Heralds in the Middle Ages were experts in chivalry, tournaments, coats-of-arms and the technicalities of war. Heralds in the Society enjoy communicating tournament combat, court ceremony, and the specifics of historical names and coats-of-arms. Some heralds specialise and build expertise, while others thrive being generalists.
Heralds bring pageantry to the Society: we help make a modern experience turn into a near-medieval one. We do this in several ways.
Learn about heraldry
- Heraldry in the SCA, and how it makes our events special
- Before the Internet…there were heralds, recording honours and heraldry of great houses
Welcome to Drachenwald
- Kingdom Awards and Orders, which explains the honours the Crown can give out
- Society awards and recommendations, a personal view about what awards do, and how to recommend people
- About the Drachenwald Order of Precedence, which explains about the OP and how to send in a correction if you spot mistakes or gaps.
- Drachenwald Order of Precedence, which includes a form for award recommendations
- Drachenwald customs: some inter-kingdom anthropology, for those who move here from other lands
Court and protocol
- Drachenwald Book of Ceremonies, version 4, June 2022, AS 57
- Drachenwald Book of Ceremonies Apocrypha, Jan 2017, AS 51 (examples of ceremonies)
- The Zen of good court: building the special occasions of the Society
- Field heralding crash course
- Tournament herald-in-charge checklist, to help heralds-in-charge keep track of a full day of tasks
Court Reporting
- Court Report Webform, please submit court reports using this webform.
- Court Reporting overview, recording the events of court, for kingdom and regional records, as part of kingdom history
- Court Reports in the queue
Register your name and armory
- Submitting names and heraldry in Drachenwald, explaining the process of getting your own name and heraldry registered
- LoARs: Archive of Letters of Acceptance and Return, the final decisions on submissions from Laurel Sovereign of Arms and staff
Learning and commenting on heraldry in Drachenwald: tools and documents
- SENA, Standards for Evaluation of Names and Armory the rules all heralds use to review submissions
- OSCAR, Online System for Commentary and Response, , where heralds gather online
- SCA Armorial, every herald’s favourite database
- Morsulus Herald’s precedent searches
- Sofya la Rus’ name and heraldry searches
- East Kingdom Herald University
Society-wide College of Arms
- SCA College of Arms on the Web
- Administrative handbook: defines what we register, what we protect, our submission procedures and heraldic responsibilities in the SCA
Herald Points of Contact
Kingdom of Drachenwald
- Drachenwald Schwarzdrachen Herald (Drachenwald Kingdom Herald)
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Memorantia van de Linde
(Maria Laine)
(She/Her)
herald@drachenwald.sca.org
- Drachenwald Aurochs Herald (Deputy to Schwarzdrachen)
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Gilbert Blakthorn
deputy.herald@drachenwald.sca.org
- Drachenwald Aurochs Herald (Deputy to Schwarzdrachen)
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Lyonet de Covenham
Dame Lyonet de Covenham, Sanzmerci Herald, has experience in heralding tournaments and courts, and commenting at all levels on heraldry and onomastics. She has served a term as Schwarzdrachen Principal Herald, and in other offices including Seneschale of Insulae Draconis. She has been Queen's Rapier Champion, and has represented Drachenwald in the Heroic Champions Battle at Pennsic War. Dame Lyonet celebrated her 45th year in the Society in December of AS LX. She lives in the village of Much Wittering near Thamesreach and occasionally rejoices in seeing her two grown daughters.
(She/Her)
aurochs@drachenwald.sca.org
- Drachenwald Deputy to Posthorn
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Gele Pechplumin
(Magdalena Morén)
(She/Her)
posthorn@drachenwald.sca.org
- Drachenwald Albion Herald (External submissions)
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Anna de Byxe
albion@drachenwald.sca.org
- Drachenwald Edelweiss Herald (Internal submissions, deputy to Albion)
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Seijka Waldemarsdotter
(She/Her)
edelweiss@drachenwald.sca.org
- Drachenwald Posthorn Herald (Order of Precedence)
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Jacquelyna de Bellmont
(Martha Liljurós)
(She/Her)
posthorn@drachenwald.sca.org
Regional Contacts
- Nordmark Herald
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Virðsk-RefR
(He/Him)
harold@nordmark.org
- Insulae Draconis Herald
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Shirin Perot-duxt
(Sarah Brider)
(Any)
herald@insulaedraconis.org
- Aarnimetsä Herald
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Marussa Biechowska
(Nina Manninen)
(She/Her)
airut@aarnimetsa.org