Marketon Joust: Pre-Game Show

[Tiermann]

The man with the horse there is going against the usual direction of movement isn’t he Sir Edward?

[Tiermann]

He is indeed Vanidel, that’s the Groundsman out smoothing down the track after the last practice sessions. The horses can really tear up a surface, and the Groundsman must go out and smooth things down every so often to keep the track a good surface for the continuing rounds.

Perhaps I can get a word with him, and maybe hear a thing or two about how the knights have been looking in practice so far.

[Tiermann]

Hello Groundsman! It looks like you’ve got quite the contraption there, it must be hard work keeping things running smoothly around here.

[Tiermann]

T’roi cn hrl’y kep u w’ dem k-niits n horz stmp’th’u’ ry bd a’t’tme

Er, yes, quite.

[Tiermann]

 Quite the friendly horse you have there, he’s doing a fine job of pulling the smoothing contraption about.

[Tiermann]

O’yeh dis be Zamboni t’ bes horse in Mrkt’

Indeed he must be. Ah here the Marshall of the Lists, perhaps I can catch a moment with him.

[Tiermann]

Greetings Marshall!  Preparations seem to be going well. Would you have a moment?

[Tiermann]

Certainly Vanidel, we’re quite pleased with how well things are looking. We’ve had no problems with rule breakers or malcontents, just good clean fun.

[Tiermann]

Could you give us a brief run down on how scoring will be calculated for the Marketon Joust?

[Tiermann]

Yes of course, it’s not too difficult. There are two ways to win a match either by unseating your opponent, or by being the first to score 3 points. Points are scored by striking your opponent in some way. One point is scored for a hit to the shield, two for a strike to the body or head, and 3 for an unseating. A miss scores nothing of course.