Knocking at the gates of Nawia

When everyone had gathered, they had to stand in a holy circle, which none of the living had to cross. And in the very center the funeral pyre was placed, and on it the body of our brother Jarosław rested. Mourners began to make gifts and let our companion not experience poverty in the afterlife. The silence came so powerful that it seemed that the beating of everyone present could be heard. They all stood in complete motionlessness, as if the gods themselves had stopped time by extraordinary force. Like the thunder of Perun himself, the knockers of perches sounded, then towards the rising sun, they began to surround the circle, there were three of them. When all were surrounded by them, the servants of the gods entered the circle, thus starting the ceremony.
 And so one of them recalled in his words the deceased, and reminded his good name and deeds to everyone. When the last sentences sounded in their heads, Vales himself came down among the living, announcing that Jarosław’s soul with him would go to Nawia. But before it happened, the blood shed in the name of the gods had to be left. Therefore, the funeral pyre was set on fire, and the weapon was also laid on it. At that moment the warriors were called to the first blood.
When the gods of the struggle accepted to sacrifice, it was time. Honey and bread as tradition requires it was given to them, one part was put into fire and the other part was given to the earth. Forefathers’ Eve was also summoned, a few moments later silence came so that the spirit could find its way to the beyond.
When the pile and with it all the gifts were incinerated, the perks closed the way opposite the one they had arrived at the beginning of the ceremony. Now all of those present at the great feast have been invited to have fun and remember our friend well.

Summary

We started the season on 16/03/2019 (Sligo), it was a closed meeting under the name Jarary mating. It was there that I had the opportunity to meet my group for the first time. The place we chose was located in the forest, next to the lake. As soon as we camped, heavy rain fell on our heads, which fell almost until the morning.
I guess I’ll never forget the next morning, I slept in a historic tent for the first time in my life, you know, without a floor. When in the morning I went outside in surprise and disbelief, I saw that there was a lot of snow around me, it was the moment, the moment when I decided to join Ulfhednar. I admit honestly I was cruelly cold, but it was worth it;)
Our brave company this season has visited all of Ireland from west to east, from north to south, including northern Ireland. However, this is not the end, our warriors managed to reach the distant land that is Poland, proudly representing Ulfhednar. They were present, among others, at the Viking and Slav festival in Ogrodzieniec, and at one of the largest prestigious event on the island of Wolin! As they mentioned, nowhere else in the world is there such a thing as Wolin (who knows maybe I can go next year). Part of our brave company took part in the Comic con tullamore 18/05/2019. 13-15.09.2019 Hill of tara, very much praising this event in terms of organization, guests from outside of Ireland, Russians, Hungarians, Swedes, Germany, etc. were invited to the event.
Now it’s time to present the silhouette of Ulfhednar’s commander, Piotr. Piotr is a representative of Ireland in the Bohurt system, which with its extraordinary fighting style, equalizes his opponents with the ground. He has won several medals, including the Long Sword style.
During this year, the ranks of our camp increased by several people, which we personally enjoy very much. We also appeared in the monthly magazine MIR, and in several local newspapers.
The last event this season was the Rally, at which we discussed the events of the current year and plans for the near future. Unfortunately, for obvious reasons I cannot disclose them here. So for me it was very special, because it was on this day that the ceremony of freeing my persona took place.
I thought about writing something more, but I don’t think there is a need, everything is described in the events below.
Greetings to all, let the Gods lead you, and I hope to see you next season. Maybe someone will decide to join our group? Enjoy !!!

