Greetings from your Lilies War “Drums of War” Staff”,
War is coming quickly upon us. Two short months and we will be set up, attending our favorite war activities, seeing old friends, and meeting new ones! We are all very excited with how the war is coming together thus far.
Submit your activities!
The schedules are beginning to be filled in with the official events for this Lilies War; however, it is the activities that you the populace bring to the war that make it special. The cutoff date for activities to be included in the Site Book is 1st May. Would you like to teach a class? Have a tournament or shoot that you’ve always wanted to see happen? Does your group want to sponsor and run a revel or social? All of these things and so many more can be found on the Lilies War website! (https://www.lilieswar.org/).
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Evening social gatherings
This year we will be adding a location that we are affectionately calling “The Falcon’s Revel“. It will be located down on the point, (where we usually gather to watch the fireworks and the Barony of Three Rivers (B3R) party is held). This is a call back to Lilies of old, where many of the official evening social gatherings were held down at the bonfire. If you or your group are interested in hosting a revel or evening social that will be an official part of the war, this, or the Permanent Shelter, is where we will strongly encourage they be scheduled. All groups hosting at this location will have access in the early morning of your revel/social, and you can drive your vehicle down the road to the point to drop off anything you need to run your activity.
Advertising will be done for you as not only will your activity be on the official schedule on the website and in the site book, but it will also be announced during morning announcements.
Now, we hear you. Does this mean that you have to use these locations in order to host official revels/gatherings? Absolutely not! Does that mean you can’t hold a more private gathering in your own camp? Of course not. Does this mean that if you and your friends want to set up a round of Irish Road Bowling that you can’t? Never! It only means that the official revels and socials will have a place where everyone knows that they are invited and welcome. Not to mention those that are not night owls will know where not to camp!
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Finally, we want you to know that we need all of you to make this war an event that everyone will remember for the rest of the current middle ages. This is our official request to each and every single person, whether it be a peer or a newcomer, we want you all. We need all of your help. We want all of your amazing ideas. Have a question, please contact us. We will work to find a solution to any concerns you may have and we appreciate all of your input.
We are so excited to be hosting this year’s war. We hope all of you will come join us. Pack up your camping gear, your garb, and bring a drum and travel back with us to the days of friends, family, chivalry, and so much more!
Activities Submission Area: https://www.lilieswar.org/activities/
Volunteer Area:https://www.lilieswar.org/lilies-war/volunteers/
For more information about Lilies War, head to the website: https://www.lilieswar.org/
Lilies War XXXVII – June 6th to June 15th, 2025
Event Stewards – His Lordship Ottar Surtrson & The Honorable Lord Skallagrímr Bárðarson