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
- Drachenwald Order of Precedence, which includes a form for award recommendations, the record of honours given
- Send a correction to the Posthorn Herald, if you spot mistakes or gaps in the order of precedence
- 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)
Email: herald@drachenwald.sca.org
- Drachenwald Aurochs Herald (Deputy to Schwarzdrachen)
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Birittha Wf
(She/Her)
Email: herald@drachenwald.sca.org
- Drachenwald Albion Herald (External submissions)
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Anna de Byxe
Email: albion@drachenwald.sca.org
- Drachenwald Edelweiss Herald (Internal submissions, deputy to Albion)
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Seijka Waldemarsdotter
(She/Her)
Email: edelweiss@drachenwald.sca.org
- Drachenwald Post Horn Herald (Order of Precedence)
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Aryanhwy merch Catmael
(She/Her)
Email: posthorn@drachenwald.sca.org
Principality and Baronial Contacts
- Nordmark
-
Beatrix de Lyme Regis
(Barbro Bornsäter)
(She/Her)
Email: herald@nordmark.org
- Insulae Draconis
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Shirin Perot-duxt
(Sarah Brider)
(Any)
Email: herald@insulaedraconis.org
- Knights Crossing
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Dominic Beniamin
(Bernard Dominic Anlage IV)
Email: bernard.anlage@gmail.com
- Aarnimetsä
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Magdalen Yrjänäntytär
Email: herald@aarnimetsa.org