East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
Our twenty-third A&S Research Paper comes to us from Baroness Ysabella de Draguignan, of the Barony of Dragonship Haven. She takes a closer look at the historical roots of a very public upcoming holiday – Valentines’ Day! (Prospective future contributors, please check out our original Call for Papers.)
The Roots of Valentines’ Day
The King’s Bardic Champion is Juliana Bird. The Queen’s Bardic Champion is Geoffrey of Exeter.
The King’s Arts and Sciences Champion is Elena Hylton. The Queen’s Arts and Sciences Champion is Doroga Vornin.
The finalists for Kings and Queens Arts and Sciences Championship are as follows: Caera Fitzpatrick Charis Accipiter Doroga Voronin Elena Hylton Otto Gottlieb Þórfinnr Hróðgeirsson Thyra Eiriksdottir
The following entrants are the finalists of Kings and Queens Bardic Championships. Drake Oranwood Geoffrey of Exeter Juliana Bird Phelippe le Vigneron
The following entrants have moved on to the second round of Kings and Queens Bardic Championships. Cecelie Vogelgesangkin David Anthony Deonna von Aachen Drake Oranwood Geoffrey of Exeter Juliana Bird Lilie Dubh inghean ui Phelippe leo Vigneron Robert Tytes Solveig Bjarnardottir
EASTERN RESULTS FROM THE DECEMBER 2017 LoAR The Society College of Arms runs on monthly cycles and letters. Each month, the College processes name and armory submissions from all of the Kingdoms. Final decisions on submissions are made at the monthly meetings of the Pelican Queen of Arms (names) and the Wreath Queen of Arms …
The staff of Market Day at Birka XXX (2019) would like to bring all our potential guests up to date regarding developments at the hotel which hosts the event. An abbreviated version of this information was announced in Royal Court at Birka recently, but we want to provide more details, and also to inform gentles …
To the East Kingdom. I have been advised that there have been incidences of individuals posting links to a site which provides personal identifying information in reaction to the recent events in Caid. Searching for and publishing private or identifying information, or broadcasting links to such information, about individuals on the internet, with malicious intent …
Tournament results are available from the bear-pit style tournaments traditionally held at A Market Day at Birka. 152 heavy list (rattan) fighters entered the lists, fighting a total of 3,222 bouts. The overall top finisher was Lord Arne Ulrichsson with 280 points. The next ranked finisher was Sir Douglas Henry with 243 points. Complete Birka …