5th Vindheim Coronet

5th Coronet
Photo by Centurion Margery Heron
Information:
Coronet: Romanius Vesperianus and Deanna della Penna - R2D2 Coronet Tournament & Elevation: December 09, 2023: Vindheim 5th Coronet Tourney Stepped Down: June 29, 2024 Predecessors: skeggi Berbeinn Sebbason ins Sterka and Emmelina de Medeland Heirs: Dafydd Whitacre and Octavia de Verdon

Reign Overview

Royal Whims or Declarations

• The Coronet will be using "Their Serene Highnesses" as Their preferred title.
• In Courts, any member of the populace in good standing (That is to say, anyone not under sanction by the Society, Kingdom, or Principality), any member of the Order of the Bastion, or the Prince's Champion may hold the unsheathed Sword of State. We would wish a large number of people partcipate in holding it as it is a symbol of the people of the Principality. We wish it unsheathed to show the beauty and skill that went into the making of it and how it represents our People.
• Our Royal Baker is His Grace, Jean-Paul de Sens for his bread and cookies at Laurel's Prize Tourney
• The following are declared to be the official Principality Dancers for our Reign: Adena Terricsdottir, John of York, Christopher Flete, Kyna Terricsdottir, Cornelius Merilainen & Koke Gan
• The official Principality Musicians are declared to be: Rhiannon Redwulf, Estrill Swet, Vigdis Grafeldr, Esmeralda Malaspina, Percival of Northkeep, Haldane Sparhawk, and Vitalis Gabrielle Venier della Mare.

Staff Members

• Head of Entourage: Mistress Marguerite Dinard & Countess Michelle Chantal de Charente
• Chief Lady-in-Waiting:
• Sanguine Quill: HL Cera ingen Fháeláin
• Sanguine Trumpet: Adalia VonderBerg
• Sanguine Needle:
• Gifts Coordinator: Zubeydah

Champions

Arts

None

Combat

• Princess' Champion - Marcus von Fürth
• Prince's Champion - Jean-Paul de Sens
• Cut & Thrust Champion - Sævarr Máni
• Archery: Karl Thorgeirsson

Special Recognitions

Bastion: Master Isaac Bane

Progress

• Dec 16, 2023: Wiesenfeuer Yule
• Jan 12, 2024: Winter Crown Tournament
• Jan 27, 2024: Northkeep Winterkingdom
• Feb 03, 2024: Marata Midwinter Melees
• Feb 10, 2024: Laurel's Prize Tournament
• Feb 17, 2024: Calontir Winter War Maneuvers (Prince)
• Mar 09, 2024: Gulf Wars XXXII
• Mar 30, 2024: Hellsgate Commander's Crucible (Prince)
• Apr 13, 2024: Coronation
• Apr 20, 2024: Wiesenefeuer Baronial
• Apr 27, 2024: Eldern Hills Another Day in the Park
• May 04, 2024: Namron Beltane
• May 18, 2024: Northkeep's Castellan
• May 25, 2024: Valor Tourney (Prince)
• Jun 08, 2024: Summer Crown Tournament
• Jun 22, 2024: Bonwicke Champion
• Jun 29, 2024: Vindheim Summer Coronet Tourney

The Words of the Coronet

December 24, 2023

Greetings to Our beloved Principality! Deanna and I wish all of the members of Vindheim a safe and wonderful holiday season. Each of you are special to us and have a place in the Principality and in our hearts. Please celebrate and enjoy the warmth and friendship of your families and each other during the holidays and all year long. We look forward to seeing you at the upcoming events and getting to know you better, as we know that each of you make Vindheim a better, special place!

January 2024 Whispers on the Wind

To the Great Principality of Vindheim, We send our greetings!
We are both thrilled to be privileged to serve the people and groups of Vindheim once again. We want to express our gratitude to our hosts, the Shire of Adlersruhe and to everyone whose hard work created such a memorable Coronet Tournament. We also wished to thank everyone who braved the snow and competed for the honor. We encourage those who wish to serve as our successors to spend the next six months working hard on your off-weapons game in preparation for Summer Coronet! It's never too early to start planning!
The next six months will bring many new friendships, experiences, and adventures for all of us. However, we would ask for the people of this great Principality to remember our friends in Calontir for Winter War Maneuvers in February, and to assist the Kingdom during Gulf Wars with your attendance. We look forward to working on our melee skills and putting them to use to help secure the victory.
It was good to see everyone at our first event, Wiesenfeuer Yule. We would like to take a moment and give special thanks to Her Majesty Ansteorra for allowing us to bring her words to the people of Vindheim and conduct her business in Court. We were very proud to hear that the Baronesses' Toy Tournament was so successful that they collected almost 400 toys due to your generosity! Please keep Master Andrixios in your thoughts and prayers as he recovers from his terrible car accident.
We will represent Vindheim with pride at Crown Tournament, where Her Majesty's Heirs will be decided. Then later, we will attend classes at Northkeep's Winterkingdom, shortly followed by Marata Midwinter Melees and then Winter War Maneuvers in the Shire of Wyverne Cliffe (aka Columbia, MO). Travel safely, spend time with the ones you love the most, stay warm, and we look forward to seeing you out and about.

