Quoth The Raven. The Newsletter for the Barony of Ravens Fort January 2017A.S.L.

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1 Quoth The Raven The Newsletter for the Barony of Ravens Fort January 2017A.S.L.

2 Their Stellar Majesties Jason Dryfesdale & Margherita de Mantua

3 Officers of Raven's Fort Baron and Baroness: Elrique De Netterville and Sarah Rois Netterville MKA Charles and Molly Netterville 150 Champion Lane Conroe, TX (409) r (832) and Seneschal: Ld. Volodymyr of the Black Isle Treasurer: Ly. Seneca Filia Decimus MKA Stephanie Allsup Honey Hill Ln. Willis, TX (936)

4 Treasurer Deputy: Lady Cherish Otte MKA Cherish Robinson-Smetek Hospitaler: Lady Ysenda de Gray MKA Sandra Woodruff Knight s Marshal: Charles Grothaus MKA Drew Russell Phone marshal@ravens-fort.ansteorra.org Knight Marshal Deputy (Authorizing): HE Baron Brian du Val jareuter1066@sbcglobal.net

5 Rapier Marshal: Lemoine de Gascogny MKA L.D. Beers Minister of Arts and Sciences: Office now Open HL Simha Bint Yusuf Deputy of Minister of Arts and Sciences: HE Baron Brian du Val Deputy of Minister of Arts and Sciences: HL Runa of the Thundering Herd

6 Herald: Lady Lynette Turner MKA Lynette Land Herald Deputy: Open Chronicler : HL Calena di Rosa Nero MKA Kel Sorenson chronicler@ravens-fort.ansteorra.org Chronicler Deputy: Baroness Sarah Rois Netterville MKA Molly Netterville Baroness@ravens-fort.ansteorra.org Remote Web Minister: Ronan Fionn ODubain MKA Robert Cuthbert Robert.W.Cuthbert@gmail.com

7 Equestrian Liaison : HL Mirabelis Genevah Zabaneh MKA Kristen Flitcroft Childress Mirabelis@hotmail.com A publication of the Barony of Raven s Fort of the Society for Creative Anachronism. The Quoth is also available in print by contacting HL Calena di Rosa Nero on request. She can be contacted at Chronicler@Ravens-Fort. Ansteorra.org. This is not a corporate publication for the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc., and does not delineate SCA policies. For more information On reprinting articles/artwork or photos from this publication, please contact the chronicler who will assist you in contacting the creator of the piece. Please respect the legal rights and copyrights of our contributors. Raven clip art courteous of

8 From the Baron and Baroness Greetings Raven s Fort, Happy New Year everyone! We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season! We are looking forward to War College which is right around the corner! Please volunteer to help our event go off without a hitch. His Excellency Gavin is our event steward, and he is doing a magnificent job getting us geared up and ready for War College! I know he needs gate volunteers. Please ask him how else you may volunteer! them! We, the barony, are putting in a few bids for kingdom events! Please be ready to volunteer if we get We have a lot going on in Raven s Fort! We would like to see what the guilds have going on as well as individual projects so please send them in to the chronicler! We will get our schedule up as soon as possible so if you d like to caravan to events with us you will know which events we will be attending. For those wishing to camp with Raven s Fort for Gulf Wars, please send me your tent sizes with and without guide lines. Please let the baroness know who all will be camping in our camp as we need to share responsibilities. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns. In Service to Crown and Barony, Elrique de Netterville and Sarah Rois Netterville Baron and Baroness of Raven s Fort From The Seneschal

9 Happy New Year to the Populace of Raven s Fort, Or War College event is fast approaching. This has become a fairly major happening for us drawing a crowd of all the right people. We want to make a good showing and send our guest home talking about what a great time was had by all. Please help make that happen. Lord Gavin is our Autocrat. I am sure he would appreciate all the assistance you can give him. Ask what you can do and I m sure he will find something that will give you a sense of accomplishment. Of course, work weekends will be in the mix. The Roman Wall that hides the new parking area by the list field needs to have the final touches completed. The bon-fire will need to be torched at a work weekend as the pile is ugly from boards and tin. Post need to be set and painted. Dead fall branches will need to be cleared from the common areas. Grass will need to be cut. The List Field and Stones will take a lawn mower cut. Last event Baron Brian and Daire did almost all the cutting. Many thanks for their efforts. It is easy to suffer from burnout so please bring out mowers to help lighten the load. My tractor is in working order now, so I will be able to brush-hog the Equestrian Field and some of the other areas. If you would like to come up on a date not mentioned as an official work weekend, please contact me and we can make arrangements for anyone that would like to work on the event or even your private campsite. Everyone is always welcome to attend the Baronial Populace Meeting held the first Thursday of the month at 7 PM in Huntsville s Fire Station #1. Everyone is also welcome to attend the Baronial Officers Meeting held the third Thursday of the month starting at 7 PM. In odd numbered months Officers is held in The Woodlands at the 88 Grand Buffet Chinese Cuisine restaurant, 355 Sawdust Road - Spring, Texas In even numbered months Officers is held at Van Thong s Restaurant, 2114 W. Davis Conroe, Texas Officers Meeting is an open forum and all are welcome to talk about whatever is on their mind. In closing, I will ask all of our Officers and Guild Principles to make facebook post of upcoming meetings and activities long in advance with reminders just before. It is amazing what can be accomplished when there are many hands to help.

