Five Banners

A chapter petitioning the Emerald Hills, located in Tulsa OK.

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History

Maccalus, Jayden, and Bladeshadow started holding fighter practices in October 2007 and formally signed a contract with Amtgard, Inc. as "the Freehold of Five Banners" the following month. The Freehold was established partly as a personal memorial to Maccalus' old friend from the Golden Plains, Dustin Darkenmane, who passed away in 1995. Five Banners hosted its first major event, the Bungle In the Jungle, in Stroud, OK, during the May 30, 2008 to June 1, 2008 weekend.

Five Banners Was accepted as a petitioning chapter of the Emerald Hills in December 2008. In August 2009 the chapter moved to Haikey Creek Park. On October 10th, 2009, Five Banners officially became part of Emerald Hills, signing their contract at Banner Wars X.

Chiefs of the Freehold

• Maccalus - January 2008 to June 2008, July 2008 to December 2008
• Sanyo McKinny - December 2008 to June 2009
• Malran Singollo - June 2009 to Present

Shamans of the Freehold

• Jayden - January and February 2008
• Malran Singollo - February 2008 to June 2008
• Gryndll - June 2008 to December 2008, December 2008 to June 2009
• Loralei - June 2009 to present

War Chiefs of the Freehold

• Alby Kazan - January 2008 to June 2008, July 2008 to December 2008
• Malran Singollo - January 2009 to June 2009
• Connor Sleight - June 2009 to present

Speakers of the Freehold

• Tarasin Knighthawk - January 2008 to April 2008
• Office Vacant - May 2008 to June 2008
• Malran Singollo - July 2008 to December 2008
• Connor Sleight - December 2008 to June 2009
• Gryndll - June 2009 to present

Oddities when it was a Freehold

(We have since become part of Emerald Hills, but like to keep this record of our Founding Journey into Amtgard)

There are several unique aspects of our Freehold:

• In keeping with its Native American theme, Five Banners uses alternate titles for its chapter officers (Chief instead of Sheriff; Shaman instead of PM; Speaker instead of Regent; and War Chief instead of Champion).

• Even though it is a Freehold, Five Banners wrote and passed its own Corpora in 2008. Since all Freeholds technically fall under the corpora of the Burning Lands, the Five Banners corpora specifies that the Amtgard rules of play and the corpora of the Burning Lands will always take precedence if any conflicts should arise.

• The Freehold's corpora established a youth organization called The Sixth Banner, formed as a local guild to allow minors below the age of 14 to hold their own separate battlegames-- and to provide young people in Amtgard with a voice in Freehold affairs.

• The Freehold's corpora also proposed the formation of a The Circle of Nations, or loose alliance of Freeholds in the central United States which would come together for purposes of hosting joint events and promoting Amtgard in this part of the country. The Circle of Nations is not an attempt to pool numbers for determining the size or status of our lands; it's strictly intended to promote the sport and create a bond between several distant and farflung freeholds, in an area which otherwise lacks a significant Amtgard presence. To date, several Freeholds have expressed an interest in the idea, but the Circle has yet to become a reality.

People

• Aaron
• Alby Kazan
• Amaranda
• Bladeshadow
• Connor Sleight
• Jayden
• Maccalus Caerwent Ex
• Malran Singollo
• Maticous
• Sanyo McKinny
• Zero

Contacts and Directions

We will be meeing at Haikey Creek Park, located at the intersection of 121st st south and south garnett road. Park times are the same as before, 1pm on sundays and 6pm on tuesdays. at in Tulsa (1 block west of 91st & Sheridan)]. We'll be gathering beneath the big group of trees just to the right of the road-- go all the way past the basketball courts and turn into the big parking lot at the back of the park. If you don't see us just before you turn into that lot, check the Labyrinth or the woods behind the playground-- we'll be around somewhere nearby. We keep the calendar at our Yahoo! group reasonably up-to-date, so please check there for specific event information.

Yahoo! Group.

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