Lightning (IM)

Dame Lightning, of Duchy of the Iron Mountains, Iron Mountains

Biography

She/Her/Hers pronouns.

Lightning began playing in August of 2015 at Gray Lantern in Cheyenne, Wyoming. After moving parks several times she settled in the Duchy of the Iron Mountains in Denver, Colorado. Lightning became squired to Dame Korderellin in 2018. She became a petitioner to the Band of the Hammer in 2017 and a full member in 2018.

Fighting is her first interest in the game. She is particularly interested in good training methods and improving the culture of the game.

Affiliated Groups

The Band of the Hammer

House Lionesse

House Claymore

Belted Family

Sir Thorn Crossbearer - (Crown)

• Sir Auromax Silverhawk - (Sword)
  • Sir Talisin Silverwolf - (Flame, Crown)
    • Dame Korderellin - (Crown, Flame)
      • Sir Quiet - (Flame)
      • Squire Goglestofin
      • Squire Aust
      • Squire Quorpeck Kinderd
      • Sir Viadra - (Flame)
      • 1/7 Ser Petra - (Flame)
      • Dame Kurai
      • Dame Lightning

Notable Accomplishments

In 2018, Lightning analyzed ORK data to describe women's progression in Amtgard fighting. This was the culmination of two years of research and online engagement. The writeup is available here

In 2019, Lightning brought forward a corpora amendment for the Iron Mountains to run a non-men's tournament once per reign. This amendment passed narrowly and was shortly afterward imitated in Dragonspine and Rivermoor.

In 2021, Lightning led the interkingdom Awards Evaluation Committee team in proposing amendments to the award standardization. Following the team's proposals presented here, the Circle of Monarchs amended the award standardization to add a 5th knighthood recognizing battlegaming, and to make the Warrior ladder more attainable. Warlord requires 3 kingdom tournament wins instead of 4. The right of monarchs to define what constitutes a "kingdom level tournament" was written explicitly into the rules. Kingdoms were encouraged to backdate this standards change and adjust the levels of existing players as appropriate.

Titles

• Knight of the Flame
• Exemplar (Custom title awarded at IMD Endreign 20.7.2024 for volunteer service outside of Amtgard)

Miscellaneous

Events Attended

• 2022: SKBC, Rakis, Feast of the Dead
• 2021: Curse of the Great Pumpkin, Maize Maze
• 2020: Battle for the Ring, Virtual 4-Kingdom Midreign.
• 2019: Gathering of the Clans, SKBC, Rakis
• 2018: Gathering of the Clans, Rakis, Stock
• 2017: Rakis, Stock, Maize Maze

Arts and Sciences

• Classes
  • Virtual class on hand embroidery 2020
  • Virtual class on hand sewing 2020
  • Class on hand embroidery, Rakis 2019
• Competitions
  • First place in Iron Mountains Virtual IK A&S Competition
  • Dragonmaster (and only entrant), Iron Mountains Winter 2020

Fighting

• Facilitated:
  • Park day class for long time players on how to welcome women, Northern Holdfast 2023
  • Park day class for new players, Iron Mountains Duchy 2023
  • How to welcome women in fighting culture, Panel for instructors SKBC 2022
  • House Lionesse Meetup Curse 2021
  • Virtual sword and board class (instructed) 2021
  • Virtual non-men's fighting classvideo recording (instructed) 2021
  • Virtual culture-building class (instructed) 2021
  • Panel discussion on the Paragon path (facilitated) 2020
  • Interviewed GoldCrest, Heron, Kiara, MacGyver, Rel and constructed a guide to running a non-men's tourney, 2020
  • House Lionesse Meetup SKBC 2019
  • House Lionesse Meetup Rakis 2019
  • Local women's fighting class (instructed) 2019
  • Local women's fighting class (coordinated, instructors were Izzy and Mihr), 2018
  • Local women's tourney (with Sir Grix), 2017
• Attended:
  • SKBC women's meetup, organized by local players.
  • GotC 2019, House Lionesse meetup by Kiara and MacGyver, class by Kiara and Kierra, tourney by The Valkyries
  • GotC 2018, class by Glen, tourney by The Valkyries
  • Rakis 2018, House Lionesse meetup by Suki
  • Rakis 2017, House Lionesse meetup by Suki and Shenanigans

Tournaments Entered

• 2016
  • 10/29 Sapling, Iron Mountains Duchy, no placement.
  • 11/19 Imperial quals, Iron Mountains, no placement.

