BUTLER@MIT-DMS@sri-unix.UUCP (08/03/83)
I believe that the SCA has fighting and non-fighting members, and that non-fighting members are usually Heralds, or Pages, or something like that. Unless the SCA has special rules concerning persons 12 and 13, as regards combat (i.e., a special sub-class of fighting personnel for adolescents), a 12 year-old would probably be a Herald until old enough for the Society to allow him or her to change his status and join the ranks of the bruised and bedraggled freemen. Perhaps Jim.Washburn@ cmu-cs-cad could be of help, since he is a member of the SCA.
berry@zinfandel.UUCP (08/12/83)
#R:sri-arpa:-376600:zinfandel:10800014:000:1024 zinfandel!berry Aug 9 14:25:00 1983 It is true, in the SCA no-one HAS to fight. Non-fighters cannot become knights, or become King, but they can achieve just about anything else within the SCA. As for youngsters, there are many jobs to be done at a tourney that teen-agers can handle. Find someone doing something interesting and say "Can I help?". Possibilities include assisting the heralds in running the Lists, running errands for the Autocrat, fetching entries (and entrants) for various competitions, watching the REALLY young people, and myriad other things. There's lots of fun for all, lest this sound too much like work. Incidentally, the College of Heralds has a formal heirarchical structure through which one rises by skill, knowledge and you superiors burning out. I know, I was Sea-Wolf Herald for the Principality of the Mists (San Francisco Bay Area) before I burned out on the political head-games you'll find in any organization bigger than 3 people. --Lord Nikolaj Zrogowacialy, OLM, OTD, POG Berry Kercheval, BS Zehntel Inc.