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Kingdom of Ealdormere

2006-04-24T20:28:31Z

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{{SCA Kingdom box|name = Ealdormere|color = red|metal = white|device = [[Image:Ealdormere.png|150 pix]] | caption = [[Gules]], a trillium flower [[affronty]] [[argent]], [[barbed]] [[vert]], within a [[laurel wreath]], in [[chief]] a [[coronet]] [[argent]]. | founded = A.S. XXXIII | king = Aaron Preslee Worgenson | queen = Rustique du Sorde | area = Ontario, Canada.| parent = Middle}}

Encompassing most of the province of Ontario, [[Canada]], '''Ealdormere''' became the sixteenth [[kingdom]] of the [[Known World]] in October, [[A.S. XXXIII]] (1998). Before this, from [[A.S. XXIII]] (1988) to [[A.S. XXXIII]], Ealdormere was a [[principality]] of the [[Midrealm]], encompassing several pre-existing [[baronies]].

Ealdormere's symbols are the Trillium (a three-pointed white flower common to the region) and the [[wolf]]. Ealdormereans often use the term "the [[Northlands]]" as a synonym for Ealdormere (this is possibly a reference to the Canadian national anthem, or to the local popularity of [[Norse]] personas).

By long tradition, Ealdormere often fights alongside the Kingdom of the [[Middle]] in the [[Pennsic]] War under their own banners.

== History ==
'''Early Days'''

In [[A.S. IX]], then-[[Count]] [[Finnvarr de Taahe]] and others founded the [[Canton]] of [[Eoforwic]] in Toronto. This was the first [[SCA]] group in to be founded in [[Canada]], and grew quickly. In [[A.S. XII]], the [[Shire|Shires]] of [[Septentria]] and [[Skraeling Althing]] (both now [[barony|baronies]]) are founded.

'''The Ban on Regions'''

The '''[[Ban on Regions]]''', also known as '''King Alen's Ban''' or '''Alen's Proscription''', was an edict published in the April A.S. XX edition of the [[Pale]] forbidding the use of local "regional" organizations beyond those [[Shire]]s and [[Barony|Baronies]] recognized by the [[Crown]]. Combined with a change in [[Middle Kingdom]] law raising the requirements for becoming a [[Crown Principality]], the Ban was punitive measure attempting the halt the growth of "regionalism" in the [[Midrealm]]. Directed specifically against Ealdormere, the Ban had a great impact on Ealdormeran culture and history.

''[[Ban on Regions|More information at the "Ban on Regions"]]

'''Crown Principality'''

In [[A.S. XXVI]], the first Army of Ealdormere, under Prince David I and Princess Tangwystl, marched to the [[Pennsic|Pennsic War]] alongside the army of [[Calontir]]. Ealdormere has sent an army to Pennsic under its own banners every year since.

'''Kingdom'''

Ealdormere became the the sixteenth kingdom of the Known World in October, [[A.S. XXXIII]] with the crowning of King [[David the Greater]], and Queen [[Elina de Braose]]. The full lineage of the Kings and Queens of Ealdormere is detailed in the [[Line of the North]].

The rousing ballad [http://www.bards.ca/songbooks/hector/Rise.htm Rise] by Master [[Hector of the Black Height]] is viewed as the unofficial anthem of the Kingdom of Ealdormere.