12/10/2016 1st Order of the Warrior for battlefield prowess.

• 2017
  • 3/11 Imperial weaponmaster, Iron Mountains, no placement.
  • 5/21 Imperial quals, Iron Mountains, no placement.
  • 8/5 Imperial weaponmaster, Iron Mountains, no placement.

8/26 2nd Order of the Warrior for battlefield prowess.

• • 9/3 Sapling, Northern Holdfast, placed 5th.
  • 10/17 Women's tournament, Iron Mountains, winner.
  • 11/18 Imperial quals, Iron Mountains, no placement.
  • 12/2 Park tournament, Iron Mountains Duchy, no placement.

12/2/2017 3rd Order of the Warrior for the 10/17 win.

• 2018
  • 2/17 Imperial weaponmaster, Iron Mountains, no placement.
  • 3/4 Sapling, Northern Holdfast, placed 5th.
  • 3/24 Sapling, Iron Mountains Duchy, placed 6th.
  • 5/28 Park tournament, Iron Mountains Duchy, no placement.
  • 7/19 6 and under, GotC, no placement.
  • 7/20 Valkyrie tournament, GotC, placed 4th.

8/18/2018 4th Order of the Warrior for the 7/20 placement.

• • 8/19 Imperial weaponmaster, Iron Mountains, no placement.
  • 9/15 Imperial consort tournament, Iron Mountains, no placement.
  • 10/13 Park tournament, Iron Mountains Duchy, no placement.
  • 10/28 Sapling, Northern Holdfast, placed 5th.
  • 11/3 Imperial quals, Iron Mountains, no placement.
  • 12/16 Park tournament, Northern Holdfast, tied for 6th.

• 2019
  • 1/19 Imperial weaponmaster, no placement.
  • 3/4 Park tournament, Northern Holdfast, tied for 5th.
  • 5/19 Park tournament, Northern Holdfast, tied for 4th.
  • 6/8 Park tournament, Darkmoon, placed 3rd
  • 7/18 5 to 7 tournament, GotC, no placement.
  • 7/19 Valkyrie tournament, GotC, placed 4th.
  • 10/12 Imperial weaponmaster, no placement.
  • 10/13 Park tournament, Northern Holdfast, placed 2nd, 22 streak in ironman portion
  • 10/7 Imperial coronation tournament, Iron Mountains, no placement.
• 2020
  • 1/18 Sword and board tournament, Battle for the Ring, no placement.
  • 2/22 Imperial weaponmaster, Iron Mountains, no placement.
• 2021
  • 8/1 Park tournament, Northern Holdfast, placed 3rd.
  • 8/7 Imperial tournament, Iron Mountains, no placement.
  • 8/7 Imperial non-men's tournament, Iron Mountains, winner.

9/11/2021 5th Order of the Warrior for the 8/7 win.

• • 9/12 Imperial weaponmaster, Iron Mountains, no placement but reached brackets in sword and board.
  • 10/1 Non-men's tournament, Curse, placed 2nd.
  • 10/1 Interkingdom tournament, Curse, no placement but reached brackets in sword and board, Florentine.
  • 10/24 6 and under tournament, Northern Holdfast, placed 3rd.
  • 11/14 Imperial tournament, Iron Mountains, no placement.
  • 12/18 Imperial weaponmaster, Iron Mountains, no placement but reached 4th place in single and Florentine categories.
  • 12/18 Imperial non-men's tournament, Iron Mountains, winner.
• 2022

1/8/2022 6th Order of the Warrior for the 12/18 win.

• • 3/5 Imperial non-men's tournament, Iron Mountains, no placement (second out of two)
  • 6/5 Pride non-men's tournament, Northern Holdfast, winner.
  • 9/10 Imperial tournament, Iron Mountains, no placement.
  • 10/9 Park tournament, Northern Holdfast, no placement but reached 3rd place in single and open categories.
• 2023
  • 3/18 Imperial non-men's tournament, Iron Mountains, placed 2nd. (Warlord Tisco first, Warlord Farix third)
  • 5/7 Imperial tournament, Iron Mountains, placed 4th.
  • 6/24 Park tournament, Iron Mountains Duchy, placed 2nd.
  • 7/2 Imperial non-men's tournament, Iron Mountains, winner.
• 2024
  • 3/10 Imperial non-men's tournament, Iron Mountains, placed 2nd.
  • 5/11 Imperial weaponmaster tournament, Iron Mountains, placed 3rd.
  • 7/28 Imperial morrigan tournament, Iron Mountains, winner.

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