Stewan Seagull

I went to Yew today, for their third day of Celebrations.
Greeted grumpily by a rubble of guardsmen, i entered the King´s Deer
to have an Old Barley before the fun started, when a young rookie dashed in.

He went on to call us out for the games to begin, tho he was ignorant
´bout the details.

A guardsman by the name of Vance tried to order the guests into a "Celebration Line". An effort that was met with little success, as some
guests still wished to know ´bout the games that were to come.
Apparently overwhelmed by our colourful garb, Vance finally continued to shout a bit a the assembly, before we were lead to a field, where the first
contest was to begin.

Vance explained the first game, which was to be a sheep-herding contest, honorin´ the financial backbone of Yew. And there are some people questionin´ the existance of any backbone there; one can always learn new things.

Divided into two teams, one of which was exclusively made up of Yewians,
we set of to find sheep.
Not amazingly, the local team won this round and the first points.

Next up was sheep-pen building, which again, despite our best efforts
and the indispensable help of some newcomers, again went to the team from Yew.

During this game, the lovely Lady Katherine, visitin´ from PaxOku, joined our
ranks to make herself a picture of how Celebrations are handled hereabouts.
I´m sad to say, she couldn´t have picked a worse day for it.

The third game called for some movement and area knowledge,
as the sheep were now to be run to the Yew Crypts, with points
awarded for gettin´ there first, gettin´ there with sheep and gettin´ there.
Sineal Walker of the Guardsmen and his ape, that acted as sheep replacement, got there first, Lydia Sylver of Trinsic being a close second with two sheep.
I myself at least managed to arrive at the right place, last, but with my
sheep intact.
Sadly, some other players were lost in the northern woods.

After the teams had been newly organized we got the task to create a
replica of the Unholy Shrines of the undead.
Captain Dart won us some points with the addition of a portrait
of a "hideous looking footwoman", which seemed to cause some amusement among the locals.
My own contribution of a gingerbread man didn´t impress the jury much,
tho waywatcher Tanya said they scare certain people.
I must admit the exploded graveyard the other team had produced was a bit scarier, so they earned some well-deserved points

For the final game we enterd the crypts themselves, to fend of undead hordes and find and collect hidden fake rubies. This was finally a game i didn´t do to bad in myself, tho again Walker and Sylver excelled, with five "rubies" found each.

Now it was back to Stonekeep to award the prizes.



Third place went to Miss Verity Sands, Second to Miss Lydia Sylver and First to Sineal Walker. Each won a generous prize in gold.
The Barony of Cove kindly provided a drummer.

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