His Imperial Majesty's Grand Tourney

[Sultan 3953]

King Godfrey calls upon the court, as they gather around him, he stands and gives a mighty announcement

(Music to get in the mood)

“My dear Lords and gentlemen, I gather thee all here today to announce a most royal event. In celebration of a united Oren Empire at last, a grand event shall take place. Knights and nobility will be taking in place in several tests of honor, courage, strength, and valor. First a royal joust shall be held, in honor of Oren’s unification I shall also Knight squires and other men I deem worthy of the title of Ser before the Tourney begins. The winner of the jousting tournament shall receive 10,000 gold coins and if the winner holds the title of Knight they shall be rewarded with the title of Baron and given a Barony, if he is of title then the land shall be added to his domain ” talk comes from amongst the men. Godfrey holds up his hand. “Silence, there is more. After the tournament there shall also be held what I have come to call a “Melee cheval”. Knights and Nobility will line up on each side of a field on horseback and charge at each other on my command, the last man standing shall receive 6000 gold coins. To finish off this most grand of festivel shall be two more events, a melee challenge and a ranged challenge, however no Nobility nor Gentry may attend those last two events. The winner of the melee competition shall receive 4000 gold coins and the winner of the ranged competition shall receive 2000 gold coins. There shall be a grand feast held afterwards in honor of Oren’s triumph, our peoples health, and yours truly.” the men all talk amongst each other once more. Godfrey sits and starts making royal commands. “Prepare the kitchens, I want everyone in Arethor preparing for this feast. We will need 300 chickens, 500 quail, 400 pheasant, 200 chops of venison, 300 cuts of beef, 800 pieces of bread, and 50 barrels each of our finest wine, brandy, ale, and beer. I want half of our squires and servants putting up tents and preparing the area and the other half writing flyers and letters to be sent across Oren. I want this event to be the talk of the nation for weeks prior and years after. Get our nations best minstrels to write ballads both before, during, and after the day. Lances shall be broken, armor shall be shaken, and as always from now until my day comes Oren shall prevail! GOD WILLS IT!”

A unison shout from the crowd, “GOD WILLS IT!” Lords begin to order servants and squires about as the Arethor becomes alive with production and cheer. The scribe start to write, letters and send them by Ravens threw the realm to announce the Tournament to Nobles, and Gentry.

Ravens arrive, back to the scribes listing the Nobles and Gentry that shall Battle in the Tourney.

(OOC, please, reply to this thread in rp Nobles/Gentry (Gentry are Knights and Baronet) Returning a raven to the scribes, with your name including your full title, for example, His Grace The Duke of Westfall, The Rt. Honorable The Count of Alrma, The Lord Baron James Talon, Ser Henry Robin. IF YOU ARE A KNIGHT do not forget to put who KNIGHTED YOU, also DO NOT FORGET TO WEAR YOUR COAT OF ARMS on your SKIN! I expect NOBLES TO DO THE SAME)

(NO OTHER NATIONS ARE ALLOWED TO ATTEND, Only if you are invited personally by the King that is another matter PEOPLE NOT FROM OREN WELL NOT FIGHT)

(You can come and watch)

(IF YOU ARE A WOMEN YOU WELL NOT BE ALLOWED TO FIGHT NOR PRACTAPET IN FIGHTING, If you are a gentry/noble women you can honor a Knight you deem worthy to carry your color, basically you give him your scarf and he ties it to his arm.)

(TO ADD THE KNIGHTLY ORDER MEMBERS ARE CONSIDERS Knights IF THEY ARE ABOVE THE RANK OF SQUIRE the knightly orders are.

The Teutonic Order

The Order of The Red Dragon or the Knights Chivalry

The Emerald Knights )

(The jousting would work, as if you are on a horse the field that you shall ride against each other in, the middle shall be a fence and both Jousters shall stand on each side of the fence, beneath you shall be ice and you will run at each wielding a stick represented as a lance‘’you only have on swing!’’ If you miss then thats it you missed, if you hit that counts for one point out of three, but if you hit and the other fighter flys off of the Ice, then that counts as dismount and you autowin it is going to be a bracket based system each bracket will have four fighter and each fighter is entitled to fight against the other three the one with the highest wins out of the bracket shall leave and go higher to the next bracket.)

