Join us for Pentamere Academy of Defense
(hosted this year by the Canton of Ealdnordwuda, in the Barony of Northwoods, Region of Pentamere)

  If you have questions regarding activities, please contact the Staff!

Tournaments!

Swiss Five Bear Pit- An excellent way to start the day. Combatants will cycle through all authorized styles in a bear pit style tournament, earning points for each kill. The winner will be determined by who has the most points at the end of our time.

Roleplay Tourney- An opportunity for the noble Lords and Ladies of the list to truly fight as a noble within a keep would. Each Noble will be retained by two guards, and have to endure the perils of political intrigue, fending off other nobles as well as a potential assassin or two.

Rose Garden Tourney- On a typical stroll through the rose garden you encounter a most formidable opponent. You are charged to fight through the winding maze of rosebushes to end your opponent, but beware, the thorny bushes are more of a hazard than the beautiful flowers may lead you to believe.

Constrained Front Melee Tourney- Melee combat makes a group of many focus into a cohesive unit. As a team you must do one of two things. You shall either fight your way to the flag and capture it through a snug mountain pass, or you are charged with defending and protecting the flag from your invading challengers. We will run this scenario a couple of ways, giving both teams a chance to attack and defend, as well as stretching the knowledge of melee tactics among the participants.

Plank Tourney- Come fight in a classic constraint scenario, you and your opponent step onto the plank to engage in glorious combat, fighters are required to remain on the plank to continue fighting for falling off would ensure certain doom. Do not think that the sides are your greatest concern however, if your opponent pushes you too close to the line, they may take you out for their turn on the plank.

Sacrificial Bear Pit- The sacrificial bear pit will be a tournament that gets harder the longer you stay in the pit. As you continue to get wounds you retain them so long as you stay in the pit.

Open list for Pick-up and warm ups (auths if needed)

Death by Dice tourney- Take your chances and roll the die, chance will choose your fighting style, or handicap and you will do glorious randomized combat with a different style for each round.

Valhalla Circle of Death Closing Tourney- To end our day we shall fight in a Viking paradise. We shall start in a circle of combat, and as the one that slain you falls you return to battle until one soul remains.