Ave!
My dear wife and I have decided to go forward with creating a Household in Amtgard. This House would be called Familia Avalonia Britannica, or the Avalon Household of Britain.
The House of Avalon will be dedicated to studying and recreating the people of the Late Roman and Romano-British period for public demonstrations, education and living history displays. Our garb and equipment will all be carefully researched and reconstructed for the utmost in authenticity. We will cover all aspects of life in Britain during the 4th through 6th centuries AD, including both military and civilian portrayals.
Weekly gatherings are planned, where members will work on their kit and practice their drills and fighting if they so wish with the Household’s Legion. The heads of the Household will do everything in their power to help at least with garbing the members of the Household with their first tunics. But after that, it is expected for each member to gather their own kit according to Household guidelines.
If any are interested in joining this Household, just reply to this post. I want to try and schedule a weekly gathering and fighter practice, either on a Tuesday or Saturday most likely, where we will go over all things Late Roman/Dark Age and work on garb.
We will try and at the very least, provide the fabric for the first several members that join, in order to make your own tunics with.
Once the Household is up and running, and we have at least 3 males and 3 females, we are planning on starting up two Fighting Companies. One will be a Late Roman Legion and the other I think will be an all female fighting company.
First meeting isn't set yet, but there is a nice little park next to the place we're staying at that would be ideal for fighter practice. I'm guessing sometime in August will probably be the first meeting if anyone joins that is.
So anyone interested? Questions?