{"id":7789,"date":"2026-04-04T08:38:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/?p=7789"},"modified":"2026-04-04T08:38:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:38:40","slug":"iron-comet-as-competition-and-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/?p=7789","title":{"rendered":"Iron Comet A&amp;S Competition and Display"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Iron-Comet-2026.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Iron-Comet-2026-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7790\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Iron-Comet-2026-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Iron-Comet-2026-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Iron-Comet-2026-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Iron-Comet-2026-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Iron-Comet-2026-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Iron-Comet-2026-1200x1200.png 1200w, https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Iron-Comet-2026-1320x1320.png 1320w, https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Iron-Comet-2026.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Salve Accolens! Your Baronial A&amp;S Champion issues forth the following challenge:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At this year\u2019s Iris Festival, we will be hosting an A&amp;S competition as part of the Iron Comet Challenge! Participation in the A&amp;S competition is mandatory for a chance to win the coveted Iron Comet. While your blades ring true on the fencing and heavy lists, as bows loose and weapons fly on the archery and thrown ranges, our judges will assess your skills in the gentler arts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Never participated in A&amp;S before? Now\u2019s your chance! We welcome competitors of all skill levels and will only be offering constructive feedback upon request. Documentation of project inspiration, methods, and materials can take the form of a one-page EZ-Doc form or a research paper. See link below for EZ-Doc forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.larsdatter.com\/ezdoc\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.larsdatter.com\/ezdoc\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To showcase our artisans, we will also be hosting a separate non-competitive display open to all attendees. All A&amp;S entries for Iron Comet and the display will also be eligible for a separate populace choice award for an additional prize!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-sylvan-kingdom-of-thelmearc wp-block-embed-the-sylvan-kingdom-of-thelmearc\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"OKNgynRNcx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aethelmearc.org\/event\/japanese-iris-festival-and-iron-comet-challenge\/\">Japanese Iris Festival and Iron Comet Challenge<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Japanese Iris Festival and Iron Comet Challenge&#8221; &#8212; The Sylvan Kingdom of \u00c6thelmearc\" src=\"https:\/\/aethelmearc.org\/event\/japanese-iris-festival-and-iron-comet-challenge\/embed\/#?secret=sPSxPTSjlJ#?secret=OKNgynRNcx\" data-secret=\"OKNgynRNcx\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>YIS,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord Ingvar Sviatoslavich<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salve Accolens! Your Baronial A&amp;S Champion issues forth the following challenge: At this year\u2019s Iris Festival, we will be hosting an A&amp;S competition as part of the Iron Comet Challenge! Participation in the A&amp;S competition is mandatory for a chance to win the coveted Iron Comet. While your blades ring true on the fencing and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/?p=7789\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Iron Comet A&amp;S Competition and Display&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7791,"href":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7789\/revisions\/7791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}