NK - What an AoA means Was: The Guideing Hand...Peers

Addington, Debbie, A daaddington at saintfrancis.com
Tue Aug 10 10:21:45 PDT 1999


Oh yeah, I read about that legend on the Rialto.  Scary ppl there sometimes.
Really felt like I had to watch how I asked my questions. :)

Maidenhair

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jennifer Carlson [SMTP:JCarlson at firstchurchtulsa.org]
> Sent:	Tuesday, August 10, 1999 11:32 AM
> To:	'Northkeep at Ansteorra.ORG'
> Subject:	NK - What an AoA means  Was: The Guideing Hand...Peers
> 
> Whoops, let's back up a second here.
> 
> An Award of Arms grants you the privilege of being addressed as Lord or 
> Lady, and entitles you to bear arms.
> 
> ANYONE can "officially" register a name and device.
> 
> The difference between "arms" and "device" is a little slippery, so bear 
> with me here.
> 
> "Arms" refers to an "achievement of arms", which is your coat of arms 
> (i.e., device) and all the frou-frou associated with various ranks.  For
> an 
> award of arms, this means a shield with your arms (device) on it
> (remember, 
> anyone can register a device), with an appropriate helmet on top.  If you 
> have registered a device but don't have an armigerous award, that design
> on 
> your shield is just your device.  Once you get your AoA (or an AoA-bearing
> 
> award), it magically becomes your "arms."  Confused yet?
> 
> For Grant and Peerage awards, there's all sorts of other neato goodies you
> 
> get to add - but that's the Honorable Lord Robert Fitzmorgan's bailiwick
> as 
> the Stellar Scroll Pursuivant of the College of Heralds, so I'll leave it 
> to him to explain it.
> 
> As for when you get them:  it really all depends.  I never received an 
> Award of Arms.  I have a handful of arts and service awards that carry an 
> AoA with them automatically.  I received the first one of those, my first 
> Sable Thistle, after I had been in the SCA five years.  Friends told me 
> this was because I kept moving about the kingdom (ah, those peripatetic 
> college days!), and as soon as I got myself good and established in one 
> group, I would move to another.
> 
> The husband, on the other hand, dodged the bullet for fourteen years.  I
> do 
> believe there is one in Northkeep who went even longer than that before 
> getting an AoA.  This does not mean they weren't active, or unappreciated.
> 
>  It was more that everyone assumed they already had one, or they had asked
> 
> not to be recommended for an award.
> 
> There is a legend of one gentle who received his AoA at his first event:
> He 
> single-handedly cleaned out the filthy latrines at a war.
> 
> Talana
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Rebecca M. Heydon [SMTP:rebecca-heydon at utulsa.edu]
> Sent:	Tuesday, August 10, 1999 10:01 AM
> To:	Northkeep at Ansteorra.ORG
> Subject:	Re: NK - The Guideing Hand...Peers
> 
> At 09:37 AM 8/10/1999 -0500, Maidenhair wrote:
> I also understand
> >that there are AoA's, GoA's and PoA's.  But those are supposedly the 
> hardest
> >&/or longest to get.
> 
> Um..well..sort of.  The AoA, Award of Arms, is the entry level award which
> allows you to officially register your name and your device.  It also
> means
> that you have been noticed for your participation, learning and service.
> In some kingdoms, this is granted quickly, in others, it takes a year or
> more.  It took me about a year before I was awarded an AoA in Ansteorra
> though I know many people who earned theirs in less time.  (You are
> correct
> in your assumption that the other 2 (Grant and Patent of Arms) take much
> longer to achieve).
> 
> It's good that you're in to the learning and experiencing of things in the
> SCA.  Once the event season gets going and you've gotten your sea legs, so
> to speak, you'll probably find that getting involved in the thick of
> things
> proves to be an immense amount of fun.
> 
> And here's a question:  are you into cooking?
> 
> Rowan
> 
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