Sergeant Athane of the Red
Faction -
Sir Phillipe le Martel,
Captain of the Blue Faction, riding Navarre
Dame Kiera yields to the
mighty sword of Lady Nedea of the Blue Faction...
The Lady Aniko - One of
Lord Ironwolfe's Marshals
The Seattle Knights at the Mid-Summer's Renaissance Faire - July 17-18, 2004 - Dee, Oregon - All text and photos © 2004 Douglas Herring www.douglasherring.com Apologies to those with only dial-up connections....

Sir Phillipe may have lost today's tournament, but the battle goes on...
Dame
GeLeah - Winner of the Grand Tournament at the Mid-Summer's Renaissance Faire!
And
there was much rejoicing...
Dame
GeLeah battles Sir Feylin in classic foot vs. horse combat...
Dame
Rowan, Captain of the Green Faction, riding Terakota

Wolfgang of the Red Faction actually seems to shrink before the wrath of Dame Richildis...
Dame
Rowan begins a charge in the Heavy Lance...
Dame
GeLeah, Captain of the Red Faction

Sir
Phillipe prepares to ride down Wolfgang, the bellows of the Red Faction...
Bitter
rivals, Dame Rowan and Dame GeLeah take their fight from horse to foot...
Captain's
GeLeah and Phillipe about to clash in the Heavy Joust
After
being kicked in the head far too many times, Sir Feylin of the Green Faction
finally turns the tables on Dame Richildis of the Blue Faction
Dame
Kiera, Knight of the Green Faction, seems to ask, "Can you spell
Gotterdammerung"?

Dame GeLeah riding her warhorse Shaba

The
rather corrupt and decadent Royal Court at the Mid-Summer's Renaissance Faire, at
least, that is how this reporter would describe them...