{"id":391,"date":"2022-04-09T20:09:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T20:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/barony\/?page_id=391"},"modified":"2026-10-11T02:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T02:02:12","slug":"newcomers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/dreiburgen\/newcomers\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcomers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_heading_0 et_pb_heading et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h1 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">New to the Society for Creative Anachronism?<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_heading_1 et_pb_heading et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h1 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">WELCOME!<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_2_5 et_flex_column_2_5_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>Our Mission:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) is an international non-profit volunteer educational organization. The SCA is devoted to the research and re-creation of pre-seventeenth century skills, arts, combat, culture, and employing knowledge of history to enrich the lives of participants through events, demonstrations, and other educational presentations and activities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_3_5 et_flex_column_3_5_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_video_0 et_pb_video et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SCA - THE DREAM\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yCyu7rveBXs?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_2 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_top et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_3 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_8_24 et_flex_column_8_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/dreiburgen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/10\/sca-new-logo-white@4x.png\" title=\"sca-new-logo-white@4x\" width=\"296\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/dreiburgen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/10\/sca-new-logo-white@4x.png 296w, https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/dreiburgen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/10\/sca-new-logo-white@4x-257x300.png 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" class=\"wp-image-8\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_8_24 et_flex_column_8_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<address class=\"et_pb_image_1 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><a href=\"https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/dreiburgen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/caid_clean.png\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/dreiburgen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/10\/caid_clean.png\" title=\"caid_clean\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/address>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_6 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_8_24 et_flex_column_8_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_2 et_pb_image et_pb_toc_list_excluded et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/dreiburgen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/09\/9e224213-3455-4175-b7f4-1890368675b6-removebg-preview.png\" title=\"9e224213-3455-4175-b7f4-1890368675b6-removebg-preview\" width=\"458\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/dreiburgen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/09\/9e224213-3455-4175-b7f4-1890368675b6-removebg-preview.png 458w, https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/dreiburgen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/09\/9e224213-3455-4175-b7f4-1890368675b6-removebg-preview-252x300.png 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" class=\"wp-image-848\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_4 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_7 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_8_24 et_flex_column_8_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Our Society<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Started in 1966 by a group of Science- Fiction \/ Fantasy fans in Berkley, California. Since 1966, the Society has grown to twenty kingdoms, which cover the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, South Africa, and Australia. There are over 30,000 paid members of the corporation, and the total number of participants is estimated to be around 60,000 people.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b>To learn more visit <a href=\"https:\/\/welcome.sca.org\/\"> Newcomers Portal<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_8 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_8_24 et_flex_column_8_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Our Kingdom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>CAID, an Arabic word meaning \"fortress\", was originally a principality of the Kingdom of the West covering four regions, Califia, Angels, Isles, and Drieburgen.\u00a0 CAID officially petitioned to become its own Kingdom in early 1977, and was granted sovereignty in mid- 1978. The modern geographic boundaries encompass Southern California (from just south of Merced to the Mexican border), the Greater Las Vegas area of Southern Nevada, and the entire state of<\/strong> <strong>Hawaii<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_9 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_8_24 et_flex_column_8_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u00a0Our Barony\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Along with the baronies of the Angels, The Isles, and Calafia, Dreiburgen was one of the four founding baronies of the\u00a0 Principality of Caid. From the German words\u00a0<i>Drei<\/i>\u00a0meaning Three and\u00a0<i>Burgen<\/i>\u00a0meaning castles. The name is reference to both the three primary cities (Riverside, San Bernardino, Redlands) and the surrounding mountain peaks (San Gorgonio, San Jacinto and Mt. Baldy)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_5 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_5 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_10 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_divider_1 et_pb_divider et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_top et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_6 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_6 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_11 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_6_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_3 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/dreiburgen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/300px-Rayhana_coronation_july_2023-1.jpg\" title=\"300px-Rayhana_coronation_july_2023 (1)\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/dreiburgen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/300px-Rayhana_coronation_july_2023-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/dreiburgen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/08\/300px-Rayhana_coronation_july_2023-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" class=\"wp-image-760\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_12 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_6_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_4 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/dreiburgen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/10\/sca-new-logo-white@4x.png\" title=\"sca-new-logo-white@4x\" width=\"296\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/dreiburgen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/10\/sca-new-logo-white@4x.png 296w, https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/dreiburgen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/10\/sca-new-logo-white@4x-257x300.png 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" class=\"wp-image-8\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_13 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_4 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: center\"><b>We All Love to help but these Indiviuals have taken up the responsibility to help.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Kingdom Chatelaine:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b> THL Rayhana bint Estafanos al-Abbas<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Baronial Chatelaine:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u00a0Esa of Dreiburgen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"df-heading\" style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"difl_page_category":[],"class_list":["post-391","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/dreiburgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/dreiburgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/dreiburgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/dreiburgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/dreiburgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/dreiburgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":953,"href":"https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/dreiburgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/391\/revisions\/953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/dreiburgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"difl_page_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/places.sca-caid.org\/dreiburgen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/difl_page_category?post=391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}