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the Adrian Herald FEBRUARY 2003 12th Night Greeting from the Imperial Crown Can You Guess? Editor’s note: This message appeared without the personal effort of the Last month was Sir Eric the on the e-lists of the Empire, but the many that make up the whole. We Awful and Sir William Ce'Wolf at an message was important enough to reprint should also remind ourselves that Eden's Glenn Canton event in the here in the newsletter, even though 12th our first duty is to uphold and Kingdom of Terre Nueve in 1994 Night has passed. proliferate the Ancient and Noble Contributed by Sir Phelan Kell This is 12th Night and the Feast Order of Chivalry and do honor to of the Epiphany this is a good time all Knights past present and future. of the year to remind ourselves of Her Imperial Majesty and I Contents the blessings and good fortune we celebrated 12th Night at the Court 12th Night Greeting............................ 1 all enjoy and a time to reaffirm our of the King of the West the oldest Can You Guess? .................................. 1 purpose . existing Kingdom of the current Keep Them in Your Thoughts.......... 1 I would first like to congratulate Middle Ages and reacquainted Imperial Info Published...................... 1 the two new Knights of Terre Neuve Ourselves with many great and Miscellany Sir Angus and Sir Wilhelm on their noble personages and a grand time A Call for Proposals: Imperial Wars. 2 entry into the Order of Chivalry . I was had by all. Profile: Castilles ................................... 2 would recommend that all read the We would wish good health and From the Abbey................................... 3 Knighting ceremony posted by Sir prosperity to all of Our Subjects in Relics of the Church of Adria............ 3 Pilgrimages............................................ 3 Klaus on the Church of Adria board the coming year and peace of the Knighting of Sir Wilhelm. We throughout the Realm. Regions found it both profound and moving. Karl, Kaiser of Adria Aragon................................................... 4 Terre Neuve ......................................... 4 We would also ask at this time Umbria .................................................. 4 that all Knights reaffirm their vow of York....................................................... 5 service as we will not prosper Imperial News Safety CornerL Fire............................. 6 New Rolls Manual............................... 6 Please Keep Them in Your Thoughts Rumor Mill ........................................... 6 Imperial Estates Meeting: March...... Adria has a high number of military men among its populace. Many of 7 Joust and War: “Florentine”..............7 them are being transferred overseas, or are seeing their ships leaving port. Please keep these warriers your thoughts or prayers that they may return And More Elizabethan Card Games.................... 8 safely to once again play with us. Florentine Cooking .......................... 10 Contacts Imperial Information Published: Board of Directors ............................ 11 Imperial ............................................... 11 Updated Rolls Manual and Forms: Events .........................................12 Available online at http://www.adrianempire.org/library.html Miscellany A Call for Proposals: Imperial Crown Wars Anyone wishing to host the Memorial Day War We look forward to receiving your proposals. If East or West should send a proposal to the Imperial you have questions, or would like some preliminary Crown by February 28. The deadline for the Labor Day feedback on your proposal please contact us as soon as War is April 20. The government will consider all possible. proposals on their own merit. You do not need to be a Karl & Elisabeth, Imperial Crowns of Adria subdivision head to make a proposal (Imperial events are conducted by an Imperially-appointed Site Coordinator). Anyone submitting a proposal should be Profile: Castilles able to demonstrate sufficient ability, and identify the Originally the idea of opening a new city in the team of people working with them. Should your wastes between York's capital and the canton of Shide proposal be accepted, you will be the Site Autocrat; the was dismissed as impossible or a waste of time. Imperial Crown will appoint the appropriate officials However, two years ago Lord Wright was granted a to actually conduct the War. charter to open a new canton named Yorkshore. With The proposal should contain a budget to include all the support of the Bentwood Raiders Mercenary costs; complete contact information for the site Guild, this became a very relaxed and enjoyable place including address, map, and the name of the official site and was very attractive to the local barbarians. contact person; the contract to be used for the site (we After the Estates of Adria approved the possibility