The East Kingdom’s youth combat season kicks off every year at Mudthaw in Settmour Swamp. We had twenty kids in armor, and held well-contested tournaments in divisions II and III.
This was the largest event I’ve managed to date, and I was lucky to have Lady Eikaterine and Karrah the Mischievous on hand to marshal, and Judith the Confused managing the paperwork at the list table.
Three of our fighters held a demonstration at their school’s talent show. In a pool of singers, musicians, and dancers, their performance really stood out and caught the audience’s attention.
We drove out to Rusted Woodlands for the Hundred Minutes War (Lafayette, NJ). This is a great event, with chances for the kids to observe melees of hundreds of adult fighters.
We had a friendly practice session at Goat’s Tavern, held in Northpass.
A small group of youth fighters exhibited for a crowd of onlookers at the Queens Farm demo.
Our most-visible demo of the year is held at the Cloisters every fall, where tens of thousands of visitors pass our display.
The fall youth combat season in our region begins at Barleycorn.
It was a pleasure to work with Lady Eikaterine tin Elliniki of Anglespur, the marshal in charge for this event.
Pennsic is the peak of youth combat year for fighters in the East — eight days in a row of bouts against fighters from many countries and kingdoms. Kids receive training both from the marshalate and from senior adult fighters at the top of their game.
This was my first Pennsic as a youth marshal, and my son’s first year fighting at Pennsic.
