Siar Geata

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Siar Geata
Kingdom Dragonspine
Status Barony
City Escondido
Park Kit Carson
Meets on Saturdays at Noon
Founded 2005


Heraldry

Siar Geata has finally picked their heraldry. This was done in two stages. In the first stage, we picked a black & white design. In the second, we chose colors. Previous candidates can be found here, on the Westmarch boards.

It was pointed out by Arthur 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.

"It's nice...but when I look at it all I see is ass and thighs." --Arthur

History

Pronounciation: shar gee-A-tah (or some reasonably close facsimile thereof)
Meaning: Siar Geata is (rumor has it) Gaelic for "West Gate".

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. The current attendance record is 66 sign-ins without so much as a single walk-up. This feat was achieved September 13, 2008. Siar Geata's previous record was 56 people (locals plus a large contingent of walk-ups, a regular day at the park in a SHIRE) set on March 15th, 2008.

On the date of September 20th 2008, The Kingdom of Dragonspine saw fit to promote Siar Geata to the status of Barony.

Attendance tends to spike after the Escondido Ren Faire, where Siar Geata holds a booth & small ditch field. They hand out fliers and invite anyone and everyone to come swing some foam. The Esco faire runs two weekends, every six months. After the previous fair, they averaged well over 20 for a couple months before tapering off to 15-ish. Prior to the 2005 demos, the park's record attendance was 16. Ah, the bad ol' days.

They have been privileged to be visited/raided/crushed by Sir Clalibus, Sir Father Thomas, Dame Wynd, Sir Drakknar, Sir Phocion, Warlord Thedro, and Squire Talen... driving home the point that the local top of the heap are just little fish in a big pond.

After receiving a contract from Burning Lands in (MONTH?!) of 2007, Siar Geata held an Althing, and unanimously decided to petition Dragonspine for membership, followed by a similar decision to join Westmarch as soon as it became an official entity.

  • 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

People

Imports

Watch what happens when you live in a town with three military bases

Home Grown

Promising Fresh Blood

Officers

  • Milan - Baron, GM Bards, Monsters
  • Tweak - Regent, GM Scouts
  • Lucas the Lost - Prime Minister, GM Healers, Monks, Warriors
  • Rangor - Champion, GM Barbarians

Other Positions

Previous Positions

Directions

We meet Saturdays at 1:00pm 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 between the jungle gyms and the tennis courts after the first stop sign.

Siar Geata has officially made an "alternate" meeting location. It is north of the tennis courts past the pond. There is an open clearing behind the trees which may eventually become our primary meeting spot. If you don't find us by the tennis courts, we will be there, 200 yards north.

They also hold fighter practice every Wednesday night (6:30pm) at the same location, often much closer to the tennis courts.

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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