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Girl Genius for Monday, February 23, 2026
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girlgenius_main_feedClosure
Feb. 23rd, 2026 05:00 amleasticoulddo_feed
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Rapier Championship Update: Consort’s Champion and Cloak of Perseverance
Feb. 22nd, 2026 06:15 pmekgazette_feedIn court following the tournament, Her Majesty selected Alastar Tucker as her Consort’s Champion.
The Cloak of Perseverance was awarded to Melchior Kriebel.
Many congratulations to these recipients, as well as our Sovereign’s Champion, for their accomplishments!
The Gazette thanks the MoLs and outgoing champions for their help and support. Any mistakes are entirely the fault of the Gazette.
Beginnings
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Rapier Championship Update: Sovereign’s Champion
Feb. 21st, 2026 07:03 pmekgazette_feedThe tournament has concluded, and Jon Radburne stands victorious.
The Consort’s Champion will be announced during court this evening.
The Gazette thanks the MoLs and outgoing champions for their help and support. Any mistakes are entirely the fault of the Gazette.
Rapier Championship Finals
Feb. 21st, 2026 06:46 pmekgazette_feedTwo rapier combatants remaining in the tourney:
- Robert Tytes
- Jon Radburne
These combatants will vie for the title of Sovereign’s Champion.
The Gazette thanks the MoLs and outgoing champions for their help and support. Any mistakes are entirely the fault of the Gazette.
Rapier Championship Final Four
Feb. 21st, 2026 06:38 pmekgazette_feedThe tournament is down to the final four combatants, with two combatants undefeated and two combatants who have experienced one loss. The rapier combatants remaining in today’s tournament are as follows:
Undefeated:
- Robert Tytes
- Brendan Firebow
One loss:
- Jon Radburne
- Alastar Tucker
The Gazette thanks the MoLs and outgoing champions for their help and support. Any mistakes are entirely the fault of the Gazette.
Rapier Championship Update – Pools Have Ended, Double Elimination Begins
Feb. 21st, 2026 06:00 pmekgazette_feedThe round robin portion of the tournament has ended, and the following combatants will exit their pools into the double elimination round:
- Robert Tytes
- Robert Earlson
- Brendan Firebow
- Garrick
- Jon Radburne
- Jean Pierre
- Antonio Patrasso
- Eliayahu Al-Talhi
- Katerina Falconer de Lanark
- Eliayahu Al-Talhi
- Melchior Kriebel
- Hans
- Alastar Tucker
- Alfar of Anglespurr
- Grecieno
- Magdalena von Kirschberg
The Gazette thanks the MoLs and outgoing champions for their help and support. Any mistakes are entirely the fault of the Gazette.
Rapier Championships Begins!
Feb. 21st, 2026 05:47 pmekgazette_feed(no subject)
Feb. 21st, 2026 06:23 amapod_feedZillow Talk
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We All Have Rawwrs Together
Feb. 20th, 2026 01:41 pmschlockmercenary_feedI’m working on the bonus story, “Refulgence of Refuge,” and the final panel has to do quite a bit of heavy lifting. If you’re familiar with book 19 then you know (spoiler alert) that a civilization of feathered raptor-oids among Earth’s dinosaurs was rescued by an advanced civilization. “Refulgence of Refuge” gives us the details of this rescue, and because of the title, which literally means “shininess of the safe place,” I need to make the some panels, especially the last one, live up to the word “refulgent.”
Back when the only version of THE LION KING was the original animated feature Sandra and I came up with a term to describe certain kinds of triumphant endings: “we all have rawwrs together.” And of course the JURASSIC PARK franchise features several iconic closing scenes in which a dinosaur (the t. rex, usually) goes “rawwr” with a cool backdrop.
So, the closing panel needed some shiny and some roaring. I’m not revealing the entire thing here, but I’m happy to share the “rawwr” part of the panel.
How close am I to being finished? In lieu of a progress bar, here’s a spreadsheet full of tick-boxes.
My goal is to finish everything during the first week of March, and then race through the various editorial, commentary, and marginalia tasks for Book 19 in time to send it to the printer at the end of March.
Girl Genius for Friday, February 20, 2026
Feb. 20th, 2026 05:00 amgirlgenius_main_feedA Seller’s Market
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