History of the War

Tradition saying it was started over the correct texture of chocolate chip cookies (chewy or crunchy), this war has its earliest roots as the Shasta Punitive Raid in AS 11 (August ‘76) where “sides were chosen [&] An Tir emerged victorious, thus forcing the Kingdom to keep Shasta.” The following year on the now-traditional weekend, the 2nd Annual Shasta Counter-Invasion was held, calling mercenaries to “HELP SUPPORT–or oppose–THE MANIFEST DESTINY OF AN TIR.” Next year’s was called the Golden Rivers and Lion’s Gate War. Though Kingdom history records no war in ’79, it returned in ’80 and again in ‘83 as the Lionsgate-Westermark War before again laying fallow again for a year. It returned in its current form in 1985 as West-AnTir / AnTir-West War. After drifting from battlefield to battlefield for decades, it found a home in Gold Beach in 2007 and remains there to this day.

The plague claimed the field of A&W 35, so it became XXXV(irtual)

-– compiled from the History of the Kingdom of the West website by Maestra Sarre Greyhand

 

The Hero’s Cloak

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The Cloaks

  • AS 37: Bestowed upon Sir Hathawulf by Crown Prince Thorfin of The West on behalf of King Jade. Creation led by Duchess Dagmear
    • First Hero’s Cloak
  • AS 38: Bestowed upon Duke Sir Alden by King Davin and Queen Groa of An Tir. Creation led by Daphne Achaxe
    • Duke Alden was King of the West at the time.
  • AS 39: Bestowed upon Sir Kjarten by King Uther and Queen Kaaren of The West. Creation led by Duchess Dagmear.
  • AS 40: Bestowed upon Viscount Sir Brand by King Skeggi and Queen Taisiia of An Tir. Creation led by Duchess Dagmear.

  • AS 41: Bestowed upon Sir Kjarten by King Radnor and Queen Ysabeau of The West. Creation led by Unknown.
    • This was Kjarten’s second time receiving the Hero’s Cloak.
  • AS 42: Bestowed upon Duke Sir Thorfin by King Sven and Queen Signey of An Tir. Creation led by Unknown.
  • AS 43: Bestowed upon Duke Sir Tiernan by King Titus and Queen Eilis of The West. Creation led by Catherine Lorraine.
  • AS 44: Bestowed upon Sir Talorc Balgair by King Vic and Queen Inga or An Tir. Creation led by Duchess Miranda
  • AS 45: Bestowed upon Sir Arnsbjorn by King Alfar and Queen Ketiley of The West. Creation led by Katherine de Langele.

  • AS 46: Bestowed upon Viscount Sir Brand by King Skeggi and Queen Taisiia of An Tir. Creation led by Duchess Miranda.
    • This was Viscount Sir Brand’s second time receiving the Hero’s Cloak.
  • AS 47: Bestowed upon Sir Rodrigo by King Hauoc and Queen Mina of The West. Creation led by Jocelyn Rowenwood.
  • AS 48: Bestowed upon Duke Sir Mathias by King Ulfr and Queen Caoihme of An Tir. Creation led by Duchess Miranda.
  • AS 49: Bestowed upon Samson-Mathew Credican of the Iron Pheonix by King Conor and Queen Isa of The West. Creation led by Katherine de Langele.
  • AS 50: Bestowed upon Duchess Sir Brynn McLellan by King Savaric and Queen Dalla of An Tir. Creation led by Duchess Miranda.
  • AS 51: Bestowed upon Viscount Sir Ulfgar Hjarta Bani Thorvaldsson by King Hansa and Queen Yvonne of The West. Creation led by Baroness Farleigh de Grey.
  • AS 52: Bestowed upon Sir Geoffrey Scott by King Styrkarr and Queen Dagrun of An Tir. Creation led by…

  • AS 53: Bestowed upon Viscount Sir William Geoffrey the Rogue by King Uther and Queen Kára of The West.
    • Cloak Designed by Robert de Perceval, Embroidery by Mistress Signy, Penannular by Sir Thorfin Siguardson.
  • AS 54: Bestowed upon Viscount Sir Helgi Ulfssen by King Kjarten and Queen Shaya of An Tir. Creation led by…