NationStates Jolt Archive

Be it known that King Neil of Forthshore, Keeper of the Light of Forthshore and Defender of the One True faith, calls all nobles and gentles of high birth to a celebration of his accession to the throne.
There shall be a tourney lasting a week with many diverse entertainments and contests. The rules for the main tourney are as follows;

1) All teams for the tourney shall be composed of twenty horse mounted warriors under the control of a knight of noble birth.

2) The weapons for the tourney shall be the weapons of nobility. The lance, sword, mace and axe. As this is a meeting of Peace, the weapons shall be rebated.

3) All mounts shall be warhorses with no augmentations.

4) The ransom for a captured knight shall be one horse, suit of armour and sword of war. This price is set at 100 Forthshore marks.

5) While magicks may be displayed at the celebration, no magick shall be allowed in the tourney.

6) Forthshore shall provide marshals for the tourney. All participants will obey the adjudications of the marshals. These men will be noticeable as they will be the only ones dressed in tabards bearing the golden bezants of Forthshore on a field gules.


On a pleasant day in autumn, people started gathering in the fields and lands around King Neil's castle at Northlarch. Pavilion tents were set up for the nobles and lists were set out for knights who wished to joust before the tourney.
All the traders and merchants normally found at a tourney set up their stalls. Food sellers, blacksmiths, entertainers and many others. Stables for horses were set up and royal grooms tended to the king's mounts.
Baron James Hamilton had set up part of the castle for registration of those who wished to take part in the tournament. Of course, King Neil was taking part. He was a fiend for tournaments. Ah, well, Baron James prepared himself to meet and greet. He would have to find accomodation for the assembled nobles, mostly tentage as the castle was full.
As the gentle visitors to the tourney arrived, Hamilton informed them of the feast to be held on the tourney grounds that night.

Message of the Blue Noomi Orcs

We request that you allow our kind to participate in this contest, worlwide, the reputation of our species is that of barbaric warmongers and idiot footsoldiers, I present our clan as an exception to this rule, we pride ourself on honorable combat and I myself, Chief Arawn, have pledged to abide to the chivalric customs of warfare.

Should you allow our entry, I wish to compete personally, alongside ninteen of my most loyal and strong Orcs, we would greatly appreciate the connections with civilised species we can make in entering, and would consider it disspointing but not worthy of conflict should you shun us.

Signed,
Noomi Arawn, Chief of the Noomi Clan, Firstborn Under the Moon

Message of the Blue Noomi Orcs

We request that you allow our kind to participate in this contest, worlwide, the reputation of our species is that of barbaric warmongers and idiot footsoldiers, I present our clan as an exception to this rule, we pride ourself on honorable combat and I myself, Chief Arawn, have pledged to abide to the chivalric customs of warfare.

Should you allow our entry, I wish to compete personally, alongside ninteen of my most loyal and strong Orcs, we would greatly appreciate the connections with civilised species we can make in entering, and would consider it disspointing but not worthy of conflict should you shun us.

Signed,
Noomi Arawn, Chief of the Noomi Clan, Firstborn Under the Moon


To Noomi Arawn, Chief of the Noomi Clan, Firstborn Under the Moon, His Royal Highness King Neil of Forthshore sends greetings.
As you are a knight of noble birth you are welcome to attend and take part in the tournament. Forthshore does not discriminate on grounds of species. Our Majesty rules humans, elves, dwarves and goblins. We have heard that orcs are most strong and puissant and look forward to crossing swords with you.