Clueless - 2006/09/04 03:19Maybe its just me and my misunderstanding. But im fairly new to amtgard and our monarch said that we were arpart of the iron mountains, and ive been looking around and I see nothing?. Im from Tooele Utah. He said somthing about blah and then mercinarys guild..
Any one explain im kinda lost
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Re:Clueless - 2006/09/04 03:32Yes. He is correct. The Empire of the Iron Mountains got its name most positively likely from the fact that its central core is located in Denver, Colorado area where its known for its mountain range the Rocky mountains. A big Iron area."The authority by which the Christian leader leads is not power but love, not force but example, not coercion but reasoned persuasion. Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve."
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Re:Clueless - 2006/09/04 16:08That and we where known to be armor hogs at one pointIt is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. --Aristotle
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Re:Clueless - 2006/09/06 18:22Heh. It's a tiered system: Your group is under the Principality of Desert Winds, a semi-autonomous group under the Empire of the Iron Mountains. Think of it like the real world: You live in a county, which is part of a state, which is part of the US.
The Empire of the Iron Mountains started in Denver/Boulder way back when ('89 or '90), and took its name from the iron-rich ridges of the front range (such as can be seen at Red Rocks, the Garden of the Gods, and the Flat Irons formation).
Currently, the Empire of the Iron Mountains comprises three major bodies: The Imperial Core, which is everything within 150 miles of Denver, CO; The Principality of the Rosetta Pact, which covers eastern Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, and parts between; and the Principality of Desert Winds, which covers primarily Utah and Nevada, but also some of western Wyoming.
The two Principalities are on the track to one day become Kingdoms in their own right, but lands in the Core can never become Kingdoms.Superstar, do you think you're what they say you are?
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Re:Clueless - 2006/09/06 19:09Fungis, I've been emailing Ressul (who was running for Sheriff out there in tooele last week?). The Tooele Shire that used to exist (Nekaria) was on the brink of joining the Empire when it desolved over a year ago. I've tried to find out if anyone knows if the Empire officially accepted Nekaria or not. Most seem to think we did, but that the Shire itself was unsure if they wanted to join.
Being that the Tooele group was restarted as a new shire (under a new name) you currently have a few choices as far as group status:
1-Stay a Freehold Shire- this means you get registered with the Kingdom of the Burning Lands BOD as required for all Amtgard groups but never actually join a Kingdom. At which point your group stays static in size and can never give out higher then 2nd level awards to your populace.
2-Petition the Burning Lands for Admittance into thier Kingdom-(register first) Most likely they will turn you down and tell you to join the Irom Mountains Principality of the Desert Winds
3-Petition the Iron Mountains-Principality of the Desert Winds-(register with the BL again first)- This is your best bet, and one that is most likely the easiest being that the current Prince lives in Salt Lake City and is a member of the Duchy here (The Duchy of Rivers End, www.theriversend.com). Prince Loptr was also one of the RE members who went out regularly to help last time Tooele tried to get a group going. This will give your group all kind of benifits being that you have a STRONG Duchy only 40 minutes away that is established and willing to help you grow and learn. Joining the principality will allow your group to eventually (min 1 year) be raised to Barony, then Duchy as you qualify. It allows you to compete against and at higher level competitions, other amtgarders in an invironment of comaraderee. It will allow you to qualify for higher level awards and to serve in higher level offices (we have a floating crown for the Principality that your players would be able to run for) and eventually qualify for Knighthood. (qualifying for Knighthood is near impossible for Shire members)
So, we hope you guys go with option 3.
You also have the option of voting to reactivate the shire as Nekaria and cutting through alot of Red tape by having to re-registering with the BL and getting IM approval to join the Empire (though we'll probaly want to make it official again), but either way your in a much better place to reap alot of benifits.
Fitz Champion of the Principality of Desert Winds Member of the Duchy of Rivers End
PS, I'll be coming out for your game day this saturday to do a weapon construction demo, and donate at least 15 ultralight short swords to your park (assuming I get them done in time).
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Re:Clueless - 2006/09/06 19:16oh, and check out the Principality Website/forums.
We've been eagerly discussing you guys for a week now.
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FitzCaliston
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Re:Clueless - 2006/09/06 19:39Oh,. and here's a visual break down of how the Group levels work in Amtgard
Amtgard-Think of this as the world Kingdom-Think Country like the USA (amtgard has I believe 12 kingdoms now) Principalities/Grand Duchy's -Think of these as Occupied territories like Porto Rico, (they are mini kingdoms that can have all the lower level groups in them and are working towards knigdom level themselves, and are located away from a Knigdoms core groups) Duchy's-Think States Barony's-Think County Shire-Think City
Each level has has a minimum attendance requirement as well as a minimum time in the game and in it's kingdom requirement before being raised to that level. Each level get additional benifits.
In the IM the requirements are:
Shire-5 players, no min time Barony-20 players, 1 year as part of the IM Duchy-40 players, 1 year as part of the IM (generally acecpted that you needed to be a Barony for at least 3 months with Duchy Numbers Principality-Multiple parks that are members of the IM, 1 of which must be a Duchy, and all parks petitioning for the Pirncipality must be within 500 miles from each other)
The Principality of Desert Winds has the following groups: Duchy of Rivers End-Salt Lake UT (west jordan) Duchy of Desert Rose-Elko NV Barony of Truevale-Rock Springs Wy Shire of Westgate Pass-Grand Junction CO
We would love for your shire to join us, we are also trying to get a shire going in Provo as well, the more the merrier.
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