SCA Resume

I am Lady Amanda Martel of the Barony of Politarchopolis in the Kingdom of Lochac. My highest award is at the Grant of Arms level, and my preferred title is Lady. If more elaborate titles are required, I use “Lady Amanda Martel, Domina Honesta”, but never the Honourable Lady.

Sections in this document:

• Awards and Honours
• Offices Held
• Publications
• Classes Taught
• Court Ceremony Writing
• Competitions and Displays
• Event Duties

Awards and Honours

The following are listed in chronological order.

	Award of Arms	Kingdom of Lochac	29th of May AS 45 (2010)
	Free Scholar of Defence	Royal Guild of Defence of Lochac	30th of October AS 45 (2011)
	Order of the Burly Griffin (Service)	Barony of Politarchopolis Service award	21st of August AS 46 (2011)
	Award of Arms	Kingdom of Lochac	17th of December AS 46 (2011)
	Order of the Golden Tear	Kingdom of Lochac AoA level service award	18th of February AS 46 (2012)
	Politarchopolis Baronial Cypher	Baron Aonghus and Baroness Ginevra of Politarchopolis	30th of November AS 48 (2013)
	Order of the Burly Griffin (Arts and Sciences)	Barony of Politarchopolis Arts and sciences award	13th of September AS 49 (2014)
	Journeywoman of Defence	Royal Guild of Defence of Lochac	16th day of April AS 51 (2016)
	Order of the Burly Griffin (Martial)	Barony of Politarchopolis Martial award	28th of May AS 51 (2016)
	Order of the Rapier	Kingdom of Lochac AoA level fencing award	2nd of December AS 52 (2017)
	Baronial Rapier Champion	Barony of Politarchopolis	16th of June AS 53 (2019)
	Bearer of the Sword of Chivalry	Bestowed by the collected Baronesses of Lochac, for bringing them joy during the Baronesses’ Rapier Tournament	21st of April AS 53 (2019)
	Order of the Silver Pegasus	Kingdom of Lochac GoA level service award	5th of December AS 55 (2020)
	Ordo Vox Coronae	Kingdom of Lochac AoA level voice heraldry award	14th of April AS 56 (2022)
	Politarchopolis Baronial Cypher	Baroness Anne of Politarchopolis	4th of March AS 57 (2023)
	Politarchopolis Virtue Banner ‘Wit’	Baron Ysambart and Baroness Tigre of Politarchopolis	25th of November AS 58 (2023)

Offices Held

• St Aldhelm Pursuivant, College of St Aldhelm
  • June of anno societatis 45 to January of anno societatis 45
    June 2010 to Nov 2010
• Deputy Seneschal, College of St Aldhelm
  • July of anno societatis 45 to November of anno societatis 45
    Jul 2010 to Nov 2010
• Seneschal, College of St Aldhelm
  • November of anno societatis 45 to February of anno societatis 47
    Nov 2010 to Feb 2013
• Cordon Rouge Herald, Barony of Politarchopolis
  • January of anno societatis 45 to February of anno societatis 47
    Jan 2011 to Feb 2013
• Coffyn Herald (special projects deputy), Kingdom of Lochac
  • February of anno societatis 47 to March of anno societatis 51
    Feb 2013 to Mar 2017
• Coffyn Herald (2IC and special projects), Kingdom of Lochac
  • March of anno societatis 51 to November of anno societatis 53
    Mar 2017 to Nov 2018
• Crux Australis Principal Herald, Kingdom of Lochac
  • November of anno societatis 53 to November of anno societatis 55
    Nov 2018 to Nov 2020
• Bombarde Herald, Kingdom of Lochac
  • December of anno societatis 58 to Current
    Dec 2023 to Current
• Cordon Rouge Herald, Barony of Politarchopolis
  • December of anno societatis 59 to Current
  • Dec 2024 to Current

Publications

Externally Published

• Court in the Act
  • Originally published to Stefan’s Florilegium in December of AS 47 (2012)
    Now reprinted on this site.
• Pursuivant Readiness Portfolio
  • Broad theory/knowledge test for the Lochac College of Heralds’ internal ranking system evaluations.
  • Initially published March AS 52 (2018).
• More Than One Way To Blazon A Cat
  • Article in February AS 53 edition of Cockatrice, Lochac A&S journal
• Gather and Pay Heed
  • Article in August AS 54 edition of Cockatrice, Lochac A&S journal
• Numerous editions of the Crux Australis Monthly e-Letter (CAMEL)
  • Monthly publication of Crux Australis Principal Herald, written when in that office (see above).

