Martial Activities Halted
All martial activities at Pennsic have been halted until dusk due to heat.
East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
All martial activities at Pennsic have been halted until dusk due to heat.
The archery champions of the East defeated the Mid today, taking 2 of the 3 shoots. Complete results are below. 10 station roving range East 2015 Mid 1780 Friend/Foe timed East 72 Mid 48 Long Distance Walk Up East 90 Mid 96 Results provided by Mistress Ygraine of Kellswood. Edited Aug. 12, 2016 to clarify …
The East emerged victorious in today’s Thrown Weapons Champions war point, with a final score of 163 to 161. Champions represented nine kingdoms, and since the Mid was unable to field a full 12 champions, other throwers were allowed to step in to complete the team. Trystan der Fackeltrayer of the Mid had the highest …
Pennsic 45 Archery Champions Team Alexandra Krakkensdottir Annora O’Duelaghane (AEthelmearc) Brendan Hunterston (Ealdormere) Cathain Colin Ursell Denys the Decadent (AEthelmearc) Devillin MacPherson Edward Harbinger (AEthelmearc) Ghaliya Bint Jusef (AEthelmearc) Godric of Hamtun — King’s Archery Champion Jehannine de Flandres Julienne Ridley Kieran Bren of Bannockburn Kobayashi Yutaka Krakken Gnashbone Kusunoki Yoshimoto Li Kung Lo Macsen …
Allied Champions Battle (1 point) Winner – East Unbelted Champions Battle (1 point) Winner – East Belted Champions Battle (1 point) Winner – Mid Heroic Champions Battle (1 point) Winner – East Rapier Melee Champions Battle (1 point) Winner – Mid Rapier Heroic Champions Battle (1 point) Winner – East Total points East – 4 …
Armored Bridge Battles (2 points) Winner – East Rapier Stronghold Battle (1 point) Winner – East Total points East – 10 Mid – 2
Armored MOAB (2 points) Winner – East Rapier Ruins Battle (1 point) Winner – East Total points East – 7 Mid – 2
As Corpora is the primary guide to all SCA rules and procedures and the sanction guide is subordinate to the Seneschals Handbook in terms of precedence, a change to Corpora is being considered by the Board of Directors, i.e. deleting references to the Sanction Guide in Corpora. This change clearly reasserts that Corpora is the primary guide to …
Our eleventh A&S Research Paper comes to us from Lord Gideon ha-Khazar, until very recently of the Barony of Dragonship Haven and now of the Barony of the Middle Marches, and who did most of this research while he was a citizen of our fair kingdom. He examines the history of a group of people many of us know very little about – European Jewish freeholders who fought in battles alongside their non-Jewish counterparts – and provides fascinating historical support for medieval Jewish fighting personae. (Prospective future contributors, please check out our original Call for Papers.)
Jewish Carolingian Fighters: The Jewish Fighting Freeholders of Carolingian Southern France
Greetings from Ryan Brigantia, Principal Herald of the East. Last year we announced that we would be able to accept Heraldic submissions from Tir Mara in Canadian dollars. We, at the time, were under the impression that a bank account for the Tir Mara College of Heralds would be an easy thing to have created …