[MR] Royal Court Report - Tournament of Ymir

[Craig via Atlantia]

Unto Your Majesties William and Alyna, King and Queen of Atlantian, Your 
Highnesses Cuan and Signy, Prince and Princess of Atlantia, and to the 
good people of this wonderful Kingdom does Cian Triton, Principal Herald 
of Atlantia, send greetings.

Herein follows an account of the Royal recognitions that occurred at the 
Tournament of Ymir, held in the Barony of Windmaster’s Hill on February 
25, 2017.

Their Majesties did open a court in the morning upon the field, and 
invited Their Excellencies, Baron Callixtus and Baroness Adriana to come 
into court with much fanfare.  Their Excellencies of Windmaster’s Hill 
did hold Their final Baronial Court, which will be reported on 
separately by Their herald.  At the conclusion of Their Court, the Baron 
and Baroness did return Their coronets to Their Majesties for 
safekeeping, and retired to their personal lands to enjoy a well earned 
rest.

Their Majesties then had Sir Daemon Broussard and Mistress Typhanie du 
Loc brought before Them, and did place the Baronial Coronets of 
Windmaster’s Hill upon Their heads and charged them with the safekeeping 
of the lands which were the first Barony in all of Atlantia.

The Atlantian Spinners Guild, the Company of the Silver Spindle, were 
invited to come before the court, where they spoke of the long standing 
tradition of creating a shawl for the Queen of Atlantia.  Unfortunately, 
the person charged with bringing the shawl had been unavoidably delayed 
getting to the site, so the Company begged forgiveness, and promised to 
present the shawl later in the day.

Their Majesties had the members of the newly formed Alantian Forestry 
Guild summoned before Them, where the King and Queen were pleased to 
present the guild with the official Royal Charter.  The Guildmaster, 
Lady Clovis, was presented with the regalia suited for her office.

Baron Kollack, of the Barony of Bright Hills, was commanded to come 
before the thrones, where King William inquired if Baron Kollack, after 
sitting vigil the previous night, had come to a decision regarding 
joining the Order of the Chivalry.  The answer was an unqualified ‘Yes’, 
and thus the Baron was invested with belt, spurs, and chain.  Upon 
swearing his oath of fealty as a Knight, Sir Kollack was presented to 
the loud cheers of the populace!

There being no further business that morning, Their Majesties had court 
closed, and proceeded to prepare for the day’s activities.

During the late morning, as Their Majesties bore witness to some of the 
many personal ceremonies that were occurring throughout the field, They 
did see fit to approach Eericka Valdemarsdottir and raise her to the 
rank of Atlantian Nobility by awarding her Arms.

Later, Their Majesties did gather Their Order of the Chivalry on the 
field, and had Lord Aleksei Mihailovich brought before Them.  Their 
Majesties inquired if it was still Lord Aleksei’s intention to join the 
Order of the Chivalry.  A humbled Lord Aleksei confirmed that indeed it 
was, and thus he was invested with spurs, belt, and chain.  On a side 
note, before placing the belt around his waist, Aleksei’s lady wife took 
a few moments to speak, and her words were indeed most inspiring and 
most eloquent, and this herald was quite moved by them.  Following the 
oath of fealty and the buffet, the King and Queen joyfully raised Sir 
Aleksei to his feet to greet his new Order.

Upon the field of battle that afternoon, Their Majesties did open 
another small court, where They inducted Lord Floki Geirrekson into the 
Order of the Silver Osprey.

As the sun went down, and the day turned to night, Their Majesties did 
process in and preside over Their Evening court, attended by all of 
Their landed Barons and Baronesses who were in attendance.  They 
graciously allowed the new Baron and Baroness of Windmaster’s Hill to 
open Their first court, the business of which shall be reported on by 
Their herald.

Following the closing of Baronial Court, Their Majesties had Merewyn 
Scharp and Harper An Cu come before them.  The King and Queen had 
nothing but good things to say about each of these young ladies, and it 
was felt that it was time to raise both of them to the nobility by 
awarding each of them Arms.

The Newcomers were invited to come before the thrones, and the King and 
Queen greeted each one warmly and presented them with a token to 
remember their first event by.

Lady Helena Isabella de Soleure was called into the Royal Presence, 
where she was inducted into the Order of the Opal, in recognition of her 
service.

A young Edward Tallis was called into court, where he was awarded the 
Sea Urchin.

Their Majesties had Dame Elizabeth of Rosewood called forth to conduct 
Chiurgeon’s Guild Business.  Dame Elizabeth was stepping down as the 
Guildmaster of the Chirurgeon’s Guild, and passing the mantle on to Lord 
Alesander Davison, ensuring a continuity of those who patch up the 
Kingdom’s boo-boos.

Lord John Angus West was summoned forth, and the King spoke of his 
prowess on the fighting field.  His Majesty then had the Order of the 
Kraken brought before Him, and Lord John was inducted into their ranks.

Their Majesties had Baroness Edan Lowery called before them, whose 
stunned face showed that she had NO idea what was coming.  The Queen 
spoke of the amazing service that Baroness Edan has done over the years, 
and that it was time it was recognized to its fullest.  The Order of the 
Golden Dolphin was summoned forth, to loud cheers from the crown. 
Baroness Edan was inducted into the order, and many hugs and tears were 
seen.

Count Amos le Pious was called forth from his place behind the throne, 
where he stands as the King’s Champion, and he was inducted into the 
Order of the Sea Stag.

Their Majesties then spoke of a special award, one that is only awarded 
once per reign, and that when they began to discuss it, one name 
occurred automatically to both of them.  Her Grace, Duchess Brianna, was 
summoned before Their Majesties to be inducted into the Order of the 
Nonpariel.

The final order of business for court saw Lord Llyr of Anglesey brought 
before the King and Queen.  Representatives from the various peerages 
came forward to speak of the service that Llyr does, and proclaim that 
he was their Peer.  Their Majesties agreed, and thus were minded to 
induct Llyr into the Order of the Pelican.

(As a side personal note concerning Master Llyr – 7 years ago, I was 
running a Cub Scout Day Camp in Columbia, SC.  I had put out a call 
asking for some fighters to come and put on a demo for the Cub Scouts. 
Llyr offered to help, and drove from the Washington, Dc area all the way 
down to Columbia, SC – a drive of 7-8 hours - to spend part of the day 
putting on a fighting demonstration for the Cubs.  Llyr didn’t know me, 
but he saw a request that he could help with, and he did.  That’s the 
kind of person he is, and I am most happy that he is now a recognized 
Peer of the Realm.)

There being no further business, Their Majesties had Their court closed, 
and the populace began to change the hall from a Court setup to a Feast 
hall setup, a task that was performed quite quickly!
This report is accurate to the best of my knowledge.

Respectfully,
Cian Triton
Principal Herald