Caradoc Hold
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Caradoc Hold
A chapter of the Duchy of Wolven Fang, a Barony under the Kingdom of Goldenvale, and Located in Rochester, NY.
Heraldry
Background
Chevronny: Azure et Vert.
Chevronny is chevron pattern using an odd total of lines to split the field. Azure stands for Loyalty and Truth. Vert stands for Hope, Joy, and Loyalty in love.
Foreground
Tree: Argent.
Argent stands for Peace and Sincerity. A Tree is traditionally the link between heaven, earth, life, death, and resurrection. In ancient cultures, trees were seen as intermediaries between heaven and earth, as their roots were in the ground but their branches reach towards the sky. The seasons experienced by the tree represent cycles of life, death, and resurrection.
History
Caradoc Hold was formed in the fall of 2003 as the rebirth of a subsiding Amtgard group in Rochester called Concordia. It was for a short period known as New Concordia, before being renamed Caradoc Hold by the four founders of the group, Lady Squire Molly Mallone, Lord Squire Padraic O'Loan, Lady Glyn Aidan and Master Yu'on Tenstags. The four were for a time the first set of officers, mainly because they were the only four in the shire. Caradoc has grown since then with a primarily college-age based pool of members, and attained Barony status at Great Eastern IX in May 2007. Since its early days it has been part of a special sub-group brother program fostered between itself and the Duchy of Wolven Fang, that now includes not only Caradoc but the shires of Twilight Peak and Ravenwing as well.
An [history of Caradoc] was written by Glyn Aidan in October of 2006 and covers much of the history of the group.
Caradoc is also the host of its own annual summer event called Tribal Rivals, and an annual Yule Feast in the winter.
People
Testimonials
I made it out that direction a couple of years ago and managed to drop by and play a little. Your best bet for contacting them is the Goldenvale forums (http://www.goldenvale.org) and they are Caradoc Hold (which in my head always reads Cardiac Hold *g*). They were nice folks, but summer is their off time (lots of university people) so it will probably be a small crowd. If you let them know you are coming ahead of time, they said (when I visisted) that people will drive in to visit. They were good hosts. =)
Contacts and Directions
Caradoc Hold plays twice a week, on Sunday afternoons in a public park in Rochester and Thursday nights at midnight on a local university campus.
Caradoc members can be easily reached through their [board on the Wolven Fang forums].
The current officers are:
- Baron Man-at-Arms Socrates,
- Regent Page Diana Starfall,
- Champion Page Anne Cash, and
- Chancellor Lady Glyn Aidan.
For information on other chapters in amtgard look here
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