An account of the court of Magnus and Thalia, Baron and Baroness of the Barony of the Rhydderich Hael in the Kingdom of Æthelmearc, held at the Festival of the Passing of the Ice Dragon, the 6th day of April in the 58th year of the Society (2024 in the Common year) in the Barony of the Rhydderich Hael. Reported by Dame Zofia Kowalewska

Their Excellencies welcomed all to the celebration of Ice Dragon. They then proceeded to welcome their Majesties, His Highness and Their Majesties from the Mid with gifts.

Lord Marcos Baltanas, the event Autocrat, was called in. He thanked his staff and hoped all had a wonderful time.

Their Excellencies then wished to do something special for Daniel who was unable to make the event. A brief video was recorded for him wishing him well.

Some old Business - Jadzia was called forward to receive her recognition from Summers End for best Youth Archer - (Scroll by Plinia Epicurius Curia and the Hael Scribal Guild.)

On to Ice Dragon Business -

Baron Andriú was called in to announce the winners of the Youth Fighting (as they were tired and wanted to go home). Hjotr Sigvaldson and Arinbjorn Lodenhodi were celebrated and received Shield Scrolls. (Scrolls by Eladora de la Luna, Yvette and Lord Marcos Baltanos). Baron Andriú also gave tokens to their Excellencies, Majesties and Highness as a gesture of good will.

Estaban was awarded the Dragon Scale for his dedication to Our Barony- (Calligraphy/Illumination by Baroness Thalia and words by Baron Magnus.)

Lord Marcos Baltanas was added to the lists of the Dragons Combatant for his continued Martial Prowess (Calligraphy/Illumination by Baroness Thalia and words by Baron Magnus.)

Lady Eby Jousie was named newest member of the Dragons Concordium for helping everywhere (Calligraphy/Illumination by Baroness Thalia and words by Baron Magnus.)

For their work on the Kingdom Scroll Project, THL Genevive O’Conner, Master Abdullah al Rashid, Terence and Daniel Lillis, Lady Coria of Deerness, Lady Cacht, Baroness Elisabeth Johanna von Flossenburg and Lady Simonetta d'Alfassi were added to the Order of the Portcullis

(Words by Baroness Thalia. Design by Dame Eleanore Godwin. Calligraphy by Dame Zofia Kowelewska. Each scroll was painted by the recipient. )

In Tournaments:

Heavy Weapons Winners:

Division 1 - Duke Cygnus the Blissful.

Division 2 - Sir Richard Larmer

Overall Winner - Duke Cygnus the Blissful.

(Calligraphy/Illumination by Baroness Thalia and words by Baron Magnus.)

Fencing - Noble Fuego ran the tournament and announced that Don Salvadore de la Torres was the winner (Scroll is a work in Progress)

In the Arts and Sciences World - Dame Edith of Winterton was called forth and thanked all the entrants and staff for another successful year.

CATEGORY WINNERS:

Drusillus von Oberbessenbach: 14th and 15th C. Shoes (Animal Arts)

Terence: Making our First Mead (Beverages)

Caterine de Troyes: Four 14th C. Dishes to Balance the Humors (Culinary Arts)

Meuric ap Gwillim: Bone setting and bone setting tools in the Middle Ages (Curiosa)

Frusina Pisica: Blackwork Embroidery (Fabric Decoration)

Birna Hakadottir: Nalbinding the Coppergate Sock (Fiber Arts)

Zoya Dragomirova: Rus Headwear (Metal Working)

Rhion Elandris of Glyndrvdwy: 14th Century Dagger Box (Studio Arts)

Coinneach Mac an Leigh: King Rene's Chandelier (Woodworking)

Gesa van Wellenstein:

The Headcollars or Halter (Animal Husbandry)

Horse Management during the 13th and 14th Century (Literary Arts)

The Art of Riding (Performance Arts)

Maximilian On Horseback (Scribal Arts)

Æsa Helgulfsdottir:

The Amulet Necklace of Birka Bj. 968 (Applied Research)

The Beads in Birka Bj. 968 (Ceramics, Glass, and Stone)

A Theoretical Viking Wood Balm (Chemistry, Alchemy, and Potions)

The Textiles and Clothing of Birka Grave Bj. 968 (Fabric Construction)

The Knife of Birka grave Bj. 968 (Mixed Media)

First Place: Æsa Helgulfsdottir

Second Place: Gesa van Wellenstein

Third Place: Drusillus von Oberbessenbach

According to Tradition, we ask that their Majesties, His Highness and Their Excellencies select their Choice as well.

Majesties Choice: Gesa van Wellenstein

(Scroll by Baroness Katherine Kiersey)

His Highness Choice: Drusillus von Oberbessenbach

Their Excellencies: Coinneach Mac an Leigh

(Scrolls by the Dame Zofia Kowelewska, Mistress Jenna McPherson and the Hael Scribal Guild)

Being no further business (phew!) court was closed.