Wexford 27-29.09.2019

Wexford was our last event this season, we arrived on Friday evening. To my small private despair, it turned out that the event area was taking place on a concrete square. I have a lot of imagination and can accept various adversities, but the concrete outgrown me that day. Erick, seeing my despair, came up with a brilliant idea, in some way known only to him arranged for us accommodation in the Irish National Heritage Park. This place is simply amazing, Viking villages from various periods, including even Christian times, you can find a small fort and a small castle on the hill. Of course, I sent new corridates to the rest of our crew as soon as possible. That night we settled in one of the Viking huts situated on a huge lake. I will write it again The atmosphere of that museum is stunning. Eric quite consciously stated that you need to record a song from this place, so we did. That evening we were all sitting late, enjoying each other’s presence.
On Saturday morning we went for a thorough reconnaissance of the area, exploring every corner of the park, after breakfast we arrived at the destination. The concrete square turned into a field of tents, I must admit that it was difficult to find a place to stay. A river of tourists flowed through the village from the very morning until the weather decided to break down, but we’ll talk about it in a moment. In general, the plan was as follows, I, along with Eric, provided entertainment in the form of music, the girls presented craft skills, and the rest took care of the fight. As for the western style, the arena was full of participants, while in the Eastern style there were only a few people, of whom 70% were Ulfhednar warriors. The whole event looked quite good, the turnout was great both from the side of the performers and visitors. As I wrote above, the only thing independent of us was the weather, which decided to simply break down in the world. For me, at this moment the event was over, some of our crew returned to the place of earlier accommodation, where they spent a good evening.
Ps As he later mentioned, at some point the lake decided to join the feast, overflowing through the door.

                                                                                                                Lucan 07-08.09.2019

This time we met in Dublin for the lukan viking festival.
Saturday – the destination of the Italian embassy became the destination. Mercenary troops moved to help the occupied institution. As you know, the Vikings have been everywhere, so why not visit the „territory” of Italy. We quickly pitched our camp and entered the fight (of course full contact). The battle took place in two rounds, each fight lasted almost 40 minutes. In the meantime, Eric and I have a little mess over the battle frenzy, gathering medieval fans around the fans. The day passed very quickly, traditionally without taking prisoners. A few of our comrades had to help other leaders, which unfortunately meant that they left our camp. In the evening we had a real investigation, namely someone brought Ercik boot (one read so well, one!) Suspicion fell on a visiting visitor, mixed breed (dog). Fortunately, it turned out that the shoe was packed by one of us. In good spirits, we’ve moved our forces to a new position.
Sunday – from the very morning we had a great mood remembering previous events, I admit that I do not remember when I laughed last time. Unfortunately, we could not make fun of, because the event started very early. There were really many people who came to watch our struggles, we are always happy with the high turnout of visitors. Practically after breakfast we went into a great fight, everything was beautiful until the helmet fell off my square head, well, the flying sword could not be withdrawn. For a moment you could hear „uuuuuuuuuu” and everyone froze. However, Thor was watching over me and ended up cutting my skin slightly. That day I couldn’t fight any more (oh, sadness). I watched with envy as everyone else fought duels. My friend Aśce felt sorry for me, so along with her life companion Plam, they decided to train me a little. Thanks for that !! I don’t even know when the event is over, sometimes I get the impression that time is really rushing like wild wind …
 I almost forgot to write about the weather, it was quite sunny and pleasant.
ps; It is a pity that you did not see our Jarl in his armor and wolf skin;)

                                                                                                                                           Cork military 10.08.2019

This time we met at Battle Of Kilmallock.
The event was focused on strength solutions, i.e. fight, fight again.
The tournament was really difficult and required good craftsmanship from the warriors. Over a dozen volunteers faced the skirmishes. The elimination took place using the 1 vs 1 method, Erick even reached the semi-final, big congratulations to him! In my humble opinion, the rest of our crew also went quite well, but as you know, there can be only one winner.
As I wrote earlier, the full contact system is truly spectacular, its uniqueness attracts a whole lot of viewers. Now imagine a situation where two teams are facing each other, one ready to destroy the other. It would seem that everything for a moment froze. Do you know this moment of apparent calm just before the storm? He gave the silence a thunderbolt, a hurricane bolt of steel falling on the heads of the fighting. What a start it was, I’ve seen something like that in a battle movie lately. Armageddon lasted almost two hours, in my opinion each of the spectators was really satisfied with the spectacle that he saw there.
Okay, enough for a fight, now a bit different. on the day of the event, we decided to organize a charity fundraiser, whose goal was to provide financial support to a person fighting cancer. The entire amount collected was sent to the account of the needy (thank you all for the support shown!).
Traditionally, the camp could not miss music. Arno and Roman joined our cheerful company. As the old proverb says, „two heads are better than one,” there were four of us now. We quickly found a thread of understanding, which resulted in some great ideas for new compositions. On the same day we recorded three new issues in the ruins of the old church. One of them is available for viewing.
In the ranks of our team we welcomed two new persos Jaroslaw and Arno. Jarek – in our camp he will deal with art, specifically woodcarving. Arno will join Ravensdale.
Traditionally, I will discuss weather conditions, it was probably the hottest weekend this summer.
Initially, the estimated number of visitors was to be 200, in the end it was close to 700.
Trevor you did a great job! Thank you for the invitation, this is our next joint event where we had a great time.
See you August 10, 19 In Cork, at the Cork Military Show !!

