Allison In Wonderland

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N e w s l e t t e r o f t h e B a r o n y o f F o r g o t t e n S e aN e w s l e t t e r o f t h e B a r o n y o f F o r g o t t e n S e aN e w s l e t t e r o f t h e B a r o n y o f F o r g o t t e n S e a S e c o n d Q u a r t e r , A p r i l S e c o n d Q u a r t e r , A p r i l S e c o n d Q u a r t e r , A p r i l 20 1420 1420 14

From The i r Exc e l l e n c i e s

U nto the Oppressed and Downtrodden masses of Forgotten Sea come these words from your Overlord and Evil Baron Logan, and the Puissant and Wonderful Baroness Ylva.

We hope that you are all feeling a bit less oppressed and downtrodden now that this seemingly endless winter

appears to finally be at an end. We have all shoveled far

too much since Our last missive in The Clarion. Let us all hope that we are done with that, and the days of incessant

harvesting of the lawn are far in the future. The most important news is Our pride in supplying the

Kingdom with another fabulous Prince and Princess,

Agamemnon and Gwen. They grace the Kingdom with

Their mere presence, and Our Barony's honor is increased

by Their actions and demeanor. And to increase Our renown, we need to continue to show the Kingdom and

the entire Known World that Forgotten Sea knows how to

serve the Crown. So We would ask you all to take a little time at upcoming events to help both Their Majesties and

Their Highnesses in any way you can. Running Calontir is a big job, and they can use the help.

And speaking of serving the Royal Household, We would

urge you all to think about what all has to happen in order for you to enjoy yourself at an event. Do you like

having a quiet place to chat with friends and work on

projects, or do you like having a large group laughing and

whooping it up? Is fighting or archery or equestrian what

gets your blood pumping, or do you enjoy watching others strive against their friends (and themselves) in the

betterment of their skills? No matter what you enjoy doing, someone has done some work to make it possible for

you to do so. Take a look around and think about those

people, and then write an award recommendation for them. Their Majesties cannot recognize Our populace if

they are unaware of what they are doing. And it is difficult for Their scribes to produce scrolls if they only

hear about some worthy person just days before the local

event that person is attending. Now is the time to write the recommendations for the awards that Their Majesties

In This Issue.

Scandinavian Time Measurement During the

Viking Era 3

Mighty Men 4

Allison in Wonderland 5

True Love Never Yields 7

Local Activities 8

Baronial Officers 9

Credits 10

Kingdom Events 11

could present (or have presented) at Un-slung Heroes, Horse & Falcon or Lilies.

Which is another nice segue to Our upcoming local events. Aston Tor is hosting Un-slung Heroes at the end

of this month. Perhaps this year it will be neither

blazingly hot nor wet and cold, but rather Just Right. In any case it has always been an enjoyable time, and We

would urge you all to come out and enjoy a day of revelry of all types. You might even check with the

autocrats to see if they need any help.

At the end of May the Barony will once again host Horse and Falcon. Because we had such good

attendance at both Kris Kinder and Coronation, the Baronial coffers are full enough that We have decided

to throw the gates open at this event free of charge!

However, it will still be necessary to staff the gate, as we need to inform Corporate of the attendance figures and

sign the Missouri waiver for equestrian activities. Please check with Her Excellency Svana if you can help with

that. There are other tasks that will need doing as well,

so please check with Her Ladyship Judur to find out how you can help. Additionally, We have decided that

there will be no Horse and Falcon next year, so the

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From Your Chron ic ler

G reetings Forgotten Sea! Thank you to eve-ryone who sent me

contributions for

this issue! I am so proud to be part of a group that sends me

such wonderful contribu-

tions! All without any arm

twisting or coercion at all!

My work schedule still does not allow me to attend Curia

or fighter practice each week, but Im always available via email at [email protected] Also, if you want to help or contribute,

but arent sure how, email me!

