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<p>125.168.43.42: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Fire and Steel Dark Age Re-Enactment Society''' is an [[Australia]]n [[re-enactment]] society based in [[Newcastle]], NSW [[re-enactment|re-enacting]] societies and cultures based in Western [[Europe]] during the [[Dark Ages]].<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> The group began as an alternative to the [[SCA]] in the [[Newcastle]] area primarily to fight with more accurate [[weapon]]s, and [[armour]] in around 1989. Some of Fire and Steel's early membership were ex-[[SCA]] or still played with the same. Over time the contact lessened to the point that new members of both clubs had not heard of the other.<br /> <br /> Fire and Steel suffered from the early re-enactment &quot;Splitters Disease&quot;, splitting once with a number of members leaving to join [[the Huscarls]] and again to form Samildanach in the early nineties. Since then, Fire and Steel has remained active and has come to pursue a very anti-expansionist policy. <br /> <br /> Fire and Steel once enjoyed a kind of rivalry with [[The Huscarls]] but this has since dissipated. Recently a joint Fire and Steel/Huscarl effort has brought [[archery]] into the beginnings of general [[melee]] at [[Armidale Easter Gathering|NEMAS' Easter Gathering]]. <br /> <br /> Fire and Steel attend many [[re-enactor]] based [[event]]s in Australia, but are less likely to put on shows for the public.<br /> <br /> ==Activities==<br /> Its members are more [[living history]] orientated than some, but [[combat]] remains an oft enjoyed activity. Fire and Steel like to consider themselves with some humour, but take their re-enactment seriously. <br /> <br /> Individual members enjoy:<br /> *[[arrow]]making and [[fletching]]<br /> *[[shoe]]making and other [[leather]]work<br /> *[[woodwork]]<br /> *[[music]] (including raucous [[song|singing]]<br /> *historic [[food]]<br /> *[[metal]]work<br /> *[[research]]<br /> *[[weaving]]<br /> *[[jewellery]]making<br /> <br /> <br /> Relatively recently, Fire and Steel have added a number of sub-groups to their society. <br /> <br /> They include:<br /> *Kingmakers - [[15th century]] [[soldier]]s and [[men at arms]] as might have been found under the command of [[Richard Neville]], [[Earl]] of Warwick (The Kingmaker) during the [[Wars of the Roses]].<br /> *Colonnell Manus O'Cahan's Regimente of Foote - [[17th century]] [[Ireland|Irish]] [[soldier]]s fighting for the [[Marquis]] of Montrose during the first [[English Civil War]].<br /> <br /> ==External Link==<br /> * [http://www.fireandsteel.org.au New Fire and Steel Website]<br /> * [http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/fireandsteel Old Fire and Steel Website]<br /> <br /> [[category:re-enactment groups]]<br /> [[Category:viking]]<br /> [[Category:saxon]]<br /> [[Category:norman]]<br /> [[Category:byzantine]]<br /> [[category:15th century]]<br /> [[category:17th century]]</div>

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