House Attica

House Attica is Alfar of Attica's household in the SCA.

History and Traditions

House Attica was formed in 1994 and is primarily a fighting and service household.

Heraldry

The banner of House Attica is Per chevron sable and gules, in chief eight swords in annulet Proper. The motto for the household is In Loyalty There Is Honour

Location

Alfar of Attica and the majority of the membership reside in the Barony of Rowany, Kingdom of Lochac, but there are members in other baronies of Lochac and in other Kingdoms of the Knowne Worlde

Accolades

House Attica was admitted to the West Kingdom Order of the Pillar of the West by Uther and Portia on 30th March 2002 A.S. XXXVI, and again by Jade and Megan on 6th July 2002 A.S. XXXVII

House Attica was admitted to the Lochac Order of the Pride of Lochac by Niáll I and Liadan I on 24th August 2013 A.S. XLVIII

Members

Like many households, membership fluctuates, but among its members, past and present, are:

A

• Lord Áedán óc mac Rónáin h-Úi Fáeláin
• Æfled æt Otreburne - See Altani
• Lord Aemon MacGregor
• Duke Alfar of Attica, CB KSCA OP
• Altani Khaligu Behki
• Baroness Ameline de Colwell, OP
• Lady Andarta
• Countess Angharat Benbras
• Lady Anna von der Ron
• Lady Anora the Tempestuous
• Strategos Ariston Hegelokou, KSCA
• Artemesia
• Lady Asa Leifsdottir
• Lady Atlia Quintilia

B

• Lord Baldwin
• Lady Banu of Attica
• Lady Bella Vicina da Cappa
• Count Berenger of Nancy, KSCA OP
• Countess Bethan of Brockwood, CB OL OP

C

• Mistress Collette de Harcourt, OP
• Baroness Cordelia of the Greenbriar

D

• Lord Donwald MacNiall

E

• Lady Elena de Moravia
• Mistress Elena le Breustere, OL
• Lord Elwald Knudson

G

• Lord Gavius of Rowany
• Viscount Gawyne d'Ibelin, KSCA
• Lord Gerald of York
• Baron Gershom of Ravensdale
• Greifynja Gudrun Bodvarsdottir, OL OP
• Count Guillaume d'Oze, KSCA OP
• Gui von Oberhausen - see Kinggiyadai

H

• Lady Helen James of Aescléah
• Lord Holmkel

I

• Lady Ida Noe
• Lady Ilona Skaldja

J

• Lord Jean-Christophe le Saussier
• Lady Jeneur le Geline
• Lord Jetei Burilgi
• Sir Jock Mactavish

K

• Baron Kaesó Flávius Artórius Gladius
• Kinggiyadai Orlok, KSCA OP
• Lady Kiyoko

L

• Sir Lankin Ealdwulf
• Viscountess Líadan ingen Murchada
• Countess Lilvati Metoike
• Lord Lysander of Sparta

M

• Lord Magnus þegjandi
• Mete the Magnificent
• Baron Miles de Colwell
• Countess Miriam de Mont Noir, CB OP

N

• Lady Nell of York
• Nergui

R

• Rædwald
• Lady Ran Njalldottir
• Baron Ranif Palleser
• Lord Rhodri the Romantic
• Baron Rodrigo de Burgos
• Roland

S

• Queen Safiya bint al-Shadhid
• Lady Salbiórg vís
• Lord Seán le Bastard
• The Honourable Lord Skarp-Heðin Sverðvarpnir
• Sun of Attica

T

• Lord Tancred Enrico di Castrogiovanni
• Lady Tangwstyl Goch of Llanfaes
• Lord Theodulfus Vindacladius Audax
• Lord Thomas Pearce
• Lord Thorgill of Oxford
• Lord Titus Flavius Marcellus
• Lord Titus Quintillius Caladus
• Tsui Fei Long
• Tungge Usun

U

• Lady Unn Audinordottir

V

• Varinn
• Lord Volund Schmidt

W

• Lord Waltheof Godwinesson
• Lord Willem de Grey
• Lord William de Payne

Y

• Lord Yorick Radjestr
• Lord Yuri Antonovich Pskovitin
• Viscountess Yve d'Angely
• Lady Yvette Godwinesson

Peers and their Students

In House Attica, students (Squires, Apprentices, Proteges) to a member of the household who is a Peer are eligible for membership themselves, by tradition.

