No Shit, There I Was

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'''"No Shit, There I Was"''' is the [[tradition|traditional]] beginning of an [[SCA]] anecdote.

Typically, they involve something epic, dangerous, funny (or all three) that happened to you at an SCA [[event]]. They are All True. It has been said that one has not truly established themselves in the SCA until they are the subject of a "No shit, there I was..." story.

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''See also:''
* [[Storytelling]]
* [[Mythology]]
* [[Bardic]]
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White Scarf

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In many [[SCA]] [[kingdom]]s, [[fencing|fencers]] may be entered into the '''Order of the White Scarf''' if, in the eyes of the [[Crown]], they have achieved the equivalent level of expertise and behaviour in fencing as that of a [[knighthood]] in standard [[combat]]. They are given a [[white]] scarf to wear to signify their membership which is an allusion to the white [[belt]]s worn by [[knight]]s.

Along with the level of experience being equvilent to Knights in Armored Combat White Scarves take new fighters uner their wing in the same way. While titles for these fighters vary they are most commonly refered to as cadets as perform much the same function for their white scarf as a squire does to a knight. Cadets wear a red scarf in the same way that squires wear a red belt.

This is not a [[peer|peerage]] order but many of the kingdoms in the Knowne World that have signed the White Scarf Treaty acknowledge the [[rank]] of [[order]] members from outside their [[realm]]. Members are normally given a [[Grant of Arms]] on entering the order. The [[title]] commonly used is ''Don'' or ''Donna'', but this is also used by [[Order of the Pelican|Pelican]]s and [[Order of the Laurel|Laurel]]s as a [[Spanish]] [[alternate titles|alternative]] to [[Master]] or [[Mistress]]. Collectively members of the Order of the White Scarf are known as Defenders of the White Scarf (DWS in Armorials) or simply White Scarves.

==Alternate Awards==
Some Kingdoms have not signed on to the White Scarf Treaty and instead created their own equivilent orders. The [[Bronze Ring]] in the Middle Kingdom and the [[Order of the Golden Rapier]] (OGR) in the Eastern Kingdom are two examples.

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