Volume 30, Issue 4 AUGUST 2018/ AS LIII Herald’s Guild NEWSLETTER OF THE BA RONY OF SHATTERED CRYSTAL P a g e 1 T h e S h a r d s C u r i a C a l l Their Crystalline Excellencies Seneschal Daimyō Kurro Ookami Baronessa Petrona De Manciano Lady Ástríðr Árnarðóttír [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] (618)-910-7130 Pursuivant (a.k.a. Herald) Exchequer Master Avery Austringer I N S I D E Lady Cellah niTighearnaigh [email protected] T H I S [email protected] Chatelain ISSUE: Deputy Chatelain and Gold Key Master Avery Austringer Vacant [email protected] Acknowledge- Demo Coordinator 2 Knight’s Marshal Mistress Alphia Biraz-Pars ments Baron Gavin MacFergus (see Equestrian Marshal) [email protected] Deputy Knight Marshal Archery Marshal Master Avery Austringer Missives 3 Master Bubba Godgodson [email protected] Equestrian Marshal Rapier Marshal Mistress Alphia Biras-Parz Lord Bartelmeu le Wis [email protected] Officer Heraldry 3 [email protected] Thrown Weapons Marshal Youth Marshal Vacant Lady Brigid MacCauley Heraldry Design [email protected] 5 Minister of Arts & Sciences Tips Chronicler Lady Muirgheal O’Seannaig Tiarna Cináed Ulric, Amhranai tan Briongloid [email protected] [email protected] (618)-803-0395 Call to Arms 8 Web Minister Minister of Youth “Dafydd ap Llewellyn” Baroness Caroline de Mercier [email protected] [email protected] Regional 9 Armorial Master William Calendar 17 Blackfox Award Winner, Best Special Edition, A.S. LI (51) Volume 30, Issue 4 P a g e 2 Verba Legis This is the August 2018 issue of The Shards, a publication of the Barony of Shattered Crystal of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. (SCA, Inc.). The Shards is edited by and available from Jona- than Thorn, 6120 Leo Dr. Belleville, Il. 62223. It is not a corporate publication of SCA, Inc., and does not delineate SCA, Inc. policies. Copyright © 2018 Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. For information on reprinting photographs, articles, or artwork from this publication, please contact the Chronicler, who will assist you in contacting the original creator of the piece. Please respect the legal rights of our contribu- Acknowledgements Cover art title design and picture, as well as shield line drawing page 2, the Coronet Logo for Their Excellencies’ missive, the coat of arms display design, and all re-workings of Kingdom, Baronial, and Shire coat of arms on the front cover and in the “Regional Armory” article, have been done by Cináed Ul- ric, however the designs and copyright of the devices belong to their respective listed groups and the SCA, Inc., and are only printed here to serve as an educational tool, in the spirit of helping to identify Liege, family, and friends. All badge designs proposed in Her Excellency’s article “A Call to [Badge of] Arms”, are created by the persons as listed in the article. Officer badge art is provided by the Middle Kingdom’s Midrealm Image Library, who’s statement is: “Feel free to download any of these images for use in your own pages. ...” Horizontal and Vertical dividers throughout the newsletter and framing the front page picture are from the web page Goode Cookery, and their page on Medieval Woodcuts Clip Art collection from the 15- 16th centuries. Their permission-use statement is: “Those who wish to reduce or alter these images for their own use are welcome to do so.” Page of royal devices on page seven comes from Armorial Wijnbergen c. 1291 and is in the public domain. All articles are written by the folks underneath the article’s title or end. All Creative Work, Photography, and Model release forms for every article, photo, or artistic graphic are on file with the Chronicler. P a g e 3 T h e S h a r d s M i s s i v e s and might in many venues. We month before we must prove our shall uphold the might and glory mettle at Baroness Wars, August of the Midrealm at the 'Crucible 24-27, 2018 at the Shire of at the Crossroads'. This chal- Swordcliffe. Heavy, Cut & Thrust lenge is to occur September 21- tourneys abound, Dirty Dozen Baron and 23 just over the border in the Largess and Heart of the Mid- Baroness Kingdom of Calontir. We seek lands competitions, Bardic com- combatants of all types: heavy, petition, court, hosting of break- cut & thrust, archers, equestri- fast on Saturday morning. Many My Lords and Ladies of ans, and artisans. Those willing things to do, and many prepara- the Barony, to assist, attend to the informa- tions needed before hand. We I seek your aid. As you tion on the following page or the need as many hands to the fore may know, We hold firm on the page of web