require a contract even if the site is free), information of independence, a name was needed. “Castilles” (and on the site facilities, and how you plan to use them. the heraldry of a castle with twin turrets) was chosen to Also include your complete contact information symbolize the twin city states of Yorkshore and Shide. (name, address, phone number, and e-mail address). Though now independent from its origins, The budget should not include costs for a feast - the Castilles continues working with the Kingdom of York Imperial Government no longer funds feasts at wars. If to support many faires in the realm, including the Ft. a local group wishes to sponsor a feast at their own risk Myers Medieval Faire and the South Florida and profit that is allowed. Get your proposal in soon so Renaissance Festival, where Castilles accompany not it can be modified as necessary. The selection of the one, but two encampments. Not only does our site lies solely with the Imperial Government. populace participate in the Adria encampment, but a Things that will positively impact your proposal: selection of our group has the privilege of being • Your experience in dealing with such matters members of the Royal Guard for Queen Elizabeth I. • Low risk cost to the Empire For the second year, they have procured their own • If the park will collect the fees* encampment. Also outside the encampment for both •Location faire, many members have secured parts in the cast and • Site ability to meet needs of the event stage shows. • Prompt response to Imp. Crown communications Castilles will forever be known for its sense of Things that will negatively impact your proposal: humor. From our jester, Raymond, and his assistant, • Little or no related experience Almond; to our bawdy singing damsels, Vice and • High risk cost to the Empire Virtue; to our “Hopeless Romantics”, Sir Alaric and • If the Park will not collect the fees* Squire Gilbert; it’s quite obvious that we try never to •Location take ourselves too seriously. • Inadequate facilities Sir Wright Bentwood, Archduke of Castilles • Slow response to Imp. Crown communications Squire Bridget O'Flaherty, Baroness Tir Tairngire *Participant-related fees, such as entry or camping fees. PAGE 2 From the Abbey Pilgrimages Your Majesty, I know that you felt it proper for me to “To Medieval man the pilgrimage was a symbolic retire to this abbey once our divorce was final. I have done all journey that represented the course of human life, that I can to adjust to this life. I find I cannot tolerate life from one's home on earth to one's true home in the within walls. My feet itch and I long to see the sky, unfettered universal order.” (James Matterrer) by buildings or smoke. A pilgrimage is a journey to a holy place, usually to Still, I adhere to my duties. I have heard of an outbreak of to cure illness, or to help the pilgrim get to heaven, or a fever in the southern lands. Also in the south is the Patriarch, as part of a penence. During the middle ages, who has in his possession the relics of the Church of Adria. I hope pilgrimages were as popular with the poor and that if I may gaze upon, or even touch, these relics, I may gain a peasantry as they were with the rich and noble. bit of peace, and be able to adjust to my life here. The tougher the journey, the holier the pilgrim. But And thus, I shall be undertaking a pilgrimage as soon as I only the trip to the destination is considered part of the can organize it. I alert you so that you will not think I have pilgrimage. The return trip could be as fast, easy, and strayed from our agreement. luxurious as the pilgrim chose. I remain in service, Maedb These treks began as early as the 3rd century and reached their height of popularity during the later middle ages. “When pilgrims went to the Holy Land, it Relics of the Church of Adria was as if the whole world had arrived at one time.” The Church of Adria, in the true traditions of the (Saint Jerome in the 4th century.) medieval era, has its share of relics, collected through It was not only the pilgrim that benefitted from the the years and cherished for their holiness. Currently the pilgrimage. All those travelers needed places to stay, Church holds: food to eat, clothing, and certainly a memento of their • A splinter of wood from the bench of the man who journey (to be proudly displayed so all would know sold pieces of "the true cross" where they had been). There was also the need for • The last 2 petrified brain cells of St. John Cervinus guards to protect against the thieves that preyed on the • A tooth from St. Alquis pilgrims (which helped give rise to the many religious • Hair and teeth from St. Warhammer military orders of chivalry). The splinter of wood goes with the whole tradition The main pilgrimage destinations were Jerusalem, in the Middle Ages of having pieces of the "true cross." Rome and Santiago de Compostela in Spain.