                                                                                                                                                       Kilmallock 13.07.2019

This time we met at Battle Of Kilmallock.
The event was focused on strength solutions, i.e. fight, fight again.
The tournament was really difficult and required good craftsmanship from the warriors. Over a dozen volunteers faced the skirmishes. The elimination took place using the 1 vs 1 method, Erick even reached the semi-final, big congratulations to him! In my humble opinion, the rest of our crew also went quite well, but as you know, there can be only one winner.
As I wrote earlier, the full contact system is truly spectacular, its uniqueness attracts a whole lot of viewers. Now imagine a situation where two teams are facing each other, one ready to destroy the other. It would seem that everything for a moment froze. Do you know this moment of apparent calm just before the storm? He gave the silence a thunderbolt, a hurricane bolt of steel falling on the heads of the fighting. What a start it was, I’ve seen something like that in a battle movie lately. Armageddon lasted almost two hours, in my opinion each of the spectators was really satisfied with the spectacle that he saw there.
Okay, enough for a fight, now a bit different. on the day of the event, we decided to organize a charity fundraiser, whose goal was to provide financial support to a person fighting cancer. The entire amount collected was sent to the account of the needy (thank you all for the support shown!).
Traditionally, the camp could not miss music. Arno and Roman joined our cheerful company. As the old proverb says, „two heads are better than one,” there were four of us now. We quickly found a thread of understanding, which resulted in some great ideas for new compositions. On the same day we recorded three new issues in the ruins of the old church. One of them is available for viewing.
In the ranks of our team we welcomed two new persos Jaroslaw and Arno. Jarek – in our camp he will deal with art, specifically woodcarving. Arno will join Ravensdale.
Traditionally, I will discuss weather conditions, it was probably the hottest weekend this summer.
Initially, the estimated number of visitors was to be 200, in the end it was close to 700.
Trevor you did a great job! Thank you for the invitation, this is our next joint event where we had a great time.
See you August 10, 19 In Cork, at the Cork Military Show !!

                                                                                                             Cobh 30.06.2019

This time it will be short.
The beginning will be a little more serious. Imagine that one day, as usual, you go to work. Immersed in your own thoughts, you follow the same path, such an eternal routine. Around the shop windows, a typical street pulse, in a word, the prose of everyday life, You smell the air in one moment, in the other you wake up in a hospital in critical condition. It turned out that you were attacked and brutally beaten by a band of degenerates. Mr. Grzegorz Czerek is a victim of the above-mentioned assault. His damage to health is so serious that he needs money for further convalescence. Together with our group, we decided to collect at least some of the needed sum. Ilona together with Jagoda played the role of volunteers. The girls bravely stood at the police station during the whole event. Then we transferred the entire sum collected to the account of Mr. Grzegorz. We wish you a speedy recovery!
 The day was very intense, before the sun took the zenith position in the sky, the camp has long been teeming with life. I must proudly admit that we need more and more space for our settlement.
 The graphic designer was quite tense: western and eastern style fight, circle of honor and betrayal, ragnarok, bridge fight. A moment of rest and we went into battle again. Our Jarl could not take part in the full contact fight because of injury. Wojtek was put in his replacement, it was a debut for Wojtek, he accepted the challenge without any hesitation.
To our joy, Panoramix entered the fight, have you ever seen a bear? such a stature is our companion. At the very start Marcin has +100 to intimidate.
In general, everything went very well, until Erick knee a piece of concrete. Unfortunately, this prevented his further fight … two minutes later I was „sitting” in full armor.
Erick played the role of narrator, he really does it great.
 I have to admit that this was my second fight in the full contact system. Erick and my Jarl gave me comfort and confidence, and you know what? I made it, I won! I won my first fight on full contact. The best part is that everyone was happy with me. Such moments build bonds in our group.
 Then came the celebration of the birthday of Łukasz (our little voivode) a warrior with a big heart! As I say, we put the birthday boy on the shield, sang 100 years, then gave him presents.
 At the end of the day, Ercik and I had some time to play, enjoying the ears of the audience.
In fact, I realized that I was writing only about the male part of the crew, completely forgetting about our wonderful women. The girls are really doing a great job in the team. That’s why my kind geraniums send you a kiss from this place (you know it’s such a platonic love)
The sun was slowly lowering, which was a sign to go on an adventure.
See you at Battle Of Kilmallock!

