History Terms

Question 1

West Kingdom

Answer 1

May 1, A.S. 1 (1966)

• The first Kingdom of the SCA, where it all started.
• Regions: Northern California, part of Nevada, Alaska; and outside of the US: Korea, Japan, and the Pacific Rim.
• Formerly Known As: “The Kingdom” or “The Kingdom of the Mists” until 1968 when the East Kingdom was founded and to distinguish the West Kingdom from it.
• King and Queen: Roger and Queen Zanobia.

Question 2

East Kingdom

Answer 2

June, A.S. 3 (1968)

• Started By: Elfrida and Walter of Greenwalls (Marion Zimmer Bradley, author of Mysts of Avalon and pagan wife of Jim Morrison, and her then husband Walter Breen).
• Regions: eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, eastern New York, The New England states. In Canada: Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland.
• King and Queen: Kenric of Warwick and Avelina Keyes.

Question 3

Middle Kingdom

Answer 3

September, A.S. 4 (1969)

• Also Known As: The Midrealm.
• Formerly Known As: part of the East and known as the Principality Under the Mountain.
• Regions: Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, a nip of Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South Dakota. Canada: Manitoba, and a bit of Ontario.
• King and Queen: Savaric de Pardieu and Julianna de Pardieu.

Question 4

Atenveldt

Pronounced: A-ten-veld

Answer 4

January, A.S. 5 (1971)

• ‘Atenvel(d)t’ was a combination of the Egyptian sun god, Aton, and the German word for land.
• Regions: Arizona, Utah, and a small bit of California.
• the first Barony of the SCA (and the West Kingdom) and the first Principality of the SCA.
• King and Queen: Thomas and Ilora

Question 5

Meridies

Pronounced: Mair-id-ee-ees, the natives pronounce it: Mer -rid -dee -ayes (as in long a)

Answer 5

January, A.S. 12 (1978)
-Meridies–taken from the definition of the word Meridian - Defined adj. [OFr meridien L meridianus] of noon, southern meridies, noon, the south.
-Regions: Georgia (nearly all of), Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas (most of), Tennessee, a bit of the panhandle of Florida, and small portions of both Kentucky and Virginia.
King and Queen: Thomas and Elisenda.

Question 6

Caid

Pronounced: Ky-eed or Ka-eed, depending on who you ask.

Answer 6

June, A.S. 13 (1978)

• The name is an acronym of the baronies that make up the Principality, but in Arabic signifies “The Fortress.”
• Regions: Southern California, Greater Las Vegas Area and Hawaii.
• King and Queen: Patrick and Kara

Question 7

Ansteorra

Pronounced:?

Answer 7

June, A.S. 14 (1979)

• Ansteorra is Old English for “peerless” or “unique star”.
• Regions: Oklahoma and Texas, except for a part of Texas in the Mountain time zone.
• King and Queen: ?

Question 8

Atlantia

Answer 8

May, A.S. 16 (1981)

• Regions: Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, plus a piece of Georgia, minus a piece of Virginia.
• King and Queen: Bryan of Sacred Stone and Brianna O’Duinn.

Question 9

An Tir

Pronounced:?

Answer 9

January, A.S. 16 (1982)

• The name came from the word common to several of the suggested names, that being ‘Tir’”. That became “An Tir”–Gaelic for “The Land.”
• Regions: Oregon, Washington, the northern tip of Idaho, Canada: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territories.
• King and Queen: Vik Vikingsson and Queen Astrid of the Fjordlands
• The Kingdom of An Tir has three Principalities: Avacal, Summits and Tir Righ.

Question 10

Calontir

Pronounced:?

Answer 10

February, A.S. 18 (1984)

• Calon 1. heart n.f. (calonnau); tir 1. land n.m (tiroedd); Thus “Calontir” would translate literally as “Heartland.”
• Regions: Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Northern Arkansas.
• King and Queen:?

Question 11

Trimaris

Pronounced: ?

Answer 11

September A.S. 20 (1985)

• Trimaris means “Three Seas”
• Regions: Majority of Florida; outside of the US: Panama, and Antarctica.
• King and Queen: Syr Krotuas Horatius Floridius and Mistress Brenna Jerabek

Question 12

the Outlands

Answer 12

June, A.S. 21 (1986)

• Regions: New Mexico, most of Colorado, parts of Wyoming and Nebraska, and El Paso and Hudspeth counties of Texas.
• King and Queen: Flanagan and Drahomira.
• Baronies: Caerthe (Denver, CO), al-Barran (Albuquerque. NM), Dragonsspine (Colorado Springs, CO), Citadel of the Southern Pass (El Paso, TX), Unser Hafen (Ft Collins, CO), Caer Galen (Boulder, CO), Fontaine dans Sable (Farmington, NM).
• al-Barran is centered around Albuquerque, New Mexico and extends north to Algodones, east to Moriarty, west to Grants, and south to Belen

Question 13

Drachenwald

Pronounced:

Answer 13

June, A.S. 28 (1993)

• Regions:
• King and Queen:

Question 14

Artemisia

Pronounced:

Answer 14

July, A.S. 32 (1997)

• Regions:
• King and Queen:

Question 15

Æthelmearc
Æthel=noble, Mearc=march or borderland
Pronounced: ethel-mark

Answer 15

September, A.S. 32 (1997)

• Anglo-Saxon for “noble borderland.”
• Regions: West Virginia, western Pennsylvania, and western New York.
• The Pennsic War battlefields lies within these lands.
• The “Æ” is one character, called an “aesch.”
• -King and Queen: Khalek and Branwyn.

Question 16

Ealdormere

Pronounced:

Answer 16

October, A.S. 33 (1998)

• Regions:
• King and Queen:

Question 17

Lochac

Pronounced:

Answer 17

July, A.S. 37 (2002)

• Regions:
• King and Queen:

Question 18

Northshield

Answer 18

October, A.S. 39 (2004)

• Regions:
• King and Queen:

Question 19

Gleann Abhann

Pronounced:

Answer 19

November, A.S. 40 (2005)

• Regions:
• King and Queen: