Heirs of Asgard

The Heirs of Asgard returned to Texas Renaissance Festival November 8th – 11th for our second annual House Cup. 

Heirs began to arrive Friday afternoon/evening, and a few of us wandered over to the Vault 39 camp to help them celebrate Reclamation Day. For the rest of the evening, we enjoyed the potluck dinner and good conversation around the fire. 

Saturday morning, after everyone had eaten a wonderful breakfast and taken many group photos, we headed into Faire and the competition began! Students spent the day completing various quests, which required them to, among other things, search for the Chamber of Secrets, educate Muggles on the use of a rubber duck, and perform acts of kindness. Extra credit and prizes were earned by “attending classes” at Falcon’s Heath, the Joust, and Closing Ceremony.

That evening, dinner was served by Jenn and the house elves. Extra points were given out on participation. Then awards were after. After reviewing everyone’s submissions, it was time to announce the winners! Two Houses successfully completed every quest on the list (Ravenclaw and Slytherin), and Ravenclaw won the House Cup. This year’s MVPs were Stratton (Ravenclaw), David (Slytherin), Josh K (Gryffindor), and John Hurley (Hufflepuff). New prizes for this year were the two Headmaster’s Choice Awards, which went to Lyndsey, for her attempt to find Platform 9¾, and Adam, for speaking Parseltongue.  Honorable mentions and badges were handed out as well. The rest of the tank shirts were given out after the awards. 

Until next year,
Headmasters Trisha & Golden

We gathered in earnest at TRF’s All Hallows Eve weekend for our 9th annual celebration of good fortune with our favorite things; friends, beer, and food! Aegir’s Ball ranks as our biggest gathering of the year and it’s a time to reflect on our growth and thank those who have worked hard to advance the health and prestige of our clan. It is also a time to vote on clan wide issues.

This year, your’s truly had the pleasure of hosting and Sandi stepped up to provide a Viking themed feast. Our Friday night pot luck was possibly the best we’ve ever had, highlights included fresh ceviche, pork ribs, parmesan chicken pasta, pulled pork, and tons of desserts! For breakfast, Sandi prepared us a Viking style honey glazed sausage and barley porridge with apples, cranberries, walnuts, and honey. The dinner feast included venison stew and amazing Norwegian style flounder cakes served with caramelized onions and honey mustard, Yum!

I thought it would be fun to include a raffle in this year’s awards banquet. The Elders pitched in wonderful raffle prizes like Trisha’s wizard cape, PJ’s epic sword, Joe’s extra tickets, a guided Kayak fishing trip, and a box of Hopper’s hot sauce. We raffled these off in between our annual awards.

Clan Awards:
– 2018-2019 Odin Chef Champion: Toothless (Joe Kaluza) for Aegir’s Ball 2018’s 7 course Feast
– Community Service Award: Luis Leal
– Photo Contest: Photo Baggins (Caleb Pickens)
– G.U.E.S.T. (Guest of Unrivaled Esteem and Sincere Temperament): Ariel (Angel Crespo) for diligently watching our bar and his exuberant kindness
– Team Player: Catalyst (Amelia Dolby) for sitting out the Get Lit service weekend to watch over our Sherwood camp all by her lonesome.
– Legendary Act: The Law (David Nowlin) for donating his Kings pass and tent to give us a semi-permanent kitchen at TRF.
– Rookie of the Year: Mat Peach for always showing up ready to help out, especially on our work weekends
– Most Valuable Member: David Paul for always helping out everywhere in camp. If it was cooked, cleaned, hauled, or rescued this past year, there’s a good chance David was involved.

New Member Inductions:
– Kyri (Amber Nawlin), Catalyst (Amelia Dolby), Ariel (Angel Crespo), April Bates, Avery Stinson, The Law (David Nawlin, James Nawlin, Katherine Bates, RC Mosier, Robyn Gould, Solymar Puente

After the awards were bestowed and new members inducted, we quickly wrapped up some bylaw required housekeeping. With quorum in attendance, we updated our “No Asshole Rule” to allow for the Council of Elders to determine the punishment for anyone kicked out of camp at the next monthly meeting. We also reelected Captain Treader, who ran unopposed, to lead us for the next two year term.

There were many adventures, too many to list here, so let me just say this. The weather was perfect, the homebrew flowed freely from the Heir’s tap wall, the new clan safety binder came in handy, and amazing pictures were taken. Thank you all for making this clan the best damn group of people anywhere!

Together We Are Tanks!

~ Captain Treader

The 2019 TRF season kicked off with a bang, thanks to David Nowling and PJ Ernestes we were able to set up semi-permanent structures, giving us our largest bar and kitchen setup to date. The 11 tap wall was set up in all it’s glory stocked with delicious homebrewed beer and cider.

