[Artemisia] before rocks were hard

[Jacquie Ziegler]

Regis Johanns wrote:
> Just thought I would weigh in on the discussion of SCA memories.   My
> earliest days were from the Principality of Drachenwald.  I was there
> when we got our first Barony (Knights Crossing)and was the first Baronal
> Hearald.  We had a very feisty bunch of fighters that thought it was
> funny to threaten Hearald.  Many famous Knights of the SCA would travel
> to our lands, visit, and do their best to teach and displayed courtly
> chivalrous manners.  Some of the Knights I have always remembered and
> measured all others by were Robert, Leah and Michael (the Lucky)from
> Utah ( Outlands at that time?) and a guy from out West called Duke Paul
> (Bellitrix).  Sir Paul took me to the side at a tournament and said that
> tormenting Hearalds just wasn't tolerated by Western Kingdom Knights and
> suggested that he might be my Champion for the day.  He instructed me to
> announce that I would accept Challenges and then he stepped up and took
> over.  There was a good natured attitude check and from that day on all
> Drachenwald Hearlds received a wee bit more courtesy.   
>
> A few years later I was getting close to having to return Stateside, and
> was keeping my eye out for my replacement as the Hearald of Insula
> Draconis (England) I had met a sharp young lass from Montana and
> introduced her to the SCA and with the help of several other officers
> conspired to get her interested in Hearaldry.  Last I heard she was
> compiling history of Artemesia and still practicing heraldry with much
> respect and appreciation in Montana.  (Baroness Shanna)
>
> I guess if you hang around the Society long enough you are bound to meet
> some very special people.
>
> Anton von Heidlerg,  (kind of the Forrest Gump of Drachenwald, making a
> new home in Artemesia)
>
>
>   
At least you could spell my name right! :-P

Shauna