East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
Sir Tanaka Reiko, Master of the Pelican, has been named as the 17th Tyger of the East, joining a long line of distinguished citizens of the East Kingdom. The SCA.org award explanation website defines the award as the following: The Tyger of the East: given to those who most embody and personify the ideals of the …
Here is the map of Events in the East Kingdom for August. Please remember you can always easily access our maps directly from our dedicated Maps of Events page. Happy travels! August 2013 [googlemaps https://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=214729906434197199323.0004e2d703d08ed438bb5&ie=UTF8&t=m&ll=43.389082,-70.224609&spn=11.175384,18.676758&z=5&output=embed&w=425&h=350]
Teams of 40 champions (and 4 alternates) each for the East and for the Midrealm took the field today for the Pennsic Archery Champions’ Tournament, and the Eastern team won the war point! Before the start of the tournament, King Gregor and Queen Kiena addressed the archers and wished them well, then convened a short …
While the field battle is the dramatic centerpiece of Pennsic, the woods battles are possibly more loved by the combatants themselves. Many appreciate the additional challenges that combat without sight lines bring. Strategies must be drawn up differently, tactics must be executed with precision, and moments of heroic combat take place continually throughout the battle. In …
Rapier Field Battle was Sunday, July 28, and the East won all three battles! No further details at hand, but the East took that war point. Rapier Champions Battle was Monday, July 28, and Midrealm took that War Point, though it was close. Of 21 total bouts, the Midrealm won 11 with East only winning …
The Field Battle at the Pennsic war is among the most spectacular sights in the Society. With more than a thousand armored combatants on each side, and hundreds of spectators lining the edges of the field, it is an event that is eagerly awaited by young and old alike.
On Saturday evening, despite the intermittent rain, the 42nd annual Pennsic War was officially declared, as delegations from all 19 SCA Kingdoms, plus the Kingdom of Acre and the Great Dark Horde, declared if they would fight with the forces of the East or the forces of the Middle.
Starting at 10 am this morning, the Pennsic Battlefield saw the annual Champions battles fought. The first battle scheduled was the Allied Champions battle, in which all Kingdoms attending Pennsic, except the East and the Middle, selected 80 fighters per side to fight a 1 hour resurrection battle. Sir Tanaka Raiko, reporting for the Gazette, …
Our intrepid reporters on-scene at the Pennsic War went to Information Point to gather more info on this year’s Pennsic medallion. According to the staff at Information point, the image on the medallion is a bowl of petunias, which along with the phrase, “Don’t Panic”, refer to the book, The Restaurant at the End of …
This year’s Pennsic medallion has an important message on it, reminding everyone to enjoy their war: Image provided by Decimus Aurelius