I'm so confused...

[thanate]

Question for the SCA-types (Jillian and I were wondering this, after the spate of awards at 12th night)...

We know there are some SCA awards you get to find out about ahead of time (free scholar, where it's announced ahead of time so that part of the ceremony is fighting people... but apparently not provost, as there was one made w/o warning at 12th night, a non-fighting event?... and at least the latest knight-to-be gets a month of warning-- is that normal?) But the impression we have is that for the most part one doesn't find out ahead of time, particularly for high level stuff (Aedan's pelican comes to mind.) Why is this? And how is it determined what things you know in advance and what ones you don't?

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[greta-k.livejournal.com]

For many of the non-Peerage awards, the recipients are not told ahead of time. For the non-Royal Peerages (Knight, Pelican and Laurel), there has been a tread lately in the Kingdom to offer a Writ, so that the recipient can plan ahead. Some people do not want a Writ (I believe that was the case for Aedan). However, it is unusual for the recipient of a second Peerage, such as Master Roland (he has a Pelican), to recieve a Writ.

By the way - many other Kingdoms only do Writs.