Eadric of Stonemarche: Couter Tenan

Johannes · Post by **Johannes** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:18 pm

Eadric was made a Tenan of the Couter at the Combat of 30 at Pennsic. His story is still to be told, but he owes it to us. Here we are under my banner, couter in his hands, while the pennan of Jehan de Pelham blows into the scene from the right.

[img]http://deedsofarms.com/gallery/photos/Johannes/Combat_of_Thirty_2008/Couter.JPG[/img]

Murdock · Post by **Murdock** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:07 am

Beautiful shot

Now if someone can photo shop out the sunglasses in the back

Seriously well deserved

VIVAT!!

Friedrich Parcifal · Post by **Friedrich Parcifal** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:04 am

Since posting a brief notice on the Chivalry board last week I have written and deleted the story at least three time. I'll finish it and post this weekend.

Thanks for the picture, though I will have to speak to my sunglass wearing Baron in the background. He'll catch flak for it I assure you. Then again, he says he has a large number of pictures of this and of the 30, so maybe his pennance can be sharing all the pics.

Eadric

white mountain armoury · Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:48 am

very cool !!!

Johannes · Post by **Johannes** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 9:13 am

It's even better because the lady with her back to us is my own lady, who has never had the opportunity to be present for any of the Couter deeds, even though the arms I bore at the first deed, and which are emblazoned on the box the couter resides in, are hers.

To tell my own small part in the story, Alfred of Carlyle, who had taken on the burden of the Couter from Magnus, asked me to pass it on to a worthy of my choosing, as he was unable to complete the quest on his own. I chose Eadric for a simple reason, he and his lady had inspired me.

It wasn't until I attended the deed Tenaned by Magnus that I got to see the faces of the people who attended, and to meet the Tenans who had passed before him, and I started to understand how much the quest meant to so many other people. When I spoke to Magnus and some others about it, their eyes welled up with tears they were so moved by the day. I left the deed feeling very warm to have had a small part in something which inspired so many.

At that deed, there was a young man whose bearing struck me, and whose lady's quality was so evident that her smile lit up the area she was in. Each of them spoke at length with me of what the Couter Challenges symbolized for them, and it was their joy that most impressed me at that field.

When I failed to pass the Couter to someone at Lilies for lack of time to prepare, I knew it had to go to Eadric, but it would be passed in a fashion unlike the cultured deeds it had seen previously. Eadric and his lady already understood the nature of it, and I could pass it without need of great words or fancy gestures. So I determined to pass it to him where he would be surrounded by men of quality, the Combat of the Thirty.

The rest of the story is his to tell.

Lachlann · Post by **Lachlann** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 6:34 am

Well done sir, and welcome to the Company of the Couter Eadric

Lucian Ro · Post by **Lucian Ro** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 6:38 am

For those of us that bask in ignorance (me), might one give the briefest of descriptions as to what the Tenan of the Couter is? Is it, in the basest of terms, similar to a MVP?

Donal Mac Ruiseart · Post by **Donal Mac Ruiseart** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:20 am

Styling one as Tenan of the Couter indicates that one holds the Couter of Chivalry. The term "tenan" is a French-based word meaning "holder."

The Couter of Chivalry is an elbow-guard whose possession (one ought not to say ownership) signifies that in the mind of the previous Tenan, one's prowess, chivalry, and demeanour render him worthy of the honour.

One of the more complete collections of accounts of the Courter can be found in this thread.

Lucian Ro · Post by **Lucian Ro** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:40 am

Ah! Thank you for the enlightenment, Donal, much appreciated.

Hedinn · Post by **Hedinn** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:23 pm

I was lucky enough to be present and I can tell you, I have complete faith that this resides with a worthy man.

I look forward to hearing the next tale.

Jehan de Pelham · Post by **Jehan de Pelham** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:49 pm

This is great.

John
Jehan de Pelham, ecuyer and servant of Sir Vitus
www.mron.org

Johannes · Post by **Johannes** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:08 am

The first part of this video is Eadric and Myself.

Video

muttman · Post by **muttman** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 6:40 pm

sweet! Congrats Eadric!
Drefan

Friedrich Parcifal · Post by **Friedrich Parcifal** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:14 pm

Rather than double post, here is the link to my part of the tale:

http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=1171493#1171493.

Eadric

white mountain armoury · Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:41 am

I am away on vacation but have manages to sneak a peak at this.
I am thrilled to live in a world where this type of thing goes on.
I lack the word to describe the coolness of it all.