Northkeep Castellan
The Northkeep Castellan event is generally held in May or June and is the Baronial Champions event. It was first held in April, 1990.
The Castellan event is unique in that there are individual champions for each category, as well as an overall champion. The Castellan of Northkeep is judged to be the best overall person to defend the Barony, based on their skills over several categories of competition - with a minimum of three categories entered. The individual categories for the Castellan competitions are:
| Category | Title | Format |
| Heavy Weapons | Drighton | A "meatgrinder" style competition |
| Rapier | Provost | Format varies from year to year |
| Thrown Weapons | Marksman | format can vary |
| Archery | Archer | Standard ICAC format |
| Bardic | Title Bard | Usually a 'challenge' format with final competitions presented during Feast or a special Court |
| Arts & Sciences | Artisan | Open competition utilizing the Ansteorran A&S judging forms |
To win the Castellan title, an individual must enter a minimum of three categories, one of which must be martial and one of which must be of the arts & sciences or Bardic. Points are earned for placement in any of the competitions, and this total is divided by the number of competitions entered. The individual with the highest points wins the title of Castellan.
Castellan Chronology:
| Year | Notes |
| 2011 | Event Stewards: Ainar Magnusson and Thorvald Egilsson. Feast Steward: Therese Maria Giovanni |
| 2010 | Damon Xanthus and Megan Flower el Wal are wed at the event, and share their joyous wedding dinner with all attending by sponsoring the entire feast. Several notable events occur at court: Kevin Michael Keary is made a Baron of the Court, Ainar Magnusson is made a Pelican, Beorhlic Folcwineson is made a Lion and Etienne de St. Amaranth is announced (in ninja form) for the order of the Pelican. |
| 2009 | The 20th Castellan event. Event Stewarts: Zahava batHannah and Amadeo. The archery tournament is held in the form of a special Castle Shoot, which was witnessed by HRM the Queen and Their Excellencies. In this scenario, the Queen and her faithful hound were set upon by brigands, and the archers rained down arrows in her defense. Northkeep's own Samuel ap Dewi vanquished all eight foes in less than 60 seconds.
Sir Jean Paul de Sans became the Drighton, Lord Uilliac McDub became the Provost, Lord Justus ap Dewi became the Marksman, Lord Robin of Northkeep took the title Archer, Honorable Lady Annabelle FitzSimmons took the title Artisan, Lady Adalia Vonderberg took the title Bard, and the Castellan was Karl Thorgiersson. A charity auction is held for the Blackwolf family, which includes two pristine copies of "Vixen's Keep" by William Blackfox, donated by Alanna of Caer du Pard. |
| 2008 | Autocrats: Elodie & Montega Black Dragon. Feast Stewards: Elisabeth de Calais & Nichol MacKnokard. A huge storm hits the event Saturday night. Elisaveta af Isefjord is made a Pelican. Zubeydah Jamilla al-Badawiyyah hosts a Young Gentleman's Salle. Champions: Thrown Weapons - Sam of Northkeep, Archery - Gryffid ap Artorius, Bardic - Lady Danielle de Marsielles, Artisan - Lady Angelique de Wolfe, Provost - Don Timothy le Corbusier, Drighton - Centurion Evangelos, Castellan - Ulliacc MacUlliacc. Childrens Archery and Thrown Weapons were won by Avery O'Griffin. Children's Bardic - Dora, Youth Bardic - Amber O'Rourke, Children's A&S - Caer Byrnes |
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