September Issue 2020 THE TRUMPETER
A.S.LV Being 2020 by common reckoning In Loving Memory
1 Photo by Tessa Gardens September Issue 2020 Table of Contents Table of Contents, Credits...... 2 Officer Contact Information...... 3-7 Calendar/Bordermarch Champions...... 8 Guilds...... 10
ContributorsHE Santiago of Content Lord Aki HL Zain Countess Tessa Gardens Lord Zain Lord Phocas Lady Quendolyn Diana Herring Mistresss Ziniadia Sir Simonn
Chronicler: HE Santiago de Monte Verde
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Officers of Bordermarch
BARON: [email protected] MEURIK THE HUMBLE BARONESS: [email protected] GABRIELLE DE LACY
Seneschal: HE Armand de Lacy, OSTB This officer is the legal representative for our group, receives all local officer reports, reports to Regional Seneschal, and presides over populace meetings. [email protected]
Treasurer: HE Elisabeth de Montvert, OSTB is Exchequer (Treasurer) of Barony Bordermarch. This office is responsible for maintaining the bank account and for sharing information about the balance, assets, or [email protected] for the barony's coffers. 3 September Issue 2020
Officers of Bordermarch Silent Trumpet Pursuivant (Herald): Lord Nikolai Vladislav
Need help registering a name or device? Have other questions [email protected] heraldry in the SCA? This is who to ask!
Chivalric Marshal: Lord Edric Haldyn is Knight Marshal of Barony Bordermarch. He organizes practices for armored, sword, shield, and other weapons combat. Participating fighters without SCA membership cards should see the Marshal to sign a waiver for his office to turn in. In the event of inclement weather, he may announce a fighter practice cancellation for safety measures. This officer reports monthly to the Regional Marshal. [email protected]
Rapier Marshal: Taking Applications Assistant to the K Mar. He should be responsibile for meeting as scheduled weekly with combatants interested in rapier training and drills. Participating fighters of rapier without membership cards should see this officer to sign a waiver. [email protected]
Web Minister: Lord Aron ulfr', OSTB Incoming June 2018, with a support team including m'L Catherine Rose and HE Countess Tessa, he gathers information and maintains the Bordermarch website. He is an experienced webmaster in other veunes [email protected] 4 September Issue 2020
Officers of Bordermarch
Authorizing Marshal: Lord Zain Mountain-Gate, OSTB is Authorizing marshal for Rapier. He teaches, observes, tests, and authorizes rapier fighters locally or where ever he may travel within Ansteorra. He is always at BAM and Gulf Wars, however authorizations are best taken care of prior to those events. [email protected]
Authorizing Marshal: Count Sir Simonn of Amber Isle, OSTB is Authorizing marshal for Chivalric. He trains, instructs, tests, and authorizes chivalric fighters locally or where ever he travels within Ansteorra. He seldom is absent from BAM or Gulf Wars, but your authorization should not expect to be guaranteed to happen at those events. "Before" those events is best. [email protected]
Archery Marshal: Lady Tanne Haldyn Watch the calendar for announced archery practices which meet at Tyrrell Park. 5595 Tyrrell Park Rd, Beaumont. [email protected]
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Officers of Bordermarch Minister of Arts and Sciences MoAS: Lord Aki Seouf is Minister of Arts & Sciences for Barony Bordermarch since June, 2020. Monthly communications and reporting to Regional MoAS tell of the remarkable research and crafting happening by the populace. He can help you research a topic of interst to you, just ask. [email protected] Deputy to MoAS 2018, is now Lady Quendolyn of the Silent Lake, Chronicler: HE Santiago de Monte Verde, OSTB is Barony Bordermarch's Chronicler. Each newsletter is filled with his personal brand of humor! . [email protected] is welcomed to contribute items to the Trumpeter
Thrown Weapons Marshal: Lord Aki Seouf is Barony Bordermarch's Thrown Weapons Marshal. Axes, spears, throwning knives and targets are provided. Throwers must wear closed toed shoes. [email protected] heart is filled with joy!
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Officers of Bordermarch Hospitaler: Lord Singe du Coffre Your cheerful greeter at demos and meetings, offering SCA flyers and other info. You can help those who need to borrow loaner garb get set up as needed for an event or assist those in research for the culture they wish to portray. [email protected]
Scribal: HE Therese d'Ivoire is Barony Bordermarch's Scribal Officer The arts surrounding calligraph and illumination is the Scribal officers playground [email protected]
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SEPTEMBER 2020 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 It's already Friday How many figs See Tuesday Quarantine when you read can a beaver the first day of Stay Home, this. stuff in it's the month. eat some mouth? candy. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Quarantine Labor Day Day after Labor Try your best to Quarantine Work on cleaning Cook a brisket Day, back to look like you're pretend the mold off or something! work; doing something you're at a your gear. Oh Joy! today. Guild Meeting 13 14 15 16 17Is it Scadian 18 19 Quarantine Not much law to never This is the day we Call someone Polish your helm happening for a speak while eat- celebrate the day who cares. Tuesday. ing a fish stick? after Thursday. 20 21 22 23Someone 24 25 26 Get ready, Fighter Practice A beaver can please for the On this day in set, GO!!! ????????? stuff 17 big figs Give someone you love of God! Populace 1324 there was a Rogers Park in its mouth Love a hug! find a pirate conundrum. unless it has a and tell them ??????? 840 Franklin St tooth you under- Beaumont 7PM coming in. stand!
27 Fighter 28 29 30 Practice Rejoice!!!! ?????????? Made it Rogers Park through another month
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Bordermarch Champions
HE Therese d'Ivoire
CHIVALRIC:------Lord Edric Haldyn RAPIER:------Lady Seonaid inghean ui Sionnaigh ARCHERY:------Lord Nikolai Vladislav YOUTH ARCHERY:-----Rose of Ansteorra EQUESTRIAN:------Sir Britta MacGregor A&S:------Lord Artt Alann BARD:------Lady Rose Hawthorne YOUTH BARD:------m'lady Vanessa Haldyn PREMIER THROWN WEAPONS- Marco of the Shadowlands PREMIER FOOL------Singe Du Coffre
9 September Issue 2020 Bordermarch Guilds
SAWDUST and STEEL: A guild dedicated to promoting medi- eval metal working and woodworking skills. Contact COOKING GUILD: Reasearch and preparation of medieval recipes are the norm for our cooking guild. Contact < Countess Tessa [email protected] Contact < HE Isabella della Rosa [email protected] BREWING GUILD: The fine art of everthing that has anything to do the process of making medieval beverages. Contact SCRIBAL GUILD: The Bordermarch Scribal Guild teaches calligraphy and illumination techniques used by the ancient masters. Contact BARDIC GUILD: A guild for the entertainer in all of us. Contact< Lord Tiefang [email protected] DANCING GUILD: Medieval dancing; this is for all who would like to learn the way our ancestors did it. Contact< HE Isabella della Rosa [email protected] POTTERY GUILD: Playing with mud, what else is there to say! Contact< HE Therese d'Ivoire [email protected] SEWING GUILD: Scheming & Planning & of course--Sewing Contact< HE Elisabeth de Montvert [email protected] HERBAL & APOTHECARY: The study and application of medieval herbs & their uses,and apothecary methods used. 10 Contact< Lord Aron ulfr' September Issue 2020 Baron and Baroness Words Thank you everyone for keeping up communications, it helped a ton! Thank you first responders and those who were so eager to help us. I’m so very great full that no one sustained any real damage. It could have been much worse, the storm that leveled Lake Charles and Cameron Parish should have been us. I don’t know how we got so lucky but we did. For a lot of us today, it’s business as usual. Continue to stay safe and check in if you need any- thing. We love you all so much. Forever yours, -Gabby 11 September Issue 2020 Tivar August 2020 When I used to think of Tivar, it was always, He built this house. Tivar laid the foundation for what has become a living artform. I can only imagine the countless hours..the labor of love. Tivar did not do any of this for just himself. His love for rapier was the spark for igniting an eternal flame that resides in us all. Upon that foundation, every one of us contributes a small stone. Those of before, who left us too soon to those whom have yet to walk in this dream. This was why we whispered "That's Tivar". After the conversations, the bouts I am ever grateful to have had. I am blessed. It was always the subtle things he did that will always stay with me. He always "drew" his sword at being prompted by " do you stand ready". A gentleman on and off the field. I do believe he fought in every Queens Champion. He stood his ground, he made sure if you got past him you were going to earn it. He always marshalled. He was always on the field supporting us. My most memorable bout with him was after I received my white scarf. Not a short fight mind you..he made me dig deep. I was lucky enough to best him. I im- mediately went to Aythelyn . I knelt down at her feet. Tivar laughed and said "You did it now!". I told her, "Its only a flesh wound, he'll be fine". He said, "flesh wound?, you got me in the sternum!". She gave me "that look", I just put my head in her hands. She smiled and hugged me. Tivar smiled. That is what is of most importance that I've learned by watching Tivar and every single honorable fighter..its how you handle yourself. I am not as active as I once was. I have always tried to be better tomorrow than I was today. Tivar was greatly respected in every corner of the known world. That flame he sparked will only continue to grow. Thank you, Don Tivar..for the conversations for the honorable bouts. Your light will never fade. Armand de Lacy WSA 12 September Issue 2020 Exchequer Report August 2020 Greetings Bordermarch, I've been very busy counting our monies over and over and over. I am very proud to announce that nothing has changed! In Service to the Dream, HE Elisabeth 13 September Issue 2020 Armored Combat Report August 2020 Armored Combat Monthly Report for Bordermarch on August/2020 Report Month: August/2020 Sponsoring Branch: Bordermarch Active Combatants: 0 Practices & Combatants 0 Were There Any Injuries? No If there were injuries a separate injury report should have been submitted and the regional marshal should have been called immediately. Comments: No activities Names of Other Assisting Marshals: Reporting Marshal: SCA Name: Edric Haldyn Legal Name: Jonathan Lockwood Congrats to Jonathan Lockwood for receiving a Sable Talon in chivalric combat in the 14August Virtual Court!!! September Issue 2020 Thrown Weapons Report August 2020 Thrown Weapons Well thrown weapons is starting to see some action again. We are starting to make videos of doing trick shots and will post them on facebook. We are hoping soon to be able to meet up for an official practice but that will likely not include loaner gear sadly. Stay safe and throw some axes! -Lord Aki Bordermarch Thrown Weapon Marshal 15 September Issue 2020 MoAS MoAS Words covering August 2020 Well this month sure ended with a bang in the form of Hurricane Laura! Lots of our populace and friends have been busy researching, crafting and experiment- ing. This month I would like to give a shout of to Rebacca Eldred. When I asked what everyone was up to A&S wise she shared "I knitted a Monmouth cap. Attempt- ed to full wool yarn for the first time. A cap went into the washer, a wool fruit bowl came out. Oh well, lol." This is wonderful to hear the sharing of the learning of making historical inspired items. Not every attempt will be a winner but will help in the learning process for you and others. So chin up with those set backs and thank you for sharing it all with a laugh. I would also like to thank all of those that are helping with the plague and hurricane assistance. You help keep the dream alive and make us proud! -Lord Aki