[Bryn-gwlad] How we learned of the SCA

[Blue Bains]

I have been aware of the SCA and other organizations like it . A group of my
friends played Dungeons & Dragons on friday nights and did amptgard and sca
functions on sundays, frequented different ren fairs, while I was in high
school.  I rarely attended myself but was quite aware of the goings on of
such awesome things...

However one day i was minding my own business,
 and all the sudden I was grabbed up by this ominous figure i was later told
his name was Gunvarrder a Viking.  He carried me an my children away with
one hand !  He kept me in his tent in the land of Castelton.  Told me in so
many words that I was to help his mother (Illaria ) run her bakery ( the
happy viking ). I did so , and she treated me ever so kindly  clothing me
and my children  , and showing me the ways of this strange land . I quickly
adapted to their ways . My loving mercenary husband, came looking for me,
after some time  .  I could see him coming down the road, however, he was
quickly and easily distracted with all the fighting on the fields, like a
child to a candy wagon . I looked fondly on,  at him stowed away with my
captors, smiling with his obvious enjoyment at the sight.  Since it seemed
that these vikings had been sorely misjudged , and that I was in no
immediate danger , i let him revel,  not disrupting his fun with the wails
of a weak and feeble woman. I helped Illaria to the best of my ability and
success of her endeavor. My children played chess and were quite obviously
having a wondrous time themselves.  I could see him wander around the local
vendors,becoming fast friends with this Gunvarrdar and several others.
Later that evening we were asked to dinner , to court and then to drink in
the local tavern . I was having a wondrous time. I even enjoyed a discussion
with the Baron himself ! . We ended the evening in a neighboring camp , with
Thunder Punch and much comedy stopping passers by to join in the fun.

I was hooked..........................


Siobahan

On Jan 24, 2008 9:23 AM, Sandy Straubhaar <orchzis at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> I believe my first experiences of the SCA were Westercon in L.A. in 1967
> and Bilbo and Frodo's Birthday Party in Sycamore Grove Park (also in the
> greater L.A. area) in the fall of 1967.  There were two guys from the SCA
> down from the Bay Area at Bilbo's and Frodo's who were wearing chain mail
> crafted from disassembled Army surplus pot-scrubbers, sitting on top of a
> table lifting their tankards and singing raucously in harmony.  I wanted to
> be them.
>
> brynhildr
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