Youth · Ages 12 & Under

Build Your Castle

Rogue castles are popping up all over the land! Barons taking advantage of waning government control have decided to go on a building spree. Join them! Build a castle to your liking using building blocks of any kind. Legos, Lincoln logs, anything you like. Builds should be created on site.

Populace Choice · No documentation required · Every participant receives a thank-you gift

Teen · Ages 12 to 17

Brother Cadfael Scavenger Hunt & Competition

Throughout the week, solve riddles to acquire clues and materials. Collect the materials to create a final item, left up to your interpretation of a final clue. Include your reasoning for that interpretation with your entry.

Clues and materials will be available throughout the week, so you do not need to arrive early to take part. Entries are presented the morning of Friday or Saturday to allow the most participants.

Unfamiliar with the inspiration, the show Cadfael? Watch free episodes here.

Populace Choice

Novice · Fewer than 2 years at the craft

Small Comforts

The world of The Anarchy is full of death, doom, and gloom. Create a comfort item in the medium of your choice. Whether it is the joy of making the item or the joy it brings you once finished, make something that would make you happy when surrounded by upheaval and turmoil.

Documentation encouraged · Judged by the 2019 Kingdom of Atlantia A&S Form & Rubric

Intermediate · 2+ years, without an A&S Grant of Arms

Currency & Coinage

As the rule of law broke down across the land and the seat of government grew unstable, the minting of the realm’s currency became decentralized. Barons and other powerful magnates began making their own money, striking localized and highly stylized coins. Create your own currency or coinage in the medium of your choosing.

Documentation requested · Judged by the 2019 Kingdom of Atlantia A&S Form & Rubric

Sponsored by the Order of the Pearl

The Light of Hope, The Light in the Dark

The White Ship carried the son of King Henry I of England home, the right and true heir to the English throne. So named for its lime-washed hull, it shone keenly in the light as it sat at the dock. It carried everything King Henry I hoped for the future, a secure lineage and stability for the country. Representing the bright future nearly within grasp, a time of hope, the White Ship sailed into the dark, as those who took its ultimately final voyage spent their last few hours reveling in what was supposed to be a wonderful tomorrow.

Empress Matilda wrapped herself in a white cloak as she fled the siege at Oxford Castle. Blending into the swirling snow, she fled on foot across the frozen Thames. With staunch determination, she steeled her heart and her body against the onslaught of both the cold and the loss in battle. The siege at Oxford had gone on for three months, yet she continued her fight against the increasingly insurmountable odds. The moonless night and heavy snow provided cover for her, allowing her to escape undetected, one more thing to lend to the light of hope inside her for a successful future.

Present an item sharing what hope looks like to you, literally or figuratively, in the medium of your choice.

Documentation required, including how your entry connects to the competition premise · Judged by the 2019 Kingdom of Atlantia A&S Form & Rubric

Mountain Laurel

Under Siege

During times of war, supplies run low. During a long siege, they go scarce. Create an item using materials that would have been substituted during a cut in supply lines. Second rate, lower quality, substitute the regular substitutions. For once, use the bad linen on purpose.

This competition challenges Laurels to work in any art form of their choice, as long as it is new to them (for example, fewer than two years), and to produce what they feel is the epitome of “excellent documentation.”

Judging · Weighted Populace Choice

Beads of two different colors are used, depending on how the person voting considers themselves.

• Green beads, worth 2 points. For those who are an apprentice, Pearl, Coral Branch, or Laurel, or any person who considers themselves actively pursuing learning and growing in the arts and sciences.
• Blue beads, worth 1 point. For those who do not consider themselves actively pursuing the arts and sciences.

Documentation required · Weighted Populace Choice

Royal Progress · Requested by TRH Prince Ragnarr and Princess Jân

Dirty Dozen Largesse Derby

Entrants provide twelve items to be donated for use as largesse by Their Royal Majesties. This year’s theme, set by Her Highness Jân, is Beautiful Necessities.

There exist in our medieval world certain practical items that make themselves known as necessities. But being practical does not mean they cannot also be pretty. Whether large or small, adding adornment to everyday practicality brings a little joy into our lives. We welcome you to demonstrate how you bring beauty to the practical and necessary items of medieval life.

• Winners are chosen by Populace Choice.
• The 1st place winner may choose one item from one of the entered collections.
• The 2nd place winner may choose one item from one of the other remaining entries.
• A winner may select an item from any single entry only once.
• This pattern continues until every participant has chosen an item from the remaining entries.