10 In service to the Barony and Crown, Volodymyr of the Black Isle From the Knight Marshal Once we have cooler weather - a recurring practice will take place at Candy Cane park Located in Conroe, TX. On IH45, 1/10 mile N/O Highway 105 Every Wednesday at 6:30. Practices in Huntsville change. Please contact marshal@ravens-fort.ansteorra.org for the current practice schedule. You can also check on the Facebook group for any changes of day/time. To the great populace of Raven's Fort, I must inform you all that my office will be coming open at the end of the year. From the Rapier Marshal

11 Just a reminder that unless it is raining in Huntsville There will be Rapier Practice. Sundays in the Eastham Thomason Park located at th St, Huntsville, TX at 09:00 A.M. Please contact rapier@ravens-fort.ansteorra.org for a current schedule. You can also check on the Facebook group for any changes of day/time. From the Herald Currently working with 2 members to get names and devices ready for submission, trying to track down a name device that was done at Gulf War 22, and currently have a badge, 1 name and device submission that finished commentary and waiting on outcome of 6 names and device submissions from earlier this year. Submissions are mailed out after populace each month and are put into Oscar by Asterisk the following month from start to finish, submissions process can take 6-9 months or longer Don't forget, if you need help with a name, device or badge,

12 me at and we can set up a consultation. Yours in service, Lady Lynette Turner From the Exchequer Lady Seneca of Raven's Fort From The Hospitaler Greetings Good Gentiles from the office of the Hospitaler, If you are a newcomer, please contact me at hospitaler@ravens-fort.ansterroa.org. Regards Lady Ysenda de Gray, Hospitalar of Raven s Fort

13 From the Chronicler Greetings unto the Populace, Thanks to Lady Lynette, I can post our monthly minutes in our Quoth. January 5, 2017, Huntsville Fire Station #1, Start: 7:02pm End: 8:00pm 21 people in attendance Start with officer s report: Knight Marshall: Due to holidays there were no practices in December. The transition to new Knight Marshall Lord Robert Otte will be done as soon as it is made official. Reeve: Barony is solvent, all checks except 1 has gone through, which is one that has been out for over 2 years. Can't make it to Round Table due to mundane schedule. Is working on finding out about a class for those that can't make it up to Oklahoma for round table. Hospitaler: Nothing new to report. Herald: Submitted required information necessary for two submissions needing more information and still waiting to hear about others. Chronicler: Needs articles by the first of the month. Can be stories told from personas perspective, a how to on a craft, recipes, artwork or anything related to something in the SCA that you love. Remember to fill out release forms if they aren't already on file. Rapier: Was not at populace and did not submit a report that was read at populace. A&S: Simha is stepping down as MO A & S and applications will be accepted until the February populace meeting. Scribal guild will be meeting January 29th, at Huntsville Fire Station #1, 1987 Veterans Memorial Parkway, Huntsville, TX from 1pm to 6pm. Brewers guild met last month and made 9 1/2 gallons of wheat beer. Next meeting was January 7 at Lizard Keep, 1810 Ave P at noon. Siege guild will be meeting the 21st at Dragon Keep at noon. If enough people are interested and show up there will be fighting. Check Facebook page for location address. Baron & Baroness Travel Schedule: 6-8 Steppes Twelfth Night - Steppes (Dallas, TX) Crown Tournament - Shadowlands (College Station, TX) Roundtable - Kingdom of Ansteorra (Texas and Oklahoma) Hosted by Mooneshadowe They are always happy to have populace ride or caravan with them to any events. The barony will have land at Gulf War for populace members to camp together. There will be a pavilion set up as a public area of the camp site for populace members and others to congregate under. If anyone is interested in camping with the barony or being land agent, contact Her Excellency at baroness@ravens-fort.ansteorra.org There was talk of considering prices for mundane park areas for Defender 2017 that would have large covered areas in case of extreme heat. Discussion was tabled until a later date.