Seulf 16 September Issue 2020 MoAS MoAS Words covering August 2020 Baronial A & S CHAMPION selected at War of the Rams Nov 23, 2019, • Artisan Champion chosen by victory is :Lord Artt Alann. • Populace Choice by bead count is: HL Nikolai Vladislav. • Bardic Champion chosen is: Lady Rose Hawthorne. • Youth Bard: Miss Alexa Lockwood 17 September Issue 2020 MoAS MoAS Words covering August 2020 Bordermarch Guilds In person guild meetings are on hold until Covid-19 health concerns are reduced. SAWDUST & STEEL; Ld Atli Karlsson ARMORERS: on demand Sir Simonn, Ld Eadric, HL Nikolai, HL Zain BARDIC: -Entertainers: Lord singe du coffre BREWING: Ld Atli Karlsson COOKING: Ms Tessa and Ms Isabella DANCE :-European: Ms Isabella della Rosa, HERBAL & APOTHECARY: Ld Aron ulf’ LEATHER WORKERS: Lord Art Alen POTTERS: HE Therese’ d’Ivoirie, SEWING: HL HE Elisabeth de Montvert SCRIBAL: HE Therese’ d’Ivoirie 18 September Issue 2020 MoAS MoAS Words covering August 2020 Individual Happenings August 2020 Lord ARRRRRT: Hat making 19 September Issue 2020 MoAS MoAS Words covering August 2020 Countess Tessa of the Gardens: Outstanding research on lemon growing with charts! Lord Phocas: Leather block pressing. Photo by: Lord Phocas 20 September Issue 2020 MoAS MoAS Words covering August 2020 Lord Singe du Coffre: Working on making a thrown weapons challenge video with Aki. HE Mistress Charla: Spun wool everyday plus is am researching spinning flax HEx of Bordermarch, Gabrielle de Lacy Teaching and making sure no one dies in a hurricane! Rebacca Eldred: Wool hat knitting and sizing. I knitted a Monmouth cap. Attempted to full wool yarn for the first time. A cap went into the washer, a wool fruit bowl came out. Oh well, lol. 21 September Issue 2020 MoAS MoAS Words covering August 2020 TRUMPETER 2020 September Lemon seed chart Submitted by Tessa Gardens Scientific Observation of Gardening Project: Lemon Seeds This is a follow-up to an illustrated article published pre- viously about attempts in rooting lemon seeds. Over a period of 30 months, I have observed the progress or failure of attempts to sprout lemon seeds from a tree potted in my yard that is now about 9 years old. The potted tree is sheltered in winters inside a greenhouse; otherwise the potted tree stands outside next to our home under a shaded overhang with morning sun exposure. White blossoms come in the spring. By summertime, little green citrus begin to form which will ripen by late autumn or winter. To sprout seeds, I keep them moist in a paper towel inside a baggie for a couple of weeks in a dark spot. Not all the seeds make roots. After the rooted seeds are planted, not all the teeny shoots will survive, as shown in the chart. Some baby trees thrive. Some do not. Growth is slow. I have given away several and kept one very small tree about the size of an adult hand that is just over one year old. 22 September Issue 2020 MoAS MoAS Words covering August 2020 Seeds planted in March 2020 resulted in four (4) tiny rooted seeds with green leafy up-shoots. Of those four, one did not survive for reasons unknown. Then, after three days of extreme heat, the final three 1-inch tall green leaved wonders withered and browned. It remains to be seen whether any of the three will rebound. Last winter’s (2019-2020) final lone lemon clung to the tree until May. In June I sliced it to season a skillet of poultry and found only one seed inside. Rather than keep that seed in a baggie, I tested it by planting directly into moist potting soil. By early July in the scorching heat, it failed to sprout. As a query, in July I planted one seed from a produce purchased lemon. It did not sprout. Happily, a small tree the size of my hand (mentioned earlier) is doing well outdoors in the shade. As of mid-August 2020, it is over 6” tall with 2 main branches and 20 healthy leaves. 23 September Issue 2020 MoAS MoAS Words covering August 2020 Lord Aki Seulf: Researching Islamic geometry and painting on canvas. Researching stained glass in particular the glass of the Notre Dame in Paris. 