== Groups ==
* [[Barony of Septentria]] [http://ealdormere.sca.org/septentria/ homepage] (Central Ontario)
** [[Canton of Ardchreag]] [http://www.ardchreag.org/ homepage] (Scarborough-Pickering-Ajax-Markham)
** [[Canton of Caer Draeth]] [http://www.ealdormere.sca.org/caerdraeth/ homepage] (Barrie)
** [[Canton of Eoforwic]] [http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Eoforwic/ homepage] (Downtown Toronto)
** [[Canton of Greenhithe]] [http://ealdormere.sca.org/greenhithe/ homepage] (Proto-Incipient) (Whitby-Oshawa)
** [[Canton of Monadh]] [http://www.ealdormere.sca.org/monadh/ homepage] (Orangeville)
** [[Canton of Petrea Thule]] [http://www.ealdormere.sca.org/thule/ homepage] (Peterborough)
** [[College of Skeldergate]] [http://www.ealdormere.sca.org/skeldergate/ homepage] (North York)
** [[Canton of Swan's Deep]] [http://www.geocities.com/swans_deep/ homepage] (Proto-Incipient) (Midland)
** [[Canton of Vest Yorvik]] [http://www.ealdormere.sca.org/vestyorvik/ homepage] (Mississauga)
* [[Barony of Ben Dunfirth]] [http://ealdormere.sca.org/bendunfirth/ homepage] (Hamilton and Brant County)
** [[Canton of Wesbellford]] (Incipient?) (Brantford)
* [[Barony of Ramshaven]] [http://ealdormere.sca.org/ramshaven/ homepage] (South Central Ontatrio)
** [[Canton of Bryniau Tywynnog]] [http://www.treheima.ca/bryniau/ homepage](Kitchener/Waterloo and Cambridge)
** [[Canton of Der Welfengau]] [http://www.uoguelph.ca/~sca/ homepage] (Guelph)
* [[Barony of Rising Waters]] [http://ealdormere.sca.org/risingwaters/ homepage] (Niagara Peninsula)
* [[Barony of Skraeling Althing]] [http://skraeling.sca.org/ homepage] (Ottawa and Eastern Ontario)
** [[Canton of Caldrithig]] [http://skraeling.sca.org/caldrithig/ homepage] (Ottawa)
** [[Canton of Greyfells]] [http://ealdormere.sca.org/greyfells/ homepage] (Kingston)
** [[Canton of Flaming Sky]] [http://ealdormere.sca.org/flamingsky/ homepage] (North Bay)
** [[Stronghold of Tor Brant]] (Pembroke and Renfrew County)
** [[Canton of Offangaard]] [http://ealdormere.sca.org/offangaard/ homepage] (Grenville and Dundas Counties)
* [[Shire of Trinovantia Nova]] [http://www.sca.london.on.ca/ homepage] (London and Southwestern Ontario)
* Shire of [[The March of St. Martin]] [http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/stmartin/ homepage] (Lambton County)
* [[Shire of Brennisteinn Vatn]] (Sudbury)
* [[Shire of Noergate]] [http://www3.sympatico.ca/noergate/ homepage] (Sault Ste. Marie)
* [[Shire of Bastille du Lac]] [http://www.bastilledulac.ealdormere.ca/ homepage] (Incipient) (Trenton)

== Rulers ==
The [http://www.ealdormere.sca.org/royals.shtml current rulers of Ealdormere] are Their Majesties [[King]] Aaron and [[Queen]] Rustique.

A complete listing of the rulers of Ealdormere is the [http://www.ealdormere.sca.org/line.shtml Line of the North], composed and updated twice annually by [http://www.amphismusic.com/hector/ Master Hector of the Black Height].

== Events ==
A partial list of annual Ealdormere events includes:
* The [[Twelveth Night]] revels
* [[Silk Slippers and Crossed Swords]]
* [[Season of the Wolf]]
* The [[Winter War]] tourney
* The [[Kid in Court]] children's event
* The [[St. Maximus' Day]] market
* The [[Lord Mayor's Market]] event
* The [[Dandilion Festival]]
* The [[Lady Mary Memorial Tournament]]
* [[Ragnarok]]
* [[Pikeman's Pleasure]]
* [[Murder Melee in the Meadow]]
* The [[Trillium War]]
* [[Storming of the Gate]]
* The [[Tournament at Baron's Howe]]
* [[Barbarians at the Gate]]
* [[Feast of the Bear]]
* [[Feast of the Hare]]

A complete listing of events in Ealdormere can be found at http://www.ealdormere.sca.org/calendar.shtml

== Awards ==
''The Award of the Maiden's Heart'': An award for exemplary [[service]] to Ealdormere.

''The Award of Orion'': An award for achievement in the [[Arts]] and [[Sciences]].

''The Award of the Scarlet Banner'': An award for [[martial]] accomplishment.

''The Order of the Wain'': A grant level award for long-standing [[service]].

''The Order of the Crucible'': A grant level award for achievement in [[Arts]] and [[Sciences]].

''The Order of [[Thorbjorn Osis Brandsson|Thorbjorn]]'s Hammer'': A grant level award for [[martial]] accomplishment.

