Roll of Arms Competition - explanation

["Beverly Robinson-Curry" <corvus2@worldnet.att.net>]

Poster: "Beverly Robinson-Curry" <corvus2@worldnet.att.net>

Someone asked me over the weekend what the Roll of Arms competition was... 
If one person was curious, maybe more are, so here's a brief explanation:

Jointly sponsored by Triton and the Kingdom MoAS offices, the Roll of Arms
competition creates a historical record of the fight for Crown at each
Crown Tournament.  Contestants may create this record in a number of forms,
either poetry, prose, song or artistic rendering of the combattants' arms. 
The entries must reflect the heraldry of each combattant.  (For example, if
Duke Michael is an entrant, a poetic rendering might say "The mighty lion
roared" when referring to him.)  At our last Crown Tourney, we had a tie,
between a poem and an artistic rendering.

The entrants have the day of the tourney to work on their entries.  The
winner(s) then are asked to dress up their work for inclusion in the
official book and are given 6 months to do so.  Baroness Genevieve can give
the specific details as to how the competition is actually run.

As I said last week, I will have some books with examples of period Rolls
of Arms (artistic displays mainly) with me at University for anyone who
wants to get a peek...

Rhiannon, Triton

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