Amazons
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Amazons
The Household of Amazons is the largest and longest continuous Household in all of Amtgard. It is also the premier all-female household in Amtgard.
Amazons at Spring War 2007
While we allow no male members, we fully recognize and celebrate all the men of Amtgard. We know it takes women and men for there to be the rich diversity that is Amtgard. To learn more of our Household, www.amtgardamazons.com. More than anything, our website explains our Household. For those who would like more information about what kind of women join the household, look at Rules of Life on our site. This is where you will find the beliefs and rules we live by in order to call ourselves Amazons.
This Household is never about any single Amazon. In that direction lies division. The power in this Household is shared between all full Amazons equally. Due to the history, however, the ultimate decision of if a petitioner is accepted or not will continue to lie with Andralaine and Weilok, our most Honored Mothers, who have worked hard through adversity to bring this Household to the position it holds today, and they will continue to lead the way into the next era of the Household of Amazons in Amtgard. The Household of Amazons built on honor and determined to see through what is precious, an all female household of support and service to Amtgard and one another.
History
When Andralaine joined Amtgard in the summer of 1983, the Isacar were already formed. Pan Farstar was the Captain and Abedon was her Lieutenant. Pan left Amtgard and Andralaine took over the company because she wanted to keep an all female fighting Company going. Abedon then quit, yet Andralaine kept the company going, though much reduced until Esoum joined the company shortly after her October Events in 1984 introduction to Amtgard. This was in the day when some members of Amtgard were trying to establish gender separated fighting. For four years, with Andralaine as Captain and Esoum as Lieutenant, the Isacars grew in strength and numbers. They held feasts and events, and people knew who they were as a Company. In Events in 1987 Andralaine had to go to Italy, Esoum took over as Captain of the Isacar's.
When Andralaine came back from Italy in 1989, many things were different, and the same, so she talked about starting up the Amazons as a Household. The beginnings of the Amazons is really with Lady Regina of the SCA. She is the one who brought both Esoum and Andralaine into the SCA Amazons. The Amazons in the SCA was, and still is without structure. Both the SCA and the Amtgard Amazons were designed as all female from the beginning. Any woman was free to join, no absolute standards, no real rules, no absolute age requirements. Before Clan in Events in 1990, Andralaine and Esoum began the Amazons. In Events in 1992, about a year before 10th Year, Weilok was asked by Esoum and Andralaine to become the third High Mother of the Amazons at a Cabillo Lake event.
In 1993, Weilok, who had been a High Mother for about a year, and Andralaine, the only two full Mothers left, along with their few daughters, shut down the Household to new members for a year due to the need to fully organize the household. The rules of life were unknown, yet a rough structure of taking new daughters was begun. For nearly seven years afterwards, only Andi and Weilok could take a daughter and thereby create an Amazon. A few were permitted to come in as Independents, but only by mutual concurrence of the Mothers, Andralaine and Weilok.
In the last ten years, the Household of Amazons has changed dramatically. Careful and deliberate changes have been implemented by the Mothers, Andralaine and Weilok. The Rules of Life which were only nigglings in Weilock's and Andralaine's heart over the next ten years become our standards of behavior. Due to the growth of the Amazons in general, no Amazon will be accepted without an initiate period under a full Amazon. Amazon mothers have the greatest responsibility in the household: they are encouraged to take initiate daughters in order to make knowing recommendations for new members to the High Mothers. Amazon Mothers become in-situ mothers in their own parks as well, finding mutual support and respect from their sister and daughter Amazons. Indeed, Weilok and Andralaine count on the Mother recommendations when they can not personally get to know each new initiate. Due to the far-flung range of women in Amtgard, and Amazons across the nation, two Grand Mistresses have also been appointed. These Grand Mistresses are given the responsibility to accept the recommendations of the Amazon Mothers in regards to new members in the name of the Grand/High Mothers at larger events.
Heraldry
Members
High Mothers: Dame Lady Andralaine, Grand Duchess Dame Weilok
Grand Mistresses: Duchess Dame Mistress Wynd, Countess Dame Mezzie
To see information about other groups in Amtgard please see the Household Page.
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