Eternal Coast
a chapter, located in Santa Barbara,CA.
Heraldry
Our Shire's Symbol is basically an infinity symbol, and I guess a picture of the coast in the background.
History
The first Santa Barbara group to be founded was the Shire of Feanga, which was founded by Mike "Celedraug" Powell in September 2001, after being introduced to Amtgard via the Seven Sleeping Dragons. Feanga originally met at the Santa Barbara mission greens before moving to Oak Park.
By summer 2002, political issues had split the group into two: Feanga, still at Oak Park in Santa Barbara, and the Shire of the Silver Sun, at an unnamed park in Goleta, just north of Santa Barbara. Silver Sun went on to become the seat of the Crystalline Confederacy for some time, while Feanga willfully remained a freehold.
In October 2004 the two groups settled their differences and merged together under a new name, the Shire of the Eternal Coast. Tauron Xian was the first Sheriff of that shire, but as he says, its founding was really a collective effort by all involved in both Feanga and Silver Sun.
Over the years, Eternal Coast considered joining under several larger groups, including taking Silver Sun's place in the Crystalline Confederacy, joining under Ardent Sands of Arizona, or joining under Wavehaven along with the Seven Sleeping Dragons, but none of those came to fruition. When the Principality of Westmarch began to form, the dwindling membership of Eternal Coast became excited at the prospect of joining a united Californian Amtgard, but local activity shrank to nearly nothing before anything could become of that idea.
This group was active until at least May of 2006, then having an on again off again activity through 2007. April 27 2008 reported to be two guys and a girl in the park.
People
Dak, Taaveti, Nick
Contacts and Directions
Contact Dak at [email protected] or by phone (805)-708-3304. She is also on the Westmarch forums. Eternal Coast meets about every other week on Sunday afternoon at approximately 1:00 at Oak Park. Contact on the Westmarch boards.
