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Revision as of 14:14, 31 March 2008

a Shire of Westmarch, located in Escondido, CA (A northern suburb of San Diego)

Heraldry

Sair 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.

SiarGeataCrest.jpg

It has been remarked 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.

History

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 56 people (locals plus a large contingent of walk-ups, a regular day at the park in a SHIRE) set on March 15th, 2008. Hell yeah. Siar Geata's previous record was achived February 8th of 2008, with 45 locals.

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 demos, the park's record attendance was 16.

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

After receiving a contract from Burning Lands, 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

Current Gold Count

People

Imports

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

Home Grown

Promising Fresh Blood

Officers

Former officers

  • Milamber Monarch and Champion (last held office in Nazzeroc, pre-06)
  • Silvera Regent, Prime Minister, and Treasurer (last held office in 07)
  • Lucas the Lost "Do Everything Guy", Monarch, and Champion (last held office in 08)
  • Arthur MacGregor Regent (last held office in 08)

Directions

We meet Saturdays at noon 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 near the jungle gyms and covered picnic area on the left just after that first stop sign.

They also hold fighter practice every Wednesday night (6:30pm) at Kit Carson. Check the yahoo group page, below, for further information.


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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