I have been blessed with a volunteer to be my deputy,

Allison of Forgotten Sea has not only expressed an in-terest, shes already agreed to be my deputy Chronicler ! Shes also submitted a wonderful recounting of her first Gulf Wars in this issue.

Feedback about the newsletter, suggestions, whatever

are always welcome!

In Service,

Barony of Three Rivers can have that weekend to execute

an extravaganza that just couldn't be contained in a normal

2-day weekend.

As has become traditional, Forgotten Sea has volunteered to man the gate shifts at Lilies from midnight the first night

until noon that Saturday. While you may have heard that the gate will be closed during the early morning hours, this

will only be happening later in the week, so We still need

folks for that entire 12 hour shift. As is also becoming traditional, His Excellency Logan will be sitting the first

shift. Come join him, or better still, volunteer to clean up the mess he is sure to leave behind. As with Horse and

Falcon, please contact Her Excellency Svana with the

time you can help out. And finally, don't forget that We, your Overlords and the

Boot Heel of Oppression on your necks, will be "visiting" Our peers at Lilies, usually around supper time. We will

most likely be hungry. We know that you would hate to disappoint Us. Please contact Her Excellency Ylva to

arrange a suitable time.

In all seriousness, it is Our privilege and honor to lead

Forgotten Sea and serve the Crown and Kingdom with

the fantastic support we get from all of you. From the

bottom of our hearts (and stomachs (Oh, stop that!)

sorry), thank you.

By the grace of Their Royal Majesties Martino and Ariel,

we remain

Baron and Baroness of Forgotten Sea

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The theme for this Lilies War is the Battle for the Raven Banner. That battle took place in Ireland during the

11th century, toward the end of the era of Viking expan-sion.

The Vikings, or Scandinavians, lived in and colo-

nized places so far north that the time measuring conven-

tions of continental Europe were inadequate. Not only

were the days of winter so much shorter than they were further south, the sun barely rose above the horizon, with a

track that arched only slightly higher at noon than it did

during the rest of the day. In the rest of Europe the day was divided into 12

hours of daylight and 12 hours of nighttime. The length of these hours varied depending on the time of year. Only on the equinoxes was an hour of daylight 60 minutes long.

In other words, on the summer solstice, in Rome an hour of daylight was 76 minutes long using our modern measure-

ments, and an hour of nighttime was 44 minutes long. The further north you travel, the longer each hour

of daylight becomes. By dividing the hours of daylight

into 12 unequal hours, on the summer solstice you end up with a ratio 80 minutes per hour of daylight to 40 minutes

per hour of nighttime in Paris, 85 minutes of daylight to 35 minutes of nighttime in northern Germany, 90 minutes of

daylight to 30 minutes of nighttime in Stockholm, and 105

minutes of daylight to 15 minutes of nighttime in Reykja-vik, Iceland. The reverse was true in the winter, when a

daytime hour would measure 30 minutes long in Stock-holm and only 15 minutes long in Reykjavik. Clearly the

12-hour convention of southern Europe works poorly in

lands nearing the Arctic Circle. Instead the Scandinavians divided the day into

eight parts, four parts for the daytime and four parts for the night. In the winter the sun would still be below the horizon

for much of the day, but daymarks (dagmarks) were measureable, even during the shortest days of the year. Thats because daymarks relied on the direction of the sun. The Scandinavian system divided the horizon into eight sections by direction (north, northeast, east, southeast,

south, southwest, west and northwest).

Of course the most important daymark each day was noon, when the sun was at its zenith. Known as

Highday or Midday (hdegi or middag), it was the mid-point in the suns path across the sky. Unlike the geo-

graphic locations of sunrise and sunset, which moved significantly during the year, at midday

the sun was in the same place every day. Most Scandinavians used a landmark to

identify midday, or highday. There are numer-

ous mountains in Norway named Middagsfjllet,

Middagshorn and Middagsberg, for example,

and in Iceland, Hdegisbrekkur (for highday). Other geographic features used to mark midday

were mountain passes, bridges, and fields.

