Kingdom of Calontir - Local Groups

Local Groups

In the SCA, a Barony is the largest type of local group, usually arising in areas of dense population and requiring a core of at least 25 paid, active members (though more people may participate occasionally or not become paid members). Baronies are run by a Baron and Baroness, who represent the King and Queen of the Kingdom. Calontir has six Baronies:

  • Barony by the Forgotten Sea (Kansas City metropolitan area): Founded as a Shire of the Middle Kingdom in November 1976 after an earlier group (the Shire of the Fountains) had disbanded, Forgotten Sea became a Barony on February 10, 1979. They are home to Calontir's first female Knight, Ariel of Glastonbury Tor, who has also reigned three times as Queen of Calontir.
  • Barony of the Lonely Tower (Omaha, Nebraska): Lonely Tower was founded as a Shire of the Middle Kingdom in July 1979 and became a Barony on June 21, 1986.
  • Barony of the Three Rivers (St. Louis, Missouri): The second SCA group in St. Louis by that name (an earlier one, now known as the "Lost Colony of Three Rivers", had disbanded), Three Rivers was founded as a shire in 1975; when it was created a Barony on May 27, 1978., it was the first Barony in what would become Calontir, and also the only one until Forgotten Sea became a Barony in 1979.
  • Barony of Coeur d'Ennui (Des Moines, Iowa): Founded as a Shire of the Middle Kingdom in October, 1982, Coeur d'Ennui became a Barony of Calontir in July, 1984. The founding Baron and Baroness (William & Sherry Fesselmeyer) and the other two passengers in their car, also SCA members, were killed by a drunken driver who crossed into their opposite traffic lane while they were on their way to Coronation in Three Rivers in September 1984.
  • Barony of Mag Mor (Lincoln, Nebraska): Mag Mor was founded as a Shire of the Middle Kingdom in October 1982. Still a Shire at the time, they hosted the Coronation of the first King and Queen of Calontir in 1984. Mag Mor became a Barony in January 1996.
  • Barony of Vatavia (Wichita, Kansas): Vatavia began as a Shire in January, 1983, and became a Barony of Middle Kingdom in August, 1983.

The Barony of Dumnonia was founded in Iowa City, Iowa in December 1975, but became defunct before the founding of Calontir. The Iowa City area is now home to the Shire of Shadowdale.

The typical local SCA group, somewhat smaller than a Barony, is a Shire. There are 23 Shires in Calontir and one Shire-March (a Shire on the border between two Kingdoms), Grimfells in the Fayetteville, Arkansas area. Strongholds and Colleges are similar to Shires but located in areas with high military and student populations, respectively; Calontir has one Stronghold (Lost Forest in Warrensburg, Missouri) and two Colleges (Bellewode in Kirksville, Missouri and No Mountain in Grinnell, Iowa). It also has three Cantons which are part("fiefdoms" of a Barony distant enough to be able to have meetings and events of their own but close enough to not be independent Shires) and several unofficial local contacts in areas with too small a membership to form an official group.

  • Shire of Amlesmore (Hallsville, Missouri)
  • Shire of Bois D'Arc (Southeast Kansas)
  • Shire of Calanais Nuadh (Rolla, Missouri)
  • Shire of Carlsby (Lawrence, Kansas)
  • Shire of Crescent Moon (Topeka, Kansas)
  • Shire of Crystal Mynes (Joplin, Missouri)
  • Shire of Cúm an Iolair (Johnson & Miami Counties, Kansas)
  • Shire of Deodar (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
  • Shire of Dun Ard (Leavenworth, Kansas)
  • Shire of Flinthyll (Burlington, Iowa)
  • Shire of Golden Sea (Salina, Kansas)
  • Shire of Grimfells (Northwest Arkansas)
  • Shire of Heraldshill (Mason City/Forest City, Iowa)
  • Shire of Ivory Keep (Hannibal, Missouri)
  • Shire of La Grande Tente (Waterloo/Cedar Falls, Iowa) (disbanded)
  • Shire of Loch Meadhonach (West Bend/Emmetsburg, Iowa) (disbanded)
  • Shire of Lost Forest (Warrensburg, Missouri)
  • Shire of Lost Moor (Saint Joseph, Missouri)
  • Shire of Oakheart (Springfield, Missouri)
  • Shire of Shadowdale (Iowa City, Iowa)
  • Shire of Spinning Winds (Manhattan, Kansas)
  • Shire of Standing Stones (Columbia, Missouri)
  • Shire of Westumbria (Hays/Great Bend, Kansas)
  • Shire of Wyvern Cliffe (Jefferson City, Missouri)
  • Canton of Axed Root (Ames, Iowa)
  • Canton of Aston Tor (Eastern Jackson County, Missouri)
  • Canton of Loch Smythe (Northern Platte and Clay Counties, Missouri)

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