Despite the heat, we had a decent turn out, new friends and old all came by and the beer games began, The Beards, the fine facially follicled fellows took the prize, beating all comers. German fare was on hand, with sausage, pretzels and wings were served, and a great time was had by all.

Looking forward to 2019 and beyond!

-Brew Master Peter

Hey guys, I wanted to share a post about the amazingness that happened for us at Sherwood – we are official owners of permanent clan camping at Sherwood Forest Festival! We got to start clearing and moving in at Celtic Music fest, and boy was it a hot one. A brave team of a dozen or so adventurers joined us with chainsaws and implements of destruction to clear the underbrush, and pave the way for next year. Here’s the photo gallery of our gorgeous land claim.

-Toothless

Nine Heirs volunteered at the 2019 San Antonio Book Festival on Saturday, April 6th. Remembering that we’d wanted more time to explore the festival last year before going on shift, we all arrived early so we’d have time to stop by the food trucks, peruse the literary-themed merchandise, spin the prize wheel, snap some group pics with a snazzy Instagram frame, and chat with vendors.

Some of our group checked in at the volunteer booth early and were immediately put to work. The rest of us arrived on time and were sent off on various assignments – the clan then spent the afternoon handing out free books, teaching kids about D&D, running the Information Booths, and shushing unruly audience members. Happily, we also had time to play games at the Whataburger booths and check out the karaoke tent!

After the Festival closed down, we made our way to Bubba Gump Shrimp Co on the River Walk to celebrate both a job well done and the (slightly belated) birthday of David Paul.

All in all, it was a wonderful raid, and I can’t wait to do it again next year!

~Trisha, Lady of Goodwill

P.S. Click here for pictures!

Hey all, sorry for the long delay before posting. Sure Would and the Not So Highland Games went off without a hitch! We raised over $400 for RESCU, and people had a blast playing all of the games.

Our beer fest winners, team Enter the Freya, reprised their win with a very solid carry from MVP/individual winner Jenn Treadway. Jenn won best in night in 3/4 of her events, for a total individual score of 27 points, and they totalled 52 points as a team. Stormcrow won second at 37 points, winning the team tug o war overall for 15 of those points. Ray from Stormcrow took second place individual at 17 total points, but he was not on the Stormcrow team, he played as an individual.

Next year, Sure Would will be our family friendly weekend, with round two of the Not so Highland Games! Here is the link to the photo album.

First, let me apologize for the late post and thank everyone for the fantastic events and weekends we’ve had at Sherwood Forest Faire so far this season. We are meeting our goal of being good neighbors and are getting real traction in becoming established members of the clan community.  Best of all, we’ve made hundreds of new friends and several of which may join our ranks.

I had the pleasure of Raid Leading our first event, Hugin’s Quest: The Search for Munin. Odin, the Allfather of the gods, had two Raven familiars, Hugin and Munin (thought and memory), that traveled the nine realms and reported all things to Odin. It is said the Allfather feared one day they would not return.  He worries for Hugin, but he worries more for Munin. And this was weekend Munin did not return.

The Heirs of Asgard and their allies knew Munin was last seen near Nottingham Castle, an area known well to only a few heirs. Their quest was to map out Sherwood Forest’s clan camp grounds, make friends, and bring Munin back to camp. Throughout the weekend our adventurers visited 30 different camps, met hundreds of midgardians, and ultimately brought Munin home.

Congratulations to Melinda and Doug from Odin’s Children for finding Munin, who was lost in Mug and Flame, and to Britt and PJ for mapping the most clans and residents! Special thanks to Joe, Peter, and the Brew Crew for the full tap wall; to our dedicated TABC certified bar tenders; and to our Odin Chef, Jenn Treadway, for the wonderful meals!

One day, hopefully far in thet future, our memories will struggle to return. But, perhaps all we need is a little help from our friends to bring them back. I hope never to forget these wonderful weekends we get to enjoy together.  Thank you for being part of them.

Together we are Tanks!

Captain Treader

Heirs of Asgard couldn’t be more excited for the start of Sherwood season, and we are proud to announce two big things:

1. We helped with the festivities by donating free homebrew tasting to the cause, served at our camp on the January “Hosted by YOU” weekend, and at Jacob’s Well on Friday of the February move in weekend.
2. Our tap wall is a little bigger….we now go up to 11!  That’s right, 11 tasty brews, with 4 permanent ciders, 4 permanent beers, and 3 rotating taps of fun.

We are really excited about becoming a part of the Sherwood culture!  Here is the photo gallery for the gathering weekends.