Five Banners

A freehold chapter, located in Tulsa OK.

Heraldry

A work in progress. Clearly, a land named 'Five Banners' had best sport some impressive heraldry-- we're making slow but steady progress along these lines. The 'Five Banners' in our land's name refer to the five civilized tribes in Oklahoma, each of which maintains its own seal and crest, and these five seals form the basis of the designs that we're working from.

History

Maccalus, Jayden, and Bladeshadow started holding fighter practices in October 2007 and formally signed a contract with Amtgard, Inc. as "the Freehold of Five Banners" the following month. The Freehold was established partly as a personal memorial to Maccalus' old friend from the Golden Plains, Dustin Darkenmane, who had passed away in 1995. Five Banners hosted its first major event, the Bungle In the Jungle, in Stroud, OK, during the May 30, 2008 to June 1, 2008 weekend.

Oddities

There are several things about the Freehold which make it a little unique:

• Five Banners uses alternate titles for its chapter officers (Chief instead of Sheriff; Shaman instead of PM; Speaker instead of Regent; and War Chief instead of Champion).

• Even though it is a Freehold, Five Banners has written and passed its own Corpora. Since all Freeholds technically fall under the corpora of the Burning Lands, the Five Banners corpora specifies that the Amtgard rules of play and the corpora of the Burning Lands will always take precedence if any conflicts should arise.

• The Freehold's corpora established a youth organization called The Sixth Banner, formed to allow minors below the age of 14 to organize their own separate battlegames and to provide young people in Amtgard with a voice in Freehold affairs.

• The Freehold's corpora also established The Circle of Nations, an alliance of Freeholds in the central United States which have come together for purposes of hosting joint events and promoting Amtgard in this part of the country. Since there aren't any kingdoms nearby, we someday hope to fill a portion of this void by creating an interconnection between some of the more distant and farflung lands in Amtgard.

Simply put, in some regards the Freehold of Five Banners marches to the beat of its own drum!

Chiefs of the Freehold

• Maccalus - January 2008 to June 2008

Shamans of the Freehold

• Jayden - January and February 2008
• Malran Singollo - February 2008 to June 2008

War Chiefs of the Freehold

• Alby Kazan - January 2008 to June 2008, July 2008 to December 2008

Speakers of the Freehold

• Tarasin Knighthawk - January 2008 to April 2008
• Office Vacant - May 2008 to June 2008

People

• Maccalus Caerwent Ex
• Alby Kazan
• Malran Singollo
• Tarasin Knighthawk
• Jayden
• Bladeshadow
• Bronic Welm
• Jrake

Contacts and Directions

Five Banners meets every Sunday at 1PM at Hunter Park in Tulsa, which is located 1 block west of the intersection at 91st & Sheridan-- from that intersection, look for the fire station on the left, because when you see it you'll know that the park entrance is coming up quickly in about 300 feet. After turning into the park, drive all the way to the back and park in the the last parking lot-- we'll be somewhere between the pond and the children's playground, or maybe in the woods, or even possibly in the labyrinth. We keep the calendar at our Yahoo! group reasonably up-to-date, so please check there for specific event information.

Yahoo! Group.

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