Welcome to our section about the Top Women of Rapier. Most kingdoms have a High Level award that recognizes prowess on the rapier fighting field, and this section shows those women who have excelled in rapier combat.
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Listing
A listing of the Women of the Rapier
Gallery
An assortment of pictures of the Women of the Rapier
Ceremonies
Arabella da Siena’s White Scarf
Photos from Arabella’s Ceremony
Illadore de Bedegrayne
Photos from Illadore’s Ceremony
Scarlett Hawkins’s White Scarf
Photos from Scarlett’s Ceremony
Mourn not the passing my friends, but celebrate with me the life of her Honorable Ladyship Regan Weissdrachen, Defender of the White Scarf.
Lady A’Sila
[The following is the post from their excellencies Maestro Diego de Marulanda al Nadil and Maistreas Deborah Inis Glas as posted on Sundragon list. Posted with their permission.]
Date:Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:49:32 -0700
Subject: A passing
It is with great sadness and heavy heart that we are the bearers of sad tidings;
This afternoon at approximately 1:03PM, THL Regan Weissdrachen DWS, a Lady of renown artistry, skills of the blade, kindness and good heart, Teniente de La Escuela de La Espada and a Dragonrider, passed after a short bout with cancer. We will miss her dearly and the SCA will be less without her. She has reached the status of legend and her works will be felt for years to come. So, sit back, remember and say a toast to her memory. We also ask that you keep her dearest husband and best friend, Master Duncan, in your thoughts and best wishes.
And in the words of Homer “I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown.”
Sweet lady, we will miss you and hope to some day meet you on the other side… Saliente.
In Service to the Dream,
Maestro Diego de Marulanda al Nadil, OP, LoA, DWS
Miastreas Deborah Inis Glas, OP, DWS, CGoA
Below you will find Master Duncan’s words.
“Greetings all,
First, heartfelt thanks from both Regan and I for the outpouring of support. Regan left this world at 1:03 this afternoon after a mercifully
short bout with cancer. She was sent via air Evac to Sunrise Medical Center in Las Vegas on Friday, 6 April after seeing her home doctor with a cough and some abdominal pain and a trip to the local ER. She underwent several batteries of tests that revealed that she had stage 4b uterine cancer that had mutated and metastasized into her lungs. There were no indications of such a disease process prior to a week or so before seeing the Dr. The team of physicians that formed to treat her were amazed at the speed at which the cancer attacked her lungs, and that she was never a smoker. The masses were literally doubling in size every 24 hours. One advised chemo therapy, the rest felt that she would not benefit from that action. Needless to say, I am devastated. My world is not the same, and never will be. My life has been altered in ways I can’t know. However, I am grateful for each moment we had. We were blessed with more in the short ten years we did have together than many people experience in five times that. Sometime in the next few weeks I’ll send information to this list about a celebration of Regan’s life. Regan did not wish to have a formal
service or viewing. I plan to celebrate her life along the beach of Lake Havasu in the within the next few weeks. I’ll post plans to the list as
they develop. All who can make it are welcome, those who can’t, please take a moment on that day to remember her. If you have a favorite thought or memory, please send them to me off list. If you want to share them here, that would also be fine.
Regan also wished to let all know that instead of flowers, please make a donation in her name to the cancer research organization of your
choice or to the hospice of your choice. The Nathan Adelson Hospice here in Las Vegas would be her choice, their website is www.nah.org .
After all this, I ask you all to take those you love in your arms and tell them exactly that. Hold them close for a moment and bask in the glow of the moment. I only have memories of Regan now, but I am happy in the fact that we made and shared many of those between us in our time together. My bestfriend is no longer with me, but I have my other friends among you. Be safe, and love well, honestly and completely,
My best to you all,
Duncan (and Regan from afar)”