East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
Millicent Rowan will face Donovan Shinnock in the finals. The Finals will be a Best of 5 — call & response, matched-forms. Previous losses are forgiven in the finals so both fencers start with a clean slate. On-site photographs and reporting thanks to Avaldr Valbjarnarson and Marian Kirkpatrick, any mistakes are those of the …
The following fighters remain in the tournament. In the Final 4, fencers may take out whatever they wish. Best of 3 pass. Those who are still undefeated (aka coming from the Winner’s List) need to win just one Best of 3 passes; those coming from the Loser’s list must beat the undefeated fencer in two …
The following fighters remain in the tournament: Robert Tytes Davius Saint-Jaques Donovan Shinnock Melchior Kriebel Owynn Greenwood Gregori Rogue Montana Millicent Rowan Sorcha Dhocair On-site photographs and reporting thanks to Avaldr Valbjarnarson and Marian Kirkpatrick, any mistakes are those of the Gazette staff and not the MoLs or on-site reporters.
The following rapier fighters have advanced from the Round Robin pools to continue in the tournament to determine the Champions of Rapier: Caine Ramsey Robert Tytes Davius Saint-Jaques Lupold Hass Donovan Shinnock Yin Feng-yu Melchior Kriebel Quinten Yehunda ben Moshe Owynn Greenwood Robert Earlson Gregori Rogue Montana Brendan Firebow Sterling de la Rosa Millicent Rowan …
It is a beautifully sunny day in the Barony of Buckland Cross where the tournament to determine the Queen’s and Crowns Champions of Rapier is underway. The tournament begins with eight Round Robin-style lists, where each fighter will face every other fighter in their list. The top two fighters from each list will advance to …
Greetings from Mistress Ysemay Sterlyng, Awards Scheduler for Her Majesty Margarita. I know there have been questions about scheduling, so I wanted to clarify some of the processes. Let me start by saying the East Kingdom is large, diverse, and full of amazing people – many of whom deserve recognition. However, our exceptionalism also creates …
Our 27th paper comes from the author of our 26th research paper, Lady Agnes Marie de Calais (Brandy Whitney). This follow up piece chronicles the author’s continued research journey, as her inquisitive nature takes her beyond where many SCA artisans end their research process. This paper details Lady Agnes’s exploration into archival research, as she asks important questions about how information regarding extant items is formed by museum professionals. She shows how their information can sometimes be limited or incomplete, and how amateur researchers like us can step in to contribute to the scholarly record.
(Prospective future contributors, please check out our updated Call for Papers.)
The Quest for Understanding an Extant Work
Greetings from Mistress Medhbh inghean Ui Cheallaigh, East Kingdom Seneschal. I’m pleased to announce that Mistress Siubhan Wallace will be taking on the new position of Bylaws Deputy in the Kingdom Seneschal office. She’ll have an announcement in the coming days about her plans for getting started, but in the meantime — welcome to the …
Her Majesty, Queen Margarita will be accepting recommendations for Her second poll until midnight tonight – Sunday October 27. Her Majesty also intends to conduct a 3rd polling early in the New Year. As a reminder, recommendations for non-polling awards (including Awards of Arms and all Silver level awards) are welcome at any time. – …
Received from the East Kingdom Minister of Lists: Groups of 8 or more heavy weapons combatants can get together and have one person submit a list of fighters, both SCA and modern names to 23387@members.eastkingdom.org. (Please put 100 Min War in the subject line.) Submitted names will be checked against the current database and the …