January 10, 2024

Greetings to Vindheim!
Day by day the calendar turns and War draws ever closer.We need to prepare ourselves, both in body and mind, to prepare for Gulf and to renew the ties of friendship with our allies. To that end, we encourage all who are able to attend Winter War Maneuvers in Calontir on February 17, 2024. The event will allow us to increase our might on the field in melee combat and to work with Calontir on war planning. It is through our work prior to War that we will again dazzle the Known World with our might and prowess on the field. Practicing standing shoulder to shoulder with our allies to the North will make Gulf a better experience for all. And gosh darn it, they are just awesome people all the way around to hang out with!

January 23, 2024

Greetings unto Vindheim!

This last weekend saw Vindheim on the move! I was fortunate enough to attend the Outlands’ Coronation for the elevation of TRM Fjolverker and Melissa. The hospitality of the Outlands could not have been greater. I was honored to be part of their first Court and to sit at the left hand of Her Royal Majesty. Vindheim represented our great kingdom and exchanged gifts with their royal court and spoke with His Royal Majesty about Gulf Wars. We wish them a successful reign and look forward to seeing them at War, hopefully as allies against Trimaris!

We shall see all those who attend Winterkingdom this weekend as the Principality hosts both Her Sovereign Majesty and Her Royal Heirs! We ask all who can attend to do so and take part in the numerous classes scheduled. Please be safe and warm and know that Vindheim and all of its people are special to us!

February 19, 2024

Greetings unto our Principality!
Winter War Maneuvers has come and gone and Vindheim supported our friends in Calontir! Our Principality acquitted itself very well at the practice. I want to thank all that journeyed to Calontir and showed their support by helping our forces and our allies prepare for Gulf Wars. Equally, I want to thank the artisans of Vindheim for their willingness to provide gifts from us to Calontir to help Us show our gratitude for their support to our Principality and their willingness to support Ansteorra at Gulf. During the exchange of gifts and greetings, Her Majesty Calontir proclaimed that Calontir would support Vindheim at Gulf! Our neighbors to the North will be fighting shoulder to shoulder with us for the chivalric, rapier, throw weapons, arts and science and service points. Please be sure to thank them at the War for their assistance!

Gulf Wars is only 2 1/2 weeks away. If you are planning to attend Gulf, please register now to make gating in easier. If you will be joining us on the rapier or chivalric fields, please let your either your local group commander or myself know so we are able to provide an estimate to our allies at the War. We look forward to seeing everyone and hearing your Gulf stories. Please stop use while we are at Gulf and let us know how things are going and share your highlights of the War with us!

For those unable to attend and who will be tending the home fires while we are gone, please keep up the goof thoughts and support for the Kingdom and Principality while we are away. We will miss you!

Travel safely and we will see you soon!
His Serene Highness Romanius Vindheimus Vesperanius

February 21, 2024

Dear Vindheim,
The Principality has arms, but it does not yet possess a full achievement. That's going to be the crest, helm, livery/mantling, motto, and two supporters.

Brainstorming #2: if you were to nominate a motto, what comes to mind? Difficulty: English, or something else? We look forward to working with the heralds, but we'd love to tap into the creativity of the hive mind and see what suggestions everyone comes up with.

May 8, 2024

To our Beloved Principality!
Beltane was a wonderful event! We would like to thank all who came and enjoyed the day with us, as it just wouldn’t be the same without all of you (and we would be lonely!) Fun was had by all in archery and thrown weapons! Her Highness and I we doubly surprised when cattle were called into Court! We shall let their Excellencies explain on that one further…
Castellan is coming up quicker than many may consider so We ask that you mark your calendar for May 17 – 19 and attend if you can. After that I will be paying a visit to our neighbors North and spending a great event in Calontir at Valor! Please join me if you’re able so we can display our talents and help support our good friends and allies.
Finally, registration for Coronet List will be opening soon! Please be sure to register and send Us a letter of intent that details how you would like your Chivalric Championship to run should you prove victorious. The format has already been posted and I would encourage all participants to bring their own weapons and be ready for a day of fun and fighting!
Romanius and Deanna
Serene Highnesses, Vindheim

May 12, 2024

Greetings Vindheim!
In May there are numerous events to attend and enjoy the spirit of Vinheim! Castellan is coming up soon and I understand that there will be some special fighting at the event. I might add that not all shall pass but all will have fun! Please come and see your friends and enjoy the fellowship of the Principality as well!

