Viceroy III

29 - 31 Oct 2004, Edinburgh, Scotland
Mundane name: Marc Brownett
SCA persona name: Dante Garrett Graywards

This will be a very small report with little actual detail due to my shockingly bad memory for names and such. It’s mostly just so I can show the better photos and mini vids I took. Those after more can contact me and request.
Many thanks to everyone who organized and set up this event as well as all those that attended and made it such an enjoyable and entertaining weekend. Extra personal thanks goes to Anne Berdanier (Baroness Cathryn of Chester) for giving me the much-required lift to the event.

Now mortals, ph34r my medieval arcane imagery skillz!

Event photos

Court part 1	To the queen!	Lord Acarin, master of tablero	Lord Acarin, master of posing	Orianna and Jhala	Awww... Cute!
Let's get ready to rumble	The Viceroy and Vicereine watch on	Richard the Rampant stands over his prey	Have some of this!	Gah! Leave me be!	OK lads, here's the plan
Richard ownz my non-blurry pic collection	Defend! Defend!	The King lays the smack down	A double KO for the King and Torrkil Mor!	The new Viceroy and Vicereine	Lady Padraigin likes hitting the drums

Mini battle videos

Acarin Saint-Cyr achieves the 'orgasm line' in tablero
Alexander of Derlington VS The King - round 1 - Ka-donk!
Alexander of Derlington VS The King - round 2 - Alex's strike!
Alexander of Derlington VS The King - round 3 - The King's dance of death!
Alex and The King spar after the final battle

Personal observations;
* Edinburgh, Scotland. Great place with lovely scenery, hope I’ll one day return to check the place out further.
* Watching others fight on the battlefield when you’ve had to leave your own armour at home (for various reasons) can make you a tad fervent and jealous.
* Watching skilled fighters you know and have no chance of matching get smacked down can make you feel even more feeble.
* I need to buy a big-arse metal suitcase type thing to contain my bag-destroying armour.
* Sleeping on the floor isn’t that bad as long as you have at least a sleeping bag.
* My ability to be social is still questionable… I’ll be the one quietly sitting close-by trying to think up something to say, I’m not being rude, I just can’t converse.
* Gold coins are shiny… sooo very shiny.
* Dante may have met his match/counterpart in certain gypsy girl from An Tir.
* I’ve never blushed so much for people I know than I did in the royal court. It was my first court attendance and both Dante’s and my own dispositions were definitely kicking in there.
* The king and queen are exceptionally cool.
* I beat myself up far more than anyone else can tease me. This includes my lack of talent in any area and the oddly unlucky dice rolls in Tablero that caused possibly the longest and most boring/frustrating game recorded. Though I’m honestly not normally that bad.
* Swords… *drools*
* I started an illustration in a class in-between the dancing. I kinda forgot to retrieve said illustration.
* I’m going to remember next event to bring lots of drink to share, ouh, and a goblet to add to my feast gear.
* Was I the only one feeling sorry for the green dragon that got cooked up?
* Noodles and pirate hats!
* The feast entertainment was splendid, especially that four-person sword dance with the music.
* The clocks went back on the Sunday morning! Hour +1!
* “Me like fighting! Grrrrrr…”
* With any luck, I’ll be regularly training with fighters from my own shire starting at December’s Camp and hopefully get authorised in January. If I fail, I’ll try again. If I fail a second time, I’ll have a few drinks and try a third time while under the influence. If I fail the third time, I’ll have many more drinks so I’ll forget that I failed three times already and then start from my first attempt again.
* I will get around to SCA-based comic strips for a3s one day.

This ticket is nothing to do with the event, but on the way home it did need purchasing for 25p in the middle of town. How else would be allowed to go to the toilet in a tourist trap?

SCA related links

The Society for Creative Anachronism
The shire of Pont Alarch (the shire Dante is in)