Siar Geata

a Shire of Westmarch, located in Escondido, CA (A northern suburb of San Diego)

Heraldry

Sair Geata has finally picked their hearaldry. Mostly. While the design has been selected, the color scheme has not. Previous candidates can be found here, on the Westmarch boards.

It has been remarked that the area above and around the pommel looks rather ass-like. This played a strong role in the pattern's selection by the voting populace on Feb 8, 2008.

Voting for a color scheme is scheduled to take place 2-15-08.

History

Siar Geata is the name taken by two struggling shires in the San Diego area, Strathclyde and Nazzeroc. They merged in August of 2005. The original Strathclyde members have all since been consumed by Real Life.

It took almost a year, but they're finally making Barony numbers. Once upon a time, 10 fighters was a good day. Siar Geata's previous record was 12/22/07, with 35 locals. The current record is 45 people (all locals, a regular day at the park in a SHIRE) set on February 8th, 2008. Hell yeah.

Attendance has spiked again after the fall Escondido Ren Faire demo. This faire last for two weekends, and the overall attendance wasn't even that good. After the previous fair, they averaged well over 20 for a couple months before tapering off to 15-ish. Prior to the demos, the park's record attendance was 16.

They have been privileged to be visited/raided/crushed by Sir Clalibus, Sir Father Thomas, Dame Wynd, Sir Drakknar, and Warlord Thedro... driving home the point that Milamber, Tremere, and Lucas are just big fish in a little pond.

Having received their contract back from BL, Siar Geata held an Althing, unanimously deciding to petition Dragonspine for membership. They further agreed to request membership in Westmarch as soon as it became an official entity. These desires have become reality:

• July 14th, 2007, Siar Geata officially joined Dragonspine.
• November 7th, 2007, Siar Geata was voted in as a member land of Westmarch, the first land to join since its founding.

Quests

• December 8, 2007 - Missing Peasants
• December 15, 2007 - Spellcaster Bounties
• December 22, 2007 - Tribes at War
• December 29, 2007 - To be announced...

People

Imports

• Milamber Andalsa DarkJester DeTalon - Founding member of Nazzeroc, formerly of the Burning Lands, freshly returned from deployment.
• Silvera - Founding member of Nazzeroc
• Lucas the Lost - Long time member of Nazzeroc, formerly of the Emerald Hills
• Eve El Wy'fe - Long time member of Nazzeroc
• Wange Ka - Import from Aradix
• Squire evil Randy - Returned from deployment in the Navy.
• Taly - the good-half of evil Randy.
• Milan - formerly of Blackspire.
• Arthur MacGregor - formerly of the Northern Holdfast
• Deiter - Formerly of Astral Winds, he's currently stationed at Miramar along side Milamber and Arthur.
• Kai - Formerly of Blackspire, he's currently stationed at Camp Pendleton, awaiting deployment on Feb. 3, 2008.

Home Grown

• Veteris Dragoon - Long-time member of Nazzeroc
• Penn - Long-time member of Nazzeroc
• Tremere
• Scoot
• Rangor
• Fanny
• Killian

Promising Fresh Blood

• Die Katze - Scoot's sister
• Jack Darkstorm - Showed up having actually read the rules, with a sash even.
• No Boots - Creator of The Ugly Stick.
• Curly Nerfwhacker - Winner of a recent "newbie tourney". Didn't pick his own name.
• Nokii - 2nd place in newbie tourney
• Krom - 3rd place. Good offense, absentee defense
• Tarsus - Honorable mention. Mind the lunge.
• Thorn (SG)
• Cadogan - A bear with laser eyes?!
• Riff
• Nocturne (SG)
• Garion
• Yugovich
• Xeno
• Ryuke
• Geko - swiped him from a disintegrating Darkon/Dagorhir/whatever group.
• LAG - Leather Armor Guy (who hasn't actually worn it on the field). Not to be mistaken for PAG.
• Veralydaine - Bard-ette in training

Officers

• Tremere - Sheriff, GMR, "Great Shiny Wizbang"
• Tweak - Regent
• Scoot - Prime Minister
• Deiter - Champion

Former officers

• Milamber Monarch and Champion (last held office in Nazzeroc, pre-06)
• Silvera Regent, Prime Minister, and Treasurer (last held office in 07)
• Lucas the Lost "Do Everything Guy", Monarch, and Champion (last held office in 08)
• Arthur MacGregor Regent (last held office in 08)

Directions

• Kit Carson Community Park, just off I15.

We meet Saturdays at noon in Kit Carson Park in Escondido. From the 15, take the Via Rancho Parkway exit east. Via Rancho transforms into Bear Valley. Take the first park entrance on the left (first left after the Beethoven Drive light). Siar Geata meets in the field near the jungle gyms and covered picnic area on the left just after that first stop sign.

They also hold fighter practice every Wednesday night (6:30pm) at Kit Carson. Check the yahoo group page, below, for further information.

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Archery in San Diego

The Bad News

San Diego County forbids anyone from carrying or firing "archery devices" in public parks... without permission, permit, etc etc. Such permits are impossible to obtain. It is difficult to tell whether this applies to parks in Escondido (which is in San Diego County, but not the city of SD proper).

The Good News

Siar Geatans have been using bows (as many as 7 on the field at once) at Kit Carson since the beginning of '06 without issue. We have been observed doing so by park rangers and off-duty police officers, none of whom made any comment one way or the other. This bodes well.

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• Yahoo Group -- shutting down, Siar Geata will soon have it's own web site.
• Forums
• ORK page

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