Articles in this section cover the administrative and organizational aspects of the SCA
and its branches.
Mission Statement: It is our duty and responsibility to safeguard the persons and property of the Marche of Alderford and of the guests and participants at our event
.
Security/ Safety (here after referred to as Security) personnel should:
NOTE: It is the decision and responsibility of the Autocrat to contact the Fire Dept. and the Police Dept. No one within Security shall contact these agencies unless so directed by the Autocrat.
in Charge (hereafter referred to as CinC) and/or Autocrat
and/or Seneschal. Security #1 and Security staff will then make arrangements to guide
incoming medical personnel onto the site or to have the participant evacuated off site,
whichever case may be most practical at the time.
is also to be contacted to "cry the camp" and alert the populace to the
HWC. In the event of a tornado warning the populace (w/ the consent of the Autocrat(s))
shall be evacuated to a predetermined "safe area". The safe area will be
predetermined by Autocrat. Evacuation notice shall be carried by the Herald.EDITOR'S NOTE: This Event Security Manual was prepared by Lord Bryn and his staff for use at our Battle for the Barony Event. It was so comprehensive and well-written that I requested and received Lord Bryn's permission to post it on this site so that other groups could use it as a starting point for their own such documents. Permission is granted to use this material for non-commercial purposes, provided credit is given to the author.
CAUTION: Your local laws, regulations, and ordinances, or policies of
your Kingdom or other SCA
group, may dictate changes to this document. It is your
responsibility to learn the applicable laws in your area, and to tailor this document to
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responsibility whatsoever for your use of this document, since that is entirely beyond our
control.
This article was written by Ailith Mackintosh in 1996, and there have been a couple of new kingdoms added since then which are not included here. Still an excellent article, though. Enjoy! -- Justin
Good day my friends. Have you ever wondered where the names for the kingdoms and some of the principalities in the Society came from? Here is a list compiled from various letters from the Rialto.*
West: Obvious-from the location in the Western United States.
East: Also obvious. However, to add a little spice, notice that the badge of the East, "A tyger passant azure," was chosen because the tyger is a symbol of good luck in Japan (the Far East) and blue is a color associated with good luck in the Middle East.
Middle: Obvious. China was also called "the Middle Kingdom." This was the motivation for the dragon in their arms.
Atenveldt: Aten is an Egyptian god of the Sun. "Veldt" is the Afrikaans word for an arid grassland. This name has the distinction of being the only one derived from a language that did not exist in our period!
Meridies: Latin for South. Apt for a kingdom in the deep South.
Caid: An anacronym for the names of the four founding baronies: Calafia, Angles, Isles, and Dreiburgen. Supposedly also an Arabic word meaning fortress. The crescents and the bordure embattled in their arms refer to this derivation.
Ansteorra: Old English meaning "One Star." Reference to the Lone Star State
Atlantia: A play on the Word "Atlantic." The kingdom is primarily the central Atlantic states.
An Tir: Irish for "the Land."
Calontir: Welsh for "Heartland." The kingdom is in the middle of the US.
Trimaris: Latin for "Three Seas." Florida is bounded by the Atlantic, the Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico.
Outlands: Originally "Utanwayard." When that was disallowed, they changed it to "Outlands."
Drachenwald: German for "dragon wood."
And the Principalities:
AEthelmearc: Old English, "noble border." This area was previously known as the Western Marches.
Artemisia: When searching for a name, they tried to find one indigenous lifeform existing in Idaho, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. The most obvious one: the sagebrush, whose Latin name includes "artemesia."
Avacal: unknown
Cynagua: A pun on Spanish for "without water." The principality is in California's central valley, which is a desert.
Ealdormere: Possibly Old English for "ancient sea/lake." This area is bordered by the Great Lakes.
Lochac: A late period map shows an island with this name in the general area of Australia.
Mists: Obvious to anyone who has seen the Bay Area fog.
Nordmark: Swedish (or any of several other related languages) for "northern marche."
Northshield: Refers to the geological land formation known as the Canadian Shield or the Cambrian Shield and also refers to the principality being the "shield" of the Midrealm against possible invaders from the north.
Oertha: A variant spelling (or possible misreading) of the Anglo-Saxon word "eorthe" (earth). It is joked that Oertha is pronounced "where the", as in "where the hell are we?"
Summits: Southern Oregon has lots of mountains.
Sun: The Climate.
My thanks to original writers of these letters: Arval d'Espas Nord, Lady Tireachan, Dorothea of Caer-Myddin, Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn, Nicolaa de Bracton and comments from Master Talan Gwynek.
* the Rialto is the SCA
Newsgroup on the Internet. (rec.org.sca)
Copyright © 1996 by Kate Soehnlen. All Rights Reserved. Republished by permission of the author.