The relationships between Peer mentors and their students is one of the ways that we use the term lineage in the SCA.

Alfar of Attica

Order of Chivalry

1. Tancred Enrico di Castrogiovanni
2. Helen James of Aescléah
3. Jock Mactavish
4. Gui von Oberhausen
5. Gershom of Ravensdale
6. Waltheof Godwinesson
7. Thomas Pearce
8. Gawyne d'Ibelin
9. Berenger of Nancy
10. Magnus þegjandi
11. Áedán óc mac Rónáin h-Úi Fáeláin
12. Ariston Hegelokou
13. Skarp-Heðin Sverðvarpnir
14. Theodulfus Vindacladius Audax
15. Collette de Harcourt
16. Lankin Ealdwulf
17. Varinn
18. Maximus
19. Lysander of Sparta
20. Tsui Fei Long
21. Þorbjorn Sviðinhorni
22. Sun of Attica
23. Gerald of York
24. Jetei Burilgi
25. Bohemond

Order of the Pelican

1. Bella Vicina da Cappa
2. Álfgeirr Agnarsson
3. Safiya bint al-Shadhid

Gawyne d'Ibelin

Order of Chivalry

1. Bertrand de Mons

Gudrun Bodvarsdottir

Order of the Pelican

1. Ilona Skaldja

Order of the Laurel

1. Ilona Skaldja

Jock Mactavish

Order of Chivalry

1. Rædwald
2. Roland

Kinggiyadai

Order of Chivalry

1. Miles de Colwell
2. Mete the Magnificent
3. Talia de la Roche Guyon
4. Rodrigo de Burgos
5. Willem de Grey
6. Yorick Radjestr
7. Jean-Christophe le Saussier
8. Kaesó Flávius Artórius Gladius
9. Yuri Antonovich Pskovitin
10. Gavius of Rowany

Order of the Pelican

1. Elena de Moravia

Aravt (Unit of Mongol Warriors)

• Ranif Palleser
• Banu of Attica
• William de Payne
• Elwald Knudson
• Unn Audinordottir
• Ida Noe

Royal Reigns & Territorial Baronage Tenures

• 1993 September 11th to 1994 January 8th: Alfar & Susannah, Principality of Lochac
• 1995 January 14th to May 13th: Alfar & Isabeau, Principality of Lochac
• 1996 May 4 to September 14th: Alfar & Elspeth, Principality of Lochac
• 1997 Jun 28th to 2004 September 25th: Gershom of Ravensdale & Miriam de Mont Noir, Barony of Ynys Fawr
• 1998 July 11th to 1999 January 9th: Alfar & Elspeth, Principality of Lochac
• 2001 January 13th to July 14th: Gui & Ælfled, Principality of Lochac
• 2001 July 14th to 2002 January 12th: Alfar & Liadan, Principality of Lochac
• 2002 January 12th to July 6th: Gawyne & Yve, Last Principality of Lochac
• 2002 July 6th to 2003 January 12th: Alfar & Gudrun, First Kingdom of Lochac
• 2006 June 24th to 2009 July 4th: Rodrigo de Burgos & Sara van den Hove, Barony of Stormhold
• 2007 January 6th to July 7th: Alfar & Gudrun, Kingdom of Lochac
• 2007 June 16th to 2011 July 16th: Ælfled æt Otreburne & Gui von Oberhausen, Barony of Rowany
• 2013 April to 2014 January: Kaesó Flávius Artórius Gladius & Guillemette Chevalier, Barony of the Far West
• 2014 January 11th to July 5th: Alfar & Angharat, Kingdom of Lochac
• 2014 May 17th to 2018 December 8th: Ameline & Miles, Barony of Rowany
• 2015 January 10th to July 4th: Kinggiyadai & Altani, Kingdom of Lochac
• 2017 January 7th to July 22nd: Ariston & Lilavati, Kingdom of Lochac
• 2018 July 21st to 2019 January 12th: Kinggiyadai & Altani, Kingdom of Lochac
• 2019 May to ?: Kaesó Flávius Artórius Gladius & Guillemette Chevalier, Barony of the Far West
• 2021 May 1st to November 14th: Miriam & Oze, Kingdom of Lochac
• 2022 May 7th to October 29th: Safiya & Alain, Kingdom of Lochac

