In the opening court, Baron Fathir and Baroness Étaín welcomed those who made it out to the event including the Prince and Princess of Oertha and the Baroness of Eskalya. They then thanked various members of the populace who helped make Their reign successful with a gift of hand-made boxes and kind words to all.
However, throughout the final court, participants became aware of something wrong with the Baron as he became progressively more debilitated which many thought to have been linked to a strange elixir presented by a member of the Barony of Winter's Gate.
An emissary from the Barony of Winter's Gate offers Baron Fathir a mysterious drink before Court starts. August 9, 2014. Photograph by Halfdan Ôzurarson.