Thom and Ann met on the battlefield at a local Belegarth practice in Elgin, IL. Thom, an on and off again member of the local realm had jumped back into the sport, looking for a good fight. Ann, relatively new to the scene squared up with a buckler and spear against his florentine style swords. Thinking he had it in the bag, Thom rushed the spear only to be met with a dagger to the gut. His pride a little hurt he moves to the side of the field, grouchy at his foolish move. Later, they reconnect through mutual friends and hit it off (this time, not so literally)!

Since then Thom and Ann have been through the thick and thin of it all. New jobs, careers starting, developing a business, grieving loss, adopting their fuzzy babies, they are now ready to take on the next challenges of life.