listed at the bottom. as we can muster. southwestern border of these Please march to join us Draco Invictus! lands, holding back the tide pur- and display the might of the pure. We have been challenged!! Dragon in full strength! Baronessa Petrona Challenged to feats of strength Also remember that the O f f i c e r H e r a l d r y Did you know that most offices of the SCA have their own heraldry/ badge design to help one identify them when one needs to find them? Some of them are: top left to right—heralds, silent heralds (interpreters for the deaf and hard of hearing), and sene- schal. Middle: l t r—chatelaine, knights marshal, and fencing marshal. And bottom: l t r— Minister of Arts & Sciences, Mister of Youth, and Excheq- uer or “treasurer.” Volume 30, Issue 4 P a g e 4 Greetings to the Baronages of Calontir: We would like to extend an invitation to you all to participate in a grand tournament this year at Crucible at the Crossroads (historically known as Gryphon's Fest), to take place September 21-23, 2018 in Warrington, Mo. (1 hour WNW of St. Louis). To Their Excellencies of each barony, we humbly request your support for the plan for this event. More will be explained below. Plan This will be a high pageantry event in which the attendees will be divided into 4 main "teams" that will compete in a variety of events in a Grand Tournament for the rights to a fictional crossroads of the Kingdom. The Kingdom will be divided into 4 groups, or teams, with leadership appointed for each team. These leaders will be the Champions selected by the Baronage to represent their team. It is recom- mended that the Baronage choose a peer that is well-respected and charismatic; this could help drive in- volvement from your groups and lead your team to glory. If you would like assistance choosing a leader, please reach out to the Event Stewards. Shires and Cantons will pledge to the Barony of their choice. Members of the Barony of Three Rivers will be divided among the four teams. The following is our pro- posed division of teams, though the final division may be different depending on your input: Lonely Tower and Mag Mor Coeur d'Ennui Forgotten Sea and Vatavia Shattered Crystal (from the Middle Kingdom) The event will feature rattan, cut & thrust, archery, equestrian, and a variety of A&S events in which the populace can compete throughout the day at their leisure but each will culminate in a tourna- ment. There will be a final culminating game event in which the teams choose representatives to navi- gate and obstacle laden race that is interactive. After the main participants have finished the competi- tion, the course will be opened to the populace. Please contact the Event Stewards or Their Excellencies of Three Rivers with questions, input, or to appoint your Team Leadership (if you agree to participate in this plan). For the teams that would be headed by two Baronies, you may either appoint leadership from both Baronies or (if you wish) just from one of the Baronies. YIS, Yseult de Michel ([email protected] 573-427-7743) Yngvarr Bjarnakarl ([email protected]) Event Stewards https://sites.google.com/view/crucible-at-the-crossroads2018 P a g e 5 T h e S h a r d s Some Heraldry Design Tips There are a lot of little Gabriel or the group "SCA Her- color green, Celtic harp, green rules one needs to follow when aldry Chat" on Facebook. clovers; Bardic - harp, musical creating a device, what will, in B. Do look at a guide, like notes, theater mask; personal the SCA, become one's coat of the following, to get an under- tastes - cats, color blue. How- arms. Here now is a compiled standing of the things that make ever, if he added everything that list from some folks who either up heraldry: http:// can make the design too are or were heralds from around heraldicart.org/volume-r/ crowded and overly complicated the "Known World" of their top to continually recreate. Other do's and don'ts when creating 2. Remember the first, primary similar suggestions to this are: one's heraldry. The following rule of heraldry: No metal on A. Don't add too folks are those who helped con- metal and no color on color. many charges. Choose a few tribute to this list: Gunhilda One's metals are Silver & Gold charges one really likes, and Bjorndottar, Ed Claytor, Alan Cou- (note that regardless if one then narrow it down to three - ture, Jenn Crewell, Angela Gal- wants "white or yellow" they will four tops - that one would con- lant, Amy Hanson, Krissy Hous- always be counted as a metal.) sider the charge they want on ton, Lizzi Klassen, Snacha Les- and one's colors are red, green, their device.