East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
You’ve seen Crown Tournaments year after year. K&Q Competitions… been there, seen that. There was even Golden Seamstress, with sleepless, nail-biting races to the finish. But you’ve never seen anything like the Great Quintavian Iron Scribe Competition! You know scribes are always on a deadline. You know scribes are always battling curled paper, gold that …
Being the Court of Their Majesties Ivan and Matilde held on March 15, A.S. LII (2018) in the Kingdom of Gleann Abhann at Gulf Wars XXVII Arturus of Aranmore (more commonly known as Sir Arlof) – Order of the Maunche Scroll by Mairi Crawford with words by Baroness Maria Charriez. Musical Arrangement by Lady Shivaun …
Greetings Good Gentles, The St. Eligius A&S Competition is this coming Saturday, November 10. Please join us for a day of friendly competition in which artisans will be displaying their craft and skills in various mediums. During the day, there will be a delectable dayboard including sweet and savory hand pies and assorted crudite. Following …
Responses to the first poll of Their Majesties Wilhelm and Vienna need to be sent before midnight TONIGHT – Sunday, November 4. The polls close at 11:59 pm, and the polling link will be inactive after that time. Polls are sent to the members of the Orders of High Merit and the Peerages so that …
The Finals were a best 3 of 5 format. First round (greatsword): Ôzurr Second round (two sword): Matthew Third round (sword and shield): Ôzurr Fourth round (polearm): Ôzurr Ôzurr wins to become Prince of the East, and his consort, Fortune, becomes princess. The Gazette thanks Mistress Anastasia for her on-site reporting and photos.
The tournament to choose the heirs of König Wilhelm and Königin Vienna is beginning in the Barony of Endewearde. The format will be standard double elimination up to the final 8. From there it will be best of 3 each round until the final 4, then best of 5 with the finals being best of …
Doña Lilias de Cheryngton, the incoming Kingdom Marshal of Fence, talked to the Gazette about her new position, diversity in fencing, and the Order of Defense. Please describe your job responsibilities. The Kingdom Marshal of Fence sets and enforces weapon and armor standards for fencing, supervises the authorization of rapier combatants, and deals with disciplinary …
The following announcement is from Lady Audrye Beneyt, Event Steward for Saturday’s Crown Tournament in Endewearde: We will be moving the lists under the cover of Bennett Hall for Saturday’s Tournament. What does this mean for combatants? 1. You will be dry. No wet fighters. No wet grass. 2. You will be fighting in concrete. …
On the 20th of October A.S. LIII, known in the common era as 2018, the radiant Queen of the East, Vienna de la Mer, travelled to the Shire of Owlsherst in order to attend Shire Wars VIII, the battle of Hastings. As Her King had great trials that required His attention, it would fall to …
In response to many requests for gender-neutral period titles, the SCA College of Arms has been conducting research and taking commentary on several proposed titles. The research project is being supervised by Mistress Ursula Georges of the Middle Kingdom, the Palimpsest Herald. The College of Arms recently approved the first three gender-neutral titles – two …