[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: SCA, painful things

[Iggy McSnurd]

> > Iggy McSnurd
> >
> > (Formerly:  Martin of Grantham, Kingdom of the West, Principality of
the
> > Mists, Barony of Darkwood, Marshal of Arms of the College of St.
David,
> > Escort to Baroness Elizabeth of the Blue Rose, and originator of the
> > Great Darkwood - Tarnmist Sheep War.)
> 
> Dame Alisandre Oliphant of Bjornsborg in Ansteorra, lady to Hrabia Jan
w
> Orzeldom, bids thee greeting.  I wonder why your SCA name sounds
familiar.
> Hm.
> 
> ~Amanda


Iggy here:

Well, I did end up writing some filks for the SCA that people ended up
knowing about in some other kingdoms.  I wrote "Fight Fiercely Darkwood"
(the Barony of Darkwood fight song, based on "Fight Fiercely Harvard" by
Tom Lehrer.), I also wrote the SCA Marshal version of "Be Prepared"
(based on the song of the same name, also by Tom Lehrer.) and a few
others that I can't remember of the top of my head.  I was also Baron
Willhelm of Darkwood's negotiator in the deal that ended up causing the
Darkwood - Tarnmist Sheep Wars.

(I've also written a limerick or two about people in the SCA...)

My main question would be to ask where Ansteorra is located, as the only
ones I'm sure about are the Kingdoms of the West and Caid...

Other than that, it may be some good words from a few people traveling
between kingdoms... or, possibly, some bad stuff from the friends of an
old GF of mine who... well.. let's just say it was a bad breakup.

(I had a few people, like Baron Sebastian, Marjorie of Bethany, and the
Duchess Shahena pay me some high compliments in front of others.  Mostly
that, with the amount of work I did to help people at camping events, I
was a Pelican in the making.  I was a prime example of someone who was
in the SCA for 6 years and had never been granted an Award of Arms
because everyone just assumed I had one already.)

Personally, I have considered checking out the local chapter of the SCA
to see if the politics are as much of a problem here as they were in
California.  I'm wondering whether or not, if I re-join the SCA, to keep
the name Martin of Grantham (and the device), or change the name and
device.

(The heraldry of my device is: per pales, gules and sable.  A mullet of
seven points, pierced, orr, between three de-crescents, argent.    In
other words, on a heater shield, it's split top to bottom down the
middle with red on the left side and black on the right.  A gold, seven
pointed star with a hole in the middle is surrounded by three silver
crescent moons with points to the right, one at each of the three
corners of the shield.)


Iggy McSnurd