• $5 Site Fee
• $5 Spaghetti Dinner
  • Bring Feast Gear
• Frat War
  • Scenarios to Brahm - doogie4135@aol.com
• Treasure Hunt
• Bardic Competition
  • Theme - "Warmth"
  • Songs or Stories
  • 1st Prize: Reture of site fee and free Dinner
• Directions on Markland Forum

By: Drey

Well, as things turned out, just like in 1969 it was Atli who was the fault of it all. Leaving aside the little details it was August before a site was selected and we approved by the host park. King’s Landing in northern Calvert County, Md. turned out to be an almost ideal site. It had waterfront access; it had equestrian facilities, cabins and camping facilities, and best of all, a dining pavilion and washhouse.

In summary: the site great, the weather tolerable, the friends and memories well worth the effort. Can you really ask for more?

Check out the Pictures!

Morgan Lynn Keller

10/17/2009

Parents: Ed Keller (Fox) and Lynda Keller

Congrats on the little one and hope that you all get some sleep.

Steinr/Kelly, General for Mom's Army (edited by admin)

Without question, this was THE best Crown War, ever. And I've been to most of them. The attitudes on both sides were excellent, the fight was fair and the weather even cooperated.

Before the war started in earnest, King Angus knighted Critter before the assembled Fyrd and all acclaimed his ascendancy.

The order of battle was determined by rock, paper, scissors with the bridge battle first. Mom's army had a great mucking shield for the bridge, but the King's archers were not to be slowed down by such a trick and they made short order of the work there. The woods followed and while the contest was better, the outcome was the same with the King winning.

Following the war, the King proved that he is in fact a King's King by bestowing the title of Lady on Mom, much to everyone’s surprise and delight. Such a presentation is without precedence and sets the bar high for future contests. Truly Markland benefitted from this war, as Charlie set it up to do, with a good chunk of change in the bank for the organization.

Special thanks to Angus and his army, Mom and her army and to Lothar for being there to take monies and check memberships. We can all pat ourselves on the back for this one folks.

So it has been a while since we have had news to update. Even though Markland has been truckin along we just haven't had the support we need to keep post going, but lets hope with this nice list of Fall events that will all change.

Minutes from the Spring Council Meeting and Summer Althyng are up for you to view.

If you are into RSS Feeds and have noticed the RSS feed button at the bottom of this page. You will be happy to know that it is working again. I didn't know that it had stopped but it is working now.

Also, I have made a new page for translating Old Norse to English and English to Old Norse. If you find that this is something that interests you please check it out. I am willing to add more if there is something that you think might be of interest to all of Markland.

Last but not least, I am working on a few projects and would appreciate some help from my fellow Marklanders. I need someone to help with writing up directions to common sites that we use. Ex. Page's Farm or Blackbird State Park. This way we can have already written directions for people to use and link to. Please email me if you can help at webmaster@markland.org.

Thank you, and see you all at the next Markland Event!

Death And Taxes 2009 - Review -
by: Sir Byrin Blackcross (edited by admin)

The fighting was both spirited and clean with no complaints or hassles. There was roughly 25 fighters overall with a good mix of field and woods battles. Also some exceptional shooting was delivered by both Sir Brahm and Sir Rowan. It was a good event to help knock off the rust.

King Angus accepted Mom Lightman's Challenge for Crown. They will work out the details of how, when and where for crown war at later date.

For this event it was all good clean damp fun. The new area of Blackbird was, in my opinion, a far superior site to the old area we used. Nice job.