East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
An announcement from the Eastern Crown Herald: Due to changes at the Society level, effective today, the paperwork required for heraldic submissions has changed. We are hopeful that these changes will make the process easier for submitters and consulting heralds.
The incipient Canton of Wyndriche was recently announced at the Royal Court at Great Northeastern War in Malagentia. Its location is the southern end of the Barony of Endewearde on the border of the Province of Malagentia and the Incipient Shire of Hadchester, and is centered on the border of the modern towns of Albion …
At the July 2013 Board Meeting, the Additional Peerage Exploratory Committee (“APEC”) proposed that the Board of Directors create a new Patent-bearing Peerage Order parallel to the Orders of the Chivalry, the Laurel and the Pelican. This Rapier Peerage would be for the related martial arts of rapier and all forms of cut & thrust …
New martial champions were chosen at Bhakail’s Champions and Commons event on Sunday August 18th. At the end of the tourneys, Lord Berrick Grayveson succeeds to Don Davius Saint Jacques as Baronial Rapier Champion and Lord Sterling de la Rosa to Lady Zhelana Tomaslavista as Baronial Rattan Champion. As is traditional, the ladies present observed …
September is chock-a-block full of events throughout the kingdom, lots of good times near you! Don’t forget to check our Map of Upcoming Events page often! September 2013 [googlemaps https://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=214729906434197199323.0004e48710b33e03d7fcd&ie=UTF8&t=m&ll=45.02695,-69.829102&spn=10.870736,18.676758&z=5&output=embed&w=425&h=350]
Originally started in the Middle Kingdom as The Bead Rescue Project, this activity aims to educated the populace about period glass beads throughout history. Beads are “hidden” at an event, waiting for some lucky person to find them and take them home. If you find a bead, it is yours to keep! However, we encourage …
It’s been more than a year since kingdom newsletter began to be distributed electronically. Many people have adopted them enthusiastically, but it’s still a challenge for some. While the option to receive a printed newsletter remains available, it is seen as prohibitively expensive, or simply not a good value for their dollars by some members. …
The Great Hall at Pennsic 42 was filled with kingdom banners, tables of artisans displaying their skills, and the buzz of the crowds. Here and there intriguing items poked above the heads of the spectators: a large painting. Dresses displayed on mannequins. A folding German clothes closet. Welcome to the Known World A&S Display. The …
And so it was, on the 5th of July, A.S. 48, that Gregor, mighty King of the East and Kiena his fierce Queen did ride north to the War Camp formed in Glenn Linn to oversee the preparation of the East Kingdom’s Cavalry for the upcoming summer campaigns.
This Pennsic the Kingdom of Calontir participated for the first time in the Rapier champions with fighters who were authorized by Calontir in the form known as Cut and Thrust. For three years, the Kingdom of Calontir has been using Cut and Thrust activities on an experimental basis. On July 13 of this year, Their …