14 The Raven's Fort coin dyes are in and His Excellency is making huge leaps and bounds in getting the coins struck in hopes of having them ready for Defender War College 2017 Information: Autocrat: HE Gavin MacIain February Tentative Feast Info: Feast Crats: Lady Eva Devereaux and HL Calena di Rosa Nero Bread and butters Chicken & Dumplings: One with onion and celery, One without onion and celery Roasted Veggies: whatever is in season Desert: fruits that are in season Work weekends will be: 1/27-1/29 2/3-2/5 2/10-2/12 Port o potties will be at each work weekend. HL Simha is the tentative gate crat. Lord Robert will be the Marshall in charge of reporting. Our Rapier Marshall is corralling the light community. Site tokens are done, feast tokens have yet to be decided All fighting classes are covered. Some non-fighting classes are covered as well. The classes known as of populace are: SCA 101, Basic Drumming, Basic Belly Dancing and talk of a Gulf War 101 class. Equestrian champion will be chosen at this event with HL Mirabelis Genevah Zabaneh in charge. Defender of the Fort champion will not be decided at this event. It will be held at Defender 2017 with Duke Lochlan Dunn continuing to fulfill the duties until then. Kingdom Event Bids: Lady Ysenda de Gray has offered to contact her church regarding open dates for Heraldic & Scribal Symposium and the July Round Table. Lady Lynette Turner has offered to co autocrat both and Her Excellency has offered to help co autocrat H&SS. Bids are ready to be sent in as soon as dates are confirmed. This ends what I wrote down. Hope this is what you were looking for. Yours in service, Lady Lynette Turner Herald of Raven's Fort I would like to request that all officers and guild leaders as well as anyone wishing to submit artwork, recipes, or interesting articles, please them to chronicler@ravens-fort.ansteorra.org by the 25 th of each month.

15 From the Minister of Arts and Sciences: "Greetings to All! I am formally announcing my intent to step down as Minister of Arts and Science at the end of January, Although I have two AMAZING deputies, it doesn't mean they are the only folks that can apply for this fun office. When you are ready to apply, please fill out the application and send it in to the baron & baroness ( baron@ravensfort.ansteorra.org & baroness@ravens-fort.ansteorra.org ), the Seneschal ( seneschal@ravens-fort.ansteorra.org ), and the Kingdom Minister of Arts & Science (moas@ansteorra.org). Thank you all for the opportunity to service this Stellar Barony! In Service, HL Simha bint Yusuf"

16 Officers Openings: The following offices are accepting letters of intent for new officers. The office of Minister for Arts and Science is now accepting letters of intent. The office of Reeve is now accepting letters of intent. The office of Minister of Children is now filled and follow up information is forth coming. The office of Web minister is now accepting letters of intent. We have a remote Web minister until a new one can be found. The office of Knight Marshal is now accepting letters of intent. For office of Reeve/Treasurer, Send your letter of intent, a copy of your membership card, a copy of your driver s license, and application to Baron, Baroness, Seneschal, Regional Treasurer, and Kingdom Treasurer. All other offices listed above, please send your letter of intent, membership card, and application to Baron, Baroness, Seneschal, Regional office, and kingdom office.

17 Send to the regional and kingdom officer in which position you are applying i.e. Webminister, Minister of Children, etc) Please have your letters of intent in by December 1, If you have any questions or concerns, please our Seneschal, Baron, or Baroness. Calendar of Events: January 2017 (A.S. LI) (Jan 31) Heraldic and Scribal Symposium Bids Due (Jan 31) Ansteorran Heraldic & Scribal Symposium Due (Jan 31) Kingdom A&S Bids Due (Jan 31) Spring Coronation Bids Due (Jan 31) Spring Queen's Champion Bids Due (Jan 31) King's College Bids Due Royal Progress Chivalric Circle Crown Tournament Shadowlands (College Station, TX) Royal Progress Heirs Progress Roundtable - Kingdom of Ansteorra (Texas and Oklahoma) Hosted by Mooneschadowe Royal Progress Arc d'or Circle Sable Soldier Project II Chivalry of Ansteorra (Texas and Oklahoma) Winterkingdom - Northkeep (Tulsa, OK)

18 Barony of Bonwicke's 25th Anniversary Celebration and Ball Bonwicke (Lubbock, TX) February 2017 (A.S. LI) (Feb 28) Spring Royal Huntsman Bids Due (Feb 28) Spring Royal Lancer Bids Due 3-5 PED Candlemas - Bryn Gwlad (Austin, TX) Royal Progress Pelican Circle Centurion Circle Provincial Games - Mooneschadowe (Stillwater, OK) Royal Progress Laurel Circle Kingdom A&S - Rosenfeld (Tyler, TX) War College - Raven's Fort (Huntsville, TX) 24-26