| Company of the Hurst and Hounds |
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_adapted.png){kind=icon} Argent, a hurst of pine trees, in chief two brown boarhounds statant respectant proper collared sable. In servitio naturae. |
The Company of the Hurst and Hounds
The Company of the Hurst and Hounds is in its infancy. While its name and badge have been registered with the College of Heralds, as noted on the LoAR of August 2025, recruitment has just begun.
The Company shares many of the interests of other Kingdoms’ Forestry and/or Herbalist Guilds. These include, but are not limited to:
- ‘Book research’ and, hopefully, write-up of, ‘field, farm and forest’ topics;
- ‘Field, farm and forest’ inspired Arts & Sciences, preferably with accompanying documentation, even if only a non-referenced description and/or photographs of process;
- Teaching, both formal and informal;
- Camping, from SCA Pavilioning, to ‘car camping’ to ‘wilderness camping’, all informed by a ‘leave no trace’ ethic;
- Self-propelled movement through green spaces or the natural environment, from modern dog walks in an urban park to multi-day backcountry excursions, summer or winter, modern or ‘medieval-equipped’;
- Safe, and legal, foraging/gathering of foodstuffs, gardening for foods, herbs, dye and/or fiber plants, and the cooking and/or processing thereof;
- SCA martial arts with an especial focus on archery, and;
- Company and/or Branch administration or service.
Household Aims
To foster a group of like-minded individuals who share the Company’s interests and support one another in the pursuit of those interests.
Membership
The populace of any Kingdom may be invited to join the Company when they have demonstrated both interest in and practice of the Company’s pursuits. Members are welcome to use the Company badge.
Reasons for asking one to leave the Membership include, but are not limited to:
- Activity that causes avoidable/intentional harm to the environment (flora, fauna, water, green spaces, the air, etc.);
- Activity that might bring the Company into disrepute (public drunkenness, lack of courtesy to and/or disrespect of others, disparaging the Company or its members . . . and similar);
- Basically, Noli esse asinus.
Founding Members
Dáire Ó Lochlainn - House Founder
Rowan Nabbanseax - House Godfather