Court Reports of the Kingdom of
Æthelmearc
Rurik and Angelik
April 23, AS 39
(2005)
Coronation of Malcolm and Tessa
Barony of Blackstone Mountain
Being
the Report of the Final Court of Their Royal Majesties, Rurik and
Angelik, King
and Queen of Æthelmearc. Court held
on
April 23, AS 39 (2005) at the Coronation of Malcolm and Tessa in Their
Barony
of Blackstone Mountain.
Giulietta da Venezia,
Reporting Herald, with the assistance of Lord Bressal “Bruce”
MacCulloch.
Her Majesty, Angelik processed into Court accompanied by Her Guard and
Her
ladies. She inquired whether the herald
had any intelligence regarding the whereabouts of the King.
At that moment, His Majesty, Rurik, accompanied by His Highness,
Malcolm,
returned from their survey of Their troops and the hostile forces
gathering
near our Kingdom’s border. His Majesty,
noting that He and Her Majesty are not of a violent nature, wondered
whether
Their Highnesses, having prepared all their lives for this day, might
not be
better equipped to lead out Kingdom’s army against the invaders. His Majesty then asked His Highness by what
right he would assert his claim to the Throne of Æthelmearc.
Her Excellency, Mistress Aoibheil of Dun Holen reminded His Majesty
that a
grand Tournament was held on the 9th day of October in His Barony of
Delftwood,
that Sir Malcolm did fight that day for the honor of his lady wife
Tessa, and
had duly won the right to wear the Crown of Æthelmearc.
His Grace, Sir Morguhn Sheridan attested that a tournament had indeed
been held
to determine the true and rightful heir to the Throne.
He averred that the undisputed winner was
Sir Malcolm, who by right of arms is the Crown Prince of
Æthelmearc.
Sir Loric Bane presented a scroll bearing the lineage of Sir Malcolm,
tracing
his lineage through the great Kings and Warlords of the past, and bore
witness
to his strength of arms.
By the right acknowledged through the words of Mistress Aoibheil, His
Grace,
Sir Morguhn, and Sir Loric, by the same right that Richard of Mont
Royal
invoked at the birth of our Society, by the same right that Yngvar the
Dismal
invoked at the birth of our Nation, and by that same right that Rurik
Himself
invoked in his time, so Malcolm claimed the right to the Crown of
Æthelmearc.
His Majesty spoke warmly to his Queen, Angelik, removed the Crown from
Her
head, and placed it upon Her Throne.
His Majesty then crowned Malcolm
sixteenth King of Æthelmearc.
Thus did the Court and Reign of Rurik and Angelik come to an end.