24 Photo by: Lord Aki September Issue 2020 MoAS MoAS Words covering August 2020 Photo by: Lord Aki 25 September Issue 2020 MoAS MoAS Words covering August 2020 Lady Quendolyn of the Silent Lake: Work on projects continue. Research and sewing more plague masks 26 Photo by: Ldy Quendolyn of the Silent Lake MoAS MoAS Words covering August 2020 HE Santiago: Constructing a Nyckelharpa; a medieval key operated stringed instrument. Photo Mikael Bodner This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. 27 September Issue 2020 Fish Recipes, Then and Now Article and Photos by: Tessa Gardens Illustration: Catching fish in a basket-like net, Medieval Life Illustrations. 28 September Issue 2020 Fish Recipes, Then and Now Article and Photos by: Tessa Gardens Recipe from Two Fifteenth-Century Cookbooks, Thomas Austin, editor; published for the Early English Text Society by the Oxford Univ Press (London, 1888), referenced in Seven Hundred Years of English Cooking edited by Arabella Boxer. Page 33. ISBN 0-671-05973-4 Braised Fish – Simmered in Verjuice Serves 2 2 Trout ½ Cup white wine 1 Tbs verjuice, a sour juice obtained from crab apples, unripe grapes, or other fruit ¼ Tsp ginger ¼ Tsp galingale (optional), an Asian plant of the ginger family; aromatic rhizome Grill the fish until brown, then simmer in a chafing dish with the verjuice and the other ingredients until the fish flakes easily and is cooked. Put the fish on a warm serving dish, reduce the cooking liquid by half on a sharp flame and pour over the fish. 29 September Issue 2020 Fish Recipes, Then and Now Article and Photos by: Tessa Gardens Broiled Fish Fillets – Catfish Serve 2 fillets per person. Season w combo of salt, pep, garlic, smoked paprika, lemon juice, mustard baste, and a bit of butter when turned over. I set them skinned-side-up on an oiled broiling pan, 6 inches from moderately high broil set- ting for 8-9 minutes; flip over to skeletal-side-up, pat each with butter, decrease heat to low broil for 7-8 more minutes until fish tests flakey in the thickest parts. Steamed broccoli aside makes a meal. 30 September Issue 2020 In Loving Memory A giant of a hero has passed this way. His Excellency Baron Master Don Tivar Moondragon, Lion of Ansteorra -Defender of the Dream, Leader of the Legion of Swash- bucklers, our family friend, and he who was gallant 9th rapier Queen’s Champion, departed this mortal realm August 4, 2020, defeated not by blade, but by horrid cancer. We mourn his passing 31 September Issue 2020 In Loving Memory Article and Photos by: Tessa Gardens Simonn and I had known and loved him for 44 years. Admittedly, this composition is my view. I encourage everyone to write your own mem- ories of Tivar so that those who come after you will know him. In Summer, 1976, the first time we met, Tivar was at a beach wedding in The Stargate. Our new SCA friends, Janet' & Telbryne, had invited us to their wedding event. Simonn & I were newbies and had just started the paperwork to establish a shire in Bordermarch. A few heavy fight- ers and their significant others had carpooled over to the beach with us. I had been gaining novice observations of chivalric fighters at other opportunities. Simonn was a new armored chivalric fighter. But this, _this_, was my first glimpse other than history books of a persona of the swashbuckling world! We met Tivar! He had already been in the SCA for over a year. His own rapier his- tory timeline can be seen at https://moondragon.info/wiki/A_Histo- ry_of_Rapier_Combat_in_the_SCA At this 1976 beach gathering, Tivar’s wonderful future wife AEthelyan was not yet in the scenes, but when she and I met later, we became in- stant friends. Tivar displayed: Kindness, though chiv fighters were kind. Gallantry, though chiv fighters were gallant. Joy, though chiv fighters were jolly. Dedication, though chiv fighters were dedicated. Creativetivity, though chiv fighters were creative. 