Annotated "History of the West" - The History of the Kingdom of The ...

The Origin and History of the Society for Creative Anachronism and the Kingdom of the West
a kite shield, but I had been using the same kite for quite some time and dying a lot earlier. Perhaps the fact I had borrowed Sir
Bela's helmet helped, I don't know.
“Richard and I were given the option of fighting two out of three or one fight, and I chose to just do it once. However, we doublekilled
the first time out, so we ended up fighting two fights, anyway. For the first fight, Richard was reluctant to believe that I had hit
him when he hit me until he looked at his motorcycle helmet, which doubled as his fighting helmet, and saw the dent I put into it.
“Politically, this tournament was notable for the very short appearance of the departing King and Queen. They showed up a bit
late for the coronation, crowned their successors, and left. I think it was the last appearance of William and Sheryl as a couple at
an SCA event, though the marriage continued for a few years after. They had gotten so burned out by the politics of the organization
they decided they had other things to do. A lot of us saw this, rightly or wrongly, as Jon DeCles treating them like puppets and it
helped draw a lot of the political lines that developed over the next several years.
“And I'm not sure I should have given Caradoc the MGC for the reason I did. He came to the tourney with two ladies, with, as
far as I could tell, the firm intent of making both of them his queen, which I thought took a certain intestinal fortitude that should be
rewarded.” – Stefan de Lorraine, who has, in fact, seen each of William (John Freeman) and Sheryl (Adamski) in the last few years.
June 2, 1968 AS III First Event of the East Coast Chapter, Whitsuntide Sunday
Held at the Cloisters, New York City, New York. A tourney was planned but it was rained out. Elfrida and Walter of Greenwalls were the
seneschals and the autocrats. Koppel funem Lachfalk was the Herald. Elfrida appointed Maragon the Artificer to sit as King and Adrienne
of Toldedo to sit as Queen, to preside over the first tourney and the first crown lists, whereupon the first true king would be chosen by
combat. When the tourney was rained out the group wandered through the Cloisters looking at the Unicorn Tapestries and freaking out
the museum guards. Present were Elfrida and Walter of Greenwalls, Adrienne of Toledo, Maragon the Artificer, Alfgar the Sententious,
El of the Two Knives, Rakurai of Kamakura, Eleolf Erickson, Robert the Puppeteer, and Cynthia Ornam.
June 23, 1968 AS III Summer Coronation and Crown Tourney
Held in Mills College, Oakland, California. Richard and La Rana were crowned by
Siegfried and Marynel. King Richard admitted Diana Listmaker to the Order of the
Laurel. Crown Lists were held. Duke Henrik of Havn defeated Sir Caradoc ap
Cador. Leanne of Maywood was Duke Henrik’s lady. Sir Caradoc ap Cador gave
the MGC to Sir Siegfried von Hoflichskeit (and thus it returned to its maker).
Richard of Mont Real - Sable, in saltire a double-bitted
axe and a Celtic cross Or.
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crowned Or.
A “Lot happened at this tourney. Jon de Cles came as a jester because Richard told him that he had no need of a Seneschal. Jon
used the "a jester unemployed is nobody's fool" line a lot.”
“Frank Herbert and a photographer showed up at this tourney to get pictures, but failed to get any they could use, so they
organized the feast discussed below. It was an excellent article on the SCA, it helped that Frank was a close personal friend of
several members.”
“Siegfried won the MGC because he got really hurt and continued to fight on. I think his knee was badly whacked, but I'm not
sure, I remember Richard telling him that he should run around the tourney field to "run it off." Diana's Laurel was the scheme of
Richard and La Rana, Henrik and Leanne, and my lady and myself. We felt that women were getting a short shrift in the SCA and
it was time that Diana's contributions were recognized, both for the sake of those contributions and to set a precedent. “
“Richard was rather frustrated at having to be on the throne instead of fighting, and further frustrated because he managed to
badly burn himself doing some blacksmithing a day or so before the tourney. The shield rim he was working on slipped off the forge
and he caught it in his hand. Bad idea. So his left hand (his sword hand) was well wrapped in bandages.” – Stefan de Lorraine
1 “We (Richard and I) were trying to curve some galvanized steel straps (14 ga, 1 ½" wide by several feet long) for shield face
edging. Richard picked up a piece which was still too hot and burned his hand.” – Henrik of Havn
A “To dull the frustration and pain, he drank a lot of wine. When a belly dancer showed up, he stopped the lists to watch the belly
dancer. There were some other distractions as well.”