| Meet the Performers |
With three college degrees, an outstanding record in full contact martial arts and a sense of history rarely found in an entrepreneur, Roy Cox brings something special to the festival circuit ... the dedication of over two decades of successful jousting experience. He sets the highest standards of professional and personal leadership in the industry. For over 30 years he has traveled the world working as an actor, fight director, stuntman and jouster. His credits include Miami Vice, Excalibur and
Jewel of the Nile, and he was the the 2001 and 2002 WCJA World Jousting Champion.
One of the characters portrayed by Roy is Sir Nicholas Carew, the Royal Champion of Henry VIII in the year 1533. Researching this historical figure was envigorating and rewarding for Roy. Look for Sir Nicholas' shield on the field of valor, 3 black lions on a gold field.
Roy also portrays Otto von Nurenberg, Sir Henry Lee and Earl William Westmoreland.
Roy's personal motto is DOCENDO DISCE (learn by teaching).
Kate Cox was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. She left college for a job as a fashion illustrator after finding she had more interest in the designing of garments than in attending classes. This took her to New York where she soon found another career: modeling. After working as a model in New York and Paris she returned home to pursue an acting career. Leaning toward the physical theater, she began training in
karate and stage combat and was accepted into the Acting Studio Conservatory of Nashville from which she graduated in 1988.
Kate joined the Free Lancers in 1990. When she first signed on, her duties included grooming, assisting in
horse training, squire to the list and the keeper of the muck fork. As she stood on the sidelines and watched many young men train to be jousters she began to realize she had what it takes to joust. 
With encouragement she began her training and soon received her custom made suite of armour as a gift from her supportive husband. She began jousting in 1991 and has advanced to director and trainer with an opportunity to joust here and there. You may have seen her joust at the Florida Renaissance Festival, Scarborough Faire, the Ontario and Maryland Renaissance Festivals.
Some of Kate's other credits include music videos such as the Moody Blues' Nights in White Satin, Paul Revere and the Raiders' Just Like Me and the occasional commercial. She has been featured on The Phil Donahue Show with a national fashion show of her chain mail designs.
Backstage you will find Kate in the role of Chief Caretaker over the many horses required by the Free Lancers. These big babies (the horses) have taken a backseat in her life with the arrival of her daughter Lucrecia Bella Luna Cox.
Do not misunderstand, her husband, Roy, is equally as important and Kate delights in the opportunity to work along side her Knight in shining armour, and he with her. How many ladies can claim that?
Ripper Moore raised himself on a steady diet of sword and sorcery,
fantasy, and medieval combat, voraciously reading every book he could find on the topic and attacking his friends with sticks at every opportunity. As he grew, he studied fencing and kendo, joined and founded medieval combat organizations and in general found new and more sophisticated ways to attack his friends with sticks at every opportunity.
Then at a small Renaissance faire in Alabama, he heard the true ring of steel on steel and said, "Yeah! Stage combat!" 
The next few years he filled with flashing steel, theatrical swashbuckling and occasionally dying a gruesome death for the passing amusement
of his betters. Finally his travels brought him to the redoubtable Roy, who put him on top of a large horse and said, "Now try this." After training constantly for 7 months with the Free Lancers
and the A.A.S.S.C.C., Ripper was ready to hit the Renaissance circuit full-time, and has remained there ever since, a real crowd-pleaser! 
Knights eagerly line up to meet him on the field of combat. Jealousy, perhaps? Ripper portrays Sir George Clifford, the Queen's Champion (the Queen, of course, is Elizabeth I) or Baron Alexander DeCourtenay. Look for Ripper on the field of honor in blue and gold as Sir George or in black and green as Alexander. Ripper was the the 2003 and 2004 WCJA World Jousting Champion.
Ripper's motto is DUM SPIRITUS DURAT (While Breath Remains).
