Re: A tree blasted

[Stephanie Malone Thorson <smt2@st-andrews.ac.uk>]

On Wed, 22 May 1996, Alfredo el Bufon wrote:

<snipping Lochmere and Myrkwood arms>

> My questions are two:
> 
>  How is it that two separate Baronies (possibly in two separate
>  Kingdoms) have such badges or devices that are so similar to one
>  another?

I can answer the first, at least in part.  Myrkwood was a barony of the
East before the formation of Atlantia, and covered most of what is now
Lochmere, Bright Hills and I think also Black Rose in the East.  When
Atlantia went kingdom, lo these many years now, :), Myrkwood wanted to
remain part of the East and managed to remain so for some time, but
eventually collapsed and its territory was divided between Atlantia and
the East.  Lochmere thus carries a close variation on the old Myrkwood
arms.  When I first started playing in the SCA, about 7 years ago in
Bright Hills, there was still some confusion about who went where in the
division of Myrkwood territory.  More than once I answered a question
about my home shire only to be asked "That's in East Kingdom, isn't it?" 

--Alianora
Atlantian expatriate
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Stephanie M. Thorson			*  SCA: Lady Alianora Munro
University of St Andrews		*  
St Andrews, Scotland			*  Clan White Wing
email smt2@st-andrews.ac.uk		*  Tarkhan, Khanate Red Lion
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