Opposite midday was midnight (mintti). In latitudes approaching the Arctic

Circle it is easy to establish a landmark for mid-night by watching the horizon during June. Alt-

hough the sun has set before midnight, it is so

close to the horizon that the twilight is often bright enough to note where the sun is beneath

the horizon. When the sun reaches its lowest point, it is midnight. And of course, at midnight

the sun is due north, just as it is due South at

noon. Half-way between midnight and mid-

day was mid-morning, or rise-measure. This is when the sun is due east. On the equinoxes the

sun would rise at this point on the horizon. Dur-

ing the summer the sun would rise long before the nighttime sleep period was over, and during

the winter people would wake up long before the sun rose. The sun would rise closer to the

midnight marker in the summer and closer to the

midday marker in the winter, but the geograph-ic marker for mid-morning would be some fea-

ture due east, such as a tree, a valley or another mountain peak. Likewise the point half-way

between noon and midnight, mid-evening, was

located due west. In between these four cardinal points of

the compass were four more geographic markers for times of the day. Between midnight and mid-

morning was tta, roughly 3 am, and between

mid-morning and midday was day-measure, about 9 am. After noon was undorn, about 3 pm.

And at about 9 pm is night-measure. In all eight


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directions are used to tell the time, a system that makes

sense when the sun is in the sky for wildly different

amounts of time during the year. The system uses the loca-

tion of the sun, whether the sun can be seen above the horizon or not, to tell time.

In Anglo-Saxon England during the Viking era, they used a system similar to that of the Scandinavians in

that there were eight tides to the day. But contact with the Roman Catholic Church and European culture in general led to differences between the English tides and

the Scandinavian tts. The English tides were never tied to a geographic direction the way the Scandinavian time-

telling system was.

For more information on this topic, check out the web page Telling Time Without a Clock: Scandinavian Daymarks written for teachers by staffers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The page is at

http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/Daymarks/

#3back Another good online source is Time and Travel in Old Norse Society, a paper published by Thorsteinn Vilhjalmsson of the Science Institute, University of Ice-land.


Mighty Men

By Helena Panier

For him love was tournament, battle, and crusade He went with shining armor to ride in masquerade

For love and lust of chivalry, he vied to make his trade But mighty men have frailties that they cannot evade

A woman from the village, he took to quench his thirst

Promises of marriage and a lady's life, rehearsed Instant love she found in him, with manhood she con-

versed Male relief he had in her, he couldn't have in his first

Exchanging more than earthly vows at the mornings break

A grand, snow-white tunic she made for him to take A symbol of her purest love, the strongest weave in make To be worn with thoughts of her to keep his heart from

ache

In his long time absence, she raised the progeny he grew up strong and tall, he grew up wild and free The son took up the sword and learned the chivalry And with his mother's love, learned responsibility

They came with marching feet, they came in early spring They came to pillage the land, and rode with their new

king Dressed in snow white tunic, on his head a golden ring

Next to him a princely child and a lovely queen

The woman saw them riding and quickly she went pale Loudly calling out to him, her cries to no avail

His promise long forgotten, in trade for noble veil Cut down without a thought or word by soldiers in Chain-

mail

The army and the village fought til near all were dead But not before the son cut off hid father's gold-crowned

head The oldest killed the youngest, to his bed took the queen

Whilst saying to her all this time, mislead you have been

For him love was victory, battle, and crusade Pride did shape his destiny in search for glory made

Love cannot be found in crowns or armies on parade But mighty men have frailties that they cannot evade

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My name is Allison of Forgotten Sea. I know it is not a

very original name, but give me a break, Im relatively

new. In this narrative I wont pretend to have the SCA, or

Calontir, figured out and I will try not to insult any read-

ers intelligence and experience. These are simply my ex-

periences, my emotions, my fears, my failures, and my

triumphs during Gulf Wars XXIII.

I started in the SCA in January of 2013. I was over-

whelmed, scared, and awkward in those first few months

in Calontir. From the beginning, I knew I wanted to be

more involved and I definitely wanted to be a heavy

fighter. It took me nearly a year to pluck up the courage

to get into armor and give and receive my first blows. I

cried the first time. I will not lie about this. As a young

woman, having a large man come at me with a large

stick and beat on me, no matter how much armor I wore,

was terrifying. To anyone who is thinking about trying

heavy fighting, let me reassure you, you get over it. It be-

comes less and less scary the more youre doing it, no

matter how big the opponent. I havent cried since.

I set several goals for myself as a new fighter. I decided

that I wanted to attend as many fighter practices as possi-

ble, get an armor kit together (loaner armor is awful

when youre short), get authorized in sword and shield,

and fight at Gulf Wars XXIII. I completed all of my initial

goals, and came out relatively unscathed. I went to fight-

er practices, I got my kit together (thank you to everyone

who helped!), I got authorized at Chieftains (again, thank

you everyone), and I made it to Gulf Wars with the inten-

tion to fight until I couldnt stand anymore.

I had never been to Gulf Wars before. I had only been to

Kingdom events, so a foreign war was just that to me:

foreign. The drive down was relatively uneventful, except

for a lot of road signs warning people not to walk into

busses. After spending a night in a hotel and taking the

last hot shower I would take for a week, we arrived on

the hallowed grounds of Gulf Wars.

I doubt you would want the true details of everything

that happened the first couple days of war. On Sunday,

we trolled in, spent all day setting up our camp, relaxed,

and drank. On Monday, we spent all day relaxing, went

shopping, and drank. Tuesday is where my excitement

started

I woke up to rain. Drizzly and swampy rain. I couldnt

care less; I was excited to get fighting! In the rain, we got

our armor, weapons, and shields inspected. Then we

waited. Would they call off the town battle? Surely not

for a little rain As luck would have it, they did not can-

cel the battle.

I reported for muster, my first time ever. I stood in line

with my brothers and sisters of Calontir and prepared to

go fight. My armor became heavier and heavier with the

rain. I marched on, humming with the others singing the

songs of Calontir. If I wasnt nervous before, I sure was

now. I did not want to let these Calontiri warriors down,

especially on the first day.

Once we got to the battlefield, we were split into compa-

nies. It was a town battle, so we were to try to get into the

town first, while still defending our points on the outside

of the town. It was also a resurrection battle. My heart

leapt I could die and still come back! I did die, several

times. However, I fought hard, and I fell in the mud, and

then I got up and fought some more. I may have looked

like a newbie, but I felt like a fighter. Needless to say, I

had a blast.

The rest of Tuesday included peanut butter and jelly,

chicken noodle soup, a cold shower, waiting out the rain,

eating, and drinking. Oh, and counting bruises. I truly

believe that if I had no

other reason to fight,

the soup kitchen after

fighting would be

enough motivation to

go do this crazy hobby.

Wednesday included

mint juleps, shopping,

and more eating and

drinking. The Trimaris

party raged into the

night, and I fell asleep


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the sounds of music, drums, and laughter. It was a per-

fect lullaby.

Thursday came in with a beautiful blue sky and one of

the most gorgeous sunrises I have ever seen. We mus-

tered again and marched up to the battlefield again. This

time it was a field battle. I have to admit, without resur-

rections, this was not my favorite battle. I did, however,

learn about combat archers and their wicked ways. We

essentially marched together, got killed, walked to our

waiting point, and started it all over again. This was a

short and painful battle for me. I got my first taste of a

spear to the ribs at full force. I thought I might throw up.

I didnt, though. I had more fun at the end, when Calon-

tir fought a pick-up field battle against the Middle and

the Outlands. I finally got to kill someone!

After fighting, and soup kitchen, and not showering be-

cause Im a rebel, I went to Court. I chuckled at the antics

of the foreign Royalty and cheered the award recipients.

