sir Tnek called forth to announce that 
during the day, a special archery shoot was held to determine the new 
Kingdom Archery Champion, and that it pleased Her Majesty to name Karl 
von Konigsberg as the new Champion.

Winifred merch Ifan was called before Her Majesty, where in recognition 
of her service she was awarded the Hippocampus.

Her Majesty then spoke of the tournament held that day, and announced 
that the Ladies of the Rose had gathered and decided that several 
individuals had performed admirably during the tournament and were due a 
special recognition from the Order of the Rose.  Her Majesty called 
those individuals into court and presented them with special medallions. 
  Unfortunately, I was unable to write those individual names down to 
report in this Court Report.

Her Majesty also spoke of the banners that were created for the Golden 
Rose Tournament, each with one of the virtues that this tournament was 
based upon, and She did then call forth several more individuals to 
present them with the banners.  Again, I was unable to write those names 
down to report on them.

Her Majesty did then announce the winner of the Golden Rose Tournament, 
Mistress Kari Kyst and her team!

Countess Brigit of Mercia come forth with her team to make a special 
presentation.  During the Tournament, her team was observing the Roses 
and their teams, and jointly made a decision as to which Rose best 
exemplified the virtues of the Tournament and was an inspiration to all 
who were present.  The decision having been made, Countess Brigit 
presented Mistress Kari Kyst with a beautiful scroll in honor of her 
being so recognized.

The cooks who labored throughout the day to prepare a sumptuous Day 
Board were recognized and thanked by Her Majesty and the populace.

There being no further business, Her Majesty bade the populace to have a 
safe trip home in the looming weather, and then closed Court.  She 
processed out, followed by her landed Baronages.

This account is accurate to the best of my knowledge and complete to the 
extent of
the information available to me.

Set down and submitted by my hand, I remain, faithful in service to 
Crown and Kingdom,
Lord Cian mac Ceallacháin hUí Dubhlaich, Gordian Knot Pursuivant herald, 
Barony of Nottinghill Coill

(Personal note - my apologies for the lateness of this report.  I have 
been trying to track down names for the OP, and between that and my work 
schedule, I have been a bit behind.
If anyone knows Eoin mac Giric, who received his AoA, please get in 
touch with me.)