East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
At court at the Great Northeast War, Maréchal Remy Delamontagne de Gascogne, Rapier General for the East Kingdom, announced the EK Pennsic Rapier Champions teams. He was joined by Don Lupold Hass to name the Heroic Champs and Master Nataliia Anastasiia Evgenova Sviatoslavina to name the Melee Champs. Champions were selected through a series of …
A Celebration of Life for Titus Germanicus, Prince of Æthelmearc will be held at Pennsic on August 5, 2018, 9-11 pm in Æthelmearc Kingdom encampment. The Known World mourns the loss of Titus Scipio Germanicus. Be welcome and join with those who carry a heavy heart and share what you would with Her Highness Anna …
On Saturday, June 9th, AS LIII, Their Majesties Baselius Brennan and Basilissa Caoilfhionn, did visit their Barony of Havre des Glaces and attended Les Beltaines XXXI. There was a processional in the morning to the delight of all. The day itself filled with many martial activities and a display of Arts & Sciences. In the …
Thanks to Master Rhys Terafan Greydragon for submitting this account of the tourney and the resulting scoring. Master Terafan currently serves as the Society Equestrian Marshall, and offered to sponsor the Jousting Tourney. Jousting requires a specific authorization, in addition to the basic equestrian authorization, and a higher level of armor than most equestrian activities. …
En français Greetings. Their Majesties have decided that only a few of the proposed changes presented at Their Curia held on June 16, 2018 in the Barony of Iron Bog will be included in East Kingdom Law at this time. Those changes may be found here: https://seneschal.eastkingdom.org/docs/EKLawChanges2018June.pdf In the interest of allowing all to have …
On Saturday, June 16th, AS LIII, Their Majesties Baselius Brennan and Basilissa Caoilfhionn, did visit their Barony of Iron Bog, attended Iron Bog Investiture, and held the Archery Championship. The competition was held throughout the day. In the afternoon, Their Majesties did open their court. Their Majesties exchanged gifts with their new Excellencies Iron Bog, …
Citizens and friends of the East Kingdom! Please note that the East Kingdom’s Court at Pennsic will be in the East’s Royal Encampment on Tuesday, August 7th, at 6 pm. When you arrive, we invite you to take a few minutes to see the new Vigil Chapel and Queen’s Garden and admire the upgraded facilities …
A message from the Backlog Deputy of the Tyger Clerk of the Signet:
Greetings! I’m Æsa feilinn Jossursdottir (known by most as Feilinn), your Backlog Deputy. I have another batch of backlog scrolls ready for delivery to their recipients.
Scrolls will be available for pick-up at the Great Northeastern War on Saturday July 14th during the Scribal Office Hours. I will be in the Main Barn (left side) from 11am 1pm for scroll pick-ups and available to anyone who wants to learn more about the backlog process. During this time, scribes may also drop off completed backlogs and any scroll blanks they may have.
It is strongly suggested to email the Backlog Deputy (backlog.deputy@eastkingdom.org) to confirm that you will be picking up a scroll.
More pickups will be organized as the year goes on.
Local landed Barons/Baronesses and Seneschals are encouraged to pick up scrolls on behalf of members in their local groups if they know the recipient and the recipient cannot make these events. If you want to arrange pick up outside of these events, please email the Backlog Deputy to discuss. All official communication must be done via email, so please do not use social media messaging to discuss scrolls.
The following scrolls have been completed and are awaiting pick up. (more…)
Lady Esnede O Muirrin made 100 of these lovely pilgrims badges for the volunteers who set-up and tear-down EK Royal at Pennsic! Please join us for set up/tear down! It’ll be fun, you’ll get to be the first to see the fancy new stuff, and you get an exclusive “I was there” pin. I’m gonna …
At the East Kingdom 50 Year Order of High Merit meeting, Their Highnesses encouraged the Orders to organize and hold their own Order meetings. To that end, I did a survey of best times on the Silver Crescent Discussion List and came up with the time of Sunday, August 5, 2018, from 1 pm to 2 pm at …