The Calontir party was that evening, and while I felt like I

hadnt fought very hard, I was tired, so I went to bed ra-

ther early. That night, my lullaby was the Calontir songs I

have fallen in love with.

Friday was to be the grinder day. There were two battle

scenarios in one day. The first was the bridge battles, and

then second was the infamous ravine battle. We mus-

tered, marched, and arrived at the battlefield. We divided

into groups, and Otto chose me and a few other people

for his secondary charge. Having never done pulse or

column charges before, Otto patiently explained to me

what we were about to do. Essentially, we were going to

break open a hole in the other sides line on the bridge,

which is a small space as it is. I was nervous.

Ana of the Plantain was in this small group and her ex-

citement was so contagious I was as wired as she was in

no time. We waited, dodged arrows, and waited some

more. Finally, we got the go ahead to charge. We literally

slammed into and through the shield wall, where I was

promptly launched over a hay bale into the toxic wa-

ter. Grinning, I went back to our area to wait for the

next battle. We did this three more times, each time more

and more people ended up in line for our pain train.

Eventually, someone had to remind the people behind us

that the front line still needed to be there first.

On the final charge, we broke through completely, leav-

ing only a few of the other sides men in front of us. We

were about to take everyone out when suddenly the mar-

shals called a hold. We yelled in indignation and then

looked around at each other to see that almost our entire

group was still intact. Grins and laughter surrounded us

and even though when the hold was lifted and we all

died one by one, we knew that we had won. In every

bridge battle, our foes had to pull from their reserves to

come back up their front lines and fill in the holes we

created.

Those bridge battles filled me with camaraderie, joy, and

a sense of brotherhood that I have NEVER felt in any sport

I have played before. After the battles, we all looked at

each other with the same bright and excited look in our

eyes. We had just gone through something incredibly

powerful together and its a memory and a feeling I will

never forget.

Due to the brutality of the column charges, I did not last

long in the ravine battle. I stepped off the field barely able

to stand, which is exactly what I wanted before I started

my journey. I showered, relaxed, and watched my broth-

ers take the ravine battle fairly easily. It was a beautiful

day and exactly what I had hoped for from this trip to the

war with no enemies.

Saturday we packed up and drove home. The trip did not

seem very long as I was not in a hurry to get back to real

life. On Monday morning, as I prepared for my mundane

job, I looked in the mirror and realized that I am

changed. I am a fighter, a warrior, and Ive experienced

something that many people do not ever get to do. I have

entered a brotherhood of Calontir warriors, and I know

in my heart that I will never want to stop. I will always

fight to experience the feelings and pride I had at Gulf

Wars XXIII just one more time. Thank you to everyone

who made my first Gulf Wars one of the best weeks of my

life so far.


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Barony of Forgotten Sea

Baronial fighter practice is held at Westport Roanoke Community Center (WRCC) every Wednesday beginning at

6:30pm. Contact our Marshall, Sir Colyne Gray (Shawn Roark) at [email protected] if you have questions.

WRCC is located at 3601 Roanoke Road, Kansas City, MO 64111

Cut & Thrust practice is also the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month at WRCC at 6:30pm

Baronial populace meetings are held at WRCC on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month at 7pm. Contact our Sen-

eschal, Lord Kamiizumi Hirotaro (Mark Tank) at [email protected]

Baronial archery practice is now combined with the Canton of Aston Tors practice most Sundays at 1pm at Ronans

Meadery, 1716 NW 900th Road, Bates City, MO 64011. Contact our Archery Marshal, Lord Soren atte Raven (Shane

Abel) at [email protected] for current information.

Canton of Aston Tor

Canton meetings are the 2nd & 4th Thursday of each month beginning at 7pm at the University of Central Missouris

Extended Campus in Room 144, 850 NW Chipman Road, Lees Summit, MO

Archery practice is held most Sundays at 1pm at Ronans Meadery, 1716 NW 900th Road, Bates City, MO 64011.

