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Peerages<\/span><\/h1>\n

The Bestowed Peerage of the SCA consists of the members of the Order of Chivalry, the Order of the Laurel, the Order of Pelican and the Order of Defense. These awards are Society-wide, and are recognized throughout all the kingdoms.<\/span><\/p>\n

In each kingdom, the Crown consults with their kingdom's members of the Order before creating a new Peer.<\/p>\n

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Pelicans<\/h1>

The Order of the Pelicans represent the service peers of the Society.\u00a0 Pelicans are the people who organize event after event, hold offices, do the paperwork, run around starting new groups, and so on.\u00a0<\/span>Members of the Order are called \u201cMaster\u201d or \u201cMistress\/Dame\u201d and wear a medallion with the symbol of the Order \u2013 a Pelican in its Piety.\u00a0In medieval times it was thought that pelicans stabbed their breasts and fed their young on their own blood in times of famine,\u00a0thus the pelican became a symbol of self-sacrifice beyond the call of duty.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you have a candidate that you feel is deserving of recognition for great service to the Kingdom or Society, or have other buisness before the order CLICK HERE<\/a> to email the Pelican Liaison<\/p>\n

Statutes of the Order of the Pelican<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Chivalry<\/h1>

The Order of the Chivalry represent the armored combat peers of the Society.\u00a0 They consist of Knights and the Masters of Arms. Members and are recognized for their great skill at arms in combat, as well as for qualities of courtesy and grace. Knights swear fealty to the Crown during the knighting ceremony. They are entitled to wear a white belt, and a unadorned gold chain as a symbol of their fealty. Knights are addressed as \"Sir\" (name), or for some female knights, \"Dame\" (name). Masters of Arms are equal in rank to knights. They may choose not to swear fealty, and wear a white baldric (diagonally from shoulder to hip). They are addressed as \"Master\" (name) or \"Mistress\" (name).\u00a0 Knights are expected to show high levels of service, and be profiecent in arts.\u00a0 As with all peerages within the SCA they should exude \"Peer Like Qualities\" (PLQs).<\/p>\n

If you have a candidate that you feel is deserving of recognition for great skill at arms in armored combat, CLICK HERE<\/a> to email the Chivalry Liaison<\/span><\/p>\n

Caidian Chivalry Statutes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Laurels<\/h1>

The Order of the Laurels represent the arts and sciences peers of the Society.\u00a0 Members of the Order of the Laurel\u00a0are recognized for their great skill in the Arts or Sciences, for their willingness to teach others, and for using their abilities to benefit their kingdom. They are addressed as \"Master\" (name) or \"Mistress\" (name). Their insignia is a laurel wreath, usually colored green on a gold background.\u00a0 <\/span>If you have a candidate that you feel is deserving of recognition for great skill the arts or sciences, CLICK HERE<\/a> to email the Laurel Liaison<\/span><\/p>\n

Caidian Order of the Laurel Statutes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Masters of Defense<\/h1>

The Order of Defense represent the rapier combat peers of the Society.\u00a0 Members of the Order of Defense are recognized for their great skill at rapier and\/or cut-and-thrust combat, as well as for qualities of courtesy and grace, for their willingness to teach others, and for service to the kingdom. They are addressed as \"Master\" (name) or \"Mistress\" (name), and are entitled to wear a white livery collar and to bear the badge: Three rapiers in pall inverted tips crossed.\u00a0 <\/span>If you have a candidate that you feel is deserving of recognition for great skill at arms in rapier combat, CLICK HERE<\/a> to email the MOD Liaison<\/span><\/p>\n

Statutes of the Order of the Defense<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Order of the Mark<\/h1>

The Order of the Mark represents the ranged martial arts peers of the Society.\u00a0 Companions of the Order of The Mark are recognized for their great skill at Combat Archery, Siege Engineering, Target Archery, and\/or Thrown Weapons as well as for qualities of chivalry, courtesy, and grace, for their willingness to teach others, and for service to the kingdom. They are addressed as \u201cMaster\u201d (name), \u201cMistress\u201d (name) or another title of equivalent rank, and are entitled to wear a pair of white bracers with a mark within a mascle, representing the target and combat faces of this Order. If you have a candidate that you feel is deserving of recognition for great skill, CLICK HERE<\/a> to email the Liaison<\/span><\/p>\n

Statutes of the Order of the Mark<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2476","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/caid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/caid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/caid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/caid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/caid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2476"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/caid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123463,"href":"https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/caid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2476\/revisions\/123463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/caid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}