Combat Achievements

• 1993 May 16th: Alfar & Susannah win May Coronet Tournament in Rowany
• 1994 August 27th: Alfar of Attica inducted into West Kingdom Order of Chivalry by John & Gabriel at Purgatorio Coronation in Politarchopolis
• 1994 September 4th: Alfar & Isabeau win Spring Coronet Tournament in Innilgard
• 1996 January 13th: Alfar & Elspeth win Twelfth Night Coronet Tournament in Stormhold
• 1998 May 9th: Alfar & Elspeth win May Coronet Tournament in St Florian de la Riviere
• 2000 November 4th: Gui & Ælfled win November Coronet in Bordescros
• 2001 May 5th: Alfar & Liadan win May Coronet in Torlyon
• 2001 November 3rd: Gawyne & Yve win November Coronet Tournament in Stormhold
• 2002 January 12th: Gui von Oberhausen inducted into West Kingdom Order of Chivalry by Uther IV and Portia at Twelfth Night Investiture in Agaricus
• 2002 March 29th: Gawyne d'Ibelin inducted into West Kingdom Order of Chivalry by Uther IV and Portia at Rowany Festival XX & First Crown tournament in Rowany
• 2002 March 30th: Alfar & Gudrun win Lochac First Crown Tournament at Rowany Festival
• 2002 July 6th: Guillaume d'Oze elevated into West Kingdom Order of Chivalry by Jade XII & Megan II at Lochac First Coronation in Politarchopolis
• 2003 December 13th: Berenger of Nancy elevated into Lochac Order of Chivalry by Alaric & Nerissa at Rowany Yule Feast in Rowany
• 2004 December 12th: Jock Mactavish elevated into Lochac Order of Chivalry by Draco & Serena at Rowany Baronial Investiture & Yule Feast in Rowany
• 2005 March 28th: Gui wins Fighter Auction Tournament at Rowany Festival
• 2006 November 5th: Alfar & Gudrun win Lochac Crown Tournament in Ynys Fawr
• 2008 March 24th: Gui wins Fighter Auction Tournament at Rowany Festival
• 2013 November 9th: Alfar & Angharat win Lochac Crown Tournament in Stormhold
• 2014 November 1st: Kinggiyadai & Altani win Lochac Crown Tournament in Torlyon
• 2015 April 3rd: Ariston Hegelochou elevated into Lochac Order of Chivalry by Kinggiyadai & Altani at Rowany Festival in Rowany
• 2016 November 5th: Ariston & Lilavati win Lochac Crown Tournament in River Haven
• 2018 April 21st: Kinggiyadai & Altani win Lochac Crown Tournament at Rowany Festival
• 2019 April 18th: Lannekin Eld Wolf elevated into Lochac Order of Chivalry by Felix & Eva at Rowany Festival in Rowany
• 2021 March 13th: Guillaume & Miriam win Lochac Crown Tournament in Bordescros
• 2022 October 1-2: Gavius, Armoured Champion of Rowany, commands baronial forces against the rest of the Kingdom of Lochac at Spring War in Mordenvale. Results are roughly even by the end of the event.