Fighter practice is held each Thursday at the Park behind Bass Pro Shop.

Canton of Loch Smythe

Canton meetings are the 1st Tuesday of every month at JJ's Homestead Homestyle Family Restaurant at 607 W. State

Route 92, Kearney, MO. Contact the Seneschal, Lady Seren yr Anweledig at [email protected] for information.

Archery Practice is held Monday nights starting at 6:30pm, contact the Archery Marshal at [email protected]

for more information.

Arts & Sciences gatherings are held the 3rd Tuesday of every month, contact the Arts & Sciences Minister at artsand-

[email protected] for more information.

Help Your Barony!

The Barony still has openings

for a few officers!

Baronial Minister of Youth &

Baronial Chiurgeon

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Baron and Baroness

Baron Duncan Bruce of Logan and Baroness Ylva Jonsdottir

Clayton Neff and Deanna Lewis

6010 Quivira Road, Shawnee, KS 66216

913-268-3081 (please, no calls after 9pm)

[email protected]

His Excellency: [email protected]

Her Excellency: [email protected]

Seneschal

Lord Kamiizumi Hirotaro

Mark Tank

[email protected]

Knights Marshal

Sir Colyne Gray

Shawn Roark

[email protected]

Archer Marshal

Lord Soren atte Raven

Shane Abel

[email protected]

Chronicler

Duchess Phaedra filia Roberti

Phaedra Wilson

[email protected]

Web Minister

Sir Gustav Jameson

Seth Wilson

[email protected]

Social Media Officer

HL Lorraine Devereaux

Lorraine Gehring

[email protected]

Chatelaine

Lady Helena of Tor

Lesley Baker-Mehling

[email protected]

Fountain Pursuivant

Lord Edward Logan de Munro

Dean Mehling

[email protected]

Minister of Arts and Sciences

Lady Cecilia de Gatisbury

Jennifer Moody

[email protected]

Exchequer

HL Lisette la Fauconniere

Billie Reuss

[email protected]

Minister of Youth

Vacant

Would you like to help?

Contact Their Excellencies!

Chiurgeon

Vacant

Would you like to help?

Contact Their Excellencies!

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Scandinavian Time Measurement during the Viking Era 2014. Lorraine Gehring (HL Lorraine Devereaux). Used

with permission.

Mighty Men 2014. Lesley Baker-Mehling (Lady Helena Panier). Used with permission.

Allison in Wonderland 2014 Allison Bell (Allison of Forgotten Sea). Used with permission.

True Love Never Yields 2014. Joel E. Ricketts (Lord Jnos Katona). Used with permission.

Officer badges Jennifer Langley (Mistress Sng Sai-erh). Used with permission.

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This is the April, 2014 issue of The Clarion, a publication of the Barony of Forgotten Sea of the Society for Creative

Anachronism, Inc. (SCA, Inc.)

The Clarion is published quarterly and is available from Phaedra Wilson, 5905 N Adrian Terrace, Kansas City, MO

64151

It is not a corporate publication of SCA, Inc., and does not delineate SCA, Inc. policies. Submissions must be in by the

week before the publication date. Contact the Chronicler at [email protected] for deadlines. Any submissions or

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Kingdom Calendar of Events

April 12 Martyrdom of Rhianwen Shire of Standing Stones

April 19 War College Shire of Amlesmore

April 26 Melon Wars Shire of Flinthyll

Unslung Heroes III Canton of Aston Tor

May 3 Spring Fling & Bardic Bedlam Barony of Lonely Tower

May 10 Warrior Child Barony of Coeur dEnnui

Ste. George & the Dragon Shire of Oakheart

May 17 Melees & Mayhem Shire of Crescent Moon

May 24 Tournament of Horse & Falcons Barony of Forgotten Sea

June 14-22 Lilies War Barony of Forgotten Sea

Allison In Wonderland

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