ANSTHRLD - Guardian(s) of the Queens Hope

Timothy A. McDaniel tmcd at jump.net
Thu Aug 10 22:16:55 PDT 2000


Jodi McMaster <jodimc at texas.net> wrote:
> I guess the question is "what do we want it to fit"?  With my
> herald hat on, I'm not aware of period practices that fit the
> Champion motif we customarily use.  Oh, Daniel?

I'd like to write more.  I need to log in and adjust my paycheck
instead, so I'll be brief.

There's a perfectly period term for someone with a sword who is
prominent at courts and is willing to use that sword to defend a
royal personally.

"Champion".

To call the youth champions anything else is saying that they are
different in essence from the adult one.  In general, I've found
that using special words or awards for children in the SCA tends
to get the children's words and awards diminished.  "Oh, we'll
give her a Rising Star."  She's nine, and I saw her at an event
at 11:30 PM wielding a mop that was as tall as she was.  This is
not unusual for her.  And you say she gets the non-armigerious
award?  Sheesh.

One nice thing about the SCA is that children *sometimes* get
treated like adults (more than in US society), with rights and
expectations, if they live up to them.

So the queen, in her grace and wisdom, has chosen one champion
who is older, and two who are younger.  Deal m{o'}r, as the
Anglo-Irish might say.

But that's just my opinion, and I'd bet plenty of people would
disagree.

Daniel de Lincolia, off to fiddle with the accounting program on
the mainframe
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