[MR] Proposal for reducing the backlog of scrolls with helpfromBarons/esses and Heralds

[Vels inn Viggladi]

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>Yes, your persona may come from a pre-heraldic or non-heraldic
>society -- but Atlantia is NOT a non-heraldic society, and you are an
>armiger of Atlantia, not of whathaveyou.
>
>
>Effingham


You do realize what you have effectively just said is that everyone must 
adopt Fourteenth Century French/English elements into their portrayal within 
the SCA, whether it is their study or not?

If the CoA were not so rigid, using only 14th century French/English style 
heraldry, then more people would likely have registered arms.

Personally, China and Japan are right out in my mind. But, Western European 
cultures had quite a few different styles of deriving personal display over 
the thousand year period we allow.
I dunno if you have ever seen my fighting gear. The colors are off for the 
historic era, but the clothing and display is "heraldic" for my era and 
geography... Just 600 years before the rules are based.
The great variety are excluded as "unsanctioned" because of the way the CoA 
is set up. Change the narrow way the CoA operates, and more people will be 
registering arms becuase it will be less problematic to find something to 
befit their study.

It may sound harsh, but I joined a group that focuses on "Pre-Seventeenth 
Century Western Europe" not "Fourtheenth Century France and England".



Vels

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