Salve Accolens! Hello Debatable Lands!
I was looking through some of my old Storfrettir (blog) posts and found a few items I’d love say again. Original posts here and here. And please enjoy the beautiful video of our Barony here while you read: video from 8.50 to 10.45, from Arianna via AE Live: https://youtu.be/xYfl0Zcel-Y?t=530
During this holiday, we are so very, very grateful for all of you! We love and appreciate you all! ~Hilda & Brandubh
Who are we?
We are the newcomer with eyes bright and interested at their first tourney, or choosing the language and script for our first scroll.
We are brothers- and sisters- in arms, fighting side by side in joy and companionship.
We are the camp that comes together to find shovels and ropes, drenched by a downpour, so that our neighbors’ Pennsic homes are saved.
We are the group that makes hot soup and tea for those bedraggled camp saviors.
We are the family that comes together to support a virtual stranger with food and hugs and tears in the time of the greatest grief.
We are the grizzled old-timer, telling stories around the fire, and lending wise words to open minds.
We are the gentle striving toward the Peerage, taking an inner journey to mold their spirit in courtesy and compassion.
We are the smiling, laughing dancers and singers, with music filling our hearts.
We are the Royal that spends countless at home hours facilitating appreciation and looking for ways to enhance Their peoples’ delight.
We are the artisan that falls into the rabbit hole of researching their passion, a journey of all shapes and times.
We are the circle of friends by the fire, in homes, in meeting halls, planning shenanigans and fun of all kinds.
We are the bards, the scribes, the fighters, the parents, the children, the craftspersons and artisans, the martial specialists, the officers, the teachers, the students, the family and friends that love and respect each other.
We are a community. We are the SCA. We are AEthelmearc. We are the Debatable Lands.
To our beloved Barony:
For your warm welcomes and wide smiles;
For sharing your songs and stories around the campfire, real and figurative;
For your generosity with time, skill, and spirit;
For laughing with each other in mirth and joys;
For holding each other in hearts and minds and arms in sorrows;
For your passion and interest in everything medieval;
For challenging each other and yourselves on field and in hall;
For teaching each other;
For supporting each other;
For having forgiving and open hearts;
For standing and walking with each other;
For creating “found families”;
For seeing the very best in each other;
For creating and participating in this vibrant, generous, compassionate, and fun community we know as the Debatable Lands;
For all that and more – Thank You!
In Levitate et Caritate, and Cheers!
Baron Brandubh and Baroness Hilda