(Also you have been warned here and you will be warned by sighs in game, do not disrupt the event if you do you well get killed, do not pull a sword out, if you are not a Noble or a bannermen that has been told by a noble to do so, DO NOT WEAR ARMOR, if you are not bannermen or a noble ‘’ ALL HELMETS MUST BE OFF AT ALL TIMES EXCEPT WHEN YOU ARE FIGHTING, No HOODS either.) (When I say killed you will be warned by IC signs, and then warned by our bannermen if you do not listen they will pvp you. None Nobles are not allowed on the Kings Podem, if you try to get on you will be killed commoners have their own stands)

(We will have betting betting is welcome! from 100-500 double your money if you guess who's going to win each fight)

(BARDS ARE WELCOME! POETS ETC, But do not piss off the King or you my lose your hands and TONGUE!)

(ALSO THE KING SHALL HAVE MELEE FIGHTS BETWEEN KNGITHS FOR ENTRTANMENT THESE MELEE FIGHTS ARE GOING TO BE ALL RP!)

[Scipp3r 451]

*After receiving word of the Grand Tourney he quickly takes twenty man-at-arms and searches for Knights to participate.

[Sultan 3953]

(I expect you to joust in the Tourney Scipper :) )

[Hobolympic 1093]

(( -Snip- , I didn't notice the date in the description ))

[Braxis 813]

*Knight Lt. Uthor raises a brow and chuckles with a smirk on his face*

"I better Tell Gideon about this and attend it myself."

*Puts his hand on his sword hilt and walks away*

"This will be fun~"

[Scipp3r 451]

(I expect you to joust in the Tourney Scipper :) )

((I better get what the Kingdom owes me for working for for 6 irl months and getting payed once by bringing you heads))

I Lord Marshal The Right and Honorable Count of Shra’ albhar Court Adviser of his Majesty Patrick Denims will attend and joust in such a grand tourney of these standards.

[Braxis 813]

*Uthor writes a Note and gives it to a messengaer*

"Here lad take this to who ever needs the titles,names and such."

---The Note----

"I,Knight lieutenant Of the Knights Chivalry , And Count from The Duchy of Furnestock Uthor Silverblade Will be attending this Tournement"

[ℓαтєяяє ~ 236]

Upon hearing of the event, Igrud grins with glee.

"Perchance mine most honorable and holy king shall hark mine poems? Perhaps! Mine chance is most certainly now, to bestow mine voice to the king's ears! Huzzah, perhaps gaining a few Minas in the crazed process!"

Igrud walks off, singing his fancy tune, "The king, most divine; holds a dueling, fighting, jolly event; cometh one, cometh all! For it will be quite the den!"

[lugarthecougar 57]

*Count Balian Guivret listens to the kings speech and strokes his beard*

"I'll have to participate in this Tournament, show them what the Guivret's are made of!"

[Aren Whitestorm 65]

*Aren rubs his beard, hearing of the King's speech.*

Hmm...What of noble siblings, brothers of barons and counts? Are they deemed noble, to take part in the tourney?

((OOC: Again Mogroka, why not make this on Friday? Few people from Europe will be able to attend, since friday's a school day.))

[Braehn Elendil An'Hiraeth 474]

*A courier runs to Castle Winterhall. "I bring an invitation from the King" the young man says to the guardsman at the gate. "Alright, you may enter. Welcome to Winterhall." The guardsman says, waving to the man above him on the bailey. "Open the gates Agnar."He says. The guard nods and begins turning a winch, slowly raising the gates. The courier bows to the guard and enters the castle.

He see's guards training, servant's talking, and Lord Artorus Elendil, talking to two tall, well armored men. "Milord, his Majesty instructed me to deliver a message to you." The courier says, hold up the scroll. Artorus nods and takes it. "Thank you young man. Serjeant Hammely, see that this man is fed." The serjeant complies and leads the courier to the keep. Artorus reads the invitation nodding."Well, this should be fun. Ser Martin, Ser Lykos, you will compete in the tourney and carry my coat of arms, as well as your own.My son's will compete as well."

[mylimo7 409]

I, Lord High Architect, Count of Ager, Throdo Therving shall be attending this tournament.

[Jarkarll 314]

(( Consider yourself lucky that Dagmer isn't nobility. :P))

[Enthreri 9]

*Roland hears news of the Grand Tournament in the town square, and his ears perk up at the mention of Godfrey needing bards*

"Sounds like a trip ter ArmaLuna may be in order." Says Roland to himself, as he mounts up on a horse to gather as many fellow bards as he can to attend.

[Scipp3r 451]

I, Lord High Architect, Count of Ager, Throdo Therving shall be attending this tournament.

(( you're not high arctiect anymore))