[Nordskogen] Baronial order

[Ross Quinn-Davis]

Yup, although my scroll only says "for having shed rivers of blood in 
Nordskogen" -- making no explicit mention of whose blood or that it be in 
service to the Barony :)

The name conflicted with the Shire of Riviere de Sang (in Meridies, IIRC). 
And apparently even though the group has dissolved, the Kingdom wanted to 
hang onto it for a possible award name, oddly enough.

Twelfth Night has often been a handy time to do this, esp. when baronial 
courts used to be the only ones at the event. Don't know if that has been 
deliberate since us; as Dame Bridget commented, we didn't necessarily intend 
to make that a custom.

--Caradoc
whose SCA career is approaching middle age ...


Her Excellency spake:
>
>It was to honor an individual who had "shed rivers of blood" in service to 
>the barony.  Because the name conflicted with somewhere else, it was 
>eventually changed to, and registered as "Order of the Rouge Bend" (so at 
>least we got to keep the initials and the device).
>
>Bridget -- who wasn't in the SCA yet at that point, but knows the back 
>story.


In response to Samia:

>>Just perusing our history and found this:
>>
>>1/12/80 The Order of the River of Blood, Nordskogen's first Baronial 
>>order,
>>is created with Caradoc Llew du ap Morgan as its principal.
>>
>>http://www.northshield.org/history/history.php
>>
>>What was this order created to recognize?
>>
>>Samia

OK, I want credit for refraining from simply answering "Me. What else?".   
;)

And "Du" is supposed to be capitalized; it ain't French for "of the" (de + 
le = du), it are Welsh for "black", as in the lions in my arms.

--C.