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These award scrolls were both written for K's&Q's Armored Championship/Sommer Draw. The Calligrapher, Mari Clock van Hoorne, had requested that I not use a poetic form. Other than that, she gave me free rein. I chose to write in a traditional, “scroll” style. This included excessive praise of their majesties, use of their full names, and no abbreviations of the event, date or location.
I made sure to make booth scrolls gender neutral in regards to the recipients. As due to the nature of a championship awards scroll, it is complete all but for a name before the day of the event.
Sovereign's Champion
There were tremendous feats of arms thus done today by the said
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We Emperor Brennan mac Fearghus certify to have seen, done this day, and do not wish to impeach the honour of so valiant, conscientious, honest a gentle. In witness of their triumph at the lists, Jube 2ns, Anno Societatis LIII, at Summer Draw in the Barony of Bergental are declared to be King’s Armored Champion of the Kingdom of the East. So We have witnessed and bestow Our tabard to be worn throughout the realm wherever the journey may take them.
Word Count 93
Consort's Champion
In the hope of winning and conquering the day
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Showed grace and honor for the love of Queen and Kingdom. Thus does Her benevolent
Majesty, Empress Caoilfhionn inghean Fhaolain bear witness of they who convey, emprise, and hath acquired the perpetual finesse, decorum, consideration toward their acquaintance of the comity. We, who shall give this honour on June 2nd, Anno Societatis LIII at Summer Draw in the Barony of Bergental have declared them to be Queen's Armored Champion of the Kingdom of the East.
So We have witnessed and bestow Our tabard to be worn throughout the realm wherever the journey may take them.
Word Count 104
