Award Recommendations
The members of our populace do so many wonderful things, and it is great fun to recognize them for their efforts. If you would like to recommend someone for an award, but you’re not sure which one, our Baron, Hersirkona, Herald, or Seneschal can help. Anyone can submit an award recommendation for any level award. Here’s how:
Baronial Awards: Check the Barony of Namron Order of Precedence to ensure they have not previously received the award.
To recommend a member of the Populace for a Baronial award, please submit an Award Recommendation Form.
Kingdom Awards: Check the Kingdom of Ansteorra Order of Precedence to ensure they have not previously received the award.
To recommend a member of the Populace for a Kingdom award, please use this online form.
Awards and Honors of the Kingdom of Ansteorra.
Baronial Award Descriptions
The Rising Storm of Namron
The Rising Storm of Namron is awarded to youth members for bringing honor and glory to themselves and to the Barony through service, marshallate activities, and/or the arts and sciences.
Torsade
The Torsade is the Barony’s service award and is presented by the Baron and Baroness of Namron. The colors of the Torsade represent past Barons and Baronesses. This award is given when an individual has worked to help the Barony at a number of events and throughout the year in other activities, and helps to improve the Barony of Namron.
Regalia Instructions: Torsade
Argent Fleur
The Argent Fleur is an Arts and Sciences award and is presented by the Baron and Baroness of Namron. This award is given to those individuals who enrich the culture of Namron through their skill in the creation and/or performance of period items. These skills can be for a wide range of activities and talents that cover all we see and do in the SCA.
Regalia Instructions: Argent Fleur
Ascia Rossa
The Ascia Rossa is a marshalate award and is presented by the Baron and Baroness of Namron. The symbol is a red fighting axe with a black Namron storm on it. This award is given to those members in the marshallate community who bring the honor and glory to Namron and helps to protect her lands.The Premier recipient of this award is Barone Orlando. This award was designed and created by Barone Orlando and Baronessa Caterina prior to their investiture. At the step down court of Baron Donnchadh he surprised everyone by presenting the premier award to Barone Orlando before their investiture.
Order of the Heart of the Sable Storm
The Order of the Heart of the Sable Storm is the only Baronial Award that carries with it an Award of Arms. The currently Landed Nobility of Namron are always the Principals of this order, even if they have not received the award prior to their investiture. This award inducts the recipient into the Order after years of service to the Barony. The Order has meetings and discusses the status of the Barony and how they can continue to improve it, guide it, help other members continue to grow, and continue to work as examples to others.
Name registered August 1980: Order of the Heart of the Sable Storm
Badge registered August 1980: (Fieldless) A pile wavy Or
Order of the Kriegshelt
The Order of the Krieghelt is a polling order. All appointments are made under the counsel of the Order. This award carries no Order of Precedence (OP), but carries great prestige. It is the highest Baronial award that may be given, and is given by the Landed Nobility of Namron, for lifelong service to the Barony.
Name registered July 1996: Order of the Krigshelt [sic]
Badge registered February 2002: (Fieldless) A pile wavy couped argent