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Comtesse Elena d’Artois reports on the completion of the Dragon Rose Challenge.

Fencers at War Practice. Photo by Crystal Clark.
The Dragon Rose Challenge has ended, and our kingdom has done incredibly well for an out-of-kingdom program! Final scores were:
- Midrealm 5201
- By region: Constellation: 1523 Midlands: 676 Oaken: 2167 Pentamere: 835
- Æthelmearc 3866
Top 3 Midrealmers (to be awarded prizes):
- THL Lucien Featherstone: 310
- Lady Cecily O’Donell: 306
- THL Vindis the Bedwetter: 263
Top 3 Æthelmearcers:
- Doña Elena d’Artois : 372.5
- Don Po Silvertop the Rogue: 336.8
- Doña Emily of Dunvegan: 278.9
Our kingdom scores individually were:
- Doña Elena d’Artois 372.5
- Don Po Silvertop the Rogue 336.8
- Doña Emily of Dunvegan 278.9
- Mistress Dorinda Courtenay 225.04
- Lord Jacob Martinson 217
- Lord Ru Cavorst 203
- Doña Gabrielle de Winter 168
- Nicolo Loredan da Venezia 166.2
- Don Clewin Kupferhelbelinc 138
- THL Gytha Oggsdottir 128
- Don Jacob of Dunmore 123.71
- Baroness Miriel du Lac 109
- Lord Lucha di Lion 107
- Lady Racheldis of Swansmere 87
- Master Benedict Fergus atte Mede 87
- Dame Caroline of Burgundy 80
- Master Donnan MacDubhsidhe 79
- Mistress Fredeburg von Katzenellenbogen 78
- Lady Cairdha Eilis 67
- Baroness Juliana Rosalia Dolce di Siena 54.375
- Lord Battista 51
- Lord Cyrus Augur 49
- Lord Simon Savastian Caminante 46
- Master Iago Benitez 42.1
- Lady Deirdre Kildare 41.08
- Baron Magnus de Lyons 40
- Lord Hrólfr Fjarfell 38
- Lord Robert MacEwin of Thornhill 37.4
- THL sionn, the lost 37
- Don Corwyn Montgomery 35.2
- Lord Chahagan Duras 34
- Lord Fordwin Marchand 31
- Mistress Illadore de Bedegrayne 28
- Dromundr Geirhjalmsson 27
- Quintin Lawless 24
- Master Orlando di Bene del Vinta 21
- Lord Magnus bastiano di Vigo 21
- Lord Bjorn Einarsson 20
- Master Bastiano di Iacopo 19
- King Byron 17
- Master Diego Miguel Munoz de Castilla 16
- Mistress Irene von Schmetterling 15
- Kar Chan 15
- Lord William Peregrinus 14
- Queen Ariella 14
- Romy Flexcia Delevine 11
- Jacob Johnson 11
- Lady Lucia Augur 9
- Lady Christina Mary Lowe called Jinx 8
- Master Caleb Reynolds 8
- Lord Jan Langhe ten Walde 8
- Calista 7
- Lady Kattera Doplerin 7
- Leah of the Debatable Lands 5
- Baron Ichijo 5
- Sir Ian O’Kennavain 4
- THLord Aelric Ravenshaw 3
Great job, Æthelmearc fencers!! To put this in perspective,
- The Midrealm had 80 fencers, with a total of 5201 points, for an average of 65.02 per fencer.
- We had 63 fencers but only 58 ever reported scores after joining. With a total of 3924 ponts, we had an average of 67.67 per fencer reporting.
So really, we kept up with them per active person average. We just needed more people, and more people reporting regularly!
Our folks were never eligible for any awards, but participated anyway. Some passionately.
It was a wonderful way to look back on each week to see exactly what we accomplished. Most of us just documented what we were already doing, but the extra challenges kept things fresh and provided a variety of ideas for ways to improve.
Duchess Dorinda maintained a constant energy level all year encouraging us to push that extra couple of bouts. She was inspirational.