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<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 />
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==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 />
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Fire and Steel suffered from the early re-enactment "Splitters Disease", 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 />
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Fire and Steel attend many [[re-enactor]] based [[event]]s in Australia, but are less likely to put on shows for the public.<br />
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==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 />
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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 />
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Relatively recently, Fire and Steel have added a number of sub-groups to their society. <br />
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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 />
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==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 />
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[[Category:viking]]<br />
[[Category:saxon]]<br />
[[Category:norman]]<br />
[[Category:byzantine]]<br />
[[category:15th century]]<br />
[[category:17th century]]</div>Rurik