Ps: at the very end I wanted to sing a song from the movie „Titanic” performed by Celina, haha ​​I can see your reactions. Imagine this, drakar goes to the bottom and the band continues to play. I’m sorry I had to.

  Bantry 23.06.2019

On Sunday afternoon, we resumed our journey. The target point was Bantry. Łukasz, all the way covered me with curiosities about the area. I think he would be great as a guide, I say it quite seriously.
At Bantry, the weather was perfect for letting flyers … made of reinforced concrete.
However, Beata had a premonition, you have to admit it, as for a decent organizer, she prepared herself for a possible break in the weather. The entire event was moved to the hotel located opposite the square of the planned event. Praise the gods for such a decision! to tell the truth, I slowly looked around for the local landfills, thinking in a spirit: what, I will not build an ark?
We camped at our hotel. In truth, we definitely prefer open space. Once again, I would like to thank Beata for inviting our crew to Kupala Bantry.
Another stop Cobh
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Limerick 22.06.2019

Limerick, traditionally I will start by discussing the weather. The sun managed this day, it was really warm and pleasant. We quickly set up Our settlement, immediately attracting a whole lot of viewers. The training itself was quite an attraction for the viewers, which really was just a prelude. The next item on the agenda was the presentation of the weapons and tactics used by the Vikings. Immediately after that came the time to fight in the western style. In this combination practically all of the camp, who are able to keep the sword in hand. I just realized that I have not written anything funny so far, do you know it? the horse comes to the bar … I forgot the rest of the joke. The second installment was the fight in the Eastern style, what to say, this is Armageddon. A real storm of steel mixed with adrenaline. This can not really be described, you have to experience it yourself, with emphasis on the word experience. At the very end, as the icing on the cake, the time has come for ragnarok. This year I had the opportunity to meet the organizer of the event, Ania. A very nice person, she gave each of us a mixture of herbs that are to promote spiritual development (legal herbs, because I already suspect what some people may think of). Ania even gave me a goat’s skin, which she received from her grandfather. Thanks to Ania! As the name Anna is quite popular and usually worn by cool girls, it’s time to get to know another Ania whose passion is dancing. Only you know that in a climate full of mysticism, combined with an enigmatic form of expressing empirical values. In the honorary escort of Ulfhednar’s warriors, Ania took pride and grace to the stage, starting her performance. When the sun was setting to the west, it was time for the next stage of the journey.
From Saturday to Sunday, we stopped at Łukasz’s mother.
Just a few days ago, the youngest member of Ulhednar came into the world. It was a great opportunity for a wonderful conversation about our existence. Good kidding, we sat until 4am, celebrating a small birthday (of course with the exception of drivers, we are professionals in the end). When we were eating and chatting so much, I heard an interesting sentence, here it is ” you know potato beetle is like dragees, so nice crunch in your mouth. „
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14-06-2019 Tralee
Mountains everywhere, beautiful mountains, and right next to the Tralee. An inconspicuous town, but you know, one with a soul. I was there for the first time in my life, and under his impression it remains so far. Our Drakkar reached the destination on Friday evening. The rest of the crew was already waiting for us. Do you associate the slow motion effect? in this style, we spilled out of the car (old age does not take prisoners). The settling of the camp went quite smoothly. It took some work to organize the food. The local pastures were closed together with the last ray of the setting sun. However, we finished the mission with success. The rest of the evening was carried out on the mutual integration of all participants from particular groups. The real hit was a gummy bears made by Briann, I ate it for two days (hello overweight). Fight … clamor, chaos, piles of defeated. Crossing the battlefield, with the sword extended upward, thanking the gods for the war for victory, I heard the barely audible whisper, „Why are you killing me? I am on your side.” In all the amok, the guys mistook the sides of the conflict, followed by the so-called „fiendly fire” (half days we had a lot of fun with it). Ragnarok * was also quite interesting. All thanks to one of the younger members of Ulfhednar Anastazja – nickname „kotecek”, who decided to make a surprise in the form of balloons with water. I do not think I need to say what was going on there. As tradition has it, along with Erick, we spent most of our free time playing music. A very nice touch was to join our happy company of two young ladies. Aki, that’s the name of one of the above-mentioned girls, she sat next to us, grabbed one of the instruments and began to improvise with us. Everything was as consistent as if we had played together for years. At the end of the evening, she decided to sing and again our jaws dropped to the ground. With great satisfaction I must admit that the amount of audience exceeded my wildest expectations. The organizers did great. Thank you so much for everything! Truly speaking, it was sad to leave Tralee.
Did I mention the weather already? she was perfect!
* Ragnarok, is a competition in which the participants make a circle, and put all the weapons in the middle. Then everyone goes to the outer radius of the circle. During this time, part of the equipment is taken or replaced for various accidental items, eg fork, onion, bucket. Generally
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Wexford military show June 1, 2019