Bill Garrison was born in Oklahoma and transplanted to North Texas where this former Eagle Scout fantasized about knighthood through role-playing games. Even after his enlistment in the U.S. Army Reserve and subsequent transfer to active duty in the U.S. Air Force, he continued to game, enhancing his perspective with fantasy novels. Intrigued with historical fiction and due to the lack of gamers, Bill and a few friends ventured through the portals of time and walked 'twixt the gates of Scarborough Faire in Texas.
In the time flux of Renaissance faires his fantasy came true. Bill obtained a costume and began his historical hit-or-miss experience in the world of living history. With his love of horses, the ideals of the Boy Scouts, 8 years of military training and 15 years of fantasy role-playing, Bill was drawn to the joust. The Free Lancers put him to the test. After showing some promise as a squire, the Free Lancers offered to train him as a knight. So Bill packed up his gear and moved to the C.C.C. training site for the ardous task of basic training. He rounded out his abilities through training in the various styles of classical fighting offered by the American Academy of Stage and Screen Combat Choreographers and is now an Instructor.
Bill plays the part of
Rogan Lors, the acknowledged illegitimate son of an English knight.
Landless and raised across the English Channel, Rogan is currently participating in the English Tourney Circuit in order to prove his worth as a knight in an attempt to win fame and fortune.
Rogan's only words of warning are Be Prepared.
No one knows Barchan's real name and that's the way he like it. He hails from the Baltimore area and has seen action on the tilt yards of Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Texas and Canada. 
As a founding member of the renowned re-enactment group The Markland Medieval Mercenary Militia, Barchan has been involved in the staging of many great historical reenactments such as the Battles of Hastings and Clontarf.
He and his good friend Briavael have amazed spectators with their show Appaloosas Can't Jump which has Bri' jumping a horse through Barchan's spread legs while he helplessly stands on his head. Barchan's motto used to be, naturally, Please Jump High. Nowadays it is Ouch!.
Gene rides as Sir Ian MacFarlane and is the Chaplain of the Freelancers. | Professional Squires |
| Free Lancers Official Roster - 2006 | |||
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Knights: Roy Wm. Cox Katherine Cox Ripper Moore The Barchan Gene Martino Jr. Paul Schnieder Raidar Goddard Rob Combe James Miller Jeff Sotero Jonathan Pate Maxton Eckstein Tim Sampson Steve Knappe |
Knights-In-Training: Dar Bennett, Chief Maryland Christina Grace Luigi Martino, Chief Tennessee Cody Powell Leslie Richardson Lucrecia Bella Luna Cox |
Squires: Alex Bernard Ivy Smith Juliet Dean BJ Jacobs Anne Marie Mohens Becky Martino Sarah Martino Samantha Dyess Elizabeth Partenheimer Kat Crothers Laura Macomber Jennifer Ebbers Jeremy Patrick |
Misc: Bill Collison, Armourer, Squire Liz Lewis, Camera, Squire Kim Hicks, Camera Ron Eckstein, Camera James Cooper, Mascot Richard Patterson, Talking Head Larry Peterka, Talking Head Paula Peterka, Talking Head Lealand Coleman, Talking Head Tommy Zentgraf, Gamer Jen Zentgraf, Scorekeeper Janice Partenheimer, Scorekeeper Caroline Owen, Scorekeeper Nicole Zentgraf, Princess Bridget, Gina, Rocky, Mascots |
Inactive Reserves |
| Knights William D. Garrison Robert Spencer R. Scott Chairs Robert Dean William Brett Gay |
Knights-in-Training Forest Purdy Jason Wenger |
Squires M. Ellen Westfield, Chief of Chiefs John Cooper, Chief Texas Matt 'Wulf' Englebach James Simpson Michelle LeBlanc Ian Humphrey David F.Y. Johnson Yancey Langley Heather Langley Maclan Langley Alexis Hicks Bret Vehslage John Hunt Frank Wray Paul Dubro Brianna Nelson Paul Fasciano Val Heritage Breno Imbiriba Tom Thygeson |
Misc. |
| In Memorium | |||
