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Located in (Santa Barbara, CA).
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A defunct [[freehold]] [[shire]] once located in Santa Barbara, [[California|CA]].
  
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===History===
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====Genesis====
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Founded in September 2001 by [[Celedraug]], who had recently discovered Amtgard by way of the [[Seven Sleeping Dragons]], the Shire of Feanga originally met at the Santa Barbara Mission greens before moving to their permanent home at Oak Park. Feanga had little contact with the rest of the Amtgard world besides occasional visits to and from the Seven Sleeping Dragons to the north and the [[Crystalline Confederacy]] to the south. Over it's tenure this chapter had more than it's share of controversy, particularly regarding some of it's changes to rules and bylaws, due largely to the Amtgard naivety of its leadership and the isolated nature of the group. However, Feanga was also very forward thinking, [[Celedraug]] having created a proto ORK called the "Tome of Records" to keep their credit straight.
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====Mitosis====
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In the summer of 2002, political differences lead to a split in the group, most of the remaining founding members remaining Feanga in Oak Park, but the majority of newer members becoming the Shire of the [[Silver Sun]] and moving to an unnamed park in Goleta, just north of Santa Barbara. Feanga's membership remained very small for the remainder of 2002, but began to get regular attendance of around 20 players per meeting by February 2003.
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====Symphysis====
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Some time in 2003 Feanga toyed with the the idea of joining [[HFS]], and also considered alliances with the [[Seven Sleeping Dragons]] and their parent chapter [[Wavehaven]], but despite those ideas Feanga remained a rather isolated freehold for the entirety of its existence. They did however attend some joint events with Silver Sun and the Crystalline Confederacy, and paid occasional visits to the Seven Sleeping Dragons.
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====Synthesis====
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The Shire of Feanga no longer exists. By 2004, Feanga's membership had grown while Silver Sun's began to dwindle (whereas Silver Sun had been the larger group just after the split), and through some joint events they began to mend their differences. In October 2004, the two shires merged again and formed the new Shire of the [[Eternal Coast]].
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Feanga was active from September 2001 to October 2004.
  
===Heraldry===
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===Name===
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The name ''Feanga'' is from  J.R.R. Tolkein's invented elven language called Sindarin. It is a combination of ''fea'' or "spirit" and ''anga'' or "iron", and as such means "iron spirit" or "spirit of iron". Several of the founding members also took Tolkein-elven Amtgard names, e.g. ''Celedraug'', "silver wolf".
===History===
 
''Feanga (pronounced fey-ahn-gah) is a local Santa Barbara chapter of Amtgard. Feanga is a word derived from the Sindarin roots for spirit (fea) and iron (anga), referring therefore to iron spirit. For the uninitiated, Sindarin is one of the elven languages invented by J.R.R. Tolkein for the world in which The Lord of the Rings is set.''
 
[[Image:Independent.jpg|left|200px]]
 
Over it's tenure this chapter had more than it's share of controversy. And was rebuked on e-sam for some of it's changes to Rules and by laws. It was also very forward thinking having created a proto ORK called the "Tome of Records" to keep their credit straight.  
 
  
Some time in 2003 Feanga toyed withe the idea of joining [[HFS]].
 
  
The Shire of Feanga no longer exists. It has merged with the Shire of the [[Silver Sun]], and formed the Shire of the [[Eternal Coast]]. Feanga was active between September 2002 and October 2005.
 
  
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===Heraldry===
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[[Image:Feanga.gif]]
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===People===
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* [[Celedraug]]
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* [[Tauron Xian]]
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* [[Firgull]]
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* [[Aoloebio]]
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* [[Laelu]]
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* [[evil Randy]]
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* [[Melinda Silver Sun]]
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* [[Nelle Silver Sun]]
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* [[Taly]]
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* [[Zhen Xiao]]
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* [[Kelth]]
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* [[Shinja]]
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* [[Skulblaka]]
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* [[Dak]]
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* [[Petrucio]]
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* [[Shenkrolan Faroxir]]
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* and many others
  
 
===Directions===
 
===Directions===
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Feanga met every Sunday at 1:00 PM in Oak Park. This location is still in use by the [[Eternal Coast]].
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====From US 101 Southbound====
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To reach Oak Park from north of Santa Barbara, follow the 101 south to the Las Positas exit, then turn left on Las Positas. Turn right onto Tallant Road, and keep going till it seemingly dead-ends on Clinton Terrace. Turn left on Clinton, and almost immediately turn right again back onto Tallant. Tallant will soon appear to dead-end again, but it actually continues to the right. Turn right there, and then turn right on Alamar. Oak Park will be on your right; just look for swinging foam.
  
