Memento Mori: The Nightmare Before Yule
(2025-10-31 - 2025-11-02 - Site opens at 3PM & Closes at 11AM)
Haukesgate
Event Info
Name:
Memento Mori: The Nightmare Before Yule
Website:
No Website on File
Date(s):
2025-10-31 @3PM to 2025-11-02 @ 11AM
Group:
Haukesgate
Virtual?:
No
Site Info
Site Name:
Davidson's Historic Fort and Park
Address:
140 Bud Hogan Drive, Old Fort, NC, 28762
Directions:
Take your easiest route to I-40 heading to Old Fort, North Carolina. Take exit 73 toward Old Fort, NC. Turn north on to Catawba Ave, heading toward the town of Old Fort. Drive for approx .4 miles and turn right on to Railroad St. Follow Railroad St until it connects with Lackey Town Rd, and turn left on to Lackey Town Rd (Approx .2 miles). Follow Lackey Town Rd to Bud Hogan Drive (.5 miles). Turn left onto Bud Hogan Drive. You will see Davidson's Fort ahead of you.
Restrictions:
No site restrictions!
This is a wet site!
This site also welcomes well behaved, leashed dogs! No need to ask, just bring your pup if you'd like!
Accessibility:
This is a very primitive site with no paved walkways. All terrain is grassed lawn or gravel road, and may not be suitable for most mobility devices. Restrooms are portalets, and while there are nearby flushing toilets it is a short walk to get to them (located in the park behind the event site).
Event Steward
SCA Name:
Email:
Description:
Memento Mori is BACK, and THIS TIME WE'RE SERIOUS. 🙂
Join the Barony of Hawkwood & Canton of Haukesgate as we ring in the season with an event to celebrate those that have gone before us and to remember that we, too, shall one day pass from this world. Featuring spooky themed Heavy and Rapier scenarios, Arts and Sciences competitions, and more!
Bring tokens of loved ones that have passed to go on our sacred Offrenda in memory of those gone, and at nightfall join us around the campfire as we burn the wickerman to appease the vengeful spirits for another year passed....
Join the Barony of Hawkwood & Canton of Haukesgate as we ring in the season with an event to celebrate those that have gone before us and to remember that we, too, shall one day pass from this world. Featuring spooky themed Heavy and Rapier scenarios, Arts and Sciences competitions, and more!
Bring tokens of loved ones that have passed to go on our sacred Offrenda in memory of those gone, and at nightfall join us around the campfire as we burn the wickerman to appease the vengeful spirits for another year passed....
Cost Info
| Day-Trip | Feast | Camping | |
| Adult, Member Discount Event Registration | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Adult, Event Registration | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Youth (6 - 17) | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Child (0-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reservationist Name:
Goldy of Hawkwood
Reservationist Email:
exchequer@hawkwood.atlantia.sca.org
Checks Payable To:
SCA Inc, Canton of Haukesgate
Cost Notes:
Cancelation and Refund Policy: Event refunds must be provided as follows: A. Cancellations received at least 7 days prior to the start of the event will be refunded once the funds have cleared and may be processed at the Baronial Exchequer’s earliest convenience regardless of the profit or loss of the event. B. No refunds will be given if the event does not make a profit. C. No refunds will be given to those who have checked in with gate. D. The Baronial Exchequer must receive refund requests in writing no later than five business days after the close of the event. Exceptions may be made by authorization of the Exchequer in consultation with the Event Steward and the Seneschal. The Exchequers email address is: exchequer@hawkwood.atlantia.sca.org ; E. All refunds must be paid by check and must not be issued until the event receipts have been received and all reservation checks have been deposited. No individual refund may be issued until that reservation check has cleared.
General Activities
Martial Activities:
War is War and Hell is Hell , and today you will have taste of both.
It seems the warriors attending Hawkwood's Momento Mori event all slept like death and woke up in a hotbed of trouble. They all stand by the river Styx and looming over them is the ferryman demanding his pay.
While they all brought their weapons, shields and gleaming armor, the fighters could only scrape enough coins together to buy passage to send but one of their souls to Elysium.
How better to determine who will represent Atlantia in the halls of the worthy dead than a grand tournament? A Round Robin tourney shall be held, with the top four warriors vying for passage across the Styx.
Charon accepts the terms, and chuckles as he adds a sinister twist to rules...what that shall be you must enter the lyst to find out.
This format will be fought by all combatants, both heavy and rapier.
SIR ROLAND MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
details TBD
A&S:
Turnip and Root Vegetable Lanterns
As pumpkins were not traditionally used for Jack o lanterns in period, turnips were most common. Carve a turnip or other root vegetable with a face to keep away the bad spirits! (Rutabagas? Beets? Parsnips?) These will be lit upon the falling of dusk and displayed around the site to banish the darkness.
Tarot Card Competition
Create a set of 3 or more tarot cards in your chosen style. Be as creative as you wish! Any materials accepted. Example materials are: paper, card stock, wood, bone, gouache, pyrography, leather craft etc etc! Have fun and get as creative as you wish.
Feast:
Memento Mori will not have a seated feast. Instead, we offer humble food that would have been eaten in the wake of mourning in the middle ages to be enjoyed the entire day long.
A simple peasant's affair: A robust root soup (V/GF/NF/DF), autumn salad with a balsamic vinaigrette (V/GF/DF/NF), and rustic bread. (V/DF/NF).
Everybody can partake!
Disposable plates and bowls will be available for individuals who do not have their own feast gear, but bringing your own is highly encouraged.
For dietary concerns or questions please reach out to our feastocrat, Lord Solomon Grey at kasan.ryukin@gmail.com
Merchants:
Merchanting info is coming soon!