From your Baroness

Greetings at the end of a long, cold winter!

As most of you know by now, the upcoming Baronial Polling is the business of the hour. We are exceptionally pleased to have such an exceptional and dedicated set of candidates who have offered their names for consideration by the Crown, and we thank each couple personally for their willingness. We trust that our populace will deliberate over the merits of these candidates carefully, and offer their best and wisest counsel to the Crown as they submit their polls during the month of April. If anyone has any questions or concerns about the polling process, or needs help with returning their submission, we encourage them to reach out to us or to Baroness Moira in her capacity as Seneschal in order to ensure that their voices are likewise heard.

With the acquisition of new Baronial Thrones this winter, we are pondering a gracious and suitable disposition for the previous set of Baronial thrones. While not the original thrones of Sternfeld, they have served long and well and, despite damage which makes them increasingly unstable and unsafe as seating. We would welcome emails suggesting clever ways that the wood from these thrones could be repurposed, or perhaps that the thrones can be formally destroyed.

We are as always delighted to serve. This is an exciting time for Sternfeld, and we look forward to transitioning with you.

From the Baroness

Unto all to whom these missives come, greetings!

The holiday season has been hard upon us, and we revel in the chance to greet friends old and new and make merry with our populace. Sternfeld Holiday Court is upcoming on the 6th of January, and we hope to see many of you there. We will be hosting period gaming as well as a meeting of the Order of the Golden Tower, and look forward to the day greatly.

As the date of our Baronial polling draws closer, we wish to remind those who are thinking of submitting their names for consideration that time to finalize your decision draws short. The Pale announcement notifying the Known World of our intentions should be published in the February issue (due out soon), and the date set for letters of intent to be submitted formally to the Seneschal is February 11- March 17. The polling will tentatively be taking place in April, and to that end, it is our intention to schedule a Q&S session for prospective coronet couples in the last several weeks of March, in order for the populace to offer their informed counsel to Their Majesties.

This is the time of year in which we reflect on the past, and anticipate the changes of the upcoming year. We look forward to walking this road together with you all.

Yours in service,

Odile, Baronne      Úlfr, Baron

Good people of Sternfeld,

Autumn is upon us, a season of change which puts our mind to the darkening days of the year. So, too, does the sun begin to set on our time as your Baron and Baroness. It has been a grand four years, rich with opportunities for growth and joy, and we have been privileged to share it with you all. The time has come now to begin to seek out heirs who will safeguard these lands in fief to Their Dragon Majesties when we have retired, weary with long toil, to our country estates.

To that end, we have been in communication with the Kingdom Transitions officer and begun to put in place the pieces which will be needed to conduct a polling this spring, with a hoped-for investiture (at Their Majesties’ pleasure, always) at Simple Day 2018. We will be calling for prospective candidates to place themselves into consideration in due course, but in the meantime we are happy to announce that we will be holding a Coronet Q&A session on Thursday, Oct. 26, 7:00 PM, at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church on the southside. Everyone is welcome to attend and ply us with many questions about the duties and responsibilities of this office.

Yours ever,

Odile, Baronne           Úlfr, Baron