'History of the Southern Marches'...

"The Challenge for the Chalice of Chivalry was initiated to perpetuate unity and esprit between the holder of the chalice and the challengers seeking to gain possession of the chalice...This is a team competition bash under the following rules:
1. Competition is limited only to teams formed by (and entered under the name of) a specific Shire. Shires may field unlimited number of teams from whatever organic or mercenary assets they can muster.
2. Team composition will be limited to a total of TEN *skill points* under the following rating schedule...Knight=4, Squire=3 and Fighters (authorized or not)=2."

Originally a double-elimination tournament, 'The Challenge of the Chalice' is now a round-robin list where shire teams face each other once. A team may substitute fighters so long as its point total equals 10 or less for each fight.
Oldenfeld from Trimaris is presently the only non-consortium shire to participate in 'The Challange.' They fought Dragonfly Marsh and Firedrake during the first tournament; losing both fights.
Atlantians and other Meridians have served as mercenary allies on shire teams. Their influence, however, has not been strong; "proving...it still takes cohesive team participation to win these fighting challenges."

What follows are results of tournaments held so far.
(Date, Host Shire, Tournament Winner)
June XXV (1990), Dragonfly Marsh, No List*
August XXV (1990), Firedrake, Rivermarch
November XXV (1990), Ravenwood, Dragonfly Marsh
February XXV (1991), Rivermarch, Dragonfly Marsh
June XXVI (1991), Yeoman's Wood, Dragonfly Marsh
September XXVI (1991), Dragonfly Marsh, Dragonfly Marsh
November XXVI (1991), Firedrake, Rivermarch
February XXVI (1992), Ravenwood, Dragonfly Marsh
May XXVII (1992), Rivermarch, Rivermarch
August XXVII, (1992), Salt Keep, Rivermarch
November XXVII (1992), Yeoman's Wood, Dragonfly Marsh
February XXVII (1993), Dragonfly Marsh, Dragonfly Marsh
May XXVIII (1993), Ravenwood, Salt Keep
August XXVIII (1993), Rivermarch, Rivermarch
November XXVIII (1993), Salt Keep, Dragonfly Marsh
March XXVIII (1994), Yeoman's Wood, Rivermarch
May XXIX (1994), Dragonfly Marsh, Dragonfly Marsh
August XXIX (1994), Ravenwood, Ravenwood
November XXIX (1994), Rivermarch, Rivermarch
March XXIX (1995), Salt Keep, Salt Keep
June XXX (1995), Ravenwood, Ravenwood
November XXX (1995), host shire unknown, Forth Castle
*Firedrake supplied the chalice; August 1990's practice began the tourney.

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References
'History of the Southern Marches'
'In the Beginning'/'Did You Know...'