A complete listing of the awards of Ealdormere can be found at http://www.ealdormere.sca.org/awards.shtml

== Links ==

[http://ealdormere.sca.org/ Ealdormere Homepage]

[http://www.bards.ca/ Ealdormere Bardic College]

[http://history.ealdormere.ca/ Ealdormere Historical Information]

[http://www.tworavens.org/gallery Tworavens.org Mainly Photos of Ealdormere & Ealdormereians, Photo-History]

{{SCA Kingdom}}
[[Category:Kingdoms (SCA)|Ealdormere]]

Kingdom of Ealdormere

2006-04-24T20:26:41Z

206.132.50.235:

{{SCA Kingdom box|name = Ealdormere|color = red|metal = white|device = [[Image:Ealdormere.png|150 pix]] | caption = [[Gules]], a trillium flower [[affronty]] [[argent]], [[barbed]] [[vert]], within a [[laurel wreath]], in [[chief]] a [[coronet]] [[argent]]. | founded = A.S. XXXIII | king = Aaron Preslee Worgenson | queen = Rustique du Sorde | area = Ontario, Canada.| parent = Middle}}

Encompassing most of the province of Ontario, [[Canada]], '''Ealdormere''' became the sixteenth [[kingdom]] of the [[Known World]] in October, [[A.S. XXXIII]] (1998). Before this, from [[A.S. XXIII]] (1988) to [[A.S. XXXIII]], Ealdormere was a [[principality]] of the [[Midrealm]], encompassing several pre-existing [[baronies]].

Ealdormere's symbols are the Trillium (a three-pointed white flower common to the region) and the [[wolf]]. Ealdormereans often use the term "the [[Northlands]]" as a synonym for Ealdormere (this is possibly a reference to the Canadian national anthem, or to the local popularity of [[Norse]] personas).

By long tradition, Ealdormere often fights alongside the Kingdom of the [[Middle]] in the [[Pennsic]] War under their own banners.

== History ==
'''Early Days'''

In [[A.S. IX]], then-[[Count]] [[Finnvarr de Taahe]] and others founded the [[Canton]] of [[Eoforwic]] in Toronto. This was the first [[SCA]] group in to be founded in [[Canada]], and grew quickly. In [[A.S. XII]], the [[Shire|Shires]] of [[Septentria]] and [[Skraeling Althing]] (both now [[barony|baronies]]) are founded.

'''The Ban on Regions'''

The '''[[Ban on Regions]]''', also known as '''King Alen's Ban''' or '''Alen's Proscription''', was an edict published in the April A.S. XX edition of the [[Pale]] forbidding the use of local "regional" organizations beyond those [[Shire]]s and [[Barony|Baronies]] recognized by the [[Crown]]. Combined with a change in [[Middle Kingdom]] law raising the requirements for becoming a [[Crown Principality]], the Ban was punitive measure attempting the halt the growth of "regionalism" in the [[Midrealm]]. Directed specifically against Ealdormere, the Ban had a great impact on Ealdormeran culture and history.

''[[Ban on Regions|More information at the "Ban on Regions"]]

'''Crown Principality'''

In [[A.S. XXVI]], the first Army of Ealdormere, under Prince David I and Princess Tangwystl, marched to the [[Pennsic|Pennsic War]] alongside the army of [[Calontir]]. Ealdormere has sent an army to Pennsic under its own banners every year since.

'''Kingdom'''

Ealdormere became the the sixteenth kingdom of the Known World in October, [[A.S. XXXIII]] with the crowning of King [[David the Greater]], and Queen [[Elina de Braose]]. The full lineage of the Kings and Queens of Ealdormere is detailed in the [[Line of the North]].

The rousing ballad [http://www.bards.ca/songbooks/hector/Rise.htm Rise] by Master [[Hector of the Black Height]] is viewed as the unofficial anthem of the Kingdom of Ealdormere.