Valor is on the horizon and coming fast! I look forward to spending time with the excellent people of the Principality! I know plans are underway to make dining and camping easier on us, but if you pre-register, it will make counting numbers for those working in and for Vindheim easier! Please pre-reg and post letting those organizing the trip know if you are going to be able to attend!

Be safe and we will meet together for fun in a few weeks for Castellan and Valor!

May 27, 2024

To Our beloved Principality!

We have returned from Valor! It was a fantastic event where we were able to strengthen our bonds with Calontir and make new friend! The weather was great, if a little rainy Saturday night, the tournaments were spectacular, and Vindheim more than held its own in the melees! I want to thank all those who were kind enough to contribute their talents to the gift bags and banners that were given to their Majesties and Highnesses of Calontir. I am ALWAYS amazed at how talented, kind and generous the people of Our Principality are!

As a reminder, registration to fight in Summer Coronet is open. Please send in your required information and your letter of intent. I am asking all who feel they are able to fulfill the duties of Coronet to enter and strive for the day. Their Majesties will also be installing the new Baron and Baroness of Northkeep. We want to express our sincere thanks to their current Excellencies Perrin and Jehanne for their excellent tenure and leadership.

Deanna and I will see everyone at Summer Crown as Their Majesties find out who Their Heirs shall be! It will be a grand day of pageantry and heroic deeds. Following that we will be attending Bonwicke’s Baronial Investiture and the Summer Coronet. Though our time draws to a close we are looking forward to seeing all of you and helping to recognize all of the wonderful things you do!

June 2024 Whispers on the Wind

Dear Vindheim:

We are sorry to hear that Another Day in the Park was cancelled due to inclement weather, but safety always comes first. Please do your best to support the Barony of Eldern Hills when they reschedule; we look forward to sharing their next event with them, regardless whether we are Coronet at the time or not.

In May, we look forward to seeing everyone at Beltane and Castellan, and will finish the month by attending Valor in Calontir. If you're able to come, we look forward to your company!

Big thanks to everyone who is participating in the Vindheim Achievement Project. Speaking of which, please take a moment to consider whether you've registered your own device or achievement with the College of Heralds!

The next Coronet Tournament will be here before we know it. Submit your letters of intent as early as possible and be sure to describe how you intend to run your chivalric champion's tournament, should the day be yours. There's still a lot to do, but we know it will be time for our successors soon!

All the best,
Romanius & Deanna

June 4, 2024

Vindheim! Just a post to remind everyone that our wonderful Principality will be hosting Crown Tournament this weekend! Northkeep is providing us an excellent site for the Tourney and We ask all who can to come and bear witness to this noble proceeding! Help Us and Northkeep celebrate the day with Their Majesties as new heirs are discovered! We look forward to seeing everyone there!

Also, please remember there are only 7 days left to register for the Coronet Tourney that is being held on June 29! Please join us on that day as Our successors are found! If you believe you can support the Principality as Coronet, please register!

June 9, 2024

To our beloved Principality!

This Saturday Their Majesties were hosted in Northkeep to find Their heirs! After a glorious tournament two of our own Vindhomies were victorious! Jean Paul de Sens and Gilyan Alienora of Clonmacnoise took the day after a breathtaking final round! Please be sure to congratulate them and give them support during their reign! Vivat~

Royal Preferences

Preference	His Serene Highness	Her Serene Highness
Allergies:		allergies to pistachios, horses, cats, and almond milk.
Food Preferences:
Beverage Preferences:
Persona:
Colors:	The colors of Vindheim! (He's also fond of lion and scorpion motifs.)
Interests:
Other:	Romanius doesn't do well in cold weather. So his likes would be things that bring warmth. A lot of people don’t have a lot of Vindheim wearables yet. So donations/largess of wearables, accessories, etc, with Vindheim visual motifs would be especially appreciated.	Deanna enjoys things that makes scribes happy!

Romanius and Deanna - Vindheim website

Total Number of Awards Given

Totals of all Vindheim awards - as of 07-26-2024

Name	Number
Bastion	1
Brazier	0
Dove	1
Fountain	4
Golden Comb	0
Goutte de Vin	12
Hawk's Wing	2
Key of Keys	11
Key	25
Pillar	4
Red Bowl	1
River	4
Sanguine Horse	4
Sinople Horse	2
Tenne Horse	13
Thunderbolt	19
Wellspring	4

Reign Photos & Media

• Our Coronet