East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
From the Kingdom Seneschal: With the approval of Their Majesties, Their Highnesses, and the Society Seneschal, I am thrilled to announce that Magistra Audrye Beneyt, OP will succeed me in this office. Audrye has been in and around the Seneschallate for many years and brings a particular emphasis on transparency in policy and communication. The …
Good morning, East Kingdom populace, A reminder that the Board’s October 25th COVIDSafe policy amendment went into effect yesterday. Here’s the link to the Board’s amendment to the policy (https://www.sca.org/news/board-resolution-amendment-to-covidsafe-policy/). Please note: the Kingdom mask policy remains in effect; the Crown (and now the Heirs) and I review this policy regularly. All activities are required to …
The Third Online A&S Display is now live on the Ministry of Arts and Sciences website! If you haven’t yet taken a look, be sure to head over to https://moas.eastkingdom.org/third-east-kingdom-online-as-display/ to check it out. Since online A&S displays are a relatively new phenomenon for the East Kingdom, your friendly gazette A&S editors have a few tips …
Crown Tournament in the Autumn of AS 56 (i.e. November 2021) was run a bit different than our traditional Double Elimination Tree. Since you’ve asked, here’s the play-by-play of what happened. THE TOURNAMENT: Challenge-in Double EliminationDestructive buys to the final 8, non-destructive thereafterSemi-finals are best 2/3 where the finalist from the winner’s list has …
The Gazette has been most graciously granted permission to publish the statistics sheets from this Tournament. Let this be a example of the hard work and dedication to detail the MOL provides in the performance of this service. Vivat!! Round 1 – Round 2 – Round 3 – Round 4 – Round 5 – Round …
Sir Ryouko’jin of Iron Skies for Lady Indrakshi Aravinda and Lord Cassian Arminious for Lady Nyfain merch Coel will compete in the finals to determine the heirs of our kingdom. The Finals for Crown Tourney will be a best of five series. The weapon selection for the five rounds is as follows: Round 1 Two …
Pictorial missives from the field… Photos by Gazette Editor Bella di Sicilia
Good Gentles of the East Kingdom: As many or most of you know His Excellency, Master Duncan Mac na Ceardadh, recently passed away. Master Duncan was a true kind and gentle soul, and was not afraid to stand-up for what he believed was good and right. There are so many people of our …
Our 31st research paper is a collaborative project from Amalie von Hohensee and Scolastica Capellaria. It comes from entries that both artisans presented for a research challenge at the Laurel’s Challenge & Exhibition online event in May of 2021. This challenge asked artisans to explore one of those interesting “rabbit holes” that they often come …
Greetings unto the populace of the East Kingdom, I write to remind the populace that masks are the price of having in-person events, and compliance is not optional. A recent event was particularly inattentive to correct mask wearing, which I was deeply disappointed to learn about from first-person accounts and many photos on Facebook. This is …