Greetings unto the Populace of Rising Waters from your Seneschal, As the time of darkness descends on our Barony your wonderful Baroness is looking for a new seneschal. It is time for me to depart. I committed to two years as your senechal and that time ends in...
Hello my dear Rising Waters friends! Today I bring you more news from our gorgeous official shop. As you know, due to inflation, the cost for shipping was bumped up to $15. During our last update we promised that we’d be bringing some fun stickers to the shop soon...
So, I’ve told you about the Prestige Armoured Combat Tournament, and the Fencing Tournament – it’s time now, for the Lady Mary Memorial Archery Tournament. This tournament was established in 1992 (Anno Societatis XXVIII), and has grown in size each year. Competitors, and their inspirations, participate in the processional...
This tournament was established in A.S. XXXI (mundanely, in May 1996). Like challengers in the armour combat tournament, fencers participate in the formal procession of all combatants with their consorts. Voice heralds are available to boast in each competitor, and combatants publicly declare whom they are fighting for and...
As promised, I’ve come with more history of the Lady Mary Memorial Tournament. The Lady Mary Memorial Tournament is named after Lady Mary Campbell of Inverary, a Lady who was active in the early SCA Barony of Rising Waters. She passed away on October 25th, 1987 and the Barony’s...
Hi everyone, we recognize that it’s been a minute since we’ve been able to host the Lady Mary Memorial Tournament. There are some new folks in our community, and we look forward to witnessing the great labours of chivalry and feats that will be inscribed on the champions’ trophies....
Good Tuesday everyone! I hope that the day found you all well and healthy. I come to you today with the Acceptances from the College of Heralds for the month of March: Crespin Le Fae Tiberius Octavius Brutus Congratulations to you both on your new Devices (and Name)! WASSAIL!...
Warm winter greetings Rising Waters! As your newly(ish) appointed Chatelain during this Pandemic there has been little ability to really engage the Chatelain’s duties, to foster, recruit and retain new members and get involved in the community that our Barony resides in. As this is a new year, I...
A message from your Chronicler / Webminister Bera Oddsdottir Greetings and good cheer to the members of Rising Waters and our friends and family in the Kingdom of Ealdormere and beyond! As we ring in the new year I am also excited to ring in a fairly major update...
Dramatic entertainment declined from its strong classical roots with the rise of Christendom. Before a millenium’s hiatus, the last scripted performance chronicled was AD 467. From that date, secular performance is chiefly recorded in clerical condemnations, issued regularly from AD 701. Par exemplum: c. 1300, the Bishop of Salisbury,...