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As stories are collected and time permits, pictures of the final meeting will be posted here. We now go forth on our own to start new groups and to teach what we were taught by this great company.

Unto Their Majesties, Their Royal Highnesses, the Baronage, Peers, and populace of Artemisia, Greetings from Conchobhar mac Michil, Captain-General of the Black Wing Company.

Over a decade ago in the Principality of Artemisia the Black Wing Company was founded to promote, grow, and encourage rapier combat within the realm. Over the years the Company grew in numbers and reputation, helping to make rapier part of the culture of the Kingdom of Artemisia and serving as an example and model for rapier companies throughout the Known World. The Company succeeded admirably in the goal that had been set before it.

In recent years other fighting groups and schools have come into existence within the Kingdom of Artemisia; Terra Sylva, the Loch Salaan School of Defense, and others. During the same time the Company has suffered through problems, but generally managed to stay on the right track, if a bit unfocused.

At Coronation, I became the seventh Captain-General of Black Wing. My intention when accepting the position in the Company was to see if Black Wing could be refocused, rebuilt, and returned to the glory and pride of the past. However, after much consideration and evaluation, I made the difficult decision that the continued existence of the Black Wing Company was not in the best interest of Artemisia, the rapier community, or the members of the Company.

The Company of the Black Wing was a wonderful part of Artemisia's past, but much as a tree needs to have branches pruned so that others may grow and the tree may flourish, so to does the Company need to be removed so that the rapier community of Artemisia can better grow and flourish.

Therefore, it is my decision, which has been approved by the Crown, that the Black Wing Company will be decommissioned Saturday at Uprising in the Barony of One Thousand Eyes. There will be a ceremony to release all of the members of the Company and retire the colors, the details of which are being worked on. It is my hope that all members of the Company, past and present, as well as everyone that has been friends of the Company over the years be present to see the Company off with honor and glory.