mariana’s apprenticing & elevation
Apprenticing: defending the gate - march 2021
Unfortunately, Mariana’s apprenticing happened during the first few months after the 2020-2021 COVID lockdowns, so we have very few photos. In fact, her apprenticing happened at the first event we were both able to attend after the Kingdom of Atlantia officially reopened - we had planned to do it at a fall event, but given the uncertainty around scheduling and ongoing outbreaks, we leaped at the chance to get it done ahead of any potential future lockdowns.
However, the date was special to us both - I was elevated at Defending the Gate in 2013, and this was the beginning of a very successful student-peer relationship.
Other notes of interest: that morning I had fallen down a set of stairs and, unbeknownst to us at the time, had broken at least one bone in my foot. This is not how one sets a good peer example.
elevation: Storvik Novice & Unbelt tournament, 2025
The Vigil
Photo credits: Nicole Vassalo and Thomas Beebe
The Elevation
Photo credits: Nicole Vassalo & Thomas Beebe
