Storvik Baronial Birthday Sept 17-19
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:47 am
At the urging of Pope Innocent III, thousands of troops marched into southern France in 1209, bent on crushing the Cathars, a Christian sect that defied many of the teachings on the Catholic Church. The result was a twenty-year campaign that trenched Languedoc in blood and caused the deaths or dislocation of thousands of civilians, Cathar and Catholic alike.
This year's Storvik Baronial Birthday will whisk its heavy fighters back to those days in sunny southern France and places whose names echo through the ages: Beziers, Toulouse, Carcassonne. As in years past, the heavy fighting will consist of a branched melee campaign with two teams, the crusaders and the Cathars. Commanders will work with a campaign map to choose their routes, choose their ground, and the results of previous scenarios will influence later ones. The day will be filled with all the fighting you can handle, and there will be a minimum of down time. The fighting will start on time. The coveted battle map will be awarded to the most valuable unit as determined by the marshals watching the combat. In years past we have had large-scale participation from groups in the East and all over Atlantia. You can expect a large turnout.
Northern Atlantia is a treasure trove of gifted rapier fighters, and you can expect the rapier fighting to be of high quality as well. We encourage baronies and households to gather their units. There will be target archery and youth combat as well.
Save the date: September 16-18, 2011
MIC/Heavy Marshal: Lord Joselin d'outremer
For more information regarding fighting activities, please contact Joselin d'outremer at joselindoutremer <at> gmail.com
For other information, please contact the autocrat, Kunigunde von Darmstadt (Kender), at lilkender AT gmail.com
This year's Storvik Baronial Birthday will whisk its heavy fighters back to those days in sunny southern France and places whose names echo through the ages: Beziers, Toulouse, Carcassonne. As in years past, the heavy fighting will consist of a branched melee campaign with two teams, the crusaders and the Cathars. Commanders will work with a campaign map to choose their routes, choose their ground, and the results of previous scenarios will influence later ones. The day will be filled with all the fighting you can handle, and there will be a minimum of down time. The fighting will start on time. The coveted battle map will be awarded to the most valuable unit as determined by the marshals watching the combat. In years past we have had large-scale participation from groups in the East and all over Atlantia. You can expect a large turnout.
Northern Atlantia is a treasure trove of gifted rapier fighters, and you can expect the rapier fighting to be of high quality as well. We encourage baronies and households to gather their units. There will be target archery and youth combat as well.
Save the date: September 16-18, 2011
MIC/Heavy Marshal: Lord Joselin d'outremer
For more information regarding fighting activities, please contact Joselin d'outremer at joselindoutremer <at> gmail.com
For other information, please contact the autocrat, Kunigunde von Darmstadt (Kender), at lilkender AT gmail.com