SHIRE OF HARPELSTANE, PRINCIPALITY OF INSULAE DRACONIS, KINGDOM OF DRACHENWALD – The Kingdom of Drachenwald has indicated that it will soon be looking to break with the Society for Creative Anachronism and petition to join the European Union instead.
Drachenwald’s Kingdom Seneschal, Íþróttakona Hoderina Ullrdottir, OP, gave this statement: “It is unfortunate that it has come to this, but we must inform you that, with sorrow, the Kingdom of Drachenwald will be presenting a petition to join the European Union in the very near future. This decision is not made lightly, but with full and frank consideration of all the issues and the unwavering support of Their Royal Majesties of Drachenwald. As the Board of Directors of the Society has demonstrated no interest in listening to international affiliates, the situation has become somewhat untenable. The Directors have made decisions that are incongruent with the core values expressed in Drachenwald, as expressed by our listening sessions with the populace. Americans should, in theory, be supportive of self-governance and equitable power structures. Unfortunately, the BoD has restricted our ability to change things like Crown and Coronet tournaments to be more in line with our core values.”
Íþróttakona Ullrdottir spoke further to The SCAllion: “Off the record? Seriously. The SCA has gone utterly overboard, and we’re plain knackered from dealing with it. Frankly, we’re legging it as soon as possible and we really don’t care. Does it look like we’re throwing a wobbly? Probably. But at this point, we really don’t care. I don’t want to slag the BoD off, but we’ve reached a point where we simply no longer care, nor want to care.”
The SCAllion will continue to try to decipher what Íþróttakona Ullrdottir just said so we can more accurately report on it for you, our devoted readers.
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