Another expedition, another adventure … Military picnic in Wexford 2019. The weather, this time welcomed us with a truly Scandinavian autumn aura (despite the fact that I see the date 1 June inexorably in the calendar). However, rain and wind are not scary for us. Having packed our 4-wheeled drakars, we set off on the road, full of hope and optimism. Practically for the entire duration of our brave escapade, heavy rain clouds hung overhead. The only thing missing was to play sad music on the radio and start pretending to be playing some music video. Okay … I write too much about this weather, I will add descriptions of nature and you know how it will end #Orzeszkowa. When we arrived at our destination, we were greeted on site by our associates. After a short rest in the camp, I decided to go exploring the area. Armed to the teeth, I started to eat. The feeling that accompanied me was simply amazing. You know, it’s like someone inventing a time machine (but different from the one that Jam sang about). The time frame stretched from the early Middle Ages to the modern army of several countries, including the Eastern European bloc.

After seeing all the attractions, I returned to our camp. Traditionally, as it has been for some time, in our bastion (yes, I use this name with full awareness) you can listen to music inspired by a medieval note. After presenting the artistic values, the time came for the medieval art of letting go of the bang. Dressed in full armor, we joined the fight on full contact. I almost forgot to add that before the fight took place an intricate ceremony in the fumes of herbs (only herbs). The warriors asked for the grace of the gods on their way to victory.
I must proudly admit that our show attracted virtually all viewers present on that day. Did I mention that the weather has changed? it was really sunny. After the demonstrations, there was a traditional integration with the rest of the camp groups. There were history talks, lots of humor. Unfortunately, very late at night the weather reminded us, and heavy rain fell on us again, with very strong wind. In the morning we decided to leave the meeting point for reasons beyond our control. So did most of the other regulars. When we returned, about 5 km away, to our surprise we saw the sun. This is called irony!

See you in Tralee on June 14-15! I hope that this time the weather will be fine. If not, I’ll really record this music video.