32 September Issue 2020 In Loving Memory Article and Photos by: Tessa Gardens It was his panache that grabbed my attention. I'm sure it was. The more often we saw him and exchanged ideas, I could see him as the epitome of blade training, education offered, preparedness, and court- ly graces. His dedication in attending what others needed, his devo- tion to his cause. His forward thinking led to what became the accep- tance of and recognition for the rapier community in the SCA. Tivar put me in mind of the dedicated, devoted attendees sculpted in marble statuary, a monument to the memory to The 1st Earl of Downes. I could see that type of dedication in his posture and in his countenance. He was Cyrano. He was Sir Walter Raleigh. His dream was conta- gious. I caught it. Simonn caught it. When I was made a peer, a Pelican, attending my first Pelican circle I was asked to look around and say who was absent. It was obvious to me that Tivar should be included. I nominated him. After invitation and discussion, he humbly accepted, telling us that someone else rath- er was more deserving than himself. Simonn and I had remarkable opportunities to interact with and sup- port Tivar’s vision. As Atenveldt’s third, final, reigning Prince & Prin- cess of Ansteorra, we named Tivar as “THE Cavalier,” Don #1 in the Principality of Ansteorra, the birthplace of accepted “swashbuckling”/ rapier combat in the SCA. In time, that principality Order of the Cav- alier was preserved and transitioned into the Kingdom of Ansteorra’s rapier award, The Order of The White Scarf, written into kingdom law by the second Crown, King Lloyd & Queen Jocelyn. Simultaneously, other kingdoms began accepting rapier because of the safety Tivar and his ilk were teaching, and soon it was talked about across the known world. All due to Tivar’s vision 33 September Issue 2020 In Loving Memory Article and Photos by: Tessa Gardens In the passage of time, Simonn & I reigned again, this time as King & Queen of Ansteorra. The Queen before me, Seiglinde, had dearly loved the rapier community. Her Rapier Champion had been Don Robin of Gilwell whom I inherited as Queen’s Champion until my QC list was held. I embraced the Legion of my dreams. Don Tivar told me, as did Ms AEthelyan, that he trained energetically for that list. Tivar was victorious! I gave to him blackwork white linen cuffs hand stitched by Ms Aisilinn with a capital “T” in the motif. It was my idea that the initial now stood for Tivar rather than for Tessa. About five years into Kingdom status, at the Second Academy of the Rapier, Tivar and I were standing side by side chatting about train- ing pairs. Here now, sprinkled as far as I wanted to gaze, colorful fighters were happily teaching and learning. The swish of the blade was real. The field courtesy was widespread and obvious. It seemed as if ribbons of white and red were dancing. “So many of them,” I thought. Rapier was accepted and growing. I leaned a little closer to Tivar and giggled, “Who’d have thought?” Countless times since then, he and I have remarked the same to each other. Thankfully, as years went by, my husband and sons and I were able to hold an amazing connection to Tivar & AEthelyan. Simonn trained with him in rapier and in armored combat. Tivar earlier on had prov- en to the ‘heavy” combat community (swash considered “light”) that he was a capable and stalwart armored combatant, as did several other Dons. Their presence on the heavy melee fields went a long way in the process of SCA acceptance of rapier. Eventually Simonn became White Scarf #19. Our young sons Zain and Aarion Kyrkwood adored Don Tivar, as he always had a personal moment for them. When Zain grew, he also was taught by Tivar as often as possible and enjoyed a genuine friendship with Tivar, crossing blades whenever possible, ex- changing wits. 34 September Issue 2020 In Loving Memory Article and Photos by: Tessa Gardens I remember his steady hand, his forward thinking, his smiles. A rare hero of a man has come this way, and anyone who knew him was fortunate. For future generations who will learn of him, it