Gryphon's Fest 2022

General Information

• Date: September 16-18, 2022
• Location: Puddleford
• Royalty: TRM Hirsch & Magda, TRH Logan and
• Event Stewards: Jon Chesey and Lawrence Withers
• Theme: Gryphons at Sea
• Website

Theme Events

The theme was "Gryphons at Sea" exploring maritime trade. The following events helped develop this theme:

Information Boards & Puzzle

An infoboard from Gryphon's Fest 2022 with information about the evolution of ship design.

Four information boards were set up around the site, each pertaining to a different aspect of maritime trade.

• Map - The first board contained a map of Europe, detailing major port cities between ~1300-1600.
• Evolution of Ship Design - This board contained information about how ship designs changed in the Baltic and Mediterranean and eventually converged
• Maritime Law - This board explored various laws that pertained to maritime trade including ports, salvage, shipwreck and more.
• Communication with Foreigners - This one explored how traders could communicate across cultures at various levels of sophistication.

Attendees were given a challenge in the site book to explore these boards and answer questions based on the information contained therein. These could then be turned in for a prize. Ultimately, only one entry was turned in.

Competitions

Rattan Scenarios

Fernando's Nautical Adventures

The layout of a ship in timbers for rattan combat scenarios created by Fernando.

Fernando ran several themed combat scenarios including fighting across mast top spars and across a crow's nest, a naval landing melee, and a walk the plank challenge. Each of the combat scenarios was won by Gaius Flavius Auxilius.

Fernando included a challenge for the most interesting custom weapon for these scenarios.

A combat legal masthead created by Melchor for Fernando's weapons challenge.

Davi's Crazy Weapons Tournament

Davi hosted the Crazy Weapons tournament again.

Steel Scenarios

Syele ran various combat scenarios including a round robin tournament as well as several scenarios themed around sirens vs sailors. The tournament was won by Raudr.

Archery

Four 90 minute shoots were held including the baronial championship which was won by Bero von Wustenbrunner. The travelling Gryphon's Fest trophy was won by Thomas Fleischacker.

Equestrian

Maria Arosa de Santa Olalla hosted several equestrian challenges including sheep stealing, mounted archery, and glow-in-the-dark soccer. Sato Jiro of the House of Kuji won the equestrian warm up challenge.

International A&S Competition

A competition was held in which participants were asked to enter items which combined elements from at least 3 different cultures that would have been brought together by maritime trade with documentation explaining how trade would have facilitated this item's creation. Ultimately, no entries were received.

Unofficial Court Report

Field Court

Franco Suarez, Helena Soranzo, and Zacharia Dongalson each received an Iren Fyrd

Evening Court

• Jon Chesey received a Silver Hammer
• Isabella Danielle and Balthazar de Lumiere each received a Torse
• Aranwen Verch Catwethen received a Golden Calon Swan
• Pádraigín an Einigh received a Silver Hammer
• Gwynneth wreig Rhys received a Torse
• Syele Pfeifferin received a Calon Lily
• Nadya Helming received a Calon Lily
• Biursten Jorundarson received a Leather Mallet
• Cecilia de Gatisbury and Violet Sinclair each received a Court Baronage
• Caitlyn ferch Rochwen received an AoA
• Eynon Llangenydd was inducted into the order of the Pelican
• Halimah bint 'al Abbas 'al Tanji was inducted into the order of the Laurel
• A boon was begged for Hugo van Harlo to join the order of the Laurel

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