Portadown 10-12.05.2019

The purpose of our trip was northern Ireland. The event that takes place in portodown is one of the largest events in Ireland.
Friday afternoon, when man becomes free (of course only for the weekend), together with Eric, we packed the car and headed for destiny. We had a really long way to go. During our trip, Erick pointed to the place from which he took the name Ravensdale. Imagine mountains covered with beautiful, green forests, small, atmospheric and one-of-a-kind colorful valleys, in a word you can fall in love, you probably think ah what a romanticism, eeee … none of that! In the middle of this picturesque setting there is a forest that looks like someone covered it with black paint, I remember my first reaction to the sight of this surrealism (i.e. someone threw something into my Coke when I went for fries). Together with Eric, we decided that we have to go there someday and stay overnight, we wonder if the forest really has a dark secret.
When we were about 20 km from the destination we came across a storm, which worried us quite strongly with each kilometer it was getting worse. On the spot it turned out that the rain was falling everywhere but here, trust what happiness.
The rest of the day was such a standard procedure, setting up a camp, organizing food, etc. The evening, however, was accompanied by cheerful conversations with other participants, there was a lot of playing, singing, time passed in a great atmosphere.
Saturday – from the very morning I walked on the wind, so I forgot to mention to you at this event drakar fights are taking place. Yes, you read it right, we have two boats on which we are fighting. Ok, but in turn, the main attraction was the battle on land. As I mentioned earlier, a large party attracts many participants, so the fight was really spectacular. The warriors of our camp set out to the rhythm of the war drum, while Ulfhednar’s banner was proudly carried at the very front of the march.
When the land battle was over, it was time for a sea battle. Two crews checked into the boats, when everyone was ready we went into a hard fight. In general, everything went smoothly and pleasantly until one of the girls did not suffer from the blow of an oar in the face. At this point, we had to end our sea battle (the girl is doing well, I asked about her at later events, everything is fine).
Aron’s son of our Jarl also had his 5 minutes, presenting the audience with „dancing two swords”, it looked really stunning when the steel was spinning at dizzying speed in his hands.
The day was slowly coming to an end, but unfortunately for me it meant time to go home. The rest of our company stayed until the next day, having a good time, and in the evening they enjoyed the concert.
And that would be enough of my relationship, see you at the next party!

Craggaunowen 05/04/2019 

From the early morning I went extremely excited, after all this is my first official event. A few hours after the shift in the asbestos factory was over, my transport arrived. Having packed the lumber into Łukasz’s car, we set off. All the time I was extremely excited, something like a kid who got a dream gift. After a few hours of driving we arrived at the place where part of our crew was waiting. Our camp was located next to the residential tower due to the fact that it was the largest (so much pride bursts me out). When everything was ready, Łukasz and Eric took me for scouting. In my eyes appeared an island in the middle of a small lake, and on it a settlement surrounded by a palisade. Just 200 meters away was another settlement, proudly standing in the middle of the forest, as well as the first one was also surrounded by a palisade.
Over the next few hours more participants of the event came together. The rest of the evening went on mutual integration.
Saturday – Eric and I went to all camps to organize a wake up call, I had a drum in my hand, everyone had to wake up (I know I’m mean;).

Let me change the description of the event below.

Our drakar arrived late in the evening, this was our Jarl’s plan, which assumed that after dark we would not be detected by enemy reconnaissance patrolling the nearby area. So it actually happened, we hid our boat in the nearby rushes, then in complete silence we got to the settlement. Dob
masked, we were waiting for a signal to come from the fort. It was slowly dawn, along with hostile patrols increased, there was little missing and the first confrontation would occur, which could reveal our location. When the sun was high above our heads, we heard the march of troops heading for the village. They were the forces of our ally, specifically the people who hired us for dirty work. Negotiations continued behind the palisade, and we slowly crept to the gate. All the defenders of the fort were focused on the events taking place inside. I could feel the blood running through my veins, the sword breaking free. Looking into the eyes of my comrades, I saw the same, rage, readiness to fight for death and life. A moment later an agreed signal reached our ears. Attack! shouted the commander of our troops. I remember the great Panoramix holding a huge tree trunk, smashed the gate of the fort, opening the entrance to the interior for us. We set off with a wild cry, crushing the defense that stood in our way. I remember a real storm of swords, we entered the cast of the fort like a hot knife in butter. The opponents had no chance, completely surprised by our attack they were not able to organize any sensible defense. Blow by blow fell to the ground, giving up their spirit. When all the enemy warriors were killed, we took all the gold and women from the fort, everyone who tried to resist was annihilated.
This is how it looked from the perspective of viewers who came to watch our show. We repeated the same scenario a few hours later.
Then we all went to our camp, where the full contact tournament took place (i.e. without forgiveness). There were quite a few fighters fighting in this style, which allowed for a very good show. The fights were very fierce and even. I remember that Asia won the tournament, congratulations for her is a very good warrior!
On the same day, together with Eric, we were to present our musical art for the first time. I have to admit that our music attracted a lot of interest. The whole day was extremely interesting and full of amazing experiences. The weather was fine, the sun was shining all weekend. To our surprise Łukasz’s great dance talent revealed that I didn’t see it. Piotr was hailed as a party man. In perfect mood we were preparing for the next event in Northern Ireland