Did everyone feel the change in the air yesterday? We didn’t just have a northern storm come through, we have a northern Prince and Princess! Congratulations to Prince Jason and Princess Margherita! We are looking forward to working with them and getting to know them better.
Count Creppin has been selected to join the Order of the Chivalry. We are very excited by this; it is a well-deserved honor.
We hope to see many of you at Roundtable this weekend. It is local, in Glaslyn. This is a great opportunity to see how the Kingdom works and take some much needed officer training.
William and Cassandra
Baron and Baroness
The Canton of Dragonsfire Tor is a branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism, a non-profit, educational organization dedicated to the study and recreation of the medieval era. We study the time between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance.
To get in touch with members of our group and to keep up with what's going on in our corner of the Knowne World, there is the Dragonsfire Tor e-mail list. Sign up or read the archives here.
The canton of Dragonsfire Tor is a protectorate of the Barony Elfsea located in the SCA Kingdom of Ansteorra. Mundanely this is known as Stephenville, TX and the surrounding area including members who are students at Tarleton State University.
Members of our Canton participate in a wide variety of activities associated with the medieval era and its surrounding times. These activities are usually divided into three different categories: Combat, Arts & Sciences, and Events.
Combat in the SCA is based on styles prevalent during the Age of Chivalry; Chivalric Fighting, Rapier Fighting, and Archery. Each of these types of combat are practiced under the purview of experienced fighters.
Weapons commonly used by the SCA include greatswords, rapiers, glaives, pollaxes, daggers, longbows, and crossbows.
Great focus in the SCA is given to learning and preserving the old arts and sciences of the period.
Arts included are blacksmithing, cooking, weapons making, sewing,
, shoemaking, beekeeping, and
The Canton hosts several events across the course of the year in addition to the events hosted by other SCA groups in the region. These events are opportunities for members to gather among friends, wear period clothing, eat period food, and camp using period tents and equipment. Among these these greater events we have a monthly meeting of the Canton's Populace.