== Groups ==
* [[Barony of Septentria]] [http://ealdormere.sca.org/septentria/ homepage] (Central Ontario)
** [[Canton of Ardchreag]] [http://www.ardchreag.org/ homepage] (Scarborough-Pickering-Ajax-Markham)
** [[Canton of Caer Draeth]] [http://www.ealdormere.sca.org/caerdraeth/ homepage] (Barrie)
** [[Canton of Eoforwic]] [http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Eoforwic/ homepage] (Downtown Toronto)
** [[Canton of Greenhithe]] [http://ealdormere.sca.org/greenhithe/ homepage] (Proto-Incipient) (Whitby-Oshawa)
** [[Canton of Monadh]] [http://www.ealdormere.sca.org/monadh/ homepage] (Orangeville)
** [[Canton of Petrea Thule]] [http://www.ealdormere.sca.org/thule/ homepage] (Peterborough)
** [[College of Skeldergate]] [http://www.ealdormere.sca.org/skeldergate/ homepage] (North York)
** [[Canton of Swan's Deep]] [http://www.geocities.com/swans_deep/ homepage] (Proto-Incipient) (Midland)
** [[Canton of Vest Yorvik]] [http://www.ealdormere.sca.org/vestyorvik/ homepage] (Mississauga)
* [[Barony of Ben Dunfirth]] [http://ealdormere.sca.org/bendunfirth/ homepage] (Hamilton and Brant County)
** [[Canton of Wesbellford]] (Incipient?) (Brantford)
* [[Barony of Ramshaven]] [http://ealdormere.sca.org/ramshaven/ homepage] (South Central Ontatrio)
** [[Canton of Bryniau Tywynnog]] [http://www.treheima.ca/bryniau/ homepage](Kitchener/Waterloo and Cambridge)
** [[Canton of Der Welfengau]] [http://www.uoguelph.ca/~sca/ homepage] (Guelph)
* [[Barony of Rising Waters]] [http://ealdormere.sca.org/risingwaters/ homepage] (Niagara Peninsula)
* [[Barony of Skraeling Althing]] [http://skraeling.sca.org/ homepage] (Ottawa and Eastern Ontario)
** [[Canton of Caldrithig]] [http://skraeling.sca.org/caldrithig/ homepage] (Ottawa)
** [[Canton of Greyfells]] [http://ealdormere.sca.org/greyfells/ homepage] (Kingston)
** [[Canton of Flaming Sky]] [http://ealdormere.sca.org/flamingsky/ homepage] (North Bay)
** [[Stronghold of Tor Brant]] (Pembroke and Renfrew County)
** [[Canton of Offangaard]] [http://ealdormere.sca.org/offangaard/ homepage] (Grenville and Dundas Counties)
* [[Shire of Trinovantia Nova]] [http://www.sca.london.on.ca/ homepage] (London and Southwestern Ontario)
* Shire of [[The March of St. Martin]] [http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/stmartin/ homepage] (Lambton County)
* [[Shire of Brennisteinn Vatn]] (Sudbury)
* [[Shire of Noergate]] [http://www3.sympatico.ca/noergate/ homepage] (Sault Ste. Marie)
* [[Shire of Bastille du Lac]] [http://www.bastilledulac.ealdormere.ca/ homepage] (Incipient) (Trenton)

== Rulers ==
The [http://www.ealdormere.sca.org/royals.shtml current rulers of Ealdormere] are Their Majesties [[King]] Edward I and [[Queen]] Rylyn.

A complete listing of the rulers of Ealdormere is the [http://www.ealdormere.sca.org/line.shtml Line of the North], composed and updated twice annually by [http://www.amphismusic.com/hector/ Master Hector of the Black Height].

== Events ==
A partial list of annual Ealdormere events includes:
* The [[Twelveth Night]] revels
* [[Silk Slippers and Crossed Swords]]
* [[Season of the Wolf]]
* The [[Winter War]] tourney
* The [[Kid in Court]] children's event
* The [[St. Maximus' Day]] market
* The [[Lord Mayor's Market]] event
* The [[Dandilion Festival]]
* The [[Lady Mary Memorial Tournament]]
* [[Ragnarok]]
* [[Pikeman's Pleasure]]
* [[Murder Melee in the Meadow]]
* The [[Trillium War]]
* [[Storming of the Gate]]
* The [[Tournament at Baron's Howe]]
* [[Barbarians at the Gate]]
* [[Feast of the Bear]]
* [[Feast of the Hare]]

A complete listing of events in Ealdormere can be found at http://www.ealdormere.sca.org/calendar.shtml

== Awards ==
''The Award of the Maiden's Heart'': An award for exemplary [[service]] to Ealdormere.

''The Award of Orion'': An award for achievement in the [[Arts]] and [[Sciences]].

''The Award of the Scarlet Banner'': An award for [[martial]] accomplishment.

''The Order of the Wain'': A grant level award for long-standing [[service]].

''The Order of the Crucible'': A grant level award for achievement in [[Arts]] and [[Sciences]].

''The Order of [[Thorbjorn Osis Brandsson|Thorbjorn]]'s Hammer'': A grant level award for [[martial]] accomplishment.

A complete listing of the awards of Ealdormere can be found at http://www.ealdormere.sca.org/awards.shtml

== Links ==

[http://ealdormere.sca.org/ Ealdormere Homepage]

[http://www.bards.ca/ Ealdormere Bardic College]

[http://history.ealdormere.ca/ Ealdormere Historical Information]

[http://www.tworavens.org/gallery Tworavens.org Mainly Photos of Ealdormere & Ealdormereians, Photo-History]

{{SCA Kingdom}}
[[Category:Kingdoms (SCA)|Ealdormere]]