will be through sto- ries. Tivar’s Lineage as a White Scarf is vast, directly though his own line of cadets. All rapier enthusiasts who are not of his direct Lineage are most certainly of Tivar’s Legacy. As your memories stir, hear again his words: “I, ____, swear upon my honor and upon my sword to protect the life of Queen our and to preserve her good name and honor.” Oath of the Legion of Swashbucklers, Don Tivar Moondragon AEthelyan, you are ever in my heart, as is your Beloved. Our family is so saddened that he has gone from your side. Our deepest love to you and Rosealind, Robert, and Briony Hal.y Scroll by Mistress Ziniadia. Order of The Cavalier. 35 September Issue 2020 In Loving Memory Article and Photos by: Tessa Gardens Monument to 1st Earl of Downes. This monument I had stud- ied. It is a memorial to the 1st Earl of Downe, Sir William Pope, 1573-1631, and his wife Anne Hopton, 1561-1625. Photo is credited to Martin Beek. 36 September Issue 2020 In Loving Memory Article and Photos by: Tessa Gardens 37 September Issue 2020 In Loving Memory Photos by: Sir Simonn 1984 38 September Issue 2020 In Loving Memory Photo by: Diana Herring 39 September Issue 2020 In Loving Memory Article by: Tessa Gardens Memories by: Dona Leah Memories of Don Tivar Recently we were talking this over between Dona Leah, Don Simonn, and Countess Tessa, recalling a first Queen’s Champion competition for Dona Leah, paired against Don Tivar. Scared because he was the great god Tivar, lol, Leah landed a sparkling hit which he acknowledged, and she was literally jumping up and down leaving the field. “I killed Don Tivar! I killed Don Tivar! I killed Don Tivar!” Leah remembers Simonn gave her much word fame for it. Leah said, “Also at a Queen’s near Oklahoma City in the 80’s, he gave me comfort when I won a fight against another Don who then doubted my call. He said if I was sure I called my shot correctly to abide by it.” Dona Leah la’Malchanceuse 40 September Issue 2020 In Loving Memory Photo by Lord Zain Mountan-Gate Memories From Zain Mountain-Gate I don't know what to say about the passing of Chris Tivar Zakes/Don Tivar Moondragon. My heart is heavy and there are many things I cannot say. What I can say is that all my life, as far back as I can remember, he was a foundation of my interest in and shining example of Rapier Combat in the SCA. Others may have wonder what it was like to have lived in the time of fencing masters, whose skill with a blade was matched by philosophical wit. But I count myself lucky to be among those who actually know as I was blessed to grow up around Tivar on weekends. He was the Cyrano de Bergerac of my childhood and adulthood. I knew him first as a beloved friend of my parents before I was able to count him among mine as well. And even if I was not as close to him as I would like, I was honored by his friendship and advice. While I tried to cross blades with him when I could, it was never enough and, in recent years, such occurrences became sadly too rare a thing. Win or lose, he taught me something; every single time. While it was not in an official student relationship, I have viewed my time with a rapier as tied to him just as it is tied to my parents. I owe a great deal to him as cherished loved one and sometimes teacher. He is loved and he will be sorely missed. Elisabeth Barrington Zakes/Aethelyan, my love and my heart goes out to all of you 41 September Issue 2020 Superfluous Rhetoric Article and Art Work by: HE Santiago Seumas's ode to Seum as th o ugh t hims elf to be a man of Laura great renown. He proudly stood and never let another take h is g r o u n d. Then Laura had him breathless as she stormed in tor tur e d r in gs. Her wind and rain c r i e d m o u r nf u l l y des tr o yin g e v ery th in g. Forever lost in swampy bogs, Seumas walks alone. Wandering to no where, his des tiny s till unkn o w n. A bonnet with a fe a t h e r a coif and dusty clo ak Laura left him little but tears on which to c h o k e. From the Chronicles of HE Santiago 42