[Artemisia] New Principality

[Jacquie Ziegler]

regis at inav.net wrote:
> Greetings,
> Especially welcome to fellow Principality of Drachewald 
> Companions.  I harald some wonderful news.  Insula 
> Draconis is now a principality of Drachenwald.  Twenty 
> Seven or so years ago as a young Pursavant, I was 
> dispatched to that land to declare it an incipient shire 
> in the name of the King and Queen of the East and the 
> Prince and Princess of Drachenwald.  I traveled via 
> military hop which is basically hitchhiking at USAF bases 
> to try and get where you want to go on a space available 
> basis.  For a young soldier to hop over to another country 
> armed with a scroll and just an address of a contact 
> person to find it was a grand adventure.  I will share 
> that story with my friends if they wish.  I just want to 
> pass the word to any fellow Drachenwalders and especially 
> freinds that shared the dream in Insula Draconis those 
> many years ago.  ( A certain Baroness in Billings comes to 
> mind).   
>
> Vivat, Vivat, Vivat,
>
> Lord Anton von Heidleberg,
> Cpn de Lindquist,PCS
>
> aka:  Regis Johanns
> regis at inav.net
> 801-680-6894
>
>   
Yes? Indeed! I have been following the fine folks adventures in the 
Crown Principality
of ID - especially after traveling there last September to attend Known 
World Heraldic
in London. I am Very Happy that they have made the transition from Crown 
Principality
to full Principality.

Seems like only a couple of years ago that I was the herald of the Shire 
of Insula Draconis,
which at the time was the only SCA group in England, and covered about 
2/3rd of the
southern part of the country, with two people at one base, a family or 
two at another,
five to ten in London - all military based.

Now? A hearty, growing populace across the Isles! :-D They changed the 
name from
Insula Draconis (Dragon Isle, singular) to Insulae Draconis (Dragon 
Isles, plural) when they
made the jump to Crown Principality. Happily, even though they changed 
their armory at that
time as well, they 'saved' the original armory from my time as 'ancient 
arms', so that part of
their history (and mine) will not fade away.

Baroness Shauna