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.