'''From Feanga's old Atlas Entry.''' <br>
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====From US 101 Northbound====
''We currently meet once a week, on Sundays at Oak Park at 1 PM.
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To reach Oak Park from south of Santa Barbara, follow the 101 north to the Pueblo exit, turn right on West Junipero Street, and then left on Alamar. Oak Park will be on your left; just look for swinging foam.
  
If you are north of the Las Positas exit (which means Goleta, Isla Vista, and the far northern side of Santa Barbara), follow the 101 south to the Las Positas exit, then turn left on Las Positas. Turn right onto Tallant Rd., and keep going till it seemingly dead-ends on Clinton Terrace. Turn left on Clinton, and almost immediately turn right again back onto Tallant. Tallant will soon appear to dead-end again, but it actually continues to the right. Turn right there, and then turn right on Alamar, and Oak Park is on your right. Look for us just north of the kiddie pool on the south side of the park, next to the star on the map.
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===Further Information===
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Feanga had a rather advanced website for its day, which is still [http://sevensouth.com/feanga/ archived online], including photo galleries.
  
If you are south of the Las Positas exit (which includes most of Santa Barbara, along with Montecito, Summerland, Carpenteria, and anything in Ventura County), follow the 101 north to the Pueblo exit, turn right on W. Junipero St., and then left on Alamar, and we should be right there. Look for us just north of the kiddie pool, on the south side of the park, where you see the star on the map.''
 
  
[[Category:Defunct Burning Lands Places]] [[Category:Defunct Amtgard Chapters]] [[Category:Defunct California Chapters]]
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[[Category:Defunct Freeholds]] [[Category:Defunct Amtgard Chapters]] [[Category:Defunct California Chapters]]
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[[Category:Founded in 2001]][[category:Defunct in 2004]]

Latest revision as of 04:31, 9 December 2014

A defunct freehold shire once located in Santa Barbara, CA.

Independent.jpg

History

Genesis

Founded in September 2001 by Celedraug, who had recently discovered Amtgard by way of the Seven Sleeping Dragons, the Shire of Feanga originally met at the Santa Barbara Mission greens before moving to their permanent home at Oak Park. Feanga had little contact with the rest of the Amtgard world besides occasional visits to and from the Seven Sleeping Dragons to the north and the Crystalline Confederacy to the south. Over it's tenure this chapter had more than it's share of controversy, particularly regarding some of it's changes to rules and bylaws, due largely to the Amtgard naivety of its leadership and the isolated nature of the group. However, Feanga was also very forward thinking, Celedraug having created a proto ORK called the "Tome of Records" to keep their credit straight.

Mitosis

In the summer of 2002, political differences lead to a split in the group, most of the remaining founding members remaining Feanga in Oak Park, but the majority of newer members becoming the Shire of the Silver Sun and moving to an unnamed park in Goleta, just north of Santa Barbara. Feanga's membership remained very small for the remainder of 2002, but began to get regular attendance of around 20 players per meeting by February 2003.

Symphysis

Some time in 2003 Feanga toyed with the the idea of joining HFS, and also considered alliances with the Seven Sleeping Dragons and their parent chapter Wavehaven, but despite those ideas Feanga remained a rather isolated freehold for the entirety of its existence. They did however attend some joint events with Silver Sun and the Crystalline Confederacy, and paid occasional visits to the Seven Sleeping Dragons.

Synthesis

The Shire of Feanga no longer exists. By 2004, Feanga's membership had grown while Silver Sun's began to dwindle (whereas Silver Sun had been the larger group just after the split), and through some joint events they began to mend their differences. In October 2004, the two shires merged again and formed the new Shire of the Eternal Coast.

Feanga was active from September 2001 to October 2004.

Name

The name Feanga is from J.R.R. Tolkein's invented elven language called Sindarin. It is a combination of fea or "spirit" and anga or "iron", and as such means "iron spirit" or "spirit of iron". Several of the founding members also took Tolkein-elven Amtgard names, e.g. Celedraug, "silver wolf".


Heraldry

Feanga.gif

People

Directions

Feanga met every Sunday at 1:00 PM in Oak Park. This location is still in use by the Eternal Coast.

From US 101 Southbound

To reach Oak Park from north of Santa Barbara, follow the 101 south to the Las Positas exit, then turn left on Las Positas. Turn right onto Tallant Road, and keep going till it seemingly dead-ends on Clinton Terrace. Turn left on Clinton, and almost immediately turn right again back onto Tallant. Tallant will soon appear to dead-end again, but it actually continues to the right. Turn right there, and then turn right on Alamar. Oak Park will be on your right; just look for swinging foam.

From US 101 Northbound

To reach Oak Park from south of Santa Barbara, follow the 101 north to the Pueblo exit, turn right on West Junipero Street, and then left on Alamar. Oak Park will be on your left; just look for swinging foam.

Further Information

Feanga had a rather advanced website for its day, which is still archived online, including photo galleries.