Kingdom of Atlantia Royal Forestry Guild

Forestry and outdoor skills with a focus on pre-1600 time periods


Current Guild Officers

GUILDS ARE NOT OFFICIAL IN THE SCA. WE MAY IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE SCA RULES HERE BUT WE ARE NOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE SCA. WE ARE AN INDEPENDENT GROUP THAT PLAYS BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF THE SOCIETY.

Margot Morgan is the current High Warden of the Forests of Atlantia. He portrays a Royal Forester in the woods of lower Wales and upper Scotland (1250 to 1350) where he held many titles, from Master of the Hunt to tree tax collector for harvesting wood and sapping. He has been a Royal Forester with the guild since 2018 where he shares his knowledge about forest care and teaches camp fire cooking and fire safety.


Will of Liddesdale is the current Warden of the North. He portrays an archer and forester within the Forest of Ettrick, near Selkirk on the Scottish Border.


Eirik Grálokkr is the current Warden of the South.  He first encountered the Foresters just prior to the pandemic but has been involved in the SCA for decades. He currently serves as Warden of the South and resides in the canton of Charlesbury Crossing, in Sacred Stone. As an early-11th century resident of southern Scandinavia, Eirik often can be found on or near the trade routes surrounding the city of Hedeby. His many interests encompass making, teaching, and learning; they include cooking with fire, woodworking, period archery, ironworking, camping, sewing, gardening, and foraging for local resources to use in these activities.


Asta Knarrarbringa is the Guild’s High Steward. Baroness Asta Knarrarbringa portrays a 9th century Norse woman from Gotland. She enjoys cooking for the masses especially over an open fire. She also works with beeswax and enjoys learning about spices and the many uses of herbs. She also teaches classes in all of the above and a couple of other topics


Finley Blackthorn is the current High Sheriff (bio and photo coming soon)


Elias de Birton is currently acting as the High Preceptor and Interim Chronicler for the Guild.  He joined the guild and achieved the rank of Forester in early 2018, but began working on his forester portrayal in 2013 and attempted his first primitive overnighter with medieval-inspired gear in 2014.  While it wasn’t exactly successful, it was very informative, and he has been hiking and camping in funny clothes (and trying to convince others to join him) ever since!  His favorite guild-related activity is flint and steel firemaking, which he enjoys practicing, researching, and especially teaching! He has taught classes on period firemaking, medieval-inspired gear for backcountry camping, and the history of English forest law at the University of Atlantia, and always encourages other guild members to take advantage of the opportunity to share their skills and knowledge with the Kingdom.


FORMER GUILD OFFICERS

Coenred æt Rauenesdale portrays a 9th century Northumbrian from a small village west of York. He manages the lands of a Danish lord in order to keep his own lands. Within the SCA, he resides in the Canton of Brockore Abbey, in the Barony of Nottinghill Coill. He is a founding member of the guild, and has served as Warden of the South, High Sheriff, and High Warden. As a former High Warden, he serves on the Council of Wardens, advising and assisting the current High Warden.


Finnebreth Wodeward lives in North Central Virginia and is Keeper of the Forest of Stierbach. She leads a monthly medieval hiking and outdoor skills group, the Stierbach Saunterers, and has been an intermittent member of the SCA since 2006 (only active since 2018). She lives with her family and various animals and is a bicycle and pedestrian planner in the outside world. In the Society Finnebreth is a minor noblewoman stewarding a forest holding in 14th century England, although she also “does” other periods, particularly Viking. She loves teaching, camping events, crafting stuff, and bringing people together. Finnebreth served as High Warden from October 2020 to March 2023; as a former High Warden, she serves on the Council of Wardens, advising and assisting the current High Warden.


Isobel of Carnewyth (aka Isabel de Tarragona) achieved the rank of Forester in the Fall of 2019 and served as High Chronicler for the Guild, establishing the guild newsletter “Hurst and Horn”. She has been an active member of the Barony of Stierbach since 2015 and has interests in diverse arts, apothecary, and archery. Fire cooking, foraging, and field testing medieval gear on hikes are among her favorite Guild activities. Her favorite events involve camping and classes.


Photos and bios coming soon:

  • Corotica Senebelenae (Clovis): Founding member, former High Warden and Warden of the North
  • Màire O’Halowrane: Founding member, former High Chronicler
  • Kataren le Wolfhonte: Former Warden of the North
  • Johann Olaffson: Former High Sheriff

You can read more about the founding of the Guild at our wiki page or in our inaugural newsletter. The Atlantia Forestry Guild is devoted to research, recreation and education of forestry and outdoors skills regarding no trace camping, protecting the green spaces, self-reliance, wood craft, camp craft, bush craft, overland travel, inland water travel, outdoor cooking, survival, and other outdoor and primitive skills all in period fashion. It is the purpose of guild to research, recreate, educate and demonstrate historical tools, methods, equipment and techniques for living, camping, traveling and cooking, in the outdoors or in wilderness locations.