Ice Dragon 4-06-2024

Another Ice Dragon is in the history books!! It is a long and tiring event, however, there were so many good things that happened during the day. There are a few people we would like to thank specifically for their efforts.

Thank you so much Baroness Zosia for stepping in to make things happen for our courts. It is so helpful to have you come in and know exactly what to do to get scrolls organized. Your willingness to keep communicating with us and make sure that we were happy with how things were being run and letting us know all the things that you were doing to make arrangements, put us very much at ease and took a lot of worries from our plate. Your enthusiasm, sense of humor, and ability to help us keep the mood light and full of laughter, and your awesome personality makes it a joy to interact with you and having you on our side and helping us feel like we were being taking care of and that our feelings mattered with how we wanted things to go for the day. Thank you for your thoughts and acknowledgement of my beginning scroll work and letting me know that it was a good start for what I created.

Baroness Miriel sorry that were not able to make it to the event. Thank you for the work that you put in beforehand to help us be prepped for court. The cards you made were super helpful and easy to read with notes. Thank you for keeping in contact with us during the course of the day, so that we knew what was happening with you and checking in with us even though you were not feeling well. This was much appreciated!!

Lord Siegfred helped continuously throughout the day and took care of us until the cars were packed and we were headed home. Broke down the thrones after court without asking and checked in with us during the day. Thank you very much for your help!

Lord Terry made himself available to us all day. Very polite and courteous, always inquiring about our needs. You made us feel looked after all day. Thank you for standing guard for us all day and during the evening court. Appreciate you bringing food for us to the baronial room.

Baron Caleb as soon as you were onsite, showed up with the cart without asking to help carry items and walked around with us while we dropped food donations to royalty room and vigils and helped transport thrones and other items to baronial room, stood up and guarded during all of court. Thank you very much for all your help!

Lord Joe the Silent thank you for spending your entire day guarding us, we really appreciate all your efforts.

Thank you to all the guards and retainers who came to look after us and walk around with us during the day. We appreciate all of you who signed up for shifts and followed through with staying task to be there as promised. All your actions make our job so much easier and help us feel that we are not alone in this big job taking care of the Barony and looking after the people who participate in our group.  

Thank you to Dame Eleanore for working with us to get the spreadsheet organized so that guards and retainers would be able to sign up for shifts. Also, appreciate you looking after us during the day.

Donations to gift basket – Master Cynwall, Baroness Isolda, Lady Cacht, Lord Terry, Master Abdullah. Thank you to everyone who donated items to the gift basket. We really appreciate your generosity and handmade items that were donated not just to their majesties, but also to all the visiting royalty as well.

To Lord Marcos and all the event staff. Ice Dragon is a challenging job to take on for any Autocrat and Event staff. Congratulations on a successful event.

Our apologies if we missed anyone. We appreciate everyone’s efforts and will try to catch up with all of you more in person.

Thank you all again!!

Baron Magnus + Baroness Thalia

 

More Updates

Hello Populace of the Hael, Today, His Excellency and I have updated the Baronial Blog to include our Baronial Missives that state our announcements from the Barony Meetings and have added a section to highlight our wonderful Guards and Retainers that have been helping us over the past year!! Check out the pages!!

Guards and Retainers page: 

The Lion and the Butterfly Baronial Blog: Guard and Retainers (landbbaronialblog.blogspot.com)

Baronial Missives page:

The Lion and the Butterfly Baronial Blog: Baronial Missives (landbbaronialblog.blogspot.com)

Welcome to the Lion and the Butterfly

Welcome to the unofficial Baronial Blog of Magnus and Thalia, Baron and Baroness of the Rhydderich Hael.

“Why a blog” you ask? The intent of this blog is to bring Baronial news and missives quickly and directly to the populace and in a format that is equally accessible to all. Social media can be a bit of a maze and there are also many people who cannot or choose not to access social media platforms such as Facebook or Discord.

The plan for this blog is to highlight the activities and accomplishment of the Baronial populace, increase communication, and provide an easily accessible archive for people to search. This will include things like color pieces after events, achievements of the Populace, and highlights of activities in the Barony. We may add other features as time and new ideas allow.

This blog is not meant to replace the Baronial newsletter, website, or Facebook pages. Please continue to contribute items of this nature to the Ice Dragon newsletter and website.

There is no set schedule for posts on the blog. We will post when we have items but hope to post at least once or twice a month (more if possible!). If there are any questions please contact us directly, please watch for updates, and we hope you enjoy reading.

Yours in Service,
Thalia and Magnus
Baroness and Baron of the Rhydderich Hael.