Service Achievements

• 1996: Steward for College War III - Gui von Oberhausen
• 2003 - 2007: Laws Deputy Seneschal of Lochac - Gui von Oberhausen
• 2004 - 2007: Seneschal for Barony of Rowany - Gui von Oberhausen
• 2004 - 2007: Clerk to the Lochac Order of Chivalry - Gui von Oberhausen
• 2006 - 2007: Seneschal for College of St Ursula - Ameline de Colwell
• 2007 March: Steward for Rowany Newcomers Feast - Ameline de Colwell
• 2008 - 2010: Chronicler for Barony of Rowany - Ameline de Colwell
• 2008 - 2011: Acquisitor for Barony of Rowany - Ameline de Colwell
• 2009 - 2011: Seneschal for Barony of Rowany - Ameline de Colwell
• 2010 April 5th: Alfar of Attica inducted into the Order of the Pelican by Bran and Leylii at Rowany Festival
• 2011: Rowany Festival Steward - Ameline de Colwell
• 2012 - 2013: Seneschal for College of St Ursula - Skarp-Heðin Sverðvarpnir
• 2013 - 2014: Chronicler for Barony of Rowany - Ameline de Colwell
• 2013 - 2014: Reeve for College of St Ursula - Skarp-Heðin Sverðvarpnir
• 2013 - 2015: Reeve for Barony of Rowany - Jean-Christophe le Saussier
• 2013 - 2019: Demo coordinator for Barony of Rowany - Skarp-Heðin Sverðvarpnir
• 2014 - 2018: Chamberlain for Baronage of Rowany - Ilona Skaldja
• 2015 - 2019: Rowany Festival Executive - Skarp-Heðin Sverðvarpnir
• 2015 - 2016: Steward of Rowany Festival 2016 - Skarp-Heðin Sverðvarpnir
• 2015 - 2017: Constable for Barony of Rowany - Elena de Moravia
• 2016 - 2018: War Practice Coordinator for Barony of Rowany - Kinggiyadai Orlok
• 2016 - 2018: Seneschal for Barony of Rowany - Unnr Auðunardóttir
• 2016 - 2018: Inaugural Chairperson for Rowany Festival Executive Committee - Unnr Auðunardóttir
• 2016 - 2019: Populace Liaison officer, Rowany Festival Executive - Kinggiyadai Orlok
• 2016 - 2020: Crown events Deputy Seneschal of Lochac - Kinggiyadai Orlok
• 2017 - 2019: Hospitaller for Barony of Rowany - Salbiórg vís
• 2017 - 2019: Marshal for Barony of Rowany - Jean-Christophe le Saussier
• 2017 - Present: Acquisitor for Barony of Rowany - Skarp-Heðin Sverðvarpnir
• 2018: Steward of Autumn Crown Tournament at Rowany Festival - Ilona Skaldja & Skarp-Heðin Sverðvarpnir
• 2018 - 2019: Chamberlain for Baronage of Rowany - Jean-Christophe le Saussier
• 2018 - 2020: Rowany Campsite Coordinator for Rowany Festival - Unnr Auðunardóttir
• 2019 December 7th: Kinggiyadai Orlok inducted into the Order of the Pelican by Niáll III & Sabine I at Rowany Rowany Yule Feast
• 2019 - 2022: Company Director in SCA Ltd - Ameline de Colwell
• 2019 - 2022: Hospitaller for Barony of Rowany - Ran Njalldottir
• 2019 - 2021: Company Secretary in SCA Ltd - Ameline de Colwell
• 2019 - 2020: Co-Steward (with Beatrice Maria Malatesta of Rowany Festival 2020 (Cancelled in 2020 due to pandemic) - Kinggiyadai Orlok
• 2020 - 2022: Seneschal for St Florian de la Riviere - Safiya bint 'Abd al-Shahid
• 2020 - 2021: Steward of Rowany Festival 2021 (Cancelled in 2021 due to pandemic) - Kinggiyadai Orlok
• 2020 - 2023: Seneschal for Barony of Rowany - Jean-Christophe le Saussier
• 2020 - present: Lands Officer for Rowany Festival - Unnr Auðunardóttir
• 2021: Royal Chamberlain for King Oze & Queen Miriam of Lochac - Kinggiyadai Orlok
• 2021 - present: Reeve for Barony of Rowany - Unnr Auðunardóttir
• 2022 - present: Armoured Marshal for Barony of Rowany - Skarp-Heðin Sverðvarpnir
• 2022 - present: Hospitaller for Barony of Rowany - Elwald Knudson
• 2022: Royal Chamberlain for King Alain & Queen Safiya of Lochac - Elena de Moravia
• 2022 October 1st: Ameline de Colwell elevated into the Order of the Pelican by Alain & Safiya at Spring War

Art & Science Achievements

• 2006 April 17th: Gudrun Bodvarsdottir elevated to the Order of the Laurel by Ædwarde II and Yolande II