Castle Rookwell Library

• The Care and Feeding of Field Heralds
  • Published in August of AS 48 (2013)
• Change Among Heralds
  • Published in February of AS 48 (2014)
• The Importance of Heraldry
  • Published in October of AS 48 (2013)
• Sideways Tabards
  • Published in November of AS 48 (2013)
• The Book of La
  • First Edition published in July of AS 47 (2012)
  • Second Edition published in April of AS 50 (2016)
• Tourney Litany Card
  • Published in January of AS 51 (2017)
• Names and Heraldry for Trans SCAdians
  • Published in November of anno societatis 53 (2018)
• Branches of Heraldry
  • Published in June of AS 54 (2019)
• The Writing Schoolemaster
  • Published in September of AS 54 (2019)
• How Big Is That Pouch?
  • Published in May of AS 59 (2024)

Classes Taught

• Voice Projection At Range
  • College War 18, Politarchopolis/St Aldhelm, July of AS 47 (2012)
• Court Heraldry from Preparation to Paperwork
  • Overview of how to run a Royal or Baronial court, as a walkthrough of the full process.
  • Polit Pageantry Parade, Politarchopolis, July of AS 57 (2022)
  • Fields of Gold X, Politarchopolis, November of AS 57 (2022)
  • Rowany Festival, Rowany, April of AS 57 (2023)

Court Ceremony Writing

• At-event writing of an Augmentation of Arms ceremony, AS 45 (2010)
• Formatting and collation of Politarchopolis Baronial ceremonies book, AS 50 (2015).
• Personalised peerage ceremonies for the Order of Defence, AS 54 (2019) and AS 57 (2023), and for the Order of the Pelican, AS 56 (2022).
• In Progress: rewriting of Politarchopolis Baronial ceremonies.
  • Order of the Burly Griffin ceremony first performed AS 58 (2023).

Competitions and Displays

• Laurel Prize, Rowany Festival AS 57 (2023)
  Court heraldry – ceremony design in both custom ceremony writing and in page formatting for usability

Event Duties

To my great regret, I have not kept a log of all of the event duties that I have performed in my time in the Society, so while I can say the categories of things I have done, the most frequent duties are not enumerated and dated. Only the most significant activities are listed, smaller volunteering is not recorded.

• Royal court herald
  • Many starting in October of AS 45 (2010), in Politarchopolis and Rowany.
  • Coronation courts, including Final and First Courts.
  • Crown tournaments, including Invocation of Crown Lists and Final Round.
  • Peerage ceremonies for all four bestowed peerages, and County/Duchy/Rose ceremonies.
  • Baronial Changeover courts for the Barony of Politarchopolis, as the Royal herald.
  • Rowany Festival courts, including both opening and closing courts.
• Baronial court herald
  • Many starting in August of AS 45 (2010), for the Barons and Baronesses of Politarchopolis.
  • Baronial court herald duties often done in conjunction with Royal court herald duties.
  • Baronial Changeover courts for the Barony of Politarchopolis, as the Baronial herald.
• Tournament herald
  • Many starting in March of AS 44 (2010), in the Baronies of Politarchopolis, Rowany, and Innilgard, and the Shire of Bordescros.
  • Crown tournaments, Fighter and Rapier Auction Tourneys, Baronial championships for both heavy and rapier, numerous other tournaments.
• Rapier Marshal-in-Charge
  • Numerous events for the College of Saint Aldhelm (as Seneschal).
  • Sweet Valentines, February of AS 52 (2018) in Politarchopolis.
  • Blades and Bards, June of AS 54 (2019) in Politarchopolis.
  • Honey and Roses, February of AS (2020) in Politarchopolis.
  • Politarchopolis Baronial Changeover, March of AS 57 (2023) in Politarchopolis.
• Event Steward
  • Tower and Fountain Tavern, November of AS 46 (2011) for the College of St Aldhelm.
  • College War 18, July of AS 47 (2012) for the College of St Aldhelm.
  • Tower and Fountain Tavern, October of AS 47 (2012) for the College of St Aldhelm.
  • Blades and Bards (co-steward), June of AS 54 (2019) in Politarchopolis.