Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye!

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Let all people of An Tir, and of all the known kingdoms, who are not banished or enemies of the king our lord, know that there will be a great festival of arms and a very noble tourney, with crests, banners and horses covered with the arms of the noble tourneyers, as is the ancient custom, hosted by the very noble and very powerful Barony of Madrone.

And this tournament was held from September 11 to 14, 2025, at the place called T90 ranch in Tenino, Washington

This event included a variety of activities for all riders:

• Formal Emprise tournament before noble judges, including Ride Before a Prince, Joust, and Historic Lance Training games (Saturday)
• Princess Bride themed challenge course (Friday)
• Classes: Mounted to Ground, Roßfechten, Intro to the Emprise (Friday)

Site information

The Emprise of the Black Lion XX will be taking place as part of Autumn War, a collaborative event sponsored by the Baronies of Blatha an Oir, Madrone, Glymm Mere, and Dragon’s Laire.

The event site is T90 ranch, in Tenino, Washington. T90 ranch is 80 miles South of Seattle and 103 miles North of Portland, along the I-5 corridor.

The site has stalls for horses for $25 per horse per night.

Horse stalls are required for horses (there will be no paddocks, highlines, or horses tied to trailers). Trailer parking is available near your stall.

You must pre-register horses before August 28th, 2025 using this link: Pre-registration for the Autumn War event.

Pre-registration will close on August 28th, 2025, and all invoices must be paid by September 4th, 2025.

More information to be posted here soon as activity details are finalized.