Many are the joys of a Summer reign! We have just experienced a stellar joy - that of witnessing a gallant Crown Tournament fought in beautiful weather by bravely attired gentles, and culminating in victory by Their Graces Trumbrand and Kayla. Wassail and welcome to the Heirs to the throne of the North.

Another joy we experience weekly as we travel through the Kingdom, seeing Our Subjects at their many worthy endeavours. Your happy faces and energetic mien truly delights us. Not even the looming
shadow of War can damp the spirits of Northerners - nay, it seems to make fighters the fiercer and artisans more creative, and lend added beauty to song and vigour to dance.

When we lead Our Companies out on the Pennsic
fields we know the name of Ealdormere shall as
always be honoured and glorious in the eyes of the
Known World.

Wassail!
Siegfried and Ragni
Rex et Regina

Court of TRM Siegfried and Ragni
Trillium War
June 28, 2014

* A moment of silence was held for Lady Bridget Larkin and other absent friends
* New thrones were presented by Lord Augustine von Bricksten
* Populace swore fealty
* Lady Eeva the Restless made a presentation of banners
* His Grace Sir Nigel MacFarlane recognized the fighters of the day.

AOA - Adelaide van der Eych (a big damn rock was the scroll)
AOA - Aerik Leikson

* Lord Eirik Anderson was put on vigil for the Order of the Pelican
* Lady Asa Gormsdottir was put on vigil for the Order of the Laurel

AMH - Lady Eluned verch Angor
AMH - Lady Elicia Ahearn of Bastile du Lac
ASB - Lord Daffyd ap Alun
ASB - Lord James Edgarson
AO - Lady Catriona Inghean Ragnail
ASB - Lady Alienor la Fileuse
OW - THL Daniel of Whitby
OC - THL Avelyn of the Hedge
OTH - Baron Shahid Al-Hassan
Court Baroness - Mistress Helen of Greyfells

* Lord Varakii Varenko Vikovitch was put on vigil for the Order of Chivalry

Laurel - Mistress Tarian verch Gadarn

Magnus Strykwind - Award of Arms
Mateo the Skrael - Wolf's Cub
Marie L'Englois - Order of the Crucible
Gottfried von Hengstberg - Award of Arms
Laili - Award of Arms

Special thanks to Lady Gwendolyn of Aldburg for taking the above photos.
- Eirik

Many are the joys of a Summer reign!  We have just experienced a stellar joy - that of witnessing a gallant Crown Tournament fought in beautiful weather by bravely attired gentles, and culminating in victory by Their Graces Trumbrand and Kayla. 

Wassail and welcome to the Heirs to the throne of the North.Another joy we experience weekly as we travel through the Kingdom, seeing Our Subjects at their many worthy endeavours.  Your happy faces and energetic mien truly delights us. Not even the looming shadow of War can damp the spirits of Northerners - nay, it seems to make fighters the fiercer and artisans more creative, and lend added beauty to song and vigour to dance.

When we lead Our Companies out on the Pennsic fields we know the name of Ealdormere shall as always be honoured and glorious in the eyes of the Known World.

Wassail!

Siegfried and Ragni
Rex et Regina Ealdormere

On Friday, June 13, AS 32, House Fettered Fleur was founded. It was joint household of Viscount Menken Brechen and Dame Eleanor Cadfan and was dedicated to the chivalric ideals of hospitality, courtesy and service, as well as the pursuit of excellence in both the martial and peaceful arts.

Court Report for Pikeman's Pleasure - June 7th, 2014
by Master Brand Thorwaldsen

Award of the Maiden's Heart - Fulk Beauxarmes
Award of the Orion - Brendan Hunterson
Order of Thorbjorn's Hammer - Godfrey Archer
Order of the Wain - Mahild de Valognes
Cake and Singing - Menken Brechen

Excerpt from the Second Quarter ECoH report: 
"We had excellent representation from the ECoH at our recent Crown Tourney. I was immensely impressed and proud of the excess of volunteers for voice heraldry. The professionalism and good cheer among all made everything from processional; tourney and courts all run very smoothly. I don’t think I've ever been more proud to be a herald than I was by the end of that day."

I wish to thank every member of the College of Heralds for their excellent service and performance at Crown Tourney. 
Well done!
Cainder

Cainder ingen Hui Chatharnaig
Trillium Principal Herald
trilliumherald@gmail.com

The third Royal Game Tourney will be held this coming Saturday at Crown Tourney TIME PERMITTING. It will be held after the end of the tournament to decide the heirs of our kingdom, and court. The featured game will be Alquerque. You can find rules on the Games Guild webpage, and you can practice online at the link below. Please note, the only online version of Alquerque I have found so far seems a little buggy, but you should get the gist if things. It plays similar to checkers.

http://gamesguildofealdormere.blogspot.ca/2014/05/alquerques.html

http://www.abggames.com/alquerqueonline.htm

In service,

Colyne Stewart, Chancellor of Games

Court of Their Majesties Queen Ragni Dzintara of Amberhall & King Siegfried Brandboern - Fruits of our Labours

Aiden Sceotend - Award of the Scarlet Banner
Dannon Galbraith - Award of the Wolf's Cub
Lucien Galbraith - Award of Arms
Patrov Roelfsson - Award of the Scarlet Banner

Greetings, 

I have recently met with the Privy Council and we have come to the decision not to continue hosting the Ealdormere Wiki as a Kingdom. 

We will release the database and files to the populace of Ealdormere as we do recognize that the community assembled the content and we want to release that to the populace should someone desire to maintain the Wiki.

If you would like to take over the wiki, contact me at ealdormereweb@gmail.com

I am looking for my first deputy - a Kingdom Cartographer!

I am looking for a deputy to organize and implement the creation of new Kingdom Maps for display and use of the Kingdom Website and the populace at large. While we have some nice digital maps, they are dated and are sorely in need of updating.

You don’t have to create maps yourself (though that would certainly be a nice attribute)

If you are interested is this job please contact me at ealdormereweb@gmail.com

Regards,

THL Eirik Andersen
Kingdom of Ealdormere Web Minister

On the thirteenth day of May, in the thirteenth year of the Society, the northern shires were recognized as a true barony of the Middle Kingdom by King Merowald II and Queen Kirsten II. So thus in our northern lands the number of thirteen is no ill omen but a sign of good fortune.

The name of this new barony was Septentria, which, as Duke Sir Finnvarr later explained, was derived from the Latin septentriones, meaning north, northern region, or north winds. The Barony’s arms featured a bear, representing the northern lands, and three interlaced chevronels in honour of the three founding shires—Eoforwic, Ben Dunfirth and Noerlanda. Gillian d’Uriel—who designed the barony’s arms—then became the first Baroness of Septentria.

These are the Combatants for the Crown Tournament of King Seigfreid and Queen Ragni

Duke Trumbrand the Wanderer for Duchess Kaylah the Cheerful
Duchess Kaylah the Cheerful for Duke Trumbrand the Wanderer
The Honourable Lord Guillaume le Breton for Countess Joleicia of Litchfield
Mistress Aelfwyn aet Langanwuda for Lord Evan Quicktongue
Baron Richard Larmer for Baroness Annabelle Makmyllane
Baron Tiberius of Warwickshire for Baroness Anne Tinker
Baron Kolbjorn Skatkaupandi for Baroness Wencenedl of Rokesburg
Baron Giovanni d’Enzinas for Baroness Lucia d’Enzinas
The Honourable Lord Gann for The Honourable Lady Maiwen
The Honourable Lord Bjarn Aaronson for Lady Orlaith inghen Cinada meic Briain
Lord Rorik for The Honourable Lady Jocelyn Roget de Cranewell
The Honourable Lord Hans Thorvaldson for Lord Pelayo of Marchmount
Lord Pelayo of Marchmount for The Honourable Lord Hans Thorvaldsson
The Honourable Lord Amelius Claudius Rattanicus for The Honourable Lady Isabel Atwyll
Lord Edward of Flaming Sky for The Honourable Lady Constance Payne of Caldrithig
Lady Ailis de la Marche of Eoforwic for Lady Elanna of House Marchmount of Eorforwic
Jack Mongo the Pirate for Lady Eeva the Restless

These are the 17 pairs of Combatants and Consorts fighting for the Line of the North.

On behalf of Their Majesties Seigfreid and Ragni,
In Service, I remain,

Baroness Kersteken Janzdochtere
Kingdom Seneschal

Have you ever wondered about what events led to the founding of Ealdormere? Or it's local groups? The History of Ealdormere website is a repository os histories written about the kingdom and its baronies, shires and cantons. Several new histories have recently been added, so if you've never visited the site before, now is a good time!

http://ealdormerehistory.blogspot.ca/

On the 26th day of April 2014 (AS 48), Baron Siegfried Brandbeorn, knight of the Society, and squire to Duke Sir Finnvarr deTaahe, and Ragni Dzintari, wife of the same Finnvarr, were crowned as King and Queen of Ealdormere. Though it was his right to Crown Ragni as the Queen of the north, King Siegfried, on behalf of true love, gave that right to Finnvarr. Before an emotional crowd, Duke Finnvarr placed the Crown of the Queen of Ealdormere upon the brow of his lady wife.

Morning Court
===========
CROWN - Siegfried Brandbeorn
CROWN - Ragni Tzintara of Amberhall

Evening Court
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* TE Rising Waters announced their intent to step down
* TRM announced their champions made during the day
     - Queen's Champion - Menken Brechen
     - Fencing Champion - Giovanni d'Enzinas
     - Archery Champion - Brendan Hunterson
     - Thrown Weapons Champion - Christiana MacNamara
     - Gaming Champion - Eirik Anderson
     - Minister of Candy - Evaine of Amberhall
* TRM announced the new Kingdom Signet is Marguerite Gingraix, and thanked Augusta Gamerelli for her service
* Ambassadors from Aethelmarc brought greetings and gifts
* Ben Dunfirth presented the profits from Kingdom A&S, accepted by Kingdom Exchequer

AMH - Reynard de Foch of Ravenglass
AO - Chiara Stella
DUKE - Nigel MacFarlane
DUCHESS - Adrielle Kerrec

Final Court of Nigel and Adrielle April 26, 2014

HAMMER - Gunther Wahlstadt of Bremen
 SCROLL OF HONOUR - Colyne Stewart
 WAIN - Sven Gunnolfr Ragnaldson
 WAIN - Aelfwyn et Langanwude
 TH Lady Jocelyn Roget de Cranewell -Royal Favour
 Lord Rorik -Queen's Favour
 Mistress Aelfwyn et Langanwude - King's Favour
 King's Favour - Duke Brannos

 Thank you to everyone who made Coronation such a great time. We had a great day and it was a wonderful end to our reign. It was wonderful to share the day with friends from near and far and to see some faces we haven't seen in a very long time. Special thanks once again to our household for their patience and support this past year - especially Mahault and Mahhild for being Chancellor and Chamberlain. Thank you as well to those who served as our Champions, Mistress Ælfwyn Langanwuda, Lord Rorik, TH Lady Jocelyn and Lady Ailis - you were all amazing and we were so humbled to have you be our champions. To the Kingdom - we were touched by the support and enthusiasm which you shared with us, truly without You we are nothing as Crown. It was such a privilege to be able to welcome so many new folks, bestow awards on talented and deserving folks and to share the past year with you all.

  Congratulations and Wassail to TRM Siegfried and Ragni - We were wonderfully surprised with the Ducal Estates you granted us.

Thank you all, cheers
Nigel and Adrielle

In April AS 18 the people of the north held an arts and sciences competition at which many wonderful works were shown. Many awards were granted to recognize the skills of their crafters. Most notable of all was Sylard of Eagleshaven’s induction into the Order of the Laurel for his metalwork.

AoA                      Ashling of Petrea Thule
AoA                      Theodora Madelena de Volterra
Maiden's Heart     TH Lord Brendan Hunterson
Hammer                Lord Graeme de Liste de Cherbourg
Hammer                Mistress Aurelia Gabriana

Mistress Aelfwyn also gifted the Kingdom a set of Court Baronacy Coronets for regalia.   These would  be day loaners for the Crown to use should they chose to bestow a Court Baronacy but where they have not had an opportunity to have a Coronet made. The recipient would return it to the Crown at the end of the day and be responsible for commissioning their own Coronet. 

We also gifted Lady Kaisa a gift certificate for a pair of Bohemond Shoes.  We chose her as she has already added to much to the Kingdom during her short time in the SCA and she is continually striving to improve her kit and in doing so has inspired Us. 

Nigel and Adrielle

Rex et Regina Ealdormere

At Gulf Wars We conducted a small piece of business in Calontir Court.

We placed Sir Bohemond le Sinistre and his wife Lady Rhieinwylydd Cyfeilog on the Scroll of Honour.

They have extended such generosity and kindness to Ourselves and the people of Ealdormere that we thought it was a just a proper thing to do.

Many will know them from their shop at Pennsic and other Wars - Boots by Bohemond.

We are humbled by their friendship and generosity and wanted to mark them as nobles of merit and gems of our realm.

We gave them each a stone from Our own Crowns.

Nigel and Adrielle

Rex et Regina Ealdormere

Court of TRM conducted at Winter War 
by HRM Adrielle

Wolf's Cub - Gwerith of Brynniau Tywynnog 
AoA - Mattius of Petrea Thule 
AoA - Kanina Mac’ Am Gilverdatter / Cai'tyn the Bold 
AoA - Raphael Trinovantia Nova
MAIDEN'S HEART - Sarah MacLeod Trinovantia
AOA Gregoire Moroz 
MAIDEN'S HEART - Isaac Spinoza
MAIDEN'S HEART - Detrich von Sachsen 
WAIN - Tiberius of Warwickshire
PELICAN - Cainder ingen hui Chathaarnaig
9 Newcomers / First Event folks

During the course of the upcoming reign of Siegfried and Ragni there will be several game tournaments held at various events. Each tourney will have an individual winner, and whoever wins the most games over the entire reign will win a box full of games!

So far, the following tournaments have been scheduled:

April 26, Spring Coronation, Nine-Man’s-Morris (Colyne Stewart)

June 7, Pikeman’s Pleasure, Chess (Colyne Stewart)

June 27-July 1, War of the Trillium, Bowles (Albrecht Stampfer) and Glic (Colyne Stewart)

My time as Kingdom Marshal of Minor Combat is coming to an end, and it is time to look for a successor.   

The Kingdom Youth Combat Marshal is warranted by the Earl Marshal to supervise and monitor Youth Combat in the Kingdom. The Deputy of Youth Combat must approve all Marshals and Constables. Approval is designated as placing that individual’s name upon the recommended Warrant Roster submitted to the Earl Marshal for approval.  They will also be required to report quarterly to the Kingdom Earl Marshal.

Interested people should send their SCA resume to myself (sirbaldric@gmail.com), the Interim Earl Marshal Sir Evander (ealdormere.earl.marshal@gmail.com), and the Kingdom Seneschal, Baroness Keresteken (ealdormere.kseneschal@gmail.com).  Applications should arrive no later then April 30, 2014.

Yours in grateful service,

Baldric 

by HRM Adrielle

Court - Game of Queens
MAIDEN'S HEART - Johanna Hurst
MAIDEN'S HEART - Pelayo of House Marchmount
ORION - Gwen Hamilton

To all who hear these lists, let it be known that Jhone of Woodcote and Wilfred of Swefingham will sit Vigil for the Order of the Laurel at Practicum, in the Canton of Caldrithig.

I would offer a gentle reminder that, although garb is often not worn during classes, it would be appreciated if all those planning on attending the vigils, including Jhone's class